Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1860-07-12
A Word Concerning our Railroad


Just at this season, when itchfeld is neve
more delightful, and never more appreciated b.
the many who find willing pleasure in luxurl
ting beneath the arching elms, and amid theh
summer glory,it is not improper or in-opportune
to press once again the subject OF our PROJECT
ed Railroad upon the consideration OF our read.
era. That those, who from season to season, es
Gaping from the torrid town, find no more health
full or delicious resting place than they find up
on our hill, will readily and without dissent ad
nit and urge the benefit to them which would
be derived from railroad passing through the
place, say from the Naugatuck to the Housaton'
ic and Harlem roads, we make no doubt, and
need not stop to ask.
But those of us who are permanent residents
of Litchfeld, who in the main and aggregate are
possessed of its lands and hold its property, by
better title than popular sovereignty
OF us, at least, still need to be taught plain
answer to the plain question-How much would
railroad benefit as? And the answer, to
most of u.s. it must be, seems easy enough to
give.
What has a railroad done for other towns,
without 1.-THE of the attractions and natural
advantages of this, and how are they increasing
still?
Take Lenox, or Darlington, or Norwalk, or
Stamford, or even Winsted, and note the growth
and popularity of the places, the influx of people
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area demanded for the travelling community and
afterwards and in consequence, the growing
wealth and enterprise Of the inhabitants Of each
Without an exception, and without a question
the railroads which pass through these or are
made the points Of their termination, by bring
ing each nearer and more accessible to the great
metropolis, have been the largest means Of thei
rapid and steady growth and increased wealth
What then would Litch6eld be, if two hour
nearer New York, and accessible by rail, will
its unsurpassed beauty of situation, attraction
and scenery, with its wealth of water power, an
its mines just beginning to discover their endles
extent and richness, its ample lands and it
luxuriant forests yet open to internal improve
nants? .,~
NJ II. -~os uJ!1syi9gton, nor Stamford nc
places\ ss s2L2sp@ New England, can com
pare with LID sss-@sE beauty. in healthfulness
in natural facilities, and in undeniable advan
tages for residence, for business or for the sum
mer tourists halt only bring it nearer to the com
merciol mpoaium, and make it more accessible
by Railroad
This is the point, which seemingly demon
strates its own reasonableness much better than
we can put it, which we feel nevertheless disposed
to press upon our readers here. 1t is point, the
most seductive of all, since it pertains to us ind
vidually in Litchfeld-the benefit to us of q
Railway hither. Happily but few of us but are
not of the same opinion in the matter and upon
these grounds,with the promised aid from abroad,
vigorous movement is about to be made by our
citizens to commence in good earnest the work
and in less than three summers from the time
we WRITE the thing will be accomplished and the
Railroad built; when with fitting composure, we
shall sit on our hilltop and ttillating our noses
with satisfaction, twinkle our outstretched fin
gers ut border towns and border ruffians!