Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-03-19

regard to the preference OF the country
stockholders, why not finish the thing all
M then? Why should grave, sedate old
men come all the way from Boston to
Barton to GO through that transparent
farce
One word in reply to R. r. criticisms
respecting Justice Wales. may say |
he is evidently an ole man upon whose
phvsical and mental energies time and
other things have made sad and lamenta-
BILE marks: once the brilliant and able
lawyer, standing at the head of Windsor
county bar, and a member of the Con-
gress of the United States now allowing
himself to be carried from town to town
by this corporation TO try ten dollar ac-
tons. Is not that silly !? it is a great
weakness at all events. Yet after listen
ing for four days to the evidence, and es-
pecially to the able and convincing ar
guments, his uigor and youth seemed to
return and his face TO shine, and there
was sort of legal inspiration in what he
said when he charged the jury. And !
hope l shall ever be willing to accord 10
every man need of praise whenever
he acquits himself like man, though
his conduct at other times may deserve
rebuke.
One fact from r. r. is significant, and
that is, that in Sept, 1852, the directors
appointed committee of examination
and exploration. who examined and made
a report in December, 1852. Add to
: this the fact that before the first day of
March, A. D. 1858, the corporation de-
termined to extend the road if means
+, could be obtained. Let it be kept in
, mind that by the terms of the charter,
the directors are to cause survey to be
made and then designate the line of the
road. The survey was made in 1916,
but at the time the company proposed a
farther examination. In 1852, this COM
: mittee of six, we are told. made the ex-
animation, and il is fair to say that when
the directors in February or March, 1858,
prepared the subscription books they
acted Understandings and determined
on the eastern route from Barton to Der
By Line, and to satisfy the people and
put every fear at rest they put the ex-
press condition into the contract contain
: ed in the subscription books, that the road
: should be located and graded to Derby
Line.
: How should subscribers understand
: this condition, especially when it was oft
repeated by the representatives Of the
: corporation, that the Fox survey was en-
: phatically the route and the only route.
Then there is the Reputation so often
: repeated by r. R., viewed in the light OF
: truth, and tested by facts reputation by
Neutrality-suspicious. is no such thing as
rppudiation by subscribers in this matter
FOR can there be until the corporation
perform the condition precedent on theiI
part, and then instead of reputation il
will be payment.
Your readers could more readily de-
termine the merits of r. RS criticisms il
they had been made when the article:
! we're published, as they undoubted
, ly would have been if he had then re
-. ceived his pay for them. But now We
=. are Obliged to go back through the file!
of the Standard as far as the 30th of DC
: tober, and thence down to the 18th O
q February, and probably in the next mum
l Der to the 18th of March this is incon
:, venient for those of your readers Wit
may not have the files of the ,Standart
:, at home, and hence the criticism vii
lose much of its force. But think tina
we can all discover these two leading oh
jects in r. RS productions First-T
o. show that he can convict B. H. of incon
. sistencies. Second-To vindicate an
10 justify the conduct of the managers c
~, the extension of this railroad.
nj The first proposition may be easy {
attainment because it can be done to tn
:. satisfaction of r. R. without truth @
T reason but he is bold and almost reck
ba less man who would attempt the seconc
u with knowledge of the facts, and | al
: persuaded that if R. r. was as we'll pos
ed up in the facts as was his predecesso
:; in railroad suits, he would abandon til
II effort. It will never do to disclose to tn
light Of day the facts in reference to th
extension of this railroad. Can r.
tor inform your readers what was the est
b. mated cost Of constructing and furnishin
m this railroad extension on the easter
&c western and middle route, respectively
and by whom the estimates were made
7ss and whether the estimated cost of II
10 nnnefrur.iou of tho aactarp routa ,vns 10