The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-08-01
verm ont Rail Roads.

We copy below an article from The
Bennington Banner, showing she way
10 which the railroads through this
county are being sacrificed Tor the
benefit Of foreign capitalists and spec
uIalors. This state Of things is the
natural and not unexpected result Of
the strange legislation last fall, by
which parallel railroad to the one
nov in existence from Rutland TO
New York line was chartered, to con-
meet with the Sarato ga road.
The attempt to obtain charter for
this parallel road bad been made for
several sessions, but always unsuc.
cessfully until last year, when by some
pc lilical jugglery il became law, and
shat is most strange Of all, without
any opposition from the only quarter
in this county, where opposition could
have been made efftctual. The par
allel road has not been built and new
er will be, but its charter so reduced
the value Of the road via Salem tC
Eagle Bridge as to enable the specu'
lators to buy it up, which was perhaps
all that was originally designed.
We understand our State Treasu.
rer is getting to be about the tallest
man in the State. He not only re
ceives and disburses the large fund;
OF the State, but appears TO be fas
becoming railro ID king. As trustee
Of the Rutland q Burlington road
and lessee Of the Connecticut Valley
road, he has the complete contro
Of The thoroughfare from Rut
land, by way of BellowsFalls, Il
Rratlleboro, and by virtue Of thii
control, if we arerightly informed
he seeks TO direct all the railroad
travel which passes through RutAnC
over such road as he peases, with lii
tie or no reference 10 the wishes OF
convenience Of the public. We are
told, on what we suppose TO be gooc
authority, that passengers from Mon
ireal to New York having through
tickets over the Western Vermont
road. are stopped AT Rutland and mad,
to take The cars over the Saralog'
road, thus being obliged TO travel !
much greater distance and an huu oil
Two longer to reach their plac of des
tinaiion, than they had bargaired for
Passengers from Boston TO Troy are
also required to 60 round by way o
Saratoga. We are flu her informed
that notice Las been given to he man
ayers oil the Hudson River & Harlem
roads that their through tickets tt
Burlington and Montreal over th,
Vermont Western, will be long,
recogniz d by the Rutland IL Bnring
ton road, and that they must furnish
passengers with tickets by the round
about way of Saratoga.
This course il would seem has BEEF
adopted by Mr.. Page in pursuance Q
contract with the Saratoga road un
der which the Rutland rord by way @
Salem to Eagle Bridge has been brough
up and turned into sort Of one hors
con Germ. II the plan is to be carrie
out, the Western Vermont road, whic
runs over fifty miles in this State, i
also to be left out in the cold--mad
TO depend entirely for It's exislenc
upon its local support-and all for th
benefit OF foreign corporation who's,
track is wholly out Of tie State.
Perhaps this project Of divertin
travel from its natural channel for lh
benefit OF foreigners and TO the grea
injury of our people may meet wit
permanent success. We shouldn
wonder if our Legislature had some
thing to ssy about it "