Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-11-26


contests Who, hy ghs mtharta nhcurd
Of proceeding Of enurgly stopping all
freight and travel over au important line
Of transportation, made necessary ,ne ex-
ira session, and tho legislative contest of
the las} session Nj Nh. Park. Hehad
only defended himself and the peoplc Of
his section from uuppNokpl, outrageous
injury and oppression lie undertook,
10 say that money was NIrrd To- the State
ly this extra session, tor il could boproycd
that ia, reduction IN taxes In bennington
County alone in oousegutuc, If tho ruin
OF monuiaeturius Interests gaustJ by the
stoppage If their II, L. oouucr tions with
marhct,woud but for tho prompt action Of
/ the Legislature, have already more than
equallcd the whole expense Of the extra
session, Proceeding with his main argu-
s.out, he said, that Vermont has West
I Rutland deposits ut marble sufficient 10
supply the markets OF the world They
are being developed at a very great outlay
OF capital, and there can be- no question
that tho interest, Of this great interest De,
mand relief from monopoly in Transporter
ton, The marble dealers have united in
petition, 10 Congress or tariff ou mar
ble Why Simply because the Italian.
marble, brought oheaply across the ocean
under no huge monopoly, can be laid upon
the WharyoS of New York al rate, which
allow 1t Ia compete with our. homo pro-
duction. But ii the rates of transporting
/ the Vermont marble 20 New York can be
lcssened, it will De the same thing As if
I the cost Of the italian. marble wcrc in
creased by rates II du,y. All this i, too
plain for argument,
/ But We are now told that the West Rut.
land marble dealers ash iur 40 reduction
of rates Of freight, Some of them, II Is
+ true, do not. and it will he shown why
they do not, But the Rutland marble
company, the heaviest of the marble con-
Germs, which, as shown in evidence, pro.
duccd last year 2i,d,, tons. OF the 3S,2s2
/ tons sent 10 market from West Rutland,
1 is among the applicants for this charter,
II appears here by its agent, Mr.. J. III.
Baxter, and 10y counsel aud asks relief
/ from oppression aud wrong at the hands
of foreign corporation. Nor Is tins
new grievance Mr., Park here read a me-
mortal addressed TO the railroad company
by Mr.. Baxter IN l>h5 setting forth IN be-
half of the Rutland Mari !c Company that
/ their business was suffering from Insult
/ cient transportation facilities, whllr tor
what they obtained they were paying "a
most uncon>cionable price" They were
+ paying $40 IA car load, or - cents "a ton,
Tor frcightng some OF their marble two
and half miles. They set forth that
they had offers from parties 10 haul il the
same distance by teams at go cents ton
but having the railroad, inexperienced To-
use it, in the hope. and under the promise,
Of a reduction in freight charges Bat
they secured no reduction Marble was
higher in 1850 than now, and ii the rates
of the Rutland and Washington road
were "unconscionatle' then, they are
more SO now.
+ Again, the Rutland Marble COMPANY
had erected at Salem, on thc'liuc Of the
Rutland and Washington road, a mill for
saving marble under an agreement with
the railroad company that they would
haul their marble TO the mill TO be sawed,
and thence to Trey, at West Rutland
rates. Butafter the mill was erected and
in operation, at cost of $4,000 the rail-
road managers repudiatgd their agree
ment, and charged Sl5Oa ton 10 the mill,
and $3.50 thence to Troy,--An increase OF
<i.oo - over tho w oat Rutl,,nd rates
/ This also, doubtless. was smart" ON tba
! Rensselaer, and Saratoga COMPANY bu.
it is such smartnc,s a. consigns private
individuals TO the State prison \ poor
ignorant scamp who sets fire to a railroad
bridge. making break Of lew rods for
a week or two, is rightly sent to prison.
but a railroad company can take up the
rails Of a road, ana make a break OF five
miles, which cuts off whole county from
market for fifteen months, and il i smart
ness.
/ II apncar. frtIer that fine Rutland
N,rbla t',np,p,,,v IN tb, in.nHirionfv eft
REPRESENTATIVE. of .tha railroad romIlnv.