Litchfield enquirer., 1864-01-07
LITCHFIELD. CONN.,. THURSDAY. JAN. I. 1884.
The Railrsad Question.

THURSDAY, JAN. I. 1884. The Railroad Question. Tn. subject of the projected railroad through
 this county, east and west. is exciting seep
 intere.t abroad. The probability that the 1 agricultural and mineral rssourcss of the cen ,rsl portion of Litchfsld County is to be de- yeloped and opened to market of necessity le ads people to enquire what these resources are, and what they may be expected to become in future years.
 speak with certainty and correctness as to what advantage our neighboring towns of Cornwall Warren, Washington and Kent will derive from the passage of railroad through their town ships or closely adjacent to them; they must and car speak for thsmselvs g, and we are cer- tain they cannot be overestimatsd or oveIsta- ted by tn most sanguirs. Indeed, it is an in- disputable fact, that the more carefully and thoroughly estimates are made of the wealth and resources of these towns, which can be made immediately available by a railroad, the importance and absolute ssant of such public Is the more strongly felt. Not farmer, if hs will take the trouble to estimate tho increased value of his farm by the passage of a railroad in it's immediate vicinity or figures ap the in czessd prices he can command for his stock nd nrn9rno n orohauf |, borer, but will be convinced by the figures themselves rather than the mere say 50, that the future benefit will be worth large tempe- rary sacrifice:
 Thus, we draw no fancy picture when we say that the value of land in cur town will be increased fifty per cent iu ten years after the building of such . railroad as the Boston & Erie through our township fron east to west The mere increase in the value of property interests and resources of this town, we believe will exceed rather than fall below this figure.
 The fact, too. that land will be in demand from those who have it to sell, by those who will ke attracted hither from the cities to buy, is fur ther assurance we have for the truth If OFT statement. And when we add the develop ment of tie mineral wealth, which is 1ndispu- tably scattered throughout the hills of our
 town. and which is only retarded h5 want Of facilities for transporting it to market Or tie still undevelopsd water power. which years hence will make this town famous or the bus;- ness which already makes this the market for several Of the adjoinisg town, we ire confident percentage of the increase on the value of property in this town which we may reasonably be led to expect.
 On the singlo road which trsverses the east ern lire of our town, four miles from tue csn- ter, the annual receipt of freight at our station amounts to thousands of tons, and the number of passengers that go and como from this town i from that station exceeds seven thoussnd.--
 That this business would be quadrupled :o a road running directly through the center of ths town, east and west, we have no manner of doubt.
 This railroad question is we'll worthy the thought and attention it is receiving from our citizens, as it is from those who are proposing to build this great trunk road from Boston to Fishkill, through the State of Connecticut.- We hope the citizens of other towns in our County who are equally interested with us, will also consider and ugitats the matter, if for no other reason than their own selfinterest, untilthe railroad through the County is fixed l fact.