Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-20
OBJ freeman.
MONTPELIER, VI:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1867.
Railroad from Montpelier to Portland.

1t will be seen. by the proceedings which
will he found in another column. that the
railroad from Montpelier to Portland is pro-
crossing, 50 Ear the organization of the
Montpelier and St Johnsbury, and Essex
County railroads concerned The gentle
men who constitute the board of directors
are wcll-known and energetic men, who are
not accustomed to put their hands to the
plow and afterwards turn back Gen Pit
kim who represents this end of the route on
the board of direction. l. ono of our most
active and wide-awakc citizens, of great ex-
ecutivc ability. and heartily enlisted in the
enterprise. Mr. Dwinncll will ably represent
the interests OF the towns along the route in
this county, and Ncesrs Fairbanks Morrill,
and Hatch will be a. effective and successful
managers a. any gentlemen who could posi-
bly, have been named It il understood that
engineers are at once 10 examine the route
and estimates are to he made. while meetings
~ awaken public interest and secure sub
scriptionS for the stock. are to be held as
soon as convenient, along the proposed route
We have already expressed our conviction
of the necessity for this road but its con-
venIence and value impress themselves upon
W the more we consider the project. as they
viii. we think upon every one who considers
the benefits Of the proposed road The
mountain barriers in this State have divided
our people in more than a geogra phical sense
The east and west are not as near neighbors
nor a. well acquainted with each other, nor
as intimately related in their business inter
ests- a. the people of one commonwealth
ought u be, nor should be if railroads
ran across the State as well as through it
from north to south If st. .Johnsburv was
but ride of an hour and Il half from Mont
pclier. or three hours ride from Burlington.
the inhabitants of these towns would become
infinitely better acquainted with each other
than now We therefore think il exceeding
" desirable. both for good neighborhood and
more intimate acquaintance. az well AZ for
community of business interests. that a rail
road like the one projected should be built at
the earliest possible moment.
But there will be no road built unless the
people along the route and at its termini in
terest themselves to the extent of taking
stock literally in the enterprise Foreign
capitalists and other railroads will. of course
help. where they think the road will aid
them in return and we may therefore rea-
sonably expect that gentlemen in Portland
and ruads between here and Portland. and
possibly the Vermont Central road. will ma
rerially contribute to the success of the pro-
Ject. They will not do this. however. unless
those along the route show interest enough
in the success of the undertaking to give it
liberal aid The gods help those who help
themselves. and they seldom help those who
do not help themselves. There has been
much money invested in railroads in this
State which has never paid dividends. and
vet the State could better afford to pay quad
ripple the amount of every dollar invested in
railroads III Vermont, than to have the rails
taken up on the roads now in existence And
while this IL true of the roads already built.
it would he equally true if q road should be
built from here to st. Johnsbury. The whole
State would be greatly benefited as we'll a.
greatly accommodated by such road. and
those along the line would find it resulting
IN "a cure in,-r,asc Il ,-ccltil to them all II
IL gratifying to know that the enterprise is
in the hands of men who will make it sue
coed unless success is impossible.