Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-07-22
..RAILROAD SCHEMES"


We doubt whether anything from the Free
Press can 20 through the Burlington Times
without getting twisted out of its natural
and proper shape. The Times of Saturday
morning thinks the article headed Railroad
Schemes. " in the Free Press Of Wednesday
evening last Monday evening. it should
have siid], is little peculiar in Its aspects
and bearings" and proceeds TO say
The purport Of the article IS that the eonnec
ZION watch the VI. 4 Canada Road is bound by its
o's nal Oua.tsr - ma sEith the Rutland and Bur
hnston Road, IN the Nnl~sa of Burlin ,ton nus,
be made over the preposterOus route sur y-I nv
Mr.. PARROT, President Of the Vt Canada Co,
[lci) did lCsh 70 N axe Il 1u =, which is more
Than ,ntie longer than the injection By Essex
Junction and embraces gradients Of 80 feet TO the
mile, or else there is scheme somewhere. TO
prevent its being made at all ~
Whoever reads our article with any care
will see that it contains not a line nor word
which justiGes such representation of It's
meaning We sp Ike Of the conclusion reach
ed by the legislature last year as in its sub
stantial features a Just one, and one which
the public had a rlght to expect, and said
we were glad to see the several steps taken
by the Stockholders and Directors of the Vt.
& c. r. R., early in the season, such as &C
cepting the act authorizing the Directors to
proceed with the work in compliance with
the provisions Of the act, and to raise money
for that purpose, the proceeding to survey
and locate the route, and make provisional
contract for the work, because ''such
action looked, 1--WE slid, y as if there was to for
j. an honest and far compliance with the pro-
visions of the charter of the road" We did
not hint that the counexIOn required by the
charter ''must be made over the preposterous
route surveyed by Mr.. Parrott," nor was any
thing of the sort implied in any thing.we did
say.
On the subject OF particular route we
expressed no opinion, and had no occasion to
do So. If the survey was imperfect, and the
location OF the different portions of the route
We're iniudicous, there could be nothing to
hinder the one to be perfected and the other
to be changed, with the exception of one or
one or two points Of limitation and grant
ing to the parties in control honesty Of inten-
ton, such changes of course would be made,
if further examination should show the pro-
priety of it. Excepting the positive limlta-
tions of Legislative enactments, every Railroad
Company has a large license to alter its To-
cations, after they are first made, and makes
a free use of it too, as everybody knows.
Furthermore, we expressed our regret,
from what we had been informed of the late
Mortified meeting, to see evidences Of a
scheme on the part of those who had control
of the action there, to Illustrate the far pro-
visions of the charter, and to bring the Leg
islature to help them in so doing We do
not presume that every man who voted with
the majority at that meeting, looked at the
matter in that light but as to those who
shaped the action there, and in fact determin-
ed it, we have yet seen nothing which leads
US to alter the opinion we gave the other day
"a SrocKHoLDER OF BURLINGTON " sets forth
in the Times of Saturday morning, what he
believes the intentions of the Stockholders
plan was, and says, if all will help, 4" we will
Dor with all faithfulness and activity, to
accomplish the best In our power for the good
of the public, and for the private good of
our Town We greatly regret that our friend
of the Free Press refuses to accompany US in
this work. = We-do not wish to go into
discussion of his views as to the plan, &C.,
and only add that we see no ground for the
i'm plication with which he concludes his