Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-04-23


ing Of the rails Nv Mr.. Park 10 restore th,
running ~ the ear,
Tho great aud material inducvmchl
held out 10 Mr. Park by which he took [,
receipt Of this property for less THAI
half its value ,urrrndoring up 70 said
Company it, said rolling stock, Wa.
i. that a restoration Of that property :,
. that Company VAS restoration Of III,
rannc, tiou, This being dome, then
came the inquiry, when viii the rail,
he laid Z" the question being constantly
,skcd by our business men, as well as by
lho people of Troy,
A. soon a. the state oi thc weather
allowed, Mr. Park, at a cost of more than
Sli,opN, did relay the rails from Nur,l
Bennington 10 the state line, which h,
had taken up last year for use upon other
portions Of his road, upon the refusal OF
the Troy X Boston Company TO connect
80 as 20 require their use,
+, A, length ON saturday, March a, The
announcement is made that the rails ar
laid. and everything in readiness, Bu
this does not hiring about the hope toi
connections
The people see the Troy n Boston ear
laily running over the road, trcightcd
/ with thrir own woea, (which tn
terms Of the settlement they were 10 draw
/ off hut that is all.
On the 10th Of March, Mr.. Park in
formed Mr., Moseley that the track to Ia,
State line was in readiness 10 run to the
State line On the a3l Of March, Mr.
Moselcy tclegraphs that he has been an
able TO see Mr. Cramcr or Mr. Baker On
I the same day. he also asks Mr.. White, tht
Superintendent, il the Troy and Boston
engine shall 20 10 North Bennington L.
haul wood cars, to which Mr., White ~.
plies by direction of Mr. Park, asking ii
a connection is,to be made before they run
TO North Bennington, saying also that Mr.
Park will connect either by running tc
the State line or lIoosic junction, or tn,
Troy and Boston can ruin 10 North Ben
nington, 10 which Mr.. Moseley replied Ii,
had nothing 10 communicate in rcfcrcnc,
20 connection. he had been unable 10 Sc,
parties in interest, but had instructed the
men 10 run 10 the State line.
From this time to the 3lst Of March
nothing was heard from the Troy and
Boston Company relative to a resumption
Of connections. On that day a letter was
received by Mr.. Park, the substance Of
which we giye,-and all of which wa.
published in the HERAID's report Of tn,
meeting at Bennington ON the ID day Of
April. This letter gives the understand
ing between the Troy and Boston and
Rensselaer, and Saratoga Railroads, rcla-
tive to connection Mr. Moseley says.
as to terms
1--WE are not to receive at State line for
Troy, or points south or west Of Troy
freight coming from East Dorset or any
station north of there We will run on,
passenger train daily to and from Stat,
line, leaving there in the morning i'll timt
10 connect with our train due at Troy lat
present at 9;25, and returning the train
to or from our train leaving Troy lat pres
ent at . p. m
The reasons for the consultation be
tween these two companies were that the |
Rensselaer, and Saratoga are part owner,
of the Troy and Bennington Railroad
lease
Upon receiving this letter Mr. Park
caused a meeting of the people on the line |
Of the Bennington and Rutland Railroad !
to be notified, which was held at Ben
nington on the afternoon of Friday the
Sd day of April
This meeting was largely attended by
the prominent business men on the line oil
the road
Mr. Park submitted to the meeting the
kilograms and letters of ncgotia-
tion, and stated that he would leave the
whole matter Of connection to the people
or to a committee chosen by the meeting
and he would abide their decision.
The meeting, by its resolutions rejected
the terms proposed by the Troy and Bos-
ton Railroad, as unequal and injurious,
and in the end would only be burden,
which their business would not permit
them to carry.
And after further discussion Of the sit
uation, the following resolution was unan-
imously adopted
Resolted. That the following persons,
viz: A. l.. Miner, Harmon Garfield, Henry
G. Root, Luther r. Graves, Henry +, Brad
ford, j. H. Griffin, d. l.. Kent, J. w Aims
worth, f. II. Orvis, Martin Matteson, a.
G. Clark, and Samuel I. Harris, be APP
pointed committee to confer with the
officers of the Troy and Boston Company,
and ascertain if terms of connection can
be made which would be benefit to our
business community.
Mr. Park then informed the meeting
that he would leave the whole matter OF
connections with this committee, and
would accept any proposition which met
theapproyal Of the tommittee
The meeting thereupon adjourned to
Thursday, April 9th, at the same place
and at the conclusion of said meeting Mr.
Park telegraphcd the Troy and Boston
Company as follows,
G. W. MosELEY, Supt. Troy and Boston
Railroad Company, Troy:
| have submitted your proposition TO
the people and they unanimously reject it.
VIII you connect with mail trains north
and south, and connect freight train for
local business Of our whole road
Answer T. w. PARK.
Mr.. Mosclcy replied:
Troy, April 3D.
have your telegram Of to-day. win
see you at North Bennington tomorrow
afternoon.
G. W MosELEE
In pursuance Of Mr.. Moscley's reply he
visited Mr.. Park at North Bennington, on
the ith, bringing the following letter from
the President of the Rensselaer, and Sara
toga Railroad Company
RENssEI.AER 4 SARAToGA i