Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-11-03

N"'i iri Oun YOU reasonably expect facilities
aud safety. if the means t. furnish them, be
sparse and limited TO come to the point. can
railroad promise to you, its natural adyantag.
es, II It's income be scarcely able to pay its OBJ
legations as debtor? Certainly not.
The facts and the views which have thus
endeavored to place before you, have been the
subject of mucn reflection on the part of those
who have pecuniary interest in the Vermont
Central and Ogdensburg roads, and feeling. of
course, an earnest, and, If you please, selfish de-
sire TO recuscltate the falling fortunes of these
roads and believing, moreover, that the public
good aud their own interest were nseparable in
any plan Tor an improved condition of the proper
t-beevlng that increased facilities to you
would result in an increased income to them
selves, they have resolved, after much consider
aiion to make, at least. the attempt ia give life
and yigor to these roads. How shall It be done I?
What direction shall the effort take ; is the
question.
Mr.. Chairman, / have given to you briefly
description OF the lines which constitute the sys-
TEN OF rail communication, commencing on the
western bank Of the Connecticut, and extending
its arms TO the far west. The two braucaes OF
this system. YOU will bear in mind, strike the
river at " hite River Junction on the morrill, and
Bellows Falls on the south The distance which
separates these two points is about forty miles
and your beautiful and attractive town is located
about half way between them, near the line Of
track which connects them.
let Us now glance, Mr.. hairman, at the sys-
ten Of rails, which extend east from Connecticut
River TO the Atlantic coast As a property,
what Is its condition; Passing through vast
and populous country, fed by the rich and ever
busy manufacturing interest which has ns seat
in the valley Of the Merrimac ITS source oil in
come is inexh.nstible and over INCREASING Ia
means ample 10 i've full scope TO all the activity
of a manufacturing incubation as nouadtc al.
most. as the product of the looms which thew
tend unrestrictod oooorfipitv IN indulpe in ,beir
wander,nGs 10 and fro from Manchester 10
Lowell from Lowell 10 Lawrence and avy
renee 10 Newburvport. and back aoain 10 Man
chester. In one endless chain M morton. Win
the exreott,n of the Cheshire road This il tho
marked condition of the system east of the Con
pnrti,nt River and the last named rad Is in
n.ifi of p-osperitv far above ,b., belola.s c,n-
,l,,i,, ~ h. ,,,,.,er, ne,obbors
NJ chairman and Gentlouan. fine rich ana
,,r,s,,-,,,s ,,-.,r,ti,,s n, yb.,l I,.y. sii,i~J
"A, no, ned ~ ON traffic large tbou,b II
ho Joes not afI,,r1 ,le ricb re,,,rns ybicb,o,l,.
tbs,r,yvo nafnr,l rs.,urces 81, welcome and re-.
,n,,,or,t,,e ,nI ~. r,tber have =, b.c c,r ,b,
f,ril,ies which we need than Il, orofsr our trnc
6c en- th,ir acce,tanco
T., ,,,sidar,,l, yh,t vva sbould do 70 rorac-
q bnsi,oss connec,,on with ns NOR a,tr,c,,,e
we baye Thought mai II we could eoncentrate
the ,r,fi, from inc North and West. at some
roir, or The Connec,icut river 10 be carried 70
h Sion aver one l,ne. and at the same time Sc
cure an ont lot into the valley of the Merrimsck
wo sbonld nresent an amount of traffic 10 that
limo ,yo-,hv Of ro,,.iderstion.
Tho conditions desirable 10 fulfil IN su,h an
,rr,ngon,ent were the minimum haulape from
tho r,,er IN Roston. favorable gradients and the
Ncr-i,n,ck valley A concentration of onr tral.
a. mon a line east Of the river. winch answered
,hosn c,,d,,ions would II seemed IN Ms pro-
80 our own md the nublic interest. II would
command facilities for our business. which
would benefit our customers. and Of course. our
selves 1t would conduce to the public good
In examin,nr the existing eastern system. we
fund the line which commences at White River
Ipuct,on 1l2 miles from Boston. opening To us
no galley of the Merrimack. The line com
,,,snc,n, Al Fellows Fails. ma miles from Boston:
and from White River Junction by that route.
the Sullivan and Vermont Central roads. 1873
miIcs. without any outlet TO the Me-rmack val
Low An intermediate but incomplete line eX-
,sied which in points of haulage ffom White
River Junction and the Merrimack valley seems
adapted to the purposes and views we contem
tempated. The distance To Boston Is 10
miles, and at Manchester we strike point
which connects MS with Nashua, Lowell, Law
renee, salem, llayerhll. Portsmouth, Newbury-
port on the direct line OF is eastern divergence,
while we reach Worcester and Providence, and
that region of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
on the southern side.
Il is true that the southerly branch OF the
Vermont system, running through Rutland
could not consistently with all the conditions
which we had imposed upon ourselves, become
a part OF the project, If we adopted the n'eror
line TO which have aludedi but our vision had
only to embrace line, which crossing the
Connecticut River Mt point III tins vicinity
struck the Rutland & Burlington RAILROAD at
some point south Of Ludlow, and thus complete
the plan of concentration under all these con
dnions.
Mr.. Chairman, ! cannot have failed to have
indicated 10 You aud your fellow cilizers, that
the interior line which offers 10 us an opp1rtun
NY to do all our eastern carrying on one line
10 Boston, with the advantage ui all the lateral
traffic Of the intermediate country, Is that
known as the MeHrlinack ana C"""eVue,l NNci
Railroad; AMI that inns town OF yours Nhefv we
are now dellberating, Is the ceuTal point "nete
the mighty tFaihc oil Whlch nave sPoAe'' WI"
unite TO tike a new departure east
Mr.. Chairman In your opening remarks when
this meeting was organized, You vaguely limited
at some plans Of movements, which II had been
intimatcd to you were IN agitation and whoa