Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-03-29

>. low his example by removing the bar Of di
reimbursement and inelgi5ili,y IN his case
a' THE BENNINGTON & RUTLAND Il. R.
le GREAT MEETING At BANNINGToN-A lara
~ railroad meeting was held at Bennington d
wednesday. Hon. \. &. lark Of Manche,
ter presided, and John IL Flag, Esq d
Bennington was Secretary. The commitic
'V appointed At previous meeting repor,e,
t. 'gh their chairman lion. II. q Roo,
l.. vor OF the immediate g Instruction Of ,
y SOU; bern connection with the Harlem road
by building rsad by ~ay OF Lebanon
Spring. from Bennington L. Chatham Pour
f Corners. The report Gays
o The road 10 be constructed Is about any. four
miles In length, and will cost according to esti
: maie- your committee teeye 10 be reliable
: about fourteen hundred thousand dollars Sub
icriptions have already been made in the Stale
Of New York TO the amount OF five hundred
Q thousand dollars. and We have reason 10 believe
, that still further subscriptions will be made H.
that State
The Bennington Rutland Railroad Cosni..ny
oner 10 mortgage their railroad which - uo.
free from incumbrsnce- ic aLy amount n,,..-
sary TO secure the completion of this work. and
your Committee have no doubt that the rr.st
interest the towns on the line Of the Bennin,i,,,
Rutland Railroad have in opening thi, line
would induce them 10 lend temporary aid 10 the
construction Of the road i power Is given theu,
70 do SO.
The consiTuysloa - the Lebanon spripgs
Railroad sill open the best lius Of railro.i from
Montreal to New York. distance u over four
huni ell miles
The whole State is deeply interested to have
this road constructed. as without il all III. rail
road outlets from this State to the sres, Wssi
and New York will be owned sad urder the
control Of the Rensselaer, ), SaFaioga Railroad
Company-a foreign rPoT,tion-uho have not
SNOWY 'Astnssi'es ,riendly 10 Vermont interests
4Is oest evidence Of what our situation would
be II our c .mmunications by rail 10 the South
and IVES, are controlled by the Rensselaer, &
Saratoga Co. j. found III the fact that since
that Company has been able, by taking lease
oi i've miles Of road, connecting with oGT road.
to break our Western and Scutaetn connection.
they have ingEe+Ssl tkeis rates. on freight.
. ca';- Se'e "eIo'a aigher than on any other
I RAJ N eria-nt over twenty-five per cent
iour Committee are all Of the sriui,u ;h,t
i 30 greater calamity could befall Western Yer
I mont, and, IN fact, the whole STATE. than 40
have the Rensselaer, * Slrato.a Csa.esav .ey1re b
me conifol Of the Re-lIE st.a y H1tiaui Rail Z
roaii --- 60 pseseat tast. every N..mouter
sho~id exert hiDself
commitice alsl submitted dr,a
OF aowaa! ~ the Legislature. so,,ius
io''t 'ac facts Of the ease, aud PRAYING fog
the Necessary legislation, which W. adopted
by the meeting.
Hon. I. W ~ then took the HiJr and T.
made 80 s"Iv -peech. lie ,ail be had been .
odered by the K & ;. Company 500. 900 .
for hi- road (the Bennington & Rutlani). .
much moie tten it cost hiiu, bu. had refused (
= Iii II 'ha monopoly nigh, uter him six
tunes tL.' amount iog the Road. and shea be .
would not allow ,Lym 10 gam control ofIt.
lie commented the action u GOV. Dilliag-
ham in cunYening an extra session. and said
that no injury could possibly result TO towns
which would vote a subscription &. the .tock
OF the new route. - al business NAs already
ssiablisks4 mi !; must pay rntere,, ia is
cost and eventually taP r,,nyi.4l \ cyrIs
oi engineers bar already begun ,hc survey
ct ihe l. banon Springs route from Benning-
ton, nd Ac hJFed their operations would
not be impcded until the connection between
the two roads was completed ~ Chatham.
To show his lie.-'e.e4iedneas ,+cuniariiy.
~ oH'rca 20 seii the b. / K. rad 70 any
company cr ~ea who would guarantee the
contemplated overthrow OF the foreign mon
oPol by thc proposed or a more feasible
connection, ior SlOO,0 900 less than b.. was
offered Tor it by the II. 4, $. Cv>.piuy. and
then sats,r,te slOO,5o0 more ioi the pur-
Pase oi e.iec;iGE such connection. Ills re-
HasA. were received with prolonged ar-
plause.
The gentleman was followed by Hon. llsr-
mon Canhell OF Arlington. and Noa \. l.
Miner of Manchester. GAa took strong
grounds u ,a,al ai the construction Of the
new toad
VI. Prescott Of Troy. y. y, civil eng:
ueer, refuted the statement that the new
rOut' would cost tour or i've milho.a II doll
lars by saying that It -,-uA ie constructed
ioF 0,00G pe' milc, and offered to build it
al to prise, agreeing that it be did not
ha,. 1t 50 lar completed by the first OF Jan
AIRY ;ext as to b. able to run Il train of ears
owe Its entire length. he soah forfeit
81 900.
:. tne Soneiusion Of his remarks, the iol-
lowing resolution was introduced by Hon. r.
W. Park, and was unanimously adopted
Res0lrei, That We are in favor c. the pas
sage Of Law authorizing the towns on the line
OF the Bennington & Rutland Railrosd TO sub
scribe tor bor!s 10 aid in the construction Of
10 Lebanon Springs Railroad. If majority Of
the ,s1 pagers are IN favor Of such subscription.
Mr.. wooDBRIDGk's SPEECH on the Southern
relief resolution, attracted much attention.
The following extract will give some idea OF
the saEnestness and elcquenee OF the speech:
have no fear for the little Green Mountain
State, and believe, cir, that every man and wo-
man within her borders would call their Repre-
tentatives recreant TO duty should they oppose
the passage Of this resolution.
The question simply is. shall We extend gov
ernmental aid to these starving millions. Great
God, has it come to this, thst the American
Congress- in this century Of the Christian era
shall close their ears to the cry Of thousands Of
their starving .elloE-men for bread, bread,
when we have enough and to spare When the
people Of Ireland were fmishing Congress hast
encd to their aid and appropriated money and
provided ships TO carry food to the starving.
VIII we allow it now to be said that we are
worse than inhdels. aud refuse to provide for
our own know there is a vacant char at
almost every table. and broken hearts in almost
every family at the loss OF father. son, lover, or
brother in this dreadful war; The starving
soldier as he dragged his weary limbs nom the