Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-12-04

was demanded in granting a charter for the pro
posed route, for the reason that will be several
years in all probability before the road on the
other side of the Lake will be completed and
running to Ticonderoga ; that the road between
the Ausable and Port Henry is not yet even put
under contract very mountainous, and rocky
and difficult of construction.
1t further appeared in evidence, that having
special regard to the interests Of Vermont ana
h,r system of railroads, with view and pur-
pose of forming a connection between the rail
road on the west side of Lake Champlain, and
the roads in Vermont, charter was granted
last year by the Legislature for road from some
point on the west side Of the county Of Addison,
and thence to the Rutland Railroad in Whiting
or Salisbury, thus making when completed,
direct line from Pittsburgh and points north 10
Crown Poiut, or ii. thence across the Lake to
the Rutland line, and so to Troy. New York, and
Boston, ria Rutland, over Vermont roads. 1t
was shown that as eastern route 10 Boston
and New England. this would be preferable to
the Lake Shore line to Whitehall, while it
further appeared that the producers and ship
pers on the line of the route between Plattsburgh
and Crown Point prefer the Addison con-
nection ria Rutland, notwithstanding the
greater distance, compared with the Lake
Shore route to Troy and New York, on &C
COUNT OF Inc l1cl TINT lAA4AliA = u
point, while Whitehall is not: that ior this rea-
son there would be no local interests north Of
/ Crown Point on the west side Of the Lake, to
urge and promote the making of a connection
between Ticonderoga and Whitehall on the west
side Of the Lake: that between Ticonderosa and
Whitehall there would be no local business to
support a road if built; that in the light Of these
facts, it was fairly to be deduced that the Adj
son route would, when built, be satisfactory to
all the inhabitants OF New York having lotal in
terests to be served by the line; and thus a sys-
tenn Of railroad connections be permanently Is
tablished vastly TO the advantage Of this ) ate
and her railroads
None Of this evidence introduced by the re-
monstrants vas even attempted to be contIoyert-
Ell before the committee. The argument Of the
case was abandoned by the counsel for the pe-i-
TONERS. No request was made % the committee
to report the facts, and il was understood by the
members Of the committee We'll as by the re-
monstrauts and their counsel, that the case was
virtually abandoned by the petitioners
In fact it is admitted by the member from
Benson and others. advocates Of the bin, that no
case was made ont by the petitioners before the
committee such as would have warranted the
committee, looking at the evidence before them.
10 report in favor Of the charter.
How then came th, bin Co. pass Had there
never been such thing as hasty and ul-c.n-
sdered sction upon important bills In the last
hours Of session, it might be diiicu'tto ansaer
The facts, as they appeared before the committee.
could not have been fully understood More
than that. IL l. known that certain plrtics In
terested to procure the passage Of t bin III
/ dllged lersis;ently in misrepresentation Affect
/ Ing the merits OF tAe question. 10 was urgel
upon members that It was not % project Of the
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