The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-11-17
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event Of toe pAsi weea ass the report
q the Il uee Railroad C6mmlitet on
tie tsii f1r ia aktbnsan ~ ibe Ben
riugsou & Ratian8 railroad % tbe
West Rauand marble qaarries Tie
report vax Submitted o. fhe 7ih inss
The hill wss lad "a The table. and made
The special order for last Tuesday ~
aernoon II IA O'Clock Among 9th
er measures, the biIl relating 10 the
rate 81 interest has been defeated IN The
Mouse This btu provided that Il
should be- lawful 90 contract for pay.
lBens and rece.p, Of any rate Of interest
The majority 81 the House were how
ever upfiuching il their opposition 70
tho bill Many arc in favor Of estab-
fishing the legal rate at 7, $40 per
cent but no further change viii prob
ably be proposed during the prescott
session
Following is the report of the Com
mittee on the bill for the extension Of
tbe Bennington a Rutland railroad
RnoEf % rHE COMMITTEE os R,nAoADs
on TAN Bun ToR fHE EXTENSION OF THE
BnSNaroS AND RuTLsSp RAuRoAD TO
TIM MAmmE QuARRlEs At War Rur-
LAND
To he Heuse u Representatives:
The Committee on Railroads, to
whom was referred House bill No 6,
entitled An act authorizing the Ben
uington and Rutland railroad cJmpany
10 extend its railroad to West Rutland, %
have heard the evidence offered BY the
parties interested, aud The arguments
Of counsel and find the following facts
The committee find that the Rutland
and Washington railroad, owned and
operated by the Rensselaer, and Sara
toga railroad, and the Bennington and
Rutland railroad, have common ter
minus IN the village Of Rutland
That within the limits Of the town Of
Rutland, four miles from the village OF
Rutland and two miles from the village
Of Center Rutland, the point function
Of the Rutland and Washington with
the Rutland and Burlington railroad,
there hes, ia what is known as West
Rutland, an extensive and valuable de-
/ post Of marble, adjoining the line OF
the Rutland and Washington railroad
I That extensive quarries are successful
/ ly worked and that practically these
I qunrries are inexhaustible, and that
mills for saving marble have been cree
ted at Center Rutland, West Rutland
Castleton, Hydeville, and Salem in the
State OF New York. That large amt
Of capital is employed in the business
giving employment to many hundred
laborers, and furnishing an annual ag.
gregate Of freight to the Rensselaer,
and Saratoga railroad Of thirty eight
thousand, two hundred and eighty two
tons That the uses TO which marble
is applied are multiplying, and the de
mand for il steadily increasing. That
owing to their peculiar location, the
Rensselaer, and Saratoga railroad have
the exclusive monopoly Of this large
and constantly increasing business, not
withstandins the close proximity OF the
roads before. named.
As the combined result OF the devel
opmeut Of the marble 9uarries, the fact
that 80 many important railway lines
converge at that point, Rutland has be
Dome a business center, second TO mont
in population and Importance in oui
State, and is rapidly assuming the pro
portions ola thriving inland city From
the facts above stated, your committe,
are OF the opinion that the great anc
| increasing business OF that central poiL
should be open TO fair competition o
all the railway hines diyerging there
from That thereby would be secured
the twoiold and beneficial result @
/ placing the several railways upon term
/ u perfect equality, and Of removing al
distractions to the free ontHow of tn
productions Of Rutland in every direc
ton 10 the markets of the country
Your committee cannot but believ
that such competition would greatl
stimulate the production of marble, an,
all the manufacturing interests whiel
are clustering at that important point
as having direct tendency 10 lessei
cost Of production, thereby benfitinI
both producer and buyer Aid you
committee IN this connection woul,
further state that, in view OF the fact
above set forth, they cannot regard III
J proposed extension within the limits c
Rutland an ia any proper sense par
allel road, aud Objectionable on tina
ground, and while they would not rec
ommend any discrimination against
foreign corporation, they deem il onl
3 just and polite that Vernon
roads should be permitted to compel
for Vermont business, at central point
where competition is manifostly benef
2 eial Ii further appeared to your con
mittee that the rates charged by th
G Rensselaer, and Saratoga railroad con
: pany for the transportation Of maIbI
are largely IN excess 81 the average rate
q other roads o. the conutry for Ii
: transportation Of the same class
d freight in large quantities.
: II also appeared that said eonpau
/ have for some time past made discern
nations in charges against the Rutlan
Marble Co, which produces oue-ha
+ the entire product Of the quarf1es an
+ pays IN freight full one halt, and in 4
9 Yor Of several marble dealers who 81
/, peared before your committee as r.