The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-03-19

- sns.lnn nf 80 Lrgl.Intare.

Extra session Of the LegisiatnFe.
We are authorized % ~ that his
E1eelleDcv the Governor WI iesrne,a
ate,y issue 4 proclamation calling tae
Legislature together On MnsrpAN.
ruI a7th o. MspCH fssfANr, to rebesc
tho railroad disabilities q the Western
part 8 the State, and particularly q
lheeonniics ofBcnnnuiou ard kutlsnd I
The Rensselaer, IS Saratoga Rallroaa q
Noa York irat obtained oautrol u ah
the railroads from Vermont - Aes-
+ York cl,v aad Gao West hy say oi Troy,
cxeepl HI Wystern Vermont road,
winch runs from kadand 10 Benhug
ton. and then, far the purpose II CON
trolling tha latter road. deliberately cul
Is connection With t. Ihas The Nes-
tern Vermont road can do only local
business. which will not PAY tho run
ninr expenses. and the people Deepen
dent upon II are forced 20 send their
freight 10 Rutland, and thmee 81 thc
Connecticut uyar route ta Sow Aafs,
AL extra average distance l8i tho Mes
tern st. OF more than hundred milgs
or Ma Rutland aud tb,s New YORK
MoaouoN Inc, Hn estra average DIS
tance IL cighty-liye miles, and ninety
j i've miles al Monopoly rates.
The district accommodated by tho
Western Vermont road is by Tar tue
most important manufacturing district
. iin tie State. the town Of Bennington
i al1nt producing OF A.sd Of The taxa
+ bic Manufacture d lh.s Congressional
| district Tao loss t. S.ual0 establish
} ment ii year, Il 4 continues business,
: lWill be more ,hah tarve bhits tie cost
g OF an extra session. and there are sew
} eral branches Of manufacture 10 when
! business must be entirely suspended,
! By slagnation in business, depreciation
: Ii property, ana the ruin 81 valuablo
. business enterprises, the Now 1ork
/ Mmopolists are making them hucks "a
g Vermont, ana We hardy need AID tna6
G if the Monop3lists are not spoeduiy
brought to terms, the tax payers oi the
& State will itol heir weight IN II redue-
i ION Of lie grand list. We must add,
IS however, that tie people OF the Whole
b OF Western Vermont, uom The South.
ci ON boundary to tho Northern, aud
d even Of large portion Of Eastern Fl-
& mont, are nov subjected 70 enormous
e oxtoruon OF all freight bound 70 AeM
l. York or the West by the way OF Troy
e and are therefore Interested IN this mat
q tor. But were Bennington county alone
,e interested, We think The people OF the
r Whole State would say, that tho cost o
y an extra session, perhaps SlUUVU, u no
q worth counting against then calamity
en- We remember nothing in railroad man
l. ageinent SO cold-blo1ded and lttloclous
D. and only one thing III history that hal
se 80 stirred the blood OF Green Moun
z tain boys against their neighburs u
AT New York and that WAS when NeN
m York sought to grasp the very soil
y whose owners her Monopoiists woui'
r. now ruin, and her mlnlons were ~
y pulsed by Alien and Warner and ia
ker, or caught and punished by the Az
ne piication OF til beech seal or ahspen
u ded upon Bennington sign-post.
MI But what can the Legislature do
Y The Western Vermont people propos
a. TO work out their own safely and lndt
r. pendence, by building fifty miles
ed road, making direct connection be
r. tween Vermont and New York city, IN
lat also with Albany and the West, "
en- Chatham. The Harlem road, an
ad people IN New York on the propose
M line, have raised $500 900, and it Is pre-
tut posed to raise the remainder by MOI
no tage Of the Western VT road aud sul
.lll scriptions by VT towns Interested
he All that is asked Of the legislature. Is q
OF act to authorize this mortgage and sni
m- scriptons by the towns Ii TINS ald
er- promptly granted by the Leglslatur
the road viii be built and running Tia
me year; whereas, if an extra session hG
on not been called, the work would la'
run to be postponed one full year, aud u
people Of the State subjected for tn
or wear TO the exactions Of the Workers
am We think it more taan probable tina
aus when the Legislature has granted the
!, powers, the Monopolists will be 81
the enough to resume business on dece
~ terms with the Western Vermont roa
! - If not we trust Vermont will have 70
no in pickle for them that will be quite
en- effective as the ancient beech seal.