The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-11-26
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to incorporate the Paran creek railroad
company
Mr. Frisbie u poultney offered an
amendment striking our AL after the
enactng clause, and inserting q new
bill Tho new bin being the original bill
to charter the Walloomsaek railroad
company
Mr. Fnshie said this railroad matter
had occupied considerable tlme. aud
been very thoroughly discussed before
the committee The Substitute bAl,
proposed by the committee, Is not what
they want, The amendment be had
proposed was what th,y wanted and Il
any charter il granted they want
this one. lie then referred 10 the state
meut made by the gentleman from Ben
nington, that money bad been used TO
influence members Of tins house in their
action; or at least that improper Iutg
ences had been brought to bear upon
members; and 10 the statement that
the lobby had been 6led with men ia
the interest OF the Messrs. Burdens, TO.
influence the action Of the house, He
believed that men had been here on
the other side Of the question, also, and
referred TO the petition against the road
OF Il. b. Burton and As Others, resi-
dents Of Bennington County noe IA
Montpelier, who, he said, were not mem
bers of this house. Others bad been
here on the same side. The only ques-
ton in regard to this road %, does the
public good require a road 70 he built Z
In answer to that question, he reac tho
memorial of the Messrs Burdens, asking
for the charter, showing the amount Of
the business Of the Messrs Burdens IN
taking out and transporting ore from
their mines to Troy, which was moi IN
accordance with statements that had
teen made to make 1t appear that their
business WAS small in Bennington. The
roadproposed by this amendment would
be some two and two and o half miles
shorter from the Henry mine to Troy
than the road proposed by the commit
tee. MIR. Frisbie then sent to tue clerks
desk, q proposition that had been made
by MIR. Park to the Messrs Burdens, Of
fering to favor a road for them from the
Henry mine TO connect with the Ben
nington and Rutland road at the State
line, dated Oct. %, 1867.
Mr.. Miner Of Manchester said the
question of this road had been an ex-
citing one in his county, and the house
had proved it so by having it twice be-
fore them. 1t was one Of vital impor-
lance to his constituents and to the
people of the north part of Remington
county, and they had sent hun here TO
oppose the Burden road, as it is called.
This amendment proposed By the gen
tleman from Poultney. was just what
we had been fighting here during the
entire session. He her reviewed the
history of the application for the road,
being originally for a road from the
State line to Woodford, and the con-
test that was had over that road in the
last election in that county, and the
fact that those opposed to the road had
been vistorious in that contest. 1t was
settled by hat election that the people
Of Bennington county were opposed to
the road. To settle the controversy
and remove it from the Legislature, MIR.
Park submitted to the Messrs Burdens
the proposition just read by the clerk,
which was made as a coniproia lse, and,
having been rejected, could not be used
against MIR. Park, or opponents to the
road.
1t had been shown, without contra
dicton, that the road proposed by the
committee was both shorter and cheap
er than the one asked for by the Bur
dens, and the one they would the most
naturally select, unless to accommodate
somebody else besides themselves. He
then reviewed the evidence that had
been submitted to the committee, which
tended to show that there was really
some other party in interest; there was
Mr.. Gardner, Mr.. Sibley and MIR. Fifeld
all retained attorneys for the Troy and
Boston railroad company, have been
here as attorneys for tins road. Mr.,
Robinson, one Of the managers Of the
Troy and Boston, had asked to have a
notice published for this very road, and
when told he could not get it, he back
ed out. During the last election can
vas, also, Mr.. Daniel Robinson, from
the Troy and Boston road, went to
Bennington and made a speech, and
told the people they must go in for the
Burden road. Then, again. Ar. Wild
err, who is agent for the Troy and Bos,
ton. has been here during the entire
session, lobbying for this road. Taking
these things all together, it must be APP
parent to everybody, that the Troy and
Boston had an interest in THIS road.
He then referred to the petitions that
had been presented here for this road
and showed that the largest part d
them were from towns lying on the
line Of road dlrecly Interested in the
Troy and Boston road. On the Other
hand, the entire business men of Ben
nington Co. on the Bennington Il Rut.
tand road, have almost unanimously
demonstrated against it. AS TO the claim
Of the Messrs Burdens that they were
developing the Of the state
it may be true, but it is for the benefit
Of Troy and not for Vermont; instead
Of bringing money to Vermont, they are