Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-02-04
# change of freight and passengers !?

without change Of freight and passengers
Have the Rutland and Washng gton Compa-
ny the cont oi of trains running west from Kut-
Idnd
Yes.
ave these trains run regularly, and uni
fornly made CONNECTIONS
Yes.
Have these trains left Cast!eton before their
advertised time?
No.
liuye they not waited IS long as possible
ana made Connections at Rut!anI
Yes.
How many times SINCE the tr1ins conmenc-
ed running In May last, has he Ponl'ney trair,
fail d to make CONNECTIONS at Rutand
i'ol times.
Have failures occurred in consequence Of
" wIiung for the Whitehall train?
lnere was.
l. II not the case that the mail trains Of the
Sara. ora Road are irregular aud nave rarely
arrived at Casletou upon their own published
time taoie-
In no nat0nce.
Did the Express trans from Saratoga arrive
It Ga tcfou Oh time in fJrty successive days
after tue S'n Of June:
hcv dIi not.
How m1ry connections were mlde during
that giuie
Two.
DrI lie. Witch. Ii Company keep register
Of erry lis 1 Clstlet)h?
TIE did.
D,d 1t not app' ar from that register that tie
Express tlaln tIun Saratoga during the mOnt!
Of June, uiI not uirve Al Gas IetUn but three
u.n =. at ~ early ~ hIgr u the Express lei
tor Montreal and Boston;
/; 50 appears from the Re riSter oF arrivals
Durlnr this period and wnle these failures
occurred dId not tnr SIrttogl Company ticket
ptsseuge1s TO Stations GA the Rutland ana Duf.
hngtun Road and circulate advertisements, in
forming the public taat they made line Il
traYal and the usual coanectioH5z
Yes.
" ere not those advertisements circulated,
while the S,rat =, Com m,any by their yn time
table could not make the coMnccuOns
Yes.
l. there not written contrlct between 'he
Saratoga company, the ClanpIaIn Steamboat
Company. and the Itu lsOn RIVER Steamboat
Comprny. bindtng lie COmpuaieS 10 rem IN coh~
nection?
/ Did not the Saratoga Company acqnit the
Rutland anl " asilHglUn Company OF al. U,ame
or res pouslbliity for the future IL making tue
connections at Ru,isnd
YES.
Alter answering the fofe2o.A-. interrogation
rios, u. Bill WIS iI, ,nis34d by vote Vi lO9 10
%.
Now comes the saqu,.. The gentleman
presenting the " niteulii KO ii to whom the
nhabitnut1 OF Rutland. the Rutland 4 Bur-
!iugton kaIlroad, the W Western Vermont r Ill
road end many of the cltlz ms of Western.
in, Ia. - M ut tt.,uI
& Washington Railroad, winch to their fert ID
unquinuttonS all there "a Of q, in Railroads.
had rendered every conceivable seryce-hnd-
IN dat the LegislAture of Vermont have some
regard 10 the pii4nteI faith OF the State; the
oDngation Ut cUnlrac s-ani believing that no
Railroad Company. any more than mtIviduAls,
should tuke advantage their own Vrorg,
therefore refused 10 grant their application for
.Gu e8tcus.ou conceived the p,e4sent Joke of
, creating their Rutland ami " es ern Vermont
; tuenIs. lnlsmuch as their service was Of no
av with the Legislature, therefore they could
e he oi NJ further AMID l. tAc " ...,euaA Road,
ana tneir acquaintance may as we.. a. c,I
Notwithstanding their express promises to
t1e contrary, they apply to the Legislature to
have the charter wIncn vas 4rdnted last Year
!ar branch to the SAFE qurrrlcs extended to
T, the Rutland & Burlington Rlllrold at Whl4
u ting; modest reque t, Ger aluly, for Rail
, road at present but seven miles .OnL. Now,
who appears to oppose MS grant, ana TO pros
, toct the interests Of Rutland Wherc IRE their
friends, whom they have heen zenlousy and
iAg Ill their scne.ne ot making 100000 iii
IIInIng the Rutland ana " l>h,uatun Road :
W no uoW, IN roQultai ior ali tne opposition,
u dummy. vituperatlon and abuse eyer heape,t
upon any set of men. protest agnInSt tins grant
winch Is frau 4ht with such IN ury AN Injustice
Ia ii a.. II tS.i D,.I.