Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-03-22
The Extra Session.


clearly and succinctly recites the rea-
sons that have influenced him to call
an extraordinary session of the leg
islature that his action cannot fail to
secure the approval Of the people
of the State. An extra session is OF
course an Inconvenience and an eX
pense, but the appeal OF the people OF
the Southwestern counties for relief
from their present railroad disabili
ties was too just and reasonable to
be disregarded. Ex-Gov. Hall, Hon.
A.. &. Miner and the Hon. I. W.Park,
of Bennington. had an audience with |
the Governor on Thursday, and after |
| listening to a full statement OF all
facts connected with the history Of the
affair from these gentlemen, the Gov
ernor became thoroughly convinced
that the emergency was one that I'M
perativelv demanded immediate leg
lislative action in order that the bust
ness interests of the citizens Of the
/ important counties of Bennington
and Rutland might be relieved as
speedily as may be from the depress
ing influence of the outrageous action
of the Troy & Boston R. R. 1t is
perhaps not amiss to say that Mr..
, Park declared that he had already
been offered by the Troy and Boston
Road $650,000 for his railroad, that
he had rejected the offer, and that he
was willing to sink the railroad before
he would sell it into the hands of a
, pack of tyrannical monopolists, whose
: purpose to Cypress and outrage the
q public had been so meanly made man
ifeSt.
We copy below an article from
Walton's Journal that is a forcible
l statement of the railroad situation"
: which so strongly appeals for legisla-
r tive relief. There can be no doubt,
as it seems to US, of the propriety of
the Governors action, for nothing is
: more clear than the duty of a State
to afford all legitimate protection that
t lies in her gift to the interests Of the
!, people throughout all her borders.
. The Rensselaer, & Saratoga of n.
Y, first obtained control of the rail
' roads from Vermont to New York
. city and the West by the way of Troy
e except the Western Vermont road
d which runs from Rutland to Benning-
If ton; and then, for the purpose of con
trolling the latter road, deliberately
y cut its connection with it. Thus the
~ Western Vermont can do only locaI
l. business, which will not pay the run
1t ming expenses, and the people depend
o ent upon it are forced to send then
4 freight to Rutland, and thence by the
Connecticut River route to New York
= an extra average distance for the
Il Western Vermont, of more than 4;
Ie hundred miles-or via Rutland anC
IS this New York Monopoly line, an ex
,e ira average distance of eighty-fv,
. miles at Monopoly rates.
-. The district accommodated by tn,
Western Vermont road is by far tn
{ most important manufacturing distric
'r In the State, the town of Bennington
g alone producing one-third of the tax
d able manufactures OF this Congress
20 sional district. The loss of a singh
; establishment in year, if il CO..
'' tinues business will be more tina
ne three times the cost of an extra scs
ne sion, and there are several branche
ul of manufacture in which bushes
tn must be entirely suspended. B
bo stagnation in business, depreciatic
in property, and the ruin of valuabl
u business enterprises, the New Yor
TO Monopolists are making their track
H. in Vermont; and we hardly need ad
re that, if the Monopolists are nc
od speedily brought to terms, the ia
payers of the State will feel thei
weight in reduction of the gran
ch list. We must add, however, that til
Of people of the whole Western Vel
- mont, from the Southern boundary t
" the Northern, and even of larg
Of portion of Eastern Vermont, are no,
m subjected to enormous extortions O
10 all freight bound to New York or tn
en- West by the way of Troy, and al
|. therefore interested in this matte
But were Bennington county alon
er interested, we think the people of tn
ne whole State would say, that the co:
rs. OF an extra session, perhaps $l(
en- 600, is not worth counting agains
m their calamity.
in But what can the legislature do
The Western Vermont people prt
% pose to work out their own safet
cd and independence, by building fift
nd miles of road, making a direct co,
tn nection between Vermont and Ne,
in York city, and also with Albany an
~ the West, via Chatham. The Harler
: road, and people in New York O
W the proposed line, have raised $500
ne oOO, and it is proposed to raise tn