Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-02-27

the producers OF the West % lay down on
your wharyes grain and -four 20 ship 10
Europe, Some express the fear that
frcights might be diverted to other points,
but there is u safeguard in the fact that
irieghts once billed through cannot be
diverted 10 another point, This Western
traffic in the direction Of the proposed
T0UtC hUs been uircaay commenced, and
is indicated by the fact that during the
past year eleven thousand barrels Of flour
have come to Portland from the West, by
the way Of Schenectady, Rutland and
Boston, All the petroleum which is used
in the la-gc establishments for is manu-
faoturo in your city, comes byIWay OF
Rutland and Boston, and several ear loads
are at Rutland now ON its transit To Thu
point, thus traversing Ill miles further
by way of Boston than il would were this
proposed route open, Therefore, the
simple question for the citizens Of Port
land % consider is, Whether froights can
not be delivered at Liverpool at a much
cheaper rate Ly this new central route
tll,-,ft il i e-ls L. fram any other Atlantic
mort There were advantages afforded
hy the new route, there could be no que'-
tioa. over any other projected route, in the
fact of It's being the most direct, shorter
aud open to communication by rail during
the whole year, while by other projected
routes the communication was broken up
ouc-thirl Of the year Therefore he believed
the southern Vermont route possessed
mort, and inducements which should re-
ctiyc the careful consideration of the
citizen, Of the cutccpriling and growing
city of Portland, and believed that both
routes could b, built and not conflict
with each other ~ ultimately tn" great
.rvyiu ing trade between the East and
West mast fully occupy all the avenues
--------,-uulc4t4al that could be opened,
upl 10 Aa, not his wish, nor would he il
lac roull iutcrpose 10 the success of the
enterprise commenced, which was 10 open
and enrich the fertile valleys of Northern
Vermont Governor Page concluded by
t,udtring' his acknowledgements for the
cordial reception which had been given the
delegation, and the patient and consider
atp attention with which they listened 10
him, and would give other gentlemen
an opportunity TO present their views,
Hon. Julius Converse of Woodstock,
wa, then introduced, who remarked, that
,ha chairman in presenting him had given
uore weight To has position As railroad
man than belonged 70 him, FOR he was not
IA any sense u railroad man, only in ef-
fort, in . humble way to promote their
Interests and thereby open up to busiacss
and commerce, those sections which were
now without communication between the
great rcntcrs Of trade. His memory run
back to the days before railroads were in
operation when the people of his section
II Vermont were accustomed to come to
Portland for their heavy goods like fish,
salt, malasscs End sugar bringing tLeir
grain and money III exchange. This trade
even in those zines was Of Importance,
bat the railway lines had diverted thi>
traffic - other points and hence the val
uc Of this new line that the local trade OF
\ tttir--+-tt f4ell Eastern Vermont might be
restored w have in our State devel-
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tra4uat.su of railroads, some Of which are
iiar1gtt,ur Ia Portl;uld. The marble which
.- o. :uill yaur new and elegant custom
house Is - come from Western Vermont,
and the buildings which are constantly
sri ing FROM the ashes Of the late disas-
r.r@- rtuH grafton are covered with
-Lre h-ugit from the same point, there
fore the local traffic between Vermont and
Meine is inpor,au, Of itself To make
thj~ opposed connection seemed easy and
feasible and within the power and means
ut I'll without embarrassment. From
Wlte River Junction to. Woodstock, II
miles. .he road WAS secured and the ex-
ten-ien t. Rutland could bc guaranteed,
auI irou tl,r point the divergence Of
railway lines extend i'll every direction.
ItWul make a very straight line from
Portland AMI the completion of the
through line would most certainly make
il the ucarcs, and best, and this il seemed
TO him was the best course to pursue.
He WAS a full believer III the benefits OF
railroads and their extension in every di-
rrrti9n, for thcy made the very stones
under our feet to turn into gold This is
but ger abstract of the brief, courte-
OILS and pertinent remarks of Coy. Con
verse, which commended itself TO his at
tcnt:vc audience,
Hon. Henry Reyes of Newbury, Presi-
dent Of the passumpsic Railroad, was the
next speaker He said that the road
which he represented had no connection
with the proposed new line from Rutland,
nor with the Ogdensburgh road. Neither
did he come to make any opposition to
that enterprise. ana hoped it might be
built, as giving a new impetus to TIE bus
iucSs interests of Northern Vermont, in
which he resided Also, "~if that road
. crossed his line of road, it would enable
the passengers and freight to be carried
either way as she Passumpsic road runs
from White River Junction to the Canada
line. He had an interest in the building
OF the proposed line, from the fact that
the building of the Woodstock and Rut-
land Railroad would enable his road to
; have new and nearer outlet to New
) York and the West, and the building of
the road from Portland to White River