Litchfield enquirer., 1863-12-24

THURSDAY. DEC. A. 1868.
 The Proposed Railroad through
 Litchfield County.
 We think we discovered in the proceedings of the meeting held in this town on Monday last determination to take hold ofthe matter of railroad through Litchiisld and Litchfeld county in sober earnest. The committee ap pointed to confer with the Directors of Boston and Erie R. R., in Hartford and Boston, were thorough in their work, and made satisfacto- " report. The proceedings of the meeting, together with report of the committee. will be found elsewhere in our columns today. The plans and projects which will secure the transit of railroad across this csunty. from east to west, are now before the people. It remains with the various towns interested to say wheth- CT they will have railroad or not Itis just as certain that railroad can be procured and may be procured by proper effort on the part of our people, as il is-that it wont bs built without such effort be made.
 It is needless for us to ailude to the impor- tance of this road. to the towns which its build- ing will benefit and develope.
 It has been well said that if this town was owned by one man, he could well afford to mortgage one-fourth of it for railroad run ming through it's center. So, if this town, with it's purely agricultural interests, would be so benefited, how would Goshen with its produce, and Washington with it's quarries. and Kent with its mines, be augmented and enlarged in wealth and population? The opening of railroad is to a town now-a days what the open ing of public post-road formerly was. The railroad is the great public thoroughfare now, and is indispensable to the growth and pros perity of town. And unless the towns of our county yet unpenetrated by railroad, de- sire to be outstripped by their more enterprising or more favored sisters, they will make haste to embrace the first and best opportunity that is offered to secure one.
 It certainly, y,then,is not needful to speak here of what railroad does for the development of country, nor how largely the increase of property--especially in our agricultural com muuity-follows the building of road. Itis only necessary for us to consider the present traffic of the towns which will bs benefited by tine railroad proposed, and which are now sent to market, over the hills. by the slow and tedi- ous process of "teaming." to show the actual and absclate present necessity for railroad Then, too, tie mining interests of these towns, if they are worth anything, they certainly are in condition to subscribe literally to the building of railroad, and will go far toward sustaining enc when built.
 The road proposed is feasible, not difficult to build,-its whole estimated cost from one | side of the county to the other being but | trihe over $500,000-; it is the nearest and | most direct line from Hartford to Fishkil it | opens new ard rich country-rich in every thing that makes land valuable hitherto un- touched by rail-road; its passenger traffic will be sure to increase, just as its agricultural and mineral and manufacturing resources are de- veloped. by Q facile outlet to market.
 We are aware that the most strenuous efforts are being made by parties interested in Fair held county to secure the passage of the Bos- ton 4 Erie road through Newtown, Danbury, &c. and some interested people from that To- cai'ty, have been so good as to suggest to the Chief Engineer of the B. & E. Road that tun- nel of some tUo miles would be necessary to be built il the road should be run this way!-l which statement is sufficiently shown to be false by the actual surveys now in the Epei- nser's hands. This activity of our Fairfield Co friends, legitimate and illegitimate. should ia- cite us to emulate their exampls--in the former particular.
 What tLen should be done to secure the route of the great Boston road through this county 2 Our citizens should think of it, talk about it, agitate it, be in earnest about it. We would advise public meetings to be called in all | the towns and villages interested in the build- ing of the road, the right of way guaranteed. committees appointed to see to the interests of the towns in the matter, a bonus voted if nee sssary, personal influence used wherever it l will tell, and efforts never relaxed until the road is an accomplished fact. This is what ought to be done this is what must be done ifI we are everto have rail road running through .itchneld county east and west unless we dol | this no1 1t is more than probable that we have lived to see Litch6eld county all if evar ,v;,, ho in wealth, population and prosperity.
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