The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-04-23

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Tie next question VS. IN Shat maui
ncr the assistance n the towns shoali
be g,cu. The plan q SUNG town
bonds had been adopted ~ tho com.
mittee which bad the matter under con
sideradon The speaker gave tha pro-
portion Of tLe taz-payer s according H.
their grand ast sad c0ltcndsi thatth@
had better lose the whole than be with
out q road Tic would not Say bat that
thor investment might ~ lost for De
should NOT like to visit Dandy hereafter
and BE reminded that they were paying
their interest hESaxation, and that on
a previous occasion bic had told them
they ran 10 risk d losing. He WOULD,
gave il as his judgement however thf
the town would lose nothing Ii hai
been suggested that perhaps the town
would prefer 10 pay $4,000 ttan pur-
chase $4,000 Of the railroad bonds II
the town should come Is that coneiu-
sion, upon the payment Of $4,000 Le
would assume the proportion sat to thc
town. Upon the payment q ouc-third
Of their assessment he would make the
same agreement With any orall the 9th
or towns. II any taxpayer in DANNY
or any other town would pay him one
third Of his proportion he would give
him a bona to pay all the loss he
incur by reason Of the subsclp-
ton Of tie town.
In tho course Of his argument the
speaker gave his views upon the subject
of railroad charges. Ia his opinion tho
should be as low as possible. III
that matter the Troy & Boston company
had stood in their own light. They
reasoned that L they carried a ton Of
to Troy ior a certain price they
got moro money than they would if they
had carried it for less price. The diff
was they only carried one ton Of
where they should haze carried
ten. Low rates Of freight increased
manufacturing establishments and the
coming and going Of employees made
more travel upon the road. lie had
entered d crowded car leaving Benning-
ton, the town in which no had been
brought up and where his Acquaintance
was gcaeg3 49, around without
q person whom he knew. Upon
inquiring who they were, he was told
were The operatives in tho factories
ofthis town. In regard to the effect 81
low fares IN producing travel, he related
experience Of the managers Of Tie
Harlem road as told him by one Of the
Being told the people who
We're employed in he city and lived a
miles outwould 60 home more fro-
q%uontly if it cost less, they lowered their
aud the tragel Of that class OF
passengers increased SO that their re-
from them were more than under
the higher charges. IN 4 short time
repeated the experiment Of lower
ing tho rates, and the receipts were
than before.
In showing tht benefits of railroad
facilities, the speaker compared tho
the town Of Dandy with The town OF
Stephentown on the proposed Inc,
though greatly superior to Dan
by in agricultural wealth had a list not
one third as large as the list Of Dandy.
The town of Lebanon, famous through
out the country FOR the richness Of its
soil, selected blythe Shakers as their seat
for that reason, has q smaller list than
the town Of Dandy, II Dandy had pros
pered more than those towns because
OF its railroad, towns which had enjoy
ed better railroad facilities had pros
pered more than Dandy. The town Of
Brandon on the Rutland Il Burlington
road was far IN advance 81 Dandy for
reason, although Dandy bad con
cealed N its soil riches greater than the
wealth Of Brandon. When
be left for California fifteen years ago,
Bennington led Rutland in wealth and
population. On Ills return lie found
Rutland had doablt the population d
Bennington and nearly double tile
wealth. The reason was Rutland had
had better railroad faculties than Ben
nington.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Parks argu-
meut Of which the above contains Some
Of the leading features. he announced
MS Willingness to answer any inquire.
might De meade, and several were
put By gentlemen in the audience One
inquiry was whether the roads north of
rs were not interested III the connection,