Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-11-13
HOUSE.

Unfinished BuSiRcss!-H. G, to author
i2c the Bennington & Rutland railroad
to extend its road to West Rutland, was
taken un, %. /. Grover of Wells, having
the floor.
Mr.. Grover proceeded to review the
arguments that had been presented III
favor OF the passagc Of the bill. First,
hat the Rensselaer, Il Saratog, read is
q soulless, glasping. foreign corporation,
attempting to destroy the Bennington
& Rutland road and destroy the business
inter ests OF the cOuntie OF Rutland and
Bennington, and tie whole State. He
referred to the map and pointed out the
various roads in interest in this bill, and
gave II history OF the charters of the
various roads centering in Rutland; that
the interests CT the Rensselaer, & :SaratO-
ga road and tn : Rutland d Washington
road are id ,ntical, as they were now
virtually owned and run by the Rene-
selaer & Saratoga road that the compc-
tition between the Rensselaer, & Sarato-
ga road, and the Bennington & Rutland
road for the through business had been
diligent in their attempts to obtain the
business TO the disadvantage and injury
of the other; that the Rutland u Wash
ington road was Vermont road, built
and owned by Vermont men, with Ner-
=
consideration from the Legislature as
the Bennington & Rutland road, owned
by the gentleman from Bennington
that the Rutland IL Washington road
was for n til. nearly or quite ruined by
the comh etitin of the Ben ingtcn u
Rutland road that while in this cOndi-'
tition, the managers OF the Rensselaer,
& Saratoga road came 10 their relief,
made such arrangements with tae con-
nee ing roads at Rutland as drew the
business over at road instead of its
passing over tn, B.lling5ol 81 R1t-
land r0ad-thcn called the w estern Yer
mont road that by this arrangement
business had been greatly Facilitated
along the line fthe Rutland & Wash
ington road that this was affected by
the arrangement with the Troy and
Boston road, of which we have heard so
much, and tnat was the kind of smart
ne & OF viii III so much had been 81 d.
The speaker said that he supp oscG
those living on the line OF the Rutland
and Washington road had as good a
right to seek TO secure to their road the
through business as had the people on
the line Of the Bennington and Rutlapd
road. He then referred to the argument
| that had been made, in relation 10 the
break in the connection of the Benning-
| lOl QlO lOiNt, W viz L 10y ~
Boston road, and the action that had
been had by reason Of that break. The
leg stature had granted the re lief by
granting charter for new road by
the way of Lebanon Springs, to connect
with Commodore Vanderhilt's road, and
thence south to New York. That gave
the remedy, and he, as member of the
legislature, vote / for the road, and voted
for bonding the towns, although he
thought it not wise. The Rutland and
Washington road is dependent, FIR an
outlet, on the same Troy and Boston
road of which the gentleman from Ben
nington complained so much and he
thought that now that the legislature
had granted relief to the Bonnin ston
and Rutland Road, he hoped they would
not now turn round and virtually de-
troy the Rutland and " ashin9ton road,
by allowing the Bennington and Rut-
road to run out on their road and take
away their business, Gripping their
road and. injuring the business along
the line of the Rutland I'd Washing
ton road.
Mr.. Grover then referred to til app H.
cation that was made last year for the
charter of a road to compete with the
Bennington and Rutland road.
Mr.. Grover then compared the reas-
OIlS liltb 1lQu OCCh lliSoChlSN III tiiiS liS W
charter, by the applicants, with. "
, reasons that had been given against it
by the remoLstrants; saying that so fll
as appears, the application is for the
benefit OF single individual-Mr. BaX
= ter-while there were five firms O
: prominent marble quarry owners who
4 emonstrate against it. lie then argueC
/ that the charter should not be granted
unless it could be shown that it Is {
public necessity. That indlv dual in
Q Ierests should not be allowed to override
e public necessities. That the laws. arC
now amply sufficient to enable Mr., BaX
ter to abtain relief for the grievances o
: which he complains; and that it was
!. not necessary to legisiate in such {
manner as to break down or cripple ;
great public enterprise, for the sake o
giving relief to certain individuals.
He then appealed to the House TO con
slider this matter before passing sucl
special legislation; but i grievances eX
list which ought to be remedied, appl,
to the matter general laws that shou
be applicable te all cases, and not singl
out individual instances and endeavo
=. 10 apply remedy to that particula
It case, leaving all similar grievances t
l. tester and trouble the body polite. II
If then referred to the matter of th0natul
h al business centers, like Rutland villag
IS where the roads all conferred, -built i
q good faith by the different railroad cor