Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-07-01
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THE RAILROAD.


f-4 THE RAILROAD. N
The people of our Valley have for neatly
year past been doing all in their power tt
further the prospects of the railroad dowr
@ our Valley, and still feel as lively an in
4 terest in the work as ever They haV'
been entirely honest in their zeal, and
have felt that the building of the road
would be of iucalculable benefit to all The
material Interests of the Valley. Oul
charter has been obtained, the enabling
act, after hard struggle in the House,
was given us by the Legislature. connect
ing interests are friendly, and nothing
now remains to be done but hearty,
harmonious and united effort on the part
of our people to ensure its success, The
opposition to the plan Of raising money,
provided for by the enabling act, was no
doubt, in the main, an honest one, and
was simply an opposition to the plan of
raising money and not to the enterprise
itself; ard, SO far as VIC can learn, this
opposition, now that the monty is SO rails
cd, are no longer opposing as, but are
ready to put their shoulders to the wheel
aud help forward the enterprise to sue
cessful completion, and if our people 60
ahead uritsdly, we shall in due time hear
our hills echo to the sound Of the loco
motives whistle.
We can now discover but one danger
that threatens our prospects, and that Is
She propensity that some men have of
dragging such enterprises, in some form.
into politics, thereby begetting the very
worst kind of opposition Some indiscreet
persons are clamoring that the railroad
should be made the issue in our coming
election, though We are happy to learu that
The more sensible Of its friends feel aud
gee that it can be bnt disastrous, and
awaken and create opposition when there
is no cause for opposition, It is even
whispered in many places that some
mems interests in the enterprise has been
prompted solely for the sake of political
capital and that they propose to ride this
as "hobby" for personal ends We
hope this is not true, and we well know
that the people will indignantly re
Duke aoy such schemes if they are ventil-
.ated, and exposed, and such scheme we
rsdall expose, If satisfied of its existence,
This enterprise was not originated to sub
serve the ambition of any aspirants for
Office, but fer the general good of our
people, and thepeople will not allow it 10
he prostituted to the low purposes Of an
elec'icneering hobby-no matter ahethe,
any body in Kam9chatka or any other
"far Of country" recommended it or not.
We make these remarks not aow intend
ing to charge any ons with being actuatel
by selfish motives, but rather as hint
to our people Of the danger to be appre.
hended from this sourca, and rather hope
that it is the action Of indiscreet friends
that has occasioued these suspicious.
What our people want is to see the
zoad built-too see our mouied men step
forward and aid t--aud when the road is
built, then we will bestow honor where
honor is due. Until then, there is no
debt against US that is due Let us hear
no more about railroad Issues, but 90
along unitedly to do the work yet to be
done We have worked year, but not q
shovel full Of dirt has been moved and No
company organized. What we want now
is some practical work-to see the pick
axe and spade. the powder and drills
This we can see soon if our attention /,
not drawn away to political fghl which
will not only epgender strife and opposi
tion but delay and hinder the grand oil
lect in view.
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