Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-11-27
REMARKS OF MR.. WILSON OF BAK-
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friprds admit and the facts flu. Do. tho
committee show .-ist, That tho inhabitants of Essex
count, cannot b,ud tbc road 9nd Thai be b..ipc,s
m mat county mover can support the road or ia, one
fourth of the cs penes of running the cars over They
admit tat mo- assurance or proulso of aid iu hdry c
road ha. becn given or made by any por.u or conn.
pany re.idug ar existing out of Essex county aud hey
deuy ANN knoViedge nat either the Grand rrYuk or
an, other r,iiro,d c9rpanv desire Tho rrore. I'd ,rter
+, Il r,asons 10 In, ,,,l a. ,.., ,o l,,r,.. tat tho
peutonrrs have shown about tl that can be- shown IN
favor OF the road There sa rlatng moons ,cucy be-
tween b iats .,,sI d., ma ,rif, u tho committee to-
whom the ball was reIerred aid their dccisIUu thereon
and il would he dtfe,lt d, rariect,re the ,,aul. ,o
s'ii.t H., ~ IA .-,,,, ,y '. y tt
But We are MOI re,uhed 10 decide tho rcri, of the bi
on doubtful testimony There are certain f,fs connrct-
is no controversy.
S,yer,l of ,e towns u Fs.,, r,,rt, have b,,,, ,l,r
tered nearly century Il is an old county. ardIs IN
respect % quantity OF land large county Tie iuba-
tanis If IN Al county have beru and st are iutelgrt
aud indtsttious and il m due o thefn 40 s,, MAJ lbe
have done al that could have been dome f dayn'.p tb,
tninark,is d o gf,-t A, that nf e,.t al tie ir th
State Es.cx county, when compared with Franklin or
I,tuoe rpuuf, ba- had Ia, re- man an ,,efa,. a,,o,t
of failr al sites lbr average distance, f,o,, fbs
center II fhe tut, bited to,yu.tu k..,v .t is,
railroad. il e,s tnnu hitee, m,, vn,ie tt, a,,,ge
distance IL ma the center OF ten towns ia franklin county
othe nearest aceessioie business point o. tho railroad
is abut "a htcen miles. and In ihe county Of Lnmoil
the av,rt,e ai.tt,. H. alY,,t t,,rt, mn, ,,ls A., 49,.
cred in RESPECT 10 me extent Of its ttiof, n, location
and failfoad facilities has had al. aa 10 Franc
hu or lamulc county, but the population VI those
counties and as follows --EsseA, ~ Lanuillei
1871, and Franklin " 23land the Orahd List of Is
sex county is comparatively small
lhe inquiry is, what hA, made the difference between
these counties boz respect 90 population aud wealth II
is claimed that the agricultural interests the e, u-
" uf Essex nave suf red for want % railroad facilities,
aud the supporters of tue bill have no shown J.,
true, that that part of the county stuated thc greatest
distance from railroad ever had any more agricultural
products than scfcueeded Tor home cousumpL0u. % 10
tue that the t0 On ihe souuihtu part ui he county
adapted 90 agricultural purpose that part 0f the
county has all the railroad ad'ahta,e DO, busi-
can reasonably require. aud Il is equally uuc tu4t
large portion OF he land iu thai county be- wholly uuht
for farming purposes, and this the principal uause
why A. az part of that county still remains wilder
uess and without inuaoittuts BIti bus been c.aiucd
that tle land boo that cJuu is cutD wiih valuable
aud umuer aud tor tht tultose pro.u log the
passage uf this bill some Ntty extraordinary estimates
have been made $40 regard to the value OF the timber ON
each land ~ that county. Bu tEls point
sufficient say that such estimates be correct, and
the lumber such prices were available in building rail-
roads, might build fauroad through every valley
every hIll ia Vermont There have been, and
sill large quantities OF standing lumber iu several
counties ia the state az the line OF raioaii but
persOE acquainted with the situation OF such timber
with the humber business va Vermont woud pretend
it has been will bc sufficient justify the build.
ing railroad with any c1h'idefaoe frerthce tU the
auspurii0n Of such lumber. | gNarr that the
friends II the bill pretend shat tits Ia view VI the lumber
trade ksseX county that they desne thc charter bat
IN view OF all the facts cauuot believe that such is The
rp0se for which the charter is invoked. 10 appears
that large amount Of lhe uncuu'ated lauds ia that
county is owned by nou-rcsidents aud have doubt