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

Vim. !, W, Ripley, ana Edward III. KIP
lev. are petitioners for the said extension
as il also the firm Of Clement \ Son, by
w. c. Clcment, one OF the partners, A.
10 the senior member rt said firm, ChlS.
Clement, who i. also the senior member
of the firm of Clement, Parker y ellison.
| further state that in q conversation /
held with him in my office, III West kut-
land, Just previous to the meeting OF the
committees OF the Legislature to consider
the application for said extension, lac IN
formed me that remonstnncc had been
nresented 10 him hy Mr.. Wilson, Assist
AMI superintendent Of the X. \ ;; rail-
road. and that he refused TO sign II, gly-
ing as a reason, that he thought If the Pc
tition for charter prevailed, II would
help the marble business
! further say that Carlos sherman, the
senior member of the firm Of sherman,
Adams \ I.augdon, appended 70 said re-
monstrance, in a conversation with mo AZ
my Office during the present session Of the
Legislature, informed ma that he had
signed rcmonstraucr, that he regretted
il exceedingly, Was sorry that be had d ne
So, and was sa,.- led Nl, position in the
matter was wrong That be- had d9ue il
hastily and without much reflection, and
that he told Mr. Wilson who applied 90
him, that be thought he ought not 10 sign
il. These statements are capable Of proof
bv testimony in addition 20 my own. ui
the persons who have signed said rymoU-
STRANGE, sherman, Adams X Laugdon,
Mr.. Parker, and Mr. Willard, re~,d, at
Castletou, on the line Of the X. y ;. Ial.-
road
In regard to Shelduns aud Sl4,a,, ,hy
remaining siguers 70 the rrmou,'rncr,
Mr.. Charles sheldon, the senior m.mh.r,
appeared before the Committee and IL
was in testimony from him and uthyr,-
lst That he had alway, been the rrtip-
lent Of fayors from the X. x ). railroad.
That very large amount Of fr,i-h'in. in
connection with their other business ha!
been done without charge, au! THAT he
had concessions On fr,'-ht wh'uN.r j."
asked for them.
2d. ThAthc lad. Jas Lr , rm,j i',ae'r'.
blanche 90 take cars at all times tE hi,
business.
3d. That while the freight on m,rhl.
from West Rutland to Rutland w.- Sl,2o
per ton, and was 50 billed to him, he had ii
rebate ON settlement OF such bills If 81
cents per ton.
4th That the Superintendent Of the r
4 s Railroad had an arrangement with
him, by which be was to inform said Su'
perintcndcnt when in hi, ShelIou', opju-
ion, the tariff rates on marble were NOR.
than would be properly charEeahIr, there
bv constituting said sheldon the sole guar
diau ana protector Of, not only his OWL
business, but that Of his neighbors, who
it seems, by reason of experience and moi
being familiar with. the necessities Of the
trade" are assumed not 10 be competen,
to manage their own affairs.
These, perhaps, are some Of the Reasons
why Mc,srs sheldon and SEa>pn are salts
fled with tier present facilities, and SEE
no occasion for an enlargement Of thcm
ID. So much Of this Rcmou~tcance a
derrecates giving another right II way
by the Quarries, as interfering with tht
proper working Of them, and by reason OF
which "two corporations might combine
and thus oppre,s Us to such an extent as
to interfere with the control Of our prop
erty," has no force, unless two corpora:
tions should thus combine. 1t does not
clearly appear ii there were two tracks
laid for the purpose of getting business.
the interests of the Railroads and quarry
owners being identical, why there should
be a combination to interfere and oppre>s
the shipper, OF freight which the roads
would be seeking. This objection was
not urged in 1864 when the Legislature,
upon the application of most, if not all, Of
the signers Of this very Remonstrance,
granted Charter, with the right to 81
into the quarries with necessary tracks
and switches. And it wasnot really made
a point before the Committees Of the pres
ent Legislature, it having been testified
by Mcssrs. sheldon, Wilson and others
that the laying of such track is practi-
cable.
3D. This Rcmonstrance sets forth, in
modest way, that your memoralists
have only this year commenced saving
marble, and have not yet become familiar
with the necessities of the trade" The
Rutland Marble Company have for many
years been producers of marble. and by
far the heaviest dealers in blocks to the
trade, and in some years have shipped
more marble in blocks than all other
quarry owners at West Rutland combined.
They have also for years, as before stated,
supplied by contracts the mills Of VIM.
Y. Ripley and Clement 4 Son, at Centre
Rutland, and what is known as the Bax-
ter Manufacturing Company, at Salem,
n. Y, all on the line Of the +. 4. s. road.
And during the past winter, erected at
their quarries an eight gang steam mill,
which has been in operation night and
day since April last. In all the product
of these mills, in their sales and ship
'ments, the Rutland Marble Company
have an entire, or partnership interest,
For the past three years they have paid
annually an average of about twelve
thousand dollars to the r. d S. road,
simply to get blocks to these three mills.
They have paid, and still do pay, what
they claim and insist to be most excess
i've and burdensome tax of seventy-fve
cents per ton for two miles haul to Centre
Rutland, and one dollar and fifty cents
per ton to Salem, on blocks. And from
all these mills the sound marble has
borne tax of three dollars and a half
per ton, to Troy. Was not the writer of
this Remonstrance fully aware of all
these facts; And that we were, in no
sense, ne,o in the business, And if so,
why, in blowing his own horn, does he
seek, by spocious language, to convince
this Legislature that the Rutland Marble
Company's interests are trivial in COM
parison with others, and entitled to no
consideration at your hands,
4th. In regard to the statement 50
pompously set forth in the Remonstrance,
to-wit: that "the owners of forty gangs
of saws demonstrate against, and the
owner of eight gangs favors the proposed
new road" the simple facts found before
the Committee show that the Rutland
Marble Company have a direct interest
in the product Of
Ripley Mill, IA gangs
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