The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-02-18
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The citizens 81 Troy generally have
heard but oge side oi the railroad con-
trovcNy by which the Troy a Boston
% have closed up the only great rail.
road avenue between Troy aud Western
Vermont bas driven % more than a
million dollars worth Of trade from
Troy, has caused lhe building 81 the
Lebanon Springs road, thus diycrbug
forever from Troy large aud profitable
trade and business. and Is stu further
Ajunng Troy by contributing largely
10 the scheme 20 build railroad from
Albany 70 Siepheutown and thence
directly 30 the Hoosac Tunnel Dan.
iel Robinson 4 Co have had Il all their
own way in telling their own side Of the
story, and have succeeded in blacksn-
ing Mr. Park badly N this community.
But Of late many have cnqurod into
this controversy and every fact disclos-
ed BY the investigation shows that the
+ Troy &Boston II r. betrayed not only
the interests Of Troy, but acted in bad
faith toward Mr. Park by selling out
both FOR ten thousand dollars per year.
This fact is established by the terms Of
/ the contract which We publish below.
wherein the Troy q Boston Co. agree
70 run no through freight or business
10 and from Parks road lthc Western
Vermont for TEN years, to run but ONE
passenger tram per day each way to
connect with such road This bargain
was made one year before the seizure
/ OF ears by Mr.. Park-so that when the
I, a b, II. II. managers say that Park :
/ seizure Of their property IS the reason
utter palpable ialsehood. The real
reason for not connecting is the TEN
4 THOUSAND DOLLARS subsidy received by
the /. a. b. r. Il. for thus cutting of
connections between Troy and Western
Vermont. Judas betrayed his
master for thirty pieces of silver
The L. g. j, Go. get ten thousand per
annum for betraylng Troy Judas sold
out to the Jews. The T. & b. r. r.
sold out "soulless corporation
which has been engaged for the last
two years IN driving passengers and
travel away from Troy, diverting It via
Albany, Schenectady and Athens, which
has refused to run its trains to connect
with Troy steamers, and which thereby
has prevented the establishment Of a
first class line Of steamers between Troy
and New York. Both Judas and the
| I. & b. r. Il. realized ready money by
betrayal, but the acts of neither one or
the other are likely to be set up as ex-
ampes to be followed among honest
men, or to excite admiration or appro-
val in respectable circles where all the
facts are known. 1t viii doubtless sur
prise many that the facts in the state
ment given below have not been hitherto
published in Troy, and that the two
Troy daily papers have both been ap
parently on the side of the I. 4 b. H.
| X G. The explanation for the course
Of the Wing and Times is apparent.
The Troy a. Boston and Rensselaer, q
Saratoga r.. r. Companies have job
printing amounting to $4,000 or $4,000
per year This work is divided between
the two daily paper offices. 1t was
naturally the interest of both these of
fees not to offend their patrons. The
! Wing has refused to be drawn in
to this controversy at all, while the
Times espoused at first the l. a b. r..
r. side, but of late in view Of the awak-
ening public storm against the T. x b.
Il. II. managers has preserved pru-
dent silence Thls the BUDGET alone
has been the only outspoken ana un-
trammeled journal that has lifted its
voice for the interests of Troy III TINS
railroad controversy. Had the daily
papers done their duty to Troy as we
have done the evils complained Of would
ere this have been remedied. But VIC
viii no longer detan our readers from
reading
ANoTHR CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY or TIKI
TROY AND BOSTON R. II. co.
Previous to the year 1865, the IVES.
tern Vermont Railroad had been in
competitor with the Rensselaer, a Sara.
toga and the Rutland & Washington
Railroads, for the travel and freight
which would naturally pass over one on
the other of them, termed through bush
ness, the Western Vermont Road OBJ.
tanned full share OF it, In the spring
Of that year, the Rensselaer, X Saratoga
Company, having obtained the contro
of the Rutland q Washington Road
(yia Salem induced the managers o.
the Rutland & Burlington Road to en-,
ter into contract with them by which
all the through business was to be di
verted from the Western Vermont Roac
and made to pass over the Saratogt
Road, and effective measures were Ia
ken TO carry the contract into effect -
The Troy & Boston Railroad Company
were then operating the Western Yer
mont Road under lease which hat
nearly two years to run, and if this stat,
Of things continued they would be oh
hged to operate it at a loss, it being
well understood that neither the Yves
tern Vermont nor any other railroad
in that State could be supported By iii
local business alone.
Under these circumstances the Tro,
& b. Co. applied to Mr. Park, who Wa
a principal owner Of the Western Yer
mont Road, for aid The conduct O
tire Rutland 4 Burlington managers
was clearly unfair aud unjust, but there