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

err IN treating the Manhattan Marble
Company ~ one Of the remonstrants
against the proposed extension, and that
the statement in the rcmonstrance, criti-
cised by Mr. Baxter, is true in terms and
substance
;, As TO the two large mills at Centre
Rutland the one owned by Mcssrs. Rip.
Icy Sons is ou the Rutland and Burling.
ton railroad, as we'll aS ON the Rutland
and Washington road, and now has the
same facilities for its business as it would
have with the proposed cxtension-they
have no freight To pay on hlocks from the
quarries consequently have no real in
tercst in the matter, The mill Of Mcssrs,
Clement \ son i, on the Butland \ Wash
iug,un Road, about forty rods in a
straight line from the Rutland and Burl-
iug'uu Road. The senior Of this firm, Mr..
Charles Clement, is owner of ree,fourths
interest in thv mill and business of Glenn
rut y Son, and Is also senior ui p,v n,u4 ~
Clement, Parker X ellison lie hot only
authorized the signing the latter firms
name 10 the ltcmonstUance referred 10,
but has also protested in his own name
against the granting Of charter for
another railroad u the qUarrries. This
remove. thu firm oi Clement X Son
from the list of applicants, The Salem
Mall Is in the state ot New York, on the
line ot the RAilaud and Washington
Railroad, and can in no way be benefited
hy the proposed extension, Thus, sub
,ttutially, the mills OF applicants for, and
rumau,trauts against, the proposed cx-
tension, and which are 10 be affected ly
the proposed extension, are situated at the
qutrrcs. The owuers ot mills At the
guarrics, having forty gangs If saws, in
Guiding the uur now bclng built, rcmou-
s'rAtc against, and the owners Of eight
gang favor th, application. The firm
maine oi sherman, Adams \ Llugdon
was sigLyd % the rcmonstrance Of October
2Sth, by Carlos sherman, senior uf said
firm, IL had the rcmonstrancc, and
without hrsit~tion or objection, signed it.
The Conversation referred TO by Mr.. Bax-
ter, "a, having been held with Mr.. Sher-
man, must have related to first rcmons-
trance presented 10 him by Mr.. Wilson.
t. ~ TO Sheldous X Slasun. Tho sen
ior ii that firm appeared before Your
committee, but did not testify, or intend
Zoe convey the idea, that his firm had Ia
yor. gtrum the railroad company that
would not have been granted 10 others in
the trade, under the same circumstances,
upon application. tie expressly stated
that lie made no application 10 the rail
road company Tor himself, that i. was not
proper 10 grant to all in the trade. This
was - understood and asscnted to by the
railroad company, II is true that, upon
the destruction of their mill by fire, the
railroad company, showed an earnest de-
sire, and furnished facilities, to aid in re-
= building, for that purpose
ut mere mammal rates -of f~e't.h., l"~ss
. Quantities of building materials, 1t Il
/ understood that the like favor has boer
= shown the Rutland Marble Company in
building their mills at the quarries.
,, As to the rebate ION freight from
West Rutland TO Rutland, the following
is the only instance. Special order from
+. l.. Gowen, of Chicago to ship marble
purchased by him., cH Ogdensburgh
= caused an application by me for reduction
OF rates Of freight upon those lots, which
was assented to in tho~case of two ship
mentS only, the amount .rebated being
paid 10 f. l.. Gowen. The same favor
would undoubtedly have been granted to
any others under Ike circumstances. 1t
is not true that Mr. Sheldon stated that
the Superintendent Of the K. Il S. Road
had any arrangement with him (which
he could dictate rates, but it is true, and |
50 testified, that the Superintendent has
said generally and repeatedly to me and
others, that when the interests of the
trade required change in the tariff
rates, such a change wguld be made. 1t
never was stated or intended as a special
privilege to me or my firm.
1t is known that, upon the application
of Mr.. Baxter, the Rutland Marble Com
pauy were privilege of shipping inferior
grades Of marble to Troy at the rate of
two Iollars and fifty cents per ton. l do
not know of any other than the Rutland
Marble Company applying for or receiving
such an advantage. Others could un-
doubtedy have had hid the same favor"
upon applications 1t is known, that sup-
on the application of Mr. Baxter, gem
cral reduction Of fifty cents per ton upon
the freight of No. 3 blocks to Troy was
conceded, principally for the benefit of
the Rntlsnd Marble Company, they hay
ing large stock OF, No. 3 blocks on
hand, and not tQen having any
mill by which they could saw
such blocks. The Rutland Mar
blc Company have had the advantage OF
the rate specified on No. 3 whenever their
bill of lading designated the shipment as
being of that quality of marble that is
to say, since the concession was made,
some two years since.
The Rutland Marble Company have,
during the present year, purchased the
mill at Salem, and have commenced saw
ing marble at their mill at the quarries.
To this extent only has that company any
control or direction as to the Salem ship
ping of sawed marble. The owners of
the mills at Center Rutland have the ex-
elusive direction and control in this re-
speot, as to the products of those mills.
:. As to the entire product of sawed
marble from the mills of the remon-
strants.
The 40 gangs at the quarries,
81 " Sherman, Adams 4 Co,
Q " "a of Clement & Son,
! The remonstrance represents 70 gangs
of saws.
Those who favor the extension are Rip
ley Sons, ! gangs of saws.
One-fourth of Clement & Son, 3 gangs
of saws.
: Rutland Marble Company 8 gangs ot
saws at Salem.
Rutland Marble Company, gangs of
saws at quarries.
Those who favor the extension represent
80 gangs of saws.
As to the entire product Of the quarries,
the Rutland Marble Company furnish the
Ripley and Clement mills, say 100000
feet lsupericial) of marble, which is only
part OF the capacity of their mills, and
does not exceed the capacity of IL gangs,
To this add the mills of Rutland Marble