Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-09-02

MOASS Ah1h useieSS aaiu btSAs festsS haS
been takeni TO instruct our Boston Direct
ors into the same belief and no doubt
some Of them did believe this to be the
probable fact--thinking that gentleman
would not attempt to rnislead them in
this matter. But Mr.. Barton you know
it TO be fact that Governor Fairbanks
and all the Directors from first to lastlde-l
clared in all the public meetings when
location was alluded to, that this road
would not be located until thorough sur
yeys were made by competent engineers
ofall the routes valley, middle and east
ern' and that the road should be built
upon the most practicable route taking
all things into consideration-and upon
the first starting Of the books the proyiso
you speak Of was made to read Derby
Line Village. VIII Barton inform why
the word village was stricken out. This
was done at large convention on Stan
stead Plain. There was two very essen
tial reasons, one was that none but the
village friends would subscribe TO book
that assumed to fix the terminus there
another was-that Mr.. Cheney the dele
gate from Boston who was authorized to
say that provided the country would raise
100000, one fourth the estimated ex4
pense for building the road from St.
Johnsbury to the line, the stockholders
south would raise 100000 and build the.
road-but said to that convention he
wished it distinctly understood that he
did not represent one dollar to fix the
terminus of this road TO any point-and
by the unanimous consent Of that con-
vention the word village was stricken
} out and from that time throughout the
: whole campaign the location Of the road
was considered an open question and to
! be decided by competent enquirers-and
must cross the line at any rate at some
: practicable point TO connect with STAN
. stead, Shefford & Shambly road-which
D was from the first the ultimatum of the
: corporation in extending the road thro'
to the north line of the State, and Dir
ector who lived in Derby and who was
then the Ajax in driving up the sub
scriptions in this County-wheneve he
referred to the location land sometimes
a his attention was called particularly to
it the meaning of Derby Line in connec.
ton with the location of the road) al
. ways said with undoubted sincerity that
/. it meant the whole north line of the
town-and that the company had just a:
good right to build the road in the val
: ley of Barton river and through Wes
Derby to the line at Beebee Plain, pro
2 vided that proved TO be the best route a.
/ they had by Derby Centre 70 the lire
Al or any other route. Now, Mr.. Barton
S. you will not deny that it is notorious tina
Of all these routes were to be surveyed-ans
IS do you think that the Directors woult
l. expend some $4,000 in surveying thes,
sr several routes if they considered them
ID selves bound to locate upon the old Twin
~ ing survey? Again do you think tina
the stockholders South would lay on
: 100000, ga of the whole, costin build
= ing this road through to the line, withou
first ascertaining where it could be don
y to the best advantage for the profits @
ne the Stock in this road? Is it reasonabl
lie for you to ask the corporation to sim
p $50, 900 in building this road over tn
hills, upon grades that will cost nearl
double the amount to run over when bui
aside from loss of at least one-fourt
of the business that would come upon til
valley route--for the solepurpose of ms
IN king your village little larger?s Yo
he say" it was particularly urged upon Bal
M ton villagethat they would receive MOI
err benefit than any other portion of tn
". County and that they ought to subscrib
in proportion. - Barton village at tn;
: time was the only village in the Count
rs that was sure oft he road. It was expecte
Ter that they would subscribe well and al;
ng pay their subscriptions. You q apprec
oy ated the argument, responded to the cal
the and Barton subscribed thirty thousan
ian dollars " Dad and lis got fort
pa pa cows, Dad he-he's got thirty-ni9e-
'no andAI-I-I-I-Ps got one" VIII
IT, amount of Ibis $4,000 has your villag
- paid-you know there has been abor
% Sd million already expended in buidir
3 q the road to you'll know you have 81
!, y honorable exception who subscribed Ii
' - orally and has paid his stock honorably-
,ne can you make out Is shares more til
'"' has been paid in the, village / kno
~ most of the farmers in your vicinity haI
us paid and are willing to pay TO have Il