Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28
BC
VT. 4 CANADA II. &. Corr ALL
ROAD CONNECTIONS.

We copy the Bill introduced into both
Houses # the Legislature on the Goth inst,
concerning the Vt. & Canada r. X. Com
panv. Its intended effect. if enacted. is Of
course a breathing Of ner Efe into the cold
ashes and dry bones Of the Vermont & Can
ada Railroad Company, which, by the condi-
lions Of the act which gave itlife, and Of the
several acts Of last year, especially the act
of Nov. Is, 1888, expired on the first day OF
September 1859. Perhaps too. it is expect
el by TINS means 20 r~e-Inyest the men who
were in power under that corporation hen
IL ceased and became void, with the same
authority they had previous to that day, & to
give a fresh lease oflife to all rights. privi-
Ieges. contracts, and obligations pertaining to
its former state of existence. However that
may be. it does not concern our present pur-
pose
The bill. in us form and in some Of its de
tails. is a transcript Of the act OF Nov. Is,
1858. In some details the difference is i'm
p9rtant. The essential changes are the fol-
loving. The first section of the act Of 1858
was like the first section Of the present bill,
except that in the former the words "to some
point ,rast Of The tolcn house in the tocn Of Col
chester. occurred right after the words with
said Rutland & Burlington Railroad, & the
words'in The tocn Of Mifon, - occurred right
after the words lat the most suitable and
proper point"
The second section Of the act Of last year
required a survey and location and the X
pending Of $50. 600 on such location north
of Onion River, before the first day o
September, 1859, and the further sum Of
$4,000 within eighteen months. All that
is left out of the second section of the pres
ent bill. and instead, it is provided that the
road shall be made through the "Sandbank,
50 called" and to a point on the Vermont
Central Railroad at or near Winooski
Railroad bridge, within eighteen
months. The time for completing
the road Is heightened one year. From the
neighborhood of Winooski railroad bridge
the route is lett wholly underlined. 1t
may turn off to the left at or near Winooski
bridge and connect with the present track of
the Vt. & Canada in Milton. or. as some
have talked of, it may be laid out along side |
Of the Vt. Central track all the way to the |
x-rc.o,. r-e,r T,-.4fo, ,r nar+ ,f 4Lo 49,.
thither, and then turned off to the left. to
unite at some other point of the present Vt.
4 Canada track, North of Essex junction.
We are told that this last is the one pro-
posed by the managers concerned. The parti-
cular provisions in the second section for run
ming the Vermont & Canada Railroad when
50 completed, so as to give facilities to the
Rutland & Burlington Railroad IN regard to
freight and passengers, are. we believe, the
same in the bill Of this year as in the act of
last year. 1t Is said the bill is quite accep-
table to those who act for the Rutland &
Burlington Road, as well as to those who act
for the Vt. d Canada Railroad Co.
We have at no time discussed the ques-
ton, by what particular route the VT. & Can
ada R. R. ought to make the connection
which the charter of 1916 required it to
make with the Rutland & Burlington Rail-
road in the village of Burlington, or what
route would be most erpedieat for that pur.
pose and wee do not propose to say a word
on that topic now. That the charter obliga-
tons of the company in regard to that con-
nexion should be fully and honestly COM
piled with, we have always said,-and fur
ther, that the particular wishes and interests
of individuals in so important a matter should
never be paramount to those of the public
but should be always subject to them. Now
it seems TO us that the present bill, under ex-
lsting circumstances, leaves the public inter-
est unprotected in a most important particular,
to that we wish to draw attention.
The present bill provides that when the