Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-03-28

g. g. Pratt, J. r. shursl.6, Il. Bingham,
Geo. A, Wood, Milo Huling, Rufus 0od-
frey, u. 4. Simmons, Il. v. Booth, Chas.
X Houghton, P. Habbell.
SAsfts6~y g. w. Monroe, Joel Hsr-
iipgtbo. Horace Botsun, q. A. WAippie,
II. whipple, N. Clark, n. kastison, Ny
ron Barton.
Glas'ssbsry-0eo. Eddy.
-.frIt~sisa-Dorman Andrew, 3. n.
Aylesworth, Arson Back, D. Crofat.
Observation-Disclosures Garfield, Edward
Stone, e. q. Bacon.
Ss@dssss-C. j. Hurd, r. n. Provan,
j. 4 Brush, Desmond Prindle.
hs~shsstr-A. q. Clark, @. w. Smith,
R0bt. Ames.
Dorsst-Jas. b. Wood, +. &. Holley, ".
II. B.ebe, U. p. Kent, g. N. Sykes, q.
W. Farwell, Samuel Ridout.
Wsshal-B. Taylor, Chas. r. williams,
8. 8. Lyon, J. w. Coleman.
Prs-C. W. whitney, g. X. Davis,
Ira X. Bstchelder.
Lsndsr~c-w. W. Wiley, Chas. Wood
ward.
Denby-C. NJ. Bruce, II. Dillingham;,
2. Haltsn, J. /. Scott, j. 8. Paris, J. B.
Nichols, ]. L. Nichols.
Me. TabOr-H. W. Lincoln, o. II Rounds,
L. p. Howe, Charles 7. Grifith.
WaRslgf@-d-samuel Rogers, w. W.
Kelley, E. Msrtindale, G. d. Childs, Jno.
Miller, W. NJ. Congdon.
CIarH6on-Porter Benson, N. n. Pow
ers, Jos. Congdon, j. s. Marsh, A. J.
Newton, @. c. Pierce, G. W. Crossman.
TsanOstA-A. Noble, Levi Rice, Jr.,
George Capron, J. II. Rounds, II. Hop
kins.
R~tIaad-W. Q. Lsndon, j. G. Dunn,
John Cramton, John Strong, Chester
Kingsley, Franklin Billings, F. Chaffee.
The report was accepted and adopted,
when Hon. T. W. Park took the floor and
made an able and impressive speech In
favor OF the immediate construction of q
road to connect the Bennington & Rus-
land with the Harlem at Chatham Four
Corners. He said that either the Ben
nington & Rutland road must be closed
or an outlet to Western and Southern
markets must be obtained. The former
proposition the business OF Western
Vermont could noS allow 10 be entertain
ed, and SIS the people residing on the
line OF the u. g. r. read had at a pre-
vious meeting declared that the road
should not psss into the hands Of the
Rensselaer, & Saratoga Railroad, a for.
eign corporation, which had sought to
subvert the interests OF She people OF
Western Vermont, he had acted upon
the sentiment thus expressed, and would
not sell (Which no has the power to do)
the road to that monopoly at any price.
He had been offered by the r. & s. CON-
psny $500, 900 for his road, (nuch more
than it cost him. but had refused to sell
1t; the monopoly might offer him six
times that amount for the road, and then
he would not allow them to gain control
OF 1t. He loved his native town and
county, and purchased this road for the
benefit OF its people, and no foreign cor
poratiOn should control It; 1t should be
run for the benefit OF the people of Yer
mont, people which had already work
ed for and would continue to work IN
Ill they overpowered this monopoly and
effected a junction Of the B. & r. with
the Harlem road at Chatham Four Cor
ners. We already suffer from the opera
lions of the Troy e. Boston and Rensse-
laer & Saratoga companies, and IL Is
useless 30 advocate sale of our road to
them, paying as we do an inreased
freight tariff of nearly 100 per cent. on
account OF the advantages which they
have TINS far gained over Us. He COM
mended the action of Gov. Dillingham;
in converting an extra session OF the leg
islsture for considering the difficulties,
and said that no injury could possibly
result to towns which would vote sub
scription TO the stock of the new route,
as its business was already established
and it must pay interest on its cost and
eventually the principal, ia which case
the road would be source Of gain to
stockholders. A corps Of engineers had
already began the survey OF the Lebanon
Springs route from Bennington, and he
hoped their operations wosld not be
inpeded until the connection between
the two roads was completed at Chat
ham. He also alluded 70 an effort now
being made by the Troy g. Boston Com
pany to Effect connection with the B.
g. r. road at the Woodfo-d ore beds, one
which would be favorable enough for
Bennington but would shit out sill
towns north Of it from communication
with cities soath and west, sud leave
them as bad aud even worse of than
they are st present. We have already
one link with the Troy e. Boston Com
pany, which they have broken, and they
at their pleasure can break any new
ones; We want no more.
Mr.. Park then proceeded to show
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