Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-11-18

he sad tho committee has reported that the
hensselaer n Saratoga road had a rnonorcl,.,
vi he transportation Of the vast amounts of mar
nle quarfies at West Rutland. and he tbougbt
tlat word monopoly could not le made 20 fell
against the Rutland and Washington road as
those qunrrics are on the line OF that rmd Gvc
centre '' ''' iVius WI
ne then referred to the controversy in which
the hensselner and Samtoga road are made no.
.p"h7rhe ior breaking connections in railroad
tmnspQrtation and said that had notbinrr to IL
Win The bill now under Consideration and n
tns Ply - passed i would not in the lenst remedy
tlS eNlls that hac been complained Of but would
only enhance them Another point H. tbis nm
sTant5 competing road in opposition to a road
that road rights which it now has and give tben,
70 another road. He hoped the bill would not he
passed, but on account Of his health he could
n9t discuss the bill at that length which he other
| wise would " ''''''
r, Mr.. Wood Of Fairhaven gave notice to the
/ House that nt the proper time he shouLi nr,nose
certain amendments which be read for the in
formation 9i the House. but which the Speaker
ruled could not now he introduced and ordered m
/ De printed, as MIR. Wood wished. without layino
the whole subject on the table
Mr. Wood then proceeded u state his reasons
why neither the bill or amendments should he
emcted INTO law. There had been a great deal
I oi - smoke and - fog around this matter. and
many things brought in that had no legit;,,naia
nearing upon It. He then read from the charter
| o. t9e estern Vermont (now the Bennington and
kntlanl road) az amended and extended In Isi0
showing that that road never had the rioht IN
construct their road beyond some point of inter
section with the Rutland and burlington road
ati that they could not claim to have had any
right 70 build their road 70 West Rutland
lie then referred to what the committee s,v in
thcr report in relation 10 the Village of Rutland
being the great business center, as well as the
center OF the different railroads The marble
gualrles are five miles from that center ~ West
Rutland, and the charter Of another road from
hutnnd Village TO West Rutland would be a
parallel and competing road of the worst kind
allowing the Bennington and Rutland road To
zap an important road for the avowed purpose of
taking away from it n portion of its legitimate
business, and that only one branch of the 6usinesS
the freight
lie said that much evidence was allowed hefore
the committee, which the council for the oppo-
nents OF this bill objected to but which. having
been admitted, they did not rebut for the want Of
time. The report was made upon some Of the
testimony, which was ex-parte so far as the on
poAents OF the bill were concerned and he read q
statement from the officers of the Rensselaer, and
Samtog, road, reviewing the history of the con
truyersy between that road and the Bennington
and Rutland road and giving their version of
the causes which led to the break OF connections
between the Bennington and Rutland and Troy
ana Boston roads--a mntter which they claimed,
before the committee, was entirely IRRELEVANT 10
this case, but inasnuch as il was admitted before
the committee, he would now read a counter
statement from that made by Mr.. Park
Having read the statement he said the gentle
man from Bennington had made the assertion
that he did not ask this charter for his own hene-
ne, but Tor the benefit of the people ON the line Of
his road but it must be remembered that in lust
the proportion that the people ON the line Of the
bennington Rutland road are benefited. inst
IN the same proportion will the people of Vermont,
llVlng on the line OF the Rutlnnd X Washington,
and the Rensselaer, x Samtoga road, be injured.
lie said there were growing up ON the line of
these runds some Of the most important business
interests in the State--marlde quarries. slate
quaues, and manufacturing Establishments
and that the business Of the marble quarries is
diverted from the road and allowed TO mass over
the Bennington & Rutland road II would reduce
the resources OF the roads already built and the
other branches of business would lie more heavily
taxed to make up such loss. He read the remon-
STRANGE of the owners of slate quarres in Fair
haven, in which they express the fear that if this
bill passes and portion of the business Of the
road running through Fairhayen is allowed to
seek other outlets to market, it would tend to in
crease the tax that would be imposed upon them To
make up deficiencies 10 the road. As to the matter
OF monopoly any railroad had the monopoly
Of the business on its line; and the Bennington x
Rutland road might just as well ask that its road
may be extended to the slate quarres of Fairhayen
as to the marble quarries of West Rutland
Mr. Wood then Intercepted the chairman of
the committee on railroads, in respect to the tar
ifs of freight Of the different railroads, and how
the tariffs Of the Rensselaer, and Saratogn road on
this class of freight compared with that of other
roads and drew from the committee the fact, that
the published tariff Of that road higher than
that Of other roads, and that perhaps il was
triile lower in some instances. lie proceeded to
make further inquiries of the committee, when
Mr.. Miner of Manchester suggested, that as Mr..
Park OF Bennington was unable to be in his seat,
the gentleman from Fairhavcn suspend his in
teroltores until he (Nlr Park could be present
At tn suggestion of Mr.. Miner of Manchester,
Mr. Wood yielded the floor for motion to adj
j0uru.
On motion of Mr. Miner of Ma nehester, ad-
ionned