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

4 saraiaea Company II s. . j. TIC .
oomrleson Il the work which has en- I
gagged tie energies q thal Company ior
~ nasi ton years They now have The
permanent control n every outlet lead /
inc south asla west from Vermont, I'M
ar bic present system q railway com
nun cations They have not been able
however. TO complete the plan as At was
originally conceived, The aaely paf'
ehase n tlse Western Vermont road ny
Nr PARK and bis refusal 70 JET j pass
into he hands ~ New York corpora
ton. have compelled the Rensselaer, q
Saratoga Company 70 take the Troy q
Boston instead of The Western Vermont
Their possession 81 the latterroad would
nof only have only given them all the
existing outlets, but would have rend-
cred the building an outlet which they
could not control wholly impracticable
Asit i. tie people 81 Western Vermont
can escape from the trap the Rensselaer,
4 Saratoga Company have been 50 long
preparing for them, by connecting the
Western Vermont with the Harlem
road
The corporation IN whose hands the
eutiro business Of Western Vermont IS
tbns placed, exists under law which
imposes no limit upon its rates q charge.
Ii anticipation Of their present position
IN relation to the business Of our section,
they have just obtained from their Leg
Iislature law which enables them to
charge their own rates upon any roads
they may acquire Thus when we are
denriyed Of the benefits of competition,
We are also deprived Of the protection
Of the law against extorion. One cor
poration has the monopoly Of our busl-
ness, and that corporation has nothing
to satisfy but its interest. This Is not
a very pleasant state OF things to con-
template with business eye though
In 4 moral point Of view it may be very
gratifying to know that if MIR. Daniel
Robinson continues to diifuse the bless
Iinps of his management upon the bust
ness world, he will be consolidated int
corporation where he can charge wha
he chooses without being under the ne
cessity of making. false ahidayits to eyad'
the law.
L Certainly, every manin Western Yer
mont must now be satisfied that th'
building Of the Harlem extension IS al
absolute necessity. If any entertained
hopes that the contract between th'
Troy & Boston and the Rensselaer, 4
Saratoga companies, sending all tn
through business by another route 10
} ten wears, might be broken up, or tina
the lease Of the link between Hoosicl
: and the State line might not be carries
: into effect; they must be satisfied tina
7 the entire absorption of the Troy & Bos
| ton company by one Of the great corpo
: rations of New York constitutes an an
: rangement which is likely to be perma
c nent. The ayowed object Of the Rens
selaer & Saratoga Company in thu
!, gaining control of all the lines, is
concentrate all the through business 0
j one Of the New York routes. IL is we
!, understood that the Western Vernon
/ line cannot be made to pay on loca
7 business with any system OF charge
under which it has heretofore been Of
i Grated. Then without new outlet 9
! the prospect Of one, the Bennington
K Rutland railroad must be discontinue
4 or it must be run under an advance
rates necessary to support it. The rate
: Of the past few years have been all th'
!, our business could live under, and
4 the rates are increased our bushes
. must diminish. Our readers can est
! mate how long they would have a RAJ
! road when its existence depended upo
Il the constantly increasing rates ona COZ
stantly diminishing business. If OF
: road is deprived OF through businei
!, there can be but one RESULTS uit
mate discontinuance.
What effect this new arrangemel
!, viii have upon the opening Of the on
! let TO Troy, remains to be seen. In Il
circular Of their executive commits
the Rensselaer, 4 Saratoga Compal
loudly disclairned any desire OF contrc
- hing the local business Of Western We
mont, and their friends have publish,
" the statement that they were willing 4
Z link between Hoosick and the State III
should at ally time be opened for Il
passage Of local business. We shi
soon know what construction to put u
= on these statements Of the Renssela
i Saratoga Company, We can la
l,tt little ennnltra cement To look for