The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-08-27

The following is an extract FROM an
article in the Troy Budgd Of the 25th
inst:
The feeling against Troy is intense at
Bennington and the region around
there. They charge hat they have
been cut of from railroad communica-
ton through the stupid obstinancy Of
Dan. Robinson II Co.," who stopped
running the railroad from Hoosic juno
ton to the Vermont line and thus 'set
back" the people Of Western Vermont
to post roads and slow coaches. They
charge that Troy merchants and busi-
ness men made no effort to re-establiah
their broken railroad connections-tbat
by their silence and supineness they
helped to make this railroad blockade
Of Vermont perpetual, and that having
been good customers Of Troy heretofore
il was the duty Of Troy merchants and
business men To at least mako an effort
to restore the railroad connection here
tofore enjoyed. The Vermonters say
that having been thus treated their only
remedy was TO dig out" as best they
could, and that IL being done by build
ing the Lebanon Springs X. H. In
digging out" they propose TO mako .
route to some other point besides Troy.
From information that reaches us We
have every reason to believe that the
project spoken Of by Dir. Lyman Of
building a railroad from Petersburg to
Albany, is likely To be eonsummated in
the not very remote future. The Lcb-
anon Springs X. II. runs through Pc
tersburg from whence it is proposed to
build Is miles to Albany. There is no
doubt that our business citizens and
merchants have made q great and vital
mistake in remaining thus passive and
supine while their best custom and trade
is being steadily, certainly and irreyo-
cally driven away into other channels.
1t is a fact susceptible Of the c~learest
proof that our city has lost one million
dollars Of trade already by this railroad
imbroglio. II our merchants and busi-
ness men have not the courage and en-
ergy to fight that policy Of stupid OBJ
stinacy" which has proved such n se-
rions blow 10 their prosperity IT is folly
t. waste and sympathy in their behalf.
We took occasion last week to ex-
press the hope that the people Of YER
mont would favor the Burden project, /
which, when consummated would res
tore the connection broken of by the
Troy a. Boston II. X. We confess, I
however, that we have not great faith
that the Burden project viii succeed
Standing by itself there would be little
or no opposition 10 1t. But everywhere
along the line Of the Western Vermont
X. X, and is opposed as such.
A private letter from a friend who
resides on the line Of the Western YER
mont Il r., shows how the Burden
project il regarded IN that section
We make the following extracts:
/ notice your article ia last weeks
BuD0rr on the Burden road. There 10
not the slightest objection in this valley
to the Messrs. Burdens aud Hunt hay-
ing a railroad "for their own accomo-
dation." They have been told that
many times. But when they ask for
an extension Of the Troy & Boston X.
II. into Bennington, While that company
refuses 10 connect with q road already
built, we most respectfully decline
The feeling here has aettsed down III
the conclusion that the business " Troy
il controlled by its railroad managersl
and that Is Troy decides by It's action
that sha docs not want any connection
with Us We must get u by ourselves
as We best can. know that you wisl.
70 take a fair and manly view Of this
matter.