Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-30
The Troy Board of Trade and Vcr-
mont Railroad Connections.

Some days since we published an ac-
count of a meeting of the Board of Trade
of the city Of Troy in reference to the
northern railroad difficulties, which meet
ing was adjourned to Tuesday evening
last. In the Troy Wing Of Wednesday
We find the report of the last meeting,
| and II Is due TO our readers, having pub
lished the first, that the hast should also
be laid before them. The proceedings Of
the meeting bears the following headings: !:
Our Northern Railroad Difficulties"
Vermont Park rs. the Troy Il Boston
Railroad Company" The Board of
Trade Meeting AN Animated Dis
cussion.'
An adjourned meeting of the members
of the Board of Trade was held last even
ing, TO consider what action il is neces-
sary to take to end the controversies and
complications by which our city is de-
prived of railroad communication with
Vermont and other points north. Many
Of our most active business men and
wealthy capitalists were in attendance.
At eight o'clock the President Of the
Board, Mr.. Tillinghast, called the meeting
to order, and briefly stated the object for
which it had been convened. In the alb
sence of the Secretary ". L. kisselburgh
was chosen Secretary pro t,m
The President stated that, in compli-
ance with resolution adopted at a pre-
vious meeting of the Board, he had in
vited the officers of the Troy 4 Boston
and the Rensselaer, & Saratoga Railroads
to attend the meeting for the purpose of
attording the members an opportunity of
hearing their views in relation TO the pres.
ent railroad difficulties. He received no
answer. however, from any Of the gentle
men whom he had invited, except Mr. d.
Robinson, whom he met in the street, and
who informed him that the citizens Of
Troy. he presumed, understood the points
involved in the controversy perfectly well
Communications were presented from
Salem, North Adams, Hoosick Falls. Val /.
ley Falls and other places, stating that
meetings had been or were TO be held, for /
the appointment of delegates 10 proceed .
to Washington TO urge the renewal of the .
northern mail contract system.
Nhai i'H I-AU9 itSIttttu t4ldt tlt Edll- +
road officers Were not present to inform
the meeting of the causes which led to the .
railroad break now existing He was
Ignorant of the real facts, and desired to
hear gentlemen speak who were ia
miliar with the questions at issue
Hannibal Green said that both the
Rensselaer, x Saratoga and the Troy 4
Boston railroads were built by Troy capi-
tslists, to serve Troy interests There is
a quarrel between Mr.. Park and the Troy
y Boston company, which, in effect, is
greatly detrimental to the interests OF our
city. While | believe that Park has act
ed decidedly wrong. yet l believe that it
was and il is the bounden duty of the
Troy * Boston and Rensselaer, &
Saratoga companies to ruin their cars {
to the Vermont State line Our home
interests are in great danger; as | am re-
liably informed that railroad is already
projected and will be built from Albany
to connect with the Hoosac Tunnel, thus
cutting us off altogether. We must act
in the matter, or else suffer the
which must inevitably re- 1
suit from the existence of the present
Hon. Geo. C. Burdett made a lengthy ,
statement relative to the origin of the diff
iculty, the course pursued by the Troy &
Boston railroad company, and the object J
md conduct of Mr.. Park, in the premises. I
While he deplored the controversy, vet he !
,ould not, from thorough knowledge of !,
III the facts, condS4n the action of the !
managers of the Troy & Boston railroad ! !
Mr.. Park, by an unusual and high-handed
proceeding had sought to cripple that COM n
'any, by scizing nearly all of its rolling e
took, by reason-of debt-before he had I,
wen served the company with bill OF It's
Mr.. B. denounced Parks
ction in the matter, and gave an interest q
ng resume of two or three interviews had i
With Mr.. ?. by a acommittee of the citizens 4
# Troy, of which he was member, in !;
elation to the imbroglio. Mr. Park at
me time informed the committee that he u
vas prepared to run his cars to the State n
inc to connect with the Troy & Boston f
ailroad, until he could do better, and in I
i've minutes afterwards he informed Mr. !,
B. that he tP.) would have nothing to do
With the Troy & Boston railroad compa-
", under existing circumstances He 7
,lew hot and cold-just as his whims !.
moved him. His excuse for strangling
he Troy Il Boston company, was that he {
believed the corporation bankrupt, and d
hat the only way in which he could Sc b