Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-04-09
THE RUTLAND HERALD
SATURDAY. APRIL a. t'es
THE Railroad Meeting "t hen-
ningIans


T ". rrk, ly lbr Try aul Ras,m
railroad Company, ia r,sarl to thu
Company connecting With lhe E.uu.u-
ton and Rutland Eailr.sl, Va, N,ll at
tended The towns situated uu the liit,
Of the Bennington and Rutland alma,r
AL seat delegates, and we've wyN repre-
STATED Al seemed to tayr 40 ,ara,>'
desire that ~amc ami,ahle arrangement
might b, made, and ,h,y uut let, ,u,
longer without railroad t,,illt.r,
The extra train, provided o. arromluo
date those persaus 4e-4E.-''--..i -tfr-trri1,7z
this meeting lett Rutland al a3n &, IA
A, each station il received passenger,
and CA il, arrival al Bennington ther,
must haze heru some tvn az tlr,e hun,
bred aboard the car,.
The meeting was held la the inc Ii.
hrary Hall Thi, Hall Was bought and
given TO the Young Mon, Association oi
Bennington by Mc,,r,, Park and Hunt
These gentlemen alsn presented them
with splendid library, The Hall, in our
estimation, has few equals, Tor II, size,
IN the State, for il is wcll lighted. well
ventilated -aT4 -wril-rr ilrtUyi fIr any pun.
pose to which hall could b. put.
The Hall was filled with men Who hay,
the prosperity aud interest Of the southern,
part ofour State at heart, aud who had
gathered together TO advise and counsel
with each other in regard 10 the best
means OF arriving at some final adjust.
ment of this Railroad connection question.
which has. for 50 long a time, hinlcrcd
and worried the bushes, men who live
IN that part of the State. We did not
notice any particular animoSity against
the Troy y Boston Railroad Company
but, ON the contrary, an earnest desire 10
come to any honorable sc,tlcncu, Of ,bi,
yeSed question
The meeting was called "a, order hy J
ii. Flagg, Esq, who nominated A l.
Miner rs Chairman. Mr.. Miner wa.
elected, and took the chair.
Mr., j. II. Flagg was chosen Secretary.
The Chairman then called upon Hr,
irenor ". Park TO state the object Of the
meeting, Mr. Park commenced Nv savipy
that he had received a propnsitinn iron,
the Troy x Boston Railroad Comr,pv IN
regard TO making connection with the Ben.
nington d Rutland Road. a pronositi,n
which he did not feel at liberty either to
accept or reject, until he had laid il before
those living on the line Of the BENNINGTON
q Rutland Road, and had received their
opinion upon it, He then went into a re-
view OF the way the affair had been man.
aged, what action had been taken
and how the matter then stood Tho TROY.
* Boston Company promised on the de-
livery up of their rolling stock, to make
connection, and the UNDERSTANDING uos
that upon the surrender Of the property
tins connection should be made. and posi-
i've assurance to that effect was given
HIM The Troy & Boston Companv
promised to haul the iron which was
needed in the construction of the Lcba- ,
non Springs Road, and they the r &B..,
were To be allowed 10 have their wood
hauled. He then read an agreement. ,
made at the time Of the settlement and
return OF the property. 4 few
days after the execution of the.
agreement he was asked by Mr. Moseley.
superintendent of the Troy d Boston
road, If ne Mr.. Park would deliver the ,
rolling-stock before the time limited in the I
agreement Mr.. Park said he would, and
agreed and was willing to do anything
that was fair, il thereby connection
could be secured He accordingly did
denver the stock, and received release
from the suits brought against him. and
expected thNa speedy connection would
ensue, Mr.. Park Immediately began to
relay the road from Bennington to the
State line just before the track was
completed, he wrote Mr. Moseley that on
a certain day he should have the track
finished. No answer was returned for
long time; but, after considerable DELAY. {
he received reply very indefinite and al
together unsatisfactory. He then refer .
red to his card which was published in !
the HERALD Of April lst. On the LIST of ,
April he received the following PROPOSE a
hon from the Troy X Boston Company i
ofFItE I. X h r. r. Co..
Troy, \. Y, March Both. lsGs { !
7 W. PARK, Esq
Deaf ST. am directed To SAY that =,
we have had the following understanding
with the X. X s r. T. Co., with reference
to connection with Your road We are
not to receive at state Line for Troy. or
points south or west Of Troy. freight +,
coming from East Dorset or any station :,
north OF there. We will run one passen- .
ger tram daily 10 and from State Line J;
leaving there in the morning in time to
connect with our train due at Troy al
present at 9:25, and returning the train a
10 or from our train leaving Troy at pre-
sent at p. m We will also run ono /
freight daily to and from State Line.
AS the r. d S. are part owners Of the
Troy X Bennington Railroad lease. We
are obliged to consult their wishes and be
governed in part by their views in the t
matter of making a connection with your /,
road. | very much regret that the ar
rangement proposed is not better, but !
under the circumstances the accommoda-
tons are the best that can be offered.
Should you decide to accept the terms
proposed, shall be glad TO meet YOU at a
any time and place YOU may suggest and t
arrange details
Very truly yours,
c, w. MosFIFY, .Spis
He then went on to explain the nature
of this proposition, showing that all the
connection they proposed TO make, was
not with any mail train, but with train :