Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-09-02

has yet been mentioned; they will agree to Cnion
Depot in Burlington for the three roads, ana SUI
arrangements of running time as to make n
lington. what she naturally is by her geograPn,
ical position the ouer-High stopping place loI W.
Southern and Eastern trains. This arrangehen'
conternnIates Kidding u.s. and the public at large,
Of tho intolerable nuisance of locomotives IN oul
streets from morning to night,-secures 10 o.
furnishing and enterprisng neighbor, Nlho1sA'
with its growing manufacturing wealth. tne
fits of Railroad (Which it has never YET nauJ
az d. what is more and better, produces haiin Sy
and peace to end a long and suicidal coh''o''
forever.
Now the first thing that struck us when
we read the above, was the evident FRESHNESS
or tho writer. shown in his absolute comb
damon that If the Vt. & Canada Railroad IS
only lef alone (nothing like Legislature action
being limited at as at all necessary it, the W.
& Canada. and the Vt. Central, trlH do so
and so. One might suppose that at the re'y
least both corporations had entered into most
solemn engagements to do as stated above
and had deposited authenticated copies o'
their several votes and of the bonds they
were seyerally under for sure ful6llment' ]"
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the Times Office. Though if they had, we
do not see what would hinder a set OF men
having stock enough in their control, from
upsetlnq the ,chole arrangement, any day las
was done at Mortified not long since) Il
they should choose to do it.
But Of course there has been nothing Oh
the sort done We presume that somebody
has told the Editor of the Times that under
this or that hypothesis the two corpora
tons would agree to do this and DO that,
and that was quite enough to lead
him to say 1--WE have good authority
for saying &c. The whole paragraph just
quoted is mere BOSH, Of the cheapest sort,
and nothing else. As to getting rid OF
.. the intolerable nuisance Of locomotives in
our streets. we apprehend nobody will OBJ
iect to that, whenever the ITmom Central
Rollroqd Company. regarding which there IS
no hgislaiire question whatever. shall please
to bring their track into town by better
way. We have nothing to say about the
Vermont Central Railroad Company 1t is
not thar charter, but the charter Of the Vt.
and Canada which is IN question.
What the TI,ncs means by saying that the
arrangement it speaks so certainly about
8. secures to Winooski 1.-THE Jqcfts Of a
railroad (Which it has never had yeti" goes
far beyond all our powers Of divination.
We wonder if the Times knows where VIM
ooski is We think the Editor had better
spend day in riding on the cars TO and fro
between here and Essex Junction, for the
sake Of noting down in his memorandum
book how many times he hears the conduc-
tor cry out ~ Wnooski 3"
We presume, however, that there is some
meaning lying beneath theapparently absurd
assertion of the Times that Winooski has
never had the benefits of a Railroad, other
than what the plain language of the asser-
ton implies; but what it is, We must leave
our readers to guess.
The Times has had good deal to say about
the wisdom of letting all by-gones alone. So
far as these railroad matters are concerned
and taking a fresh start from the present
moment. If the Times Will stop long enough
to think the subject over seriously. it will see
that it is impossible to Ignore the past, for
the plain reason that out Of the past, in a
great measure, grow the obligation, Of the
present and the future.
We have nothing to say Hot0, any more
than heretofore, on any particular routes or
parts Of routes, by which the Vermont and
Canada should make its proper connection
with the Rutland and Burlington in the vii
lage of Burlington, as its Charter provides
for. and therefore, the plan mapped out by
the inns in the quotation above, we leave
unremarked on. But the notion OF binding
Railroad Directors to any permanent course,
simply by their agreements, considering the
experience of the country on that subject, is
preposterous The country, from one end
to the other. could be half carpeted with
broken railroad agreements. Nothing binds
them but the firm grip Of the 'a'r-the law
not only limiting property what they must
do, but also providing what shall be done in
ease they refuse to comply.