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right Of extending branch or branches OF
their said road to the town OF POultney or the
towns of CastetOn or Falraven, as should be
considered expedlent, after the actUaI location
of said road was finally determined upon.
The direction which the road should take
west from Castleton-whether by the way ot
Fairhaven or PouItney-havng been thus left,
by the terms OF the grant, dependent upon the
subsequent action OF the corporaton a compe~
tltOn are between the friends Of the respective
routes for the control of the charter. Tne re-
suit was, the friends Of the Pouitney or south
ern route we're successful. The friends OF he
FairhaveE or northern route then applied to the
Legislature for tie Incorporation OF the Rut-
land & Whitehall Railroad Company. 1t az
pears from a joint report Of the comn''ee on
roads Of the Senate and House (Iouse journal
lS4S to whom this application was referred,
that negotiations between the Rutland &
Washington Railroad Company, for counec-
ton at the state line in Pouitney, had "a led ed
cause the terms offered by tie iltter Company
were properly deemed inadmisssbe; : and con-
s7quenty that The pattic ular iiuc Of Ritiruud
cUnlemp ated in the charter Of the Ru'Iadd x
Washington Company, was not Kelly to BE- es-
tablished without further graut for tia; d.
jcct. Accordingly the Legislature passed an
act, NV. l3 III. lS43, Incorporating tie Rgl,anI
s. Whitehall k uroad Company with the right
of building raroad over the same rrosni
covered by the charter Of lhc RI,land & WASH
ingtOn Company, with the exception that the
point Of connection in the west line Of Ibis
State with a railroad to be b1 III By The SIrato-
ga g. Washington Company, was fixed 10 be- il
the town OF F4irhaven. But the twenty sew
enth section OF the act dec ares that the sad
Rutland & Whitehall r tilrJad Cono,ry shall
commence and construct (hri. road only (r,n
some point in the town of Casteton. copveu -
ent for connecting AMI uniting with the kui>
land g. Wa-hinrton Railroad; .3r,yided lnat
the said Rnllaud &. WASHINGTON r 4ilro,I Com.
PAW shall actually Law ont and expend. with.u
one wear from the passace of this act. the sUm
Of $50 O1O in the building and c1nS'ruc'ion Of
that part of the said Rutland & Washiu ION
Railroad extending east from the town o! Co.
Teton. Provided, alio that the said Rutland
g. Wasbnuton Railroad COMPANY shall, also,
within three Years from the passa pc of tAi. act,
complete and put ia order for usa 4 !, thai part
of their sad road situated east uf sad town Of
Cast'eton, and cyteodinr to the noiui Of con-
nection with the Rntand & Burlington r ~
road. as il crowded ~ the charter of th.s,lI
4 Rutland & \Va.hinuiou Railroad Cumpauv'
/ h. If CT ., the ~ n section ugJn the C'lar.
ter of the Rutland & Wa>hn,t, n Company.
vas to clanrn the or. uinal term Gf hv. wears
a lowed by their charter for the building amt
of their whole road hy cono.I'ing
,Lo,, 10 c,,,-lo,., and ,u, il, o,l,r t.,,o u.;, :
j., ,,,'i ,hrao w rairs rr'n rho Iq.h 80 ,t,,
n,n oi lha,, road s,tI.ted ea.t of Ca.tIo,nn
,,d ,o ex,ard w,th,n nm, frs, nj said lhrca
years $4,000 in the build ng Of the same par,
OF their road. By an act Of the Lagisla'nre,
passed Nov. l2jb, l8i3, the Rutland & Wash
ington Company were further authorized TO con
strucl branch OF their road from some lint
on their line "a Caslet0n or i>uulney, 10 l.
""~to u, tho "'a., H%; ~' ~ &c. ei,",' "a
TIC to"" 81 f"''S'ey' "o"'' H"P'T' r'"'e'
o' Sanugl'f' anu ~ ''F convenience o. c"L'
s.'uc, ,'"' sa,u ordHc' So i,u cross s"'u ''h-
the course of said ROAD within Ills Srus 10 be-
resumed "a. mi natipo As af ,esui
The Ru,,and &, W,shiny,on Connonv bava
comnIeled their whole road within the nario,
nrescr,haJ .lla l.opis,aturp. and c,r.'.,1la.
% mia ntr, Of a line now m onsra.,n, he,
, yoon T,oy aod Ruiland 'rre E,rlar1 &
(vbi,ehaII road j. niso bujIt. oud r,,n,lp,a. ,,t
nre.ent railroad communication b.ty4an e., .
re,on Wn,eh.iI and S,r,toq,.
TLa n, 81, q, ,he Iao,.lar,ra in ra4.np H..