Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-11-05
DAY AT MONTPELIER.

of Superintendent Powers, the cost thu' far
is S14 900 more than he said in his famous
speech at the extra session he was confident
the whole work would cost ris., $4,000,
and he now thinks the whole expense will
not exceed S135,O0O. We shall be sur
prscd if it shall como within that limit by II
considerable SUN. There is Il very unquiet
state of feeling among the members about
what is to be done for means to finish the
work. We have nothing to say ON that sub
icct, except to repeat what we have often and
earnestly said before. Whatever appropra-
ton is made by the State, ought to be ac-
companied by law for tdr 10 meet Il. 1t
was all wrong to borrow money for that pur
pose last year, without providing for its pay
mcut, and contrary to the sound practice of
the State heretofore Let that process go on
further and the people may look out for the
curse Of IL State debt to vex the legislation
and disgrace the State for long time to
come.
The now dome is undergoing the process
coppering. The wood work between it and |
the roof has yet quito skeleton like look. |
| The dome is to be surmounted by a figure |
carved from wood and gilded, to represent
Vermont, as female figure holding 4 roll |
! 1.-THE Constitution) and sheaf of wheat |
The design is by Mr.. Mead of Brattleboro and
the carving by German Artist, Mr.. Rettng,
and 50 far us can be judged from its APP
- A.. "a, l.
depot it is very credtable to the designer and
to the workman
The first remarkable object which struck orr
eyes as we stepped from the depot yesterday,
was lofty square brick structure erected
near the corner of the State House. II re-
minded us Of a shot tower or the lofty chin
ney of a mandatory of chemical substances
Whether intended for a legislative gas
,corks, or Il steam chimney, it is an outrageous
deformity, to say the least of it.
Stepping into the House Of Representatives,
in the Brick Church assembled, we found a
Joint Assembly in session, and the telcrs in
the act of counting the ballots for Reporter
Of decisions of the Supreme Court. 1t gave
us pleasure to hear, as the result of the bal
lots, that our townsman Mr.. VIM. G. Shaw,
was elected. We are sure that the State
will never regret that appointment. In our
view Mr.. Shaw has uncommonly excellent
qualities for the office
In the afternoon we heard part of the dis
cussion on bill for remitting to the st.
\ In |, Il l,-1 ,,r
for its failure to redeem its bills in Boston or
New York during part of last year.
The reasons urged for rcmitting it recalled
to our mind the specousargumcnt made some
years ago by the then member from st.
Adams, Hon. John Smith, whereby the re-
chartcring Ct that bank was carried when
other banks OF irreproachablc reputation
were refused Ike favor. 1t was in short.
that because it did not redeem its bills in
, Boston,-reluscd to pay tribute to State street
dcspots, and met (professcdly) all demands at
its own coulter, as became a bank of II free
people to do, it was especially entitled to
countenoncc and favor from the Legislature .
The notorious fact that its bills were at a
heavy discount everywhere, to the vexation
and loss of the merchants who undertook to
make purchases with them, and to every
man who paid debt with them, while the
bank got an indirect profit from its dscredit,
e he omitted to enlarge upon. However, ma
. ked as the hook was, there were gudgeons
: enough in the Legislature to bite at it, and
} the bank gained its object.
h The House refused To- ras, the hill that
day bur we should not wonder If the vote
were to be re-considered and the bill passed
0 Should that be done, the quicker the Legisla-
ture shall repeal the existing law for that
;, tax, the less trouble they will have hereafter,
!, If not enforced in this case it will be enforc-
$ cd in no case
We dropped into the loom Of the Com
mittee on Roads for an hour last Friday, and
heard Judge Smaley's opening speech on the
part Of those opposing the application of the
> Vermont and Canada Railroad, for an UNI
qualified extension of the time specified in
= their charter for completing their connection
:, with the Rutland and Burlington Rail Road
y | company al burlington
!, Judge Smalley went over the ground with
t his accustomed case, for which his opportu-
= mites as counsel for the Rutland and Bur-
lington RAILROAD from its beginning, had
well fitted him. OF course he had no time
to spread out all the doublings and twistngs
n which tho high contesting parties had dis
k played for fifteen years paSt,-to show how
r many wheels within wheels had been
y concerned in Producing the movements
0 which came before the public eye,-and how
n often the bitter got Bit, ON both sides. The
l. essential steps taken, according to the terms
of various legislative acts, were all that it was
necessary for him to point out, and he did
+ that very clearly.
C The gist Of the case is just this By the
t act chartcring the Vermont and Canada
l. Rall-Road Company, passed October 3lst,
= 1919 and modified by some acts afterwards,
c that corporation was to build its road SO as
to connect with the Vermont Central some
where in Chittenden County, and also with
the Rutland and Burlington, (thcn called the
q Champaign and Connecticut Railroad Com
$ pony,) lat the village Of Burlington" and
the road was to be completed within hi1c,n
= years, or else the corporation was to cease and
the act to be void
Instead of proceeding to build their road
so as to connect with the Rutland and Bur
, lington RAILROAD, lat Burlington" the
> Vermont and Canada Railroad Company
did nothing Of the sort did not stick
o spade into the ground even, but let the
r whole thirteen years run away, waiting like