Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-07-09

or selfish. Let Us now pause and con-
slider what the consequences will be III
the construction of the road stops where
It now Is, for it is certain that we need
the prompt payment and the judicious
application of every dollar to carry on
and complete so great an enterprise
Such a road as this cannot be built with
out money, and such an enterprise cannot
be carried on without harmony and good
faith. But supposing the road stops,
what then? If it stops now, it stops for
years, perhaps forever. Can we dispense
with it? Can we afford to do without
II.
IF our road is continued to the north
line of the state according to the original
intention, and then meets with the Cham
bly, and Sheford road extending to Mont
real, we shall then have a continuous
/ line of road from Boston to Montreal.
This road will possess many advantages
over any other road, connecting the At
lantic with the great waters Of the west.
This road viii be not only advantageous
TO the public, but will be particularly
beneficial to this county. By it we shall
not only have access to the cities and
markets of the sea coast, but we may
bring by a direct and easy route to our
very doors, the -four and other products
of the west, instead of the long and cir
cuitous route We now use.
If the road stops at Barton, we lose
many Of these advantages, and the pros
| poets of the road are forever ruined
IF the road is finished, we may hope for
dividends, and that it may soon be a pro-
ductiye stock; if not, the whole stock
will never be worth a dollar. IF the
road extends no further and is still kept
in operation, the whole trade and bust
ness of the county will be concentrated
at Barton, and those patriotic gentlemen
who now 50 stoutly refuse to pay theil
subscriptions, will reap as a reward fol
their defalcation by monopolisirg oul
business and trading with US on thei1
own terms. Even those old established
J villages in Derby, over which so many
: tears have been shed because the roac
T has been located q short distance west O
them, viii find a worse rival in Barton
? But will the road be kept in operation
: to Barton, If it goes no further? 1t is :
e matter Of doubt whether it will be profit
: able to DO so, whether the earnings o
e the road from Barton to Lyndon will pay
e the expenses Of operating it. AS mat
r ter Of feeling who would not prefer to SEE
2 the track abandoned for common or
I sheep pasture, and the rails torn up anC
sold for old iron, rather than Barton
t should enjoy all the benefits of the roaC
> Esp 81 l. -.=---=s from ,tS- t,cs.cfIr
6 ~ to the common cause. We have al
It ready felt some Of The advantages Of the
s road. We have seen it in the rise o
e real estate in the county, in the enhanced
e price and more ready sale of our pro
: duets. Are we prepared to surrende
!, these advantages we now enjoy, and on
e reasonable anticipations for the future
n Without railroad the profits of farmin,
S must be diminished and the price Of rea
estate must fall. We cannot expect tina
> manufacturing or any new branches Q
i business viii be introduced among US
. but as in years past every dollar that cal
: be raised from among Us will be carrie,
= off to the west or somewhere else for in
" vesrment. A worse evil still will follow
: Our sons Of any spirit or enterprise vii
= abandon their old homesteads and seel
" fer another region which has better ken
It up with the improvement Of the age.
: Oar friends in Derby perhaps Aatte
;, themselves that if they can defeat tn
present enterprise, they may revive th
old Twining survey, and in few year
# bring the road according to their wish f
; their doors. But gentlemen, clay nc
- that fattering JUNCTION to your souls"
y the road stops now, it probably stops fol
e ever. At all events, it never will folio,
- the Iwining survey. That bubble ha
burst. You might as well expect US I
:. return to the pod augurs of our gran
. fathers. The public have found a bette
- route and you must take the lake roa
OF none. Nature has made that decree
70 and you need not think to reverse it, 4
what you will
:. ORLEANS.
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