Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-03-28
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springs hailrOau VIII open tue ceSb line
OF railroad from Mostreal TO New York,
a distance of over four hundred miles,
and with the through business and the
local business on this great public thor
oughfsre, OF ever 400 miles, would yield
to the Lebanon road an income at least
sufficient TO pay the interest on the cost
Of the road, In which case neither the
Bennington g. Rutland Railroad Com.
pany, nor the towns lending their aid,
would suffer any pecunlary loss.
The whole State Is deeply interested
to have this road constructed, rs with.
out 1t all the railroad outlets from this
State to the great West and New York
will be owned and under the control OF
the Rensselaer, g. Saratoga Railroad
Company--a foreign corporation-who
have not shown themselves friendly TO
Vermont interests, and whose only OBJ.
ject is gais, without any regard TO the
public good or convenience.
The best evidence OF what our situa-
ton would be II our communications by
rail to the South and West are controlled
by the Rensselaer, & Saratoga Co. Is
found in the fact that since that Com
pany has been able, by taking lease OF
five miles OF road, connecting with our
road, to break our Western and South
ern connection, they have increased their
rates on freight, which were before high
er than on any other road In Vermont,
over twenty, five per cent.
Your Comnittee are all OF the opinion
that no greater calamity could belall
Western Vermont, and In fact, the
whole State, than to have the Rensselaer,
& Saratoga Company secure the control
OF the Bennington & Rutland Railroad,
and to prevent that, every Vermonter
should exert himself.
The Bennington g. Rutland Railroad
Company could not mortgage their road
to aid in the construction OF another
road, nor could the towns particularly
interested lend their aid without the
authority OF the Legislature, and your
committee deemed the subject of such
Importance to the whele State as to jus.
tify the calling Of an extra session of
the Legislature, and they accordingly
made an application to His Excellency
the Governor TO call the Legislature to-
Sether, which application was granted.
A proclamation has been issued CONVEX
ing the General Assembly on the 9th
day of the present month.
Your committee recommend the adop-
tion Of the accompanying memorial to
the Legislature about to convene, and
the taking such further action as shall
be necessary to secure the legislation as
shall be necessary to secure the legisla-
ton required to giveVermont an outlet TO
the West and New York, other than over
road controlled by the Rensselaer, g.
Saratoga Railroad Company.
To the General assembly Of The State of
Vermont Your memorialists, citizens of
the State of Vermont, and inhabitants of
the Counties of Rutland and Bennington,
Represent that about fifteen years since
under a charter from this State, the Ben
nington and Rutland Railroad, then called
the Western Vermont Railroad, was con-
structed, extending from the village of
Rutland through ten towns in the coun-
ties of Rutland and Bennington to the
line of the State of New York, distance
of about sixty miles, and was put in OPP
Grafton.
That in the same year the Troy and
Bennington and Troy aud Boston Rail-
roads-chartered by the State of New
York, and located within that State,
were constructed, extending from the
State line at the point where they are
met by the Bennington and Rutland Rail-
road, to Troy, New York, and have since,
until the 10th day of January last, been
operated by the Troy and Boston Railroad
Company and have connected with the
said Bennington and Rutland Railroad,
thus forming continuous line from But
land to Troy and part of continuous
line from Montreal to New York and the
West. That since the construction of said
roads, large business has grown up in
Western Vermont, depending for its sue
cess on said line of Railroad, and of lit
tie value without Railroad facilities. That
for ten years next previous to the 10th
day of January last, the Bennington and
Rutland was operated under lease, by
the Troy and Boston Railroad Company,
in connection with their rail roads in the
State Of New York. That on that day
said lease expired, and the possession of
the road was surrendered to the owners.
That Immediately after the expiration of
said lease, the Troy and Boston Railroad
Company, without just cause, and without
previous warning, gave notice that they
should not in future Operate the Troy
and Bennington RailroSd (Which road
extends from the State line to the Troy
and Boston road at Hoosick Junction, a
distance of i've miles, and since that
time the said company have refused to
make any connection with the Bennington
aud Rutland Railroad or to allow the
managers of the road to run to Hotsick
Junction and there 10 connect with the
Troy and Boston read, and accordingly
no trains have been run over the Troy
and Bennington road by any company,
but the operation of the same has wholly
ceased.
And your memorialists are informed
and believe, that since such refusal so to
connect, the Troy and Boston Company
have, bv lease or otherwise. transferred