Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-05-13


is not less than 10000. and the real val
uation not Iess than $50, ,oOo.0oO.7'f z11
Mr.. i. discussed other points, and
then closed by saying, I"Io-day. We are
with you}in this enterprise, and as cer-
tain Senator said, we shall stick ," .f1I
A letter was read from Hon. D. r.
Hastings of Fryeburg. apologiziug for ab-
sence on account Of pressing business en-.
gagements, but expressing the warmest
interest in the undertaking and the belief
that the towns along the line could afford
to give half their valuation to the road
and in ten years be better off for it. '''
jonathan Ross, Esq, of St. Johnsbury,
Vermont. was next called upon to:explainl
the status along the 35 miles Of the line
in Caledonia and Essex counties. Mr..
Ross said the people in that region had
sotae time ago decided, like the little
church that was too poor to do with out
the stated preaching of the gospel, that
they were toonpoor to get along without
better railroad accommodations. They
had chattersto connect with the Grand
Trunk. with the Vermont Central at
Montpelier, and lastly With the Lamoille
Valley road, St. Johnsbury] had sub
scribed 1926, 900. half in stock and half
in bonds; and the other towns along the
line had made up the subscription to
S4S7. 900, Of which 1875, ,0O0---over $40,
900 a mile was stock. All this was done
and the books closed last fall, and now
the inauiry is,i, when are you going to
break ground9' They are ready to move
to morrow, if Portland should say SO. .v
| Mr.. Horace Fairbanks. of St. Johnsbury,
Vt, being called upon, said he was no
man to make speeches, but if there was
any work to be done with the pick axe Of
shovel, lie was the man to DO it, Yet he
would say that be fully qorrcbcrated the
statements made by Mr.. Hendee, and Mr.,
Ross, and that Vermont would raise forty
per cent iu stock subscriptions, of the
entire cost of the road in the State. He
said, We want this road and must have il.
We now need none of ycur New England
Rum, but. want much of your Broaon
Sugars. Vermont will meet you at the
Connecticut River. ,I,a nj ..,,,.r- IN
Hon. Charles J. Gilman of Brunswick
next responded. As it was getting TO-
yard the noon of night, he would not oc-
cupy much time, especially as we are on
lily too glad to hear our Vermont friends
tall ofthem. I sWrO Ea.l qsay 3ds 'lo
I'd Mr.. g. spoke Of the European and
North American railroad, which will be
in operation in three years and he regard
ed this as in no way sutagonistic to that,
but rather agreat Western continuation
of it. jsirrg 81 si7fQ - hA.a9lsd ioi
Hon. N, w. 5Tappan Of New Hampshire
in an argument before, a4Committee Of the
New Hampshire Legislature, against
granting a charter for this road said, thar
one might as we'll build railroad to the
moon, 4 think, said hc,, that be will see
Q road built to the moon and that very
soon, that is if this is the same thing as
that, ,ussegl lAdi ,gaialaamy sdi aaaj =.
1.-The grade through the notch Of the
1 White Mountains is not 50 great as many
suppose 1siimis 8 10 oKs aa alsw sbsa
Mr., G. wanted to see a State policy in
regard to granting aid to railroad and
Fother processes ofidevclopment, as we'll as
one pertaining TO towns alone. q Our great
STATE does not help with its mighty hands
any Of our enterprises, and he hoped- he
should live to see such State policy in
augurated nla snf, gsalss % s.si, sd,
One tenth Of the courage and enterprise
which carried the At y St Lawrence
R.aR, on to completion 20 years ago, will
Gee this Road built, which will be ten
T.
fold in magnitude Of advantage to that
with only onetenth its cost in energy and
courage. ,----.--.---- y
Hon. Geo.. ". WoCdnaH made "a few
brief remarks, approving all that had
4 been said lsdo'gl - oiq 10 I.s. cd y,
TIC sHcrsey, Esq being called up,
alluded to our great trade with Vermont
80 and 40 years ago, which had of late
/ years been. diverted from ,s. evWho does
not remember the long trains Of splendid
, double teams. laden with butter, cheese,
pork, etc, which used TO como here from
Vermont. He bad seen tbein by tens,
ltysnties, thirties. and forties, driye ipto
Whittier's stable quarter Of, % century
ago, and twas the best trade we had.
They exchanged their products for our
sugar, tea, jrnoIqsses etc, apd the traders
used to long to see the first snow Ayin
order to get glimpse Of the teamsters
coming upPrcble Street with their hand;
some teams. lam. gaid he, q c0pserva-;
tive in politics, aeopServatiye. in religion,