The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-02-19
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20 subscribe 10 is stock. was that With.
ont the road We should b. isolated -cui
Of from al commercial relsiions--thni
IN fact We should not be anywhere -
Lately the Troy 4 Boston Railroad COM
pany, controlling q connecting road has
endcasorcd 10 make rs feel the force o.
that argument by capricioasly refusing
al connection With the Bennington &
Rutlaad road .late Western W. This
action Of The I. 4 b Co. certainly does
very forcibly illustrate the condition We
should nor be in wire il not ~ the
Bennington & Rutland road.
We are aware that this rupture IN oui
railroad connections al first somewhat
alarmed our business men, and caused
many, under the erroneous idea that the
I. x b. r. r. is an absolute necessity
to regard the prospects as somewhat
gloomy But our condition has been
investigated and our prospects defined
Facts disclose that with the Bennington
4 Rutland road running through our
valley we are entirely independent 81
the Troy 4 Bostsp r. Il. and its spleen!
officials.
Our merchants have aeeertained that
they can purchase goods and groccrie.
as cheaply in Boston and elsewhere ans
transport them TO their stores With as
little expense, and VIII be enabled "a
sea- them dis low, as when shipped oxen
the Troy & Boston r. r.
The Burlington Flourmg Mills, erect
cd expressly to compete with the West,
and whose four is not surpassed by that
Of any other mil in city or country, will
furnish rs with an article as good and
at rates us low us can be ub,ained south
on west, and with freight 20 per cent
lower than heretofore charged by the
Troy 4 Boston h. II,
The article of nails we have suffered
TO be carried from the factories north,
us it were, past our own doors and sold
to jobbers IN Troy where our merchants
purchased them, paying jobber's profits
and two freights. We Low shall obtain
them direct from the factory, at rates
from IA to I a cent per pound less than
heretofore when shipped over the Troy
q Boston r. r.
Other articles might be enumerated
with similar results Bat let these sui
iico to show that the inhabitants of the
Western yorih6nt Valley arenot entire
ly dependent OH the /. q b. r. II.
All that will result from this railroad
spleen will be, our business will fid
new business channels. We must OF
necessity cut loose from those merchants
and business men in Troy with whom
ii was our pleasure to deal The trade
they have built up with us has been by
q stroke Of doubtful railroad policy, ia
ken away.
But We must and shall trade some
where. Starvation is fir distant and not
much 70 be apprehended from the mere
fact that the I. & b. r. r. refuse to
freight TO us breadstuff We shall con-
tiauc to eat bread We shall also con-
time to read the New York papers, al
though no longer able to procure them
of the gentlmanly news-man in Troy
They too must reach us through anoth-
or channel
The little inconyenieneies, if any, that
may arise from this transition of bust
ness, must be cheeTfully borne, as it will
assuredly rebound TO our permanent
good. An outlet is in contemplation,
with fair prospect Of success, which will
place us in connection with New York
and Albany and even Troy itself, with
out patronizing the / & j. II. r. Then
that dclectablo corporation shah no
more say to US, ere hold the mouH, Of
ne bag and haze he po,ca. % dratg he
strings against you al pleasure
Now we Yermonters do not intend to
be many times caught in that bag -
The decoy must be more inviting than
any ever before offered by that company
to induce us again to make the attempt.
We do not intend to again enter.' That
bag has played out. We are no
longer to be tied up with bag strings.
Let us then encourage and promote
the Harlem extension. BY this we shall
rid ourselves Of tie capnces, the whlms,
the decoys and the bag strings Of the
Troy & Boston Railroad.
In revolutionary times the Yermohters
OF this section became exasperated at
the transgressions Of the New Workers
along and near the now locality Of the
Troy & Boston Railroad. The Vermont
ers, we read, to express their displeas-