The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-04-09
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And let us suppose, # the Harlem
project should fail, our road would be
run in the future by a New York cor
poration as it has been for the past
few years Now it can be shown by
figures that the business of Manchester
has paid a yearly tax " the Troy 4
Boston company, in extra charges ON
passage and freight, Of twice $500.
We have paid it on every ticket We
have bought, ON every article Of foreign
production we have consumed, on every
pound Of home produce we have sent 70
market. Then if We look upon our IN
yostment in tho Lebanon Springs road
in the worst conceivable light and look
upon our position without that road N
the best conceivable light, still our in.
yestlnent in tho Lebanon Springs road
would be money-sayihs operation.
Let as continue in the supposition 2.
lie last paragraph, that our money III.
vested in the Lebanon Springs road
would pay no interest," and that without
that road We should have as good ac-
comoaations as before. Then when
our bonds become due thirty years
hence, the bonds we hold would be 0
small value, and the town would have
nearly $4,000 to raise by taxation
Does any one doubt that for the bene
fits Of road lar ycly supported b,
through business, and the lower rate
II local freight thereby insured, du1ins
thirty years, the town could then aiiore
to pay $4,000? we shall then hay,
Voluntarily paid to the Lcbaaol
Spring. railroad a certain ntego. ~
he privilege q doubling ON baan1 s.
instead u having paid en- comIa'sioi
10 the Ronssluor q Saratoga or lloE 4
Boston company double that interes
for the privilege Of keeping what hitI'
! business We had fhat $4,000 woalC
be paid on a grand list doubled, an
Tor al investment which had abroad.
brought rs ten times Tie cost
Bnt there il 10 uso IN dlscosla
/ the question q comparative advantages
for unless SO suppose the Rensslaer
Saratoga company are weak enough Z
4 give ap the benefit they haze Lahore,
fgr wears to obtain, or unless We sup
poac some one is maguanimoas enon 4
a continue to run our road at a loss
gba ue are called upon 70 d. is 10
I f3r tho sake Of getting better connoe
lf1n. but f,Y thos.ko u saving our foal
we trust that no man who pay q "a
II the town of Manchester doubts bu
I that tie toxin hal better pay the prin
cipal anl interest than BE- left withou
road. We know several laborcrs il
Manchester village who have bee
weeks without work because the rail
road break stopped The l'eof lunIbe
and the building u tenemens-19pe
They have now lost mach more .b z
enough to pay their share % 4 70
eipal and interest Every men WIS ha'
any amount II wood, log % laiAbe o.
hand. can see where tie loss ihas q
incurred Is more than his share 3. prih
e.pal aud interest would be- There d
40 need 81 showing those men that The.
would lore more than their share Z
principal and interest by The sioppn
a the railroad they have already 10,
it. The women who take $500 IN th
summer months by washing for th
boarders at the hotels, eho gei $50 dar
ing the season by selling berries q
those hotels. could plainly sec By y
next fall hoR ihey could better Afford :
paythe principal and interest Val
ia four weeks after the railroad STOP
the men who work in the tannery
"A 6. Clark L Co, and tie men VII