The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-01-28

Oae cannot but be amazed a the feeble
prolixity with which an expenditure so
comparatively trivial In amount is en-
larged upon while u the item of Mis-.
celaneous Expenses, which rolls up SAL
1877 50, is included Heterogeneous mass
of salaries, law expenses, and minor
items of expense with the details Of
which we tho Trustees) deem 10 an
necessary TO encum6er this Report"
The four fires, the four poor fellows
who blew the bellows therefor, and their
Four dollars per day have been suporse-
ded by tho Statonury;but tho Miscclan-
ocus Expenses it is presumed will con-
tinue to encun Dor subsequent Reports
until some labor saving Machine will OIL
low the salaries to be dispensed with.
In conclusion, one is forced to admire
not only the constancy with which the
Trustees have cluDg to the Road un der
such adverse circumstances but the fer
tility of their Imagination, and the con-
fdence with which they sieze upon tho
least coign Of vantage" upon which
they can hang hope. The last is the
project Of ship canal connecting the
waters Of the St. Lawrence with those Of
Lake Champlain, of which we are told ::
" The Canadian Board of Public Works
"havo recently caused the subject and
route to DO thoroughly examined and
6 and have reported in favor of its con-
struction. That it will ultimately be
done, we are firmly convinced. We re-
gard i, as more (O question of time
When that time arrives, VIC are conf
" dent that this Road will have all the
" freight that can be transported upon a
single track
Unfortunately for the hopes that might
be reared upon such foundation, we
are told by the report of 1855, in def
ance alike of Lindley Murray, and the
assumption thatthere are some things
that tho public are presumed to know,
that
The wear and depreciation of super
structure has evidently been much over.
looked by majority of our Railroad
e managers. Tho 'lr0L-track" has to q
great extent, been regarded as a per-
"mauent structure, that would uocd but
g little outlay for REPAIRS and persons
interested 10 and benefited by them
e have not fully realized the extent of
the silent, but sure decay that has been
SO rapidly reducing their value and
usefulness. 1t is, however, subject
"that SHOULD be carefully examined and
"woll cousd red and provided for-as
the prosperity aud Ultimate success Of
a road depends upon keeping the SUI
perstructurc aud equipments in the
"most effective condition for business an
Zone that will afford the greatest sccur.
ity to the public"
Under these circumstances and tho
doplorable exhibition of its present bus.
iuess, i. is respectfully submitted wheth.
or it would not be for tho best interests
of the road 10 stop its operations entire
ly until the Canal shall be completed.
The writer, having ample time at his
disposal: has extended this paper some.
what beyond its originally intended lin.
its; but, feeling that the subject is by 20
means exhausted, proposes at some fu.
turo day, to touch upon otLer topics con-
nected with this unhappy concern, and
its management, if it will not interfere
with the duties of other and duly au-
thorized investigating mmittees, which
it is respectfully presumed, has hardly
been the case thus far.
INVESTIGATOR