The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-03-26
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ished upon rs h. nature. and which
have slambered Ia oat amidst Nom year
to year because a1 maa Or company
could AFFORD 10 csa hore 10 develop
them. aud compete aith other interests
and business farther from market. but
hotier railroad f'-il.,ies.
lie stated that he bal lately been o..
iorcd 100000 81 his roas tha. he
lad repeatedly tegn of1rcd that sum
hut declined 70 N. Il, and transfer
tho road TO parties who spught TO sac.
-a6co an our husue and prosperity
Tho hospitality of the parties making
such an offer vould urt allow mo to ae-
eop, It.
lie would take 100000 Tor his road.
and give from his pocket 100000 10
aid the new road Il he could place his
road in hands friendly 10 lis welfare
and the prosperity oi interests along its
line. He had been accused OF having
. desire 10 shun this village in the con.
struction of the new read, thereby seek
ing to injure ii and had heard that q
class Of men were whispering such o
thing 70 the people its residents. lie
refuted such an impu,ation. and rclue-
anilS referred TO The course he had ta-
ken as to this village since bis. return
from California lis friends and old
associates were here his father and
mother wero here and his sympathioa
aud hopes were here also lie desired
the toad TO como through this village.
and il wonld come through this village.
bo had that would be feasible. Engi-
neers were already surveying the coun-
try adjacent, in quest Of the best course
south from this village. He said he
would subscribe 100000 towards the
extra espohse Of building the road
through this village, 50 much was his
desire to have the road through both
villages.
4 He next referred to the late project
Of building new road from the I. &
B. railroad at the State line to the
/ Woodford ore bed and stated thata pc.
tition had been presented to the peo-
pie q this town for that object, He
thought We had railroads enough that
connected with the Troy & Boston rail-
road. We had no assurance that that
/ Company would connect with any road
in Vernon. indeed we had their ayow-
NJ to the contrary that they would
make no connection. A project Of that
character was false to us, and to those
from the aor,h, who had united with us
in our oioft to gain relief from the
present csisi3.
Hon Hamon Garfield, of Arlington.
was called upon and next addressed the
meeting, lie said that he had hereto
foro taken no action in the railroad
meetings hel by the people OF this lo-
cality for discussing the project OF the
Harlem roa He had hoped and be.
lieved untti recently that the present
difficulties would be compromised
lie had learned that the Troy &
Boston railroad were grossly in
fault. and that the interests Of this com.
munity were only subBeryed by con-
strueting tho new road TO Chatham
/ The late lease to the Rensselaer, and
Saratoga Go. was design ofmonopoly.
and tended to increasb the difficulties
i Of our present situation. Every far.
mer, manufacturer, mechanic or other
business man, in this section OF The
State, would be benefited by having the
new road, and that nc man, after thor
ough investigation, could hesitate to
lend his efforts to form the railroad
connection contemplated. lie viewed
the matter as a necessity no alterna-
tive existing, but the road must be buiIt
Charles l.. Prescott, Esq, of Troy, n.
/ \, was called upon, and next spoke TO
The meeting. Tho road TO Chatham
must be built, and tcH be built, II the
enterprise SO apparent in this meeting.
indicates the action soon to come
Why this road bad not been construct
ed bAiort, var mystery TO him. The
road 70 Chatham could be built for
/ $l,I00,000, and put in operation by first
Of January next He would oblgats
himself by bond that tho road would bs
built for That sum and within the time
above stated. That, as a railroad con-
tractor, be would bind himself, and the
firm 10 which he belonged, to build the
road for 10000 per mile, or forfeit
500. COO
Hon. A. T.. Miner, Of Manchester,
was called out, and said that the facts
and situation had been so fully stated
BY his friend, Mr. Park, that he felt un-