The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-04-16

hrlv. and BE- had SAID the same thlhG +
On ) previous occasion. viz: That nef-
~. vhilc be lived. should either the
Troy s. Boston or Rensselaer, 4 saTato-
"a Companies run q single mile Oh The
Z track 81 the Bennington & Rutland
Railroad No rent was now being paid
on the Bennington 4 Rutland Railroad,
s because il did not pay running expenses,
aud he had told the losseos be should
eall on them Tor 40 rent until the road
earned il, and that time never would
come. II il depended on either Of the
above Compauis running the road or
any part Of t.
One gentleman had said ho would
lease his road from here to the State
Inc and pay him $4,000 year in re-
PTS 10 that be would ask-shal we he
SO utterly selfish as TO gain aceomm0da-
tons for ourselves az the expense Of our
Northern neighbors? The matter Of
the Burden road had been brought up,
i Why did that application fail before the
Legislature Simply because the Leg
islature Of Vermont had never been in
the habit of chartering two roads run
ming parallel to each other. We have
direct road from here to Troy now.
He wanted every man to act accord
, ing to his own best judgement Unless
he deemed it los~the public good, he
wanted no man to subscribe to the move
ment.
The idea that the Harlem extension
j could be put in running order for 81
400, 600 had been ridiculed and pro-
nounced foolish by certain gentlemen.
{ In regard to this he wished to say that
! year ago three different corps Of con-
{ tractors made their estimates on the
! cost Of building, and the highest esti-
mate made was 81 100000, since then
the same parties had agreed TO build it
{ for less. Recently Engineer Lindsey,
/ of the Vt Central Road, had made a
[ close estimate, which figured up les,
! than 81 1000, 900, and he Lindsley) had
: said that at that price the contractors
@ would clear 100000 Iu the face Of
such facts, presented by railroad mon
: what is the use in talking about it cost
0 ing $3,000,000.
1 In closing Mr. Park said if the Hal,
s lem extension was built, it would run
through the village Of Bennington, he
d was happy to assure them. The route
If had been pronounced by the surveyors
II not only eminently feasible, but less ex
k pensivc than the survey from No. Ben
y nington Hoosick way.
II. J.1 ~ ,.ts1, 10, l.,.,por l;s 800.
IS sonal feelings before the meeting; but
e be did desire to say a word concerning
.e the recent food of railroad literature
10 from Troy, which had been so general
ii " sent over this section of country.
J. The circular of the Rensselaer, & Sara
Z toga Company was tissue of fragrant
k palpable falsehoods, as he could readi
ri Iy convince any unprecedented man
le and that of the Troy & Boston Compa
ID ny, issued at The same tine, was in jus
IS the same category. He did not wan
le people to refuse to support the Harlem
e. extension because Of these foul an
,e wanton libels Messrs +. Thompson
10 Gale and JOS W-Warren, Of Troy
N whose names were appended to TIN
m Rensselaer, & Saratoga circular, ha
of signed their names to statements {
n which they certainly had no persona
If knowledge, since he had never exchane
~ cd a word with them on railroad mat
nj ters in mis- life And yet by their sig
ne natures appended to this circular the
v in strong language give the public t
I'd understand that they themselves wei
al personally knowing 10 what they gay
ne their signatures to- He produced lei
e. ter from the frst-named individui
m which showed that he had 10 persona
SIS acquaintance with him. The sam
be thing was true of at least two of ii
Il Executive Board who signed the /.
id b. circular he did not know then
IS and never exchanged word with ther
40 on any topic. And still they tell tn
: public that they are personally KNOWN
o. to what they sign IN their official -apa
yn ity. Ae had written to those gent,
il, men asking when it was that he hel
We these conversations with them; but d
"a yet they had not dcigned to accord hi
l." reply.
on 1ouchlh5 upon the Bennington Cel
tv ter meeting, the speaker had no hes
nj fancy in saying it was run purely in Il
o. interest of the T. & B. Company, thong
f. he had no doubt some who participi
nt ted in it did not so understand it. Or
,se gentleman who had been accustomed
~ take an active part in town matters f
lis the past 30 years, was hooted and his
nv ed down, insulted and abused, when
ne tried to address the meeting becaus
ze perchance, it was thought he was in
tie yor Of the town assumingits proportion
ate amount towards the Harlem ente
ise prise More than this-the proceee
He Tugs were voted to be published in Il
lat Troy Iimes-a foreign newspaper
or rather than our own home paper
lis these things did not show the animl
SIX og the whole affair, he didn't kno
OF what could.
ed Let the people act according to the
own best judgement and interests al
his be had no fears for the ultimate resu
il A DELIGHTTuL LEGEND. There is
4. delightful tradition connected with Il
- site on which the Temple Of Solomc
was erected. 1t is said to have be,