Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-05-21
For the Stand ard.
Our Railroad.

vas enQeQ, Until saw new correspOn-
lent come to the rescue in your paper of
he 9TH, and ifthis Jesuit did not pretend
10 be impartial in his review | would not
say one word in reply. He claims that
his review is impartial. while he treats
only of the facts on one side, and even
those; but this being pc
culiar to those who justify the action of
this corporation, perhaps it should be
winked at.
He tells us the eastern route, from the
present terminus north, to the line is "a
miles, difference IN favor Q acestera route
4 miles. This statement is untrue. Or
leans, if he is now what he was when he
wrote for the Record, upon every subject
but railroads, is reliable and can be trust
ed, but like all other men, when he I'M
dertakes to defend these railroad mana
gers, necessity compclls deception, oreise
to own up and condemn the action of the
corporation.
Orleans makes substantially the same
statement that r. R. did, that the eastern
route costs $4,000 less than the east
ern route R. R. was called upon for
the proof that any man ever before the
first day of February last made an esti-
mate of the cost of construction of the
western route. Veal understand that
the referees, Haywood, Stearns, and the
chief engineer, in their report state that
fact, but the chief engineer has long ago
testified that he never saw any estimate
in dollars and cents of the cost of the
western route, that he as the chief engi-
neer made the working survey after the
road was put under contract, and that no
estimate Of the cost of constructing the
western route in dollars and cents was
ever made to his knowledge. The city
that is to spring up at Lake Bridge, in
Orleans imagination, have nothing to
say about
In your last issue Orleans appears not
as an impartial reviewer, but as a new
light upon the subject. He attempts to
examine the reasons why persons refuse
to pay the subscriptions. He says, " de-
linquents claim that they subscribed un-
der the belief or pledge that the road
would be built on the eastern route, and
as the other route has been preferred
they will not meet their engagements
is this fair, candid statement or is i
, designed to deceive? Subscribers claim
an express stipulation or condition pre-
cedent 10 the contract itself, that no par
of the subscription shall be paid until the
whole road was put under contract foI
grading from CT Inhnsbury, via Bart0r
: to Derby Line-and Orleans we'll know;
t this, and yet for the money Of the cor
: poration he in this particular sells hi
? integrity and attempts to cajole and chea
f people to believe that all the objection
e is a misunderstanding in reference t,
: whether the eastern or western rout
+ would be adopted. There was no west
e ern route when the subscriptions wer
taken.
He also forgets the pledge of The col
, poration, that the country would rails
> 100000, the city would raise 100000
in stock and subscriptions. Orleans
p, also at default as 10 the truth when h
a attemps to show that the corporatio
e never at any time designated Derby Lin
= as the terminus of the road. He speak
of the votes and says, no vote was passe
as to the terminus of the road, exceI
Z those he has mentioned. / say that
Il 1854, and if l am not mistaken in dat
s. the 9th of May, there was an unanimot
e vote locating the road to Derby Line, ar
the clerk of the corporation can find it, ft
it is on the record unless the record b;
d" been mutiIated since February last. H
It also says that the map and profile
> Fox's survey was Autographed, publisht
and circulated by individuals, and not /
the corporation. Here again truth is di
carded, and either deception or falsehoc
adopted. The map and profile profess
on its title page 10 be the act of the Co
necticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroa
10 and Mr.. Fox under his own hand sa,
Vi that it is map and profile of the rou
surveyed for the Connecticut and Pa
sumpsic Rivers Railroad. Miller Fo
~ engineer" The officers of the corpor
.ts ton have sworn that it was all done |
III the corporation, including the circulatio
Who else had any right or authority
do it? / fear that Orleans should ha'
signed himself Icha6od, as the Lord seer
to have departed from him and left hi
,, to himself or the Railroad.
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