Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-11-19
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n",iaad Marble Quarry Owusr
Presented Ia the Legislature Oe 10
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Ha,iaad Marble QuaTTy Ow.,r,
| Presented Ca the Legislature Oets-
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10 hs Honorable, ne Lsgtslah.rs If "A.
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The undersigned, comprising all tbs
'wucrS Of the Marble Quarriss, know,
As III" West Rutland Quarries. 80 far 4.
hey are owned by citizens Of Vermont
10 respectfully but earnestly remonstrats
ma protest against the chartering Of
mother Railroad 10 said Marble Quarri.
beeause-'he right Of way required by
'aid Road must be so located az 70 dap.
age our interests and greatly interfere
with tho working of our quarries, the
ground in front OF our qnarries being
worth many thousands Of dollars per
SQUARE rod Tor piling blocks Of Marble. as
they are taken from tho quarrieS, and in.
lispensably necessary for convenience Of
work on the same, Said right Of way
might be so held aud used by the owners
thereof, as TO mako US completely subser.
lent TO their interests; and We respect.
'ully represent that two corporations
iwning such rights OF way, might COM
Dine aud thus Cypress us TO such an en-.
tent rs 10 interfere with the control Of our
property, The only way we can have
The full benefit Of competition, is to loavs
with tho owners Of tho quarries the right
to control any new Railroad that may be
! built 10 the quarries. We could then
connect with the Bennington Il Rutland,
md Rutland 4 Burlington Railroad, as
our interests might require, and yet re-
s'NN ""~ prcscut abundant facilities,
| non our interest,", ,eq~irs such cnmpe-
tItion, we are abundan,ly able to provide
tor il, and shall then with confidence up.
aed TO the Legislature ot our State Tor
authority 10 protect the important inter
ast- of The Rutland Marble Qusrries.
should the charter now applied t,r hs
granted, so much Of our territory would
be occupied that II would De Impossible Ia
pply the remedy in orr own way, with
out materially iniuring our property,
which would already hc encountered n,
You'd ,uH,rnucc The only owners e
quarry property known a= 'Wr,, Rat.
liud Qulrrie>" who favor the present az
plcatiou, arc the Rutland Marble c. a
foreign corporation, whose stock i, ,wu,l
by New York capitalists. They appear
by their agent John IN. Baxter, whose
brother, II II. Baxter, is director in the
Bennington 4 Rutland Railroad Co.
/ Said Rutland Marble Co have only this
year commenced saving Marble, and have
not yet become familiar with the neccs-
stiles Of the trade, while your Remon-
-trani. producers OF three-iourths OF the
sawed marble, the product OF said quarries,
have been from fifteen to twenty years
engaged in saving and shipping marble.
are pcrfe, tly familiar with the want. II
the trade, aud abundantly able To protect
their own interests, unless prevented by
premature action Of the Legislature OF
our Stat. We, therefore, respectfully
/ bnt earnestly protest against any such
action as would take from us the control
+ of lands near our guarrie, and mills. The
present Reilro,d occupies only the width
+ Of a car FIR each track, still it interferes
/ with the working of our property, and
can he endured only as necessary evil
SHELDoNs & SLNsoN,
CLEMENT, PARKER Il gibson.
SHERMAN, ADAMS * LANGDoN,
MANUNTrAS MARBLE Co.
Per c. VI. WILLARD,
managing Dre't"r.
October 2~th lS,iS
Sheldons and Slay-on own one half OF
the quarry property in West Rutland.
upon which is situated what is known to
the trad "a, he Rutland Marble Quarries
They have APPENDED over one hundred
and scveuty-fye thousand dollars in i'm
proycmcnt- during the past two years
They are orcr ting three large quarries.
Their mill a, the quarrics, HAS twenty
four patent gauge, driven by a double an
zinc Of two-hudrea horse power
Clement, Parker and ellison, hav,.
I,,.,o ,,,,.,,,,. ,.rr,h,s.l fro,n Adams and
~ 49,,
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ana MY tn'"~'h' a"ll"r-' lncF ARE no"
building one eight gang mill Mt the quar-
nv. The senior Of this firm, il also Sent
mp and owner ,t = threc.fonrth interest in
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'h' ''F'' ~ FL. "','' ',1'' ~ law
mil nj Center Rutland lie advised Sign
ing the firms name to this remonstrance,
sherman. Adams and Langdon, have u
I,r.., ,,,,.,.r, hsvo mills AZ C,.tl.ton
49, F'.''s -.
WIN 'i"''''" Fu,Er' """ az ''''''' ~ o."
eight gang mill i'll addition I" their