Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-10-16

0 tions, would distribute and collect d
= hade on Lake Champlain. To suppl
, the New England States with Wester
!, products for consumption, would, of i
self, be an immense trade, which, in col
nection with the export trade, would re
quire the enlargement to at least five
fold of the present capacity of all on
roads. The increasing business of tn
country would not only furnish such al
amount of business as to require doubl
tracks on the roads now built, but ensur
the bnilding of the projected new line
from Swanton through the Lamoille Val
ley, and from Rutland to White Rivel
Junction, and thence on to Portland
The natural increase of trade will fur
nish these new lines large business,
without seeming to affect the roads now
in operation.
"Our railroads are and must be made
the main artery on which much of the
prosperity, and much Of the relative i'm
portance of the community depends. -
Develop and extend these arteries, and
you largely increase our population and
the value of the real property of the
State. believe we should continue the
policy of the laws of last session, to en-
courage our manufacturing and mechan-
zeal industries, with such notifications
as their practical application may re-
quire. Instead of on increase of thirty
millions of dollars as from 1850 to 1869,
we may record in 1880 an increase of
more than one hundred millions of dol
lars The internal and local traffic of
Vermont, must depend on the conven-
fence afforded by its railroad system to
its local trade, and while we guard the
public interests, our railroads should not
be bampered with any legislation tend
ing to cripple their power of benefting
the community.
To meet the policy of other States, in
extending aid to new roads, would it not
be we'll to enquire if a carefully guarded
law, satisfactory in its details, giving
towns authority to take action, might
not be beneficial.
The interests of the people on the line
OF railroad, in its operation and man
agement, and that of its owners, are, ms
it seems to me, clearly identical, and
annot be separated without great injury,
to both.
You will have applications for char
tiers for new roads and they should re-
ceive your favorable action, unless it
should appear that the facilities of the
community asking are now ample or that
the application is made in the interest
of foreign corporation, the granting of
which would be great detriment to
those interests we are bound to protect
1t has been well said that our relative
Importance to the whole external world
must In sre"S ausruo depend on Jne IA
cllitles and conveniences we afford for
through travel in comparison with other
communities. The management of our
roads, and the spirit in which they are
conducted, must in great degree depend
upon our external communications and
the relative Importance of each railroad
system and each railroad centre. In
these days of intense activity and eager
competition, it is therefore of the first
Importance to every growing community
that the through lines of its railroad sys-
TEN should afford every facility for traf
tic and should themselves be impelled bv
the utmost eagerness to extend their op-
erations, and to increase their volume of
receipts.
CONCLUSION. ....
1t was said, during the late war, when
the Vermont boys led the column, "We
are all right, there witt be no falterinp
from them" The ranks were kept we'll |
closed up by determined set of men
men who went forth with firm purpose
of discharging their duty as becometh
good soldiers.
Vermont is again in the van, and her
sentiments have been clearly expressed
through the ballot box in the reelection
OF her chief executive officers by the
largest majority ever known in her his
tory. This is her response to the call of
our great Captain, " Let us have peace"
With General Grant as our standard
bearer the national credit will be nre-
served, the strong arm of the Executive
will be felt throughout our country in.
'urIng to all the people of whatever col.
n or cline, be they rich or poor, high
'r low, that protection from every wrong. 1
md security in the exercise of every '
light of citizenship, which alone can pre- L
erve our free institutions and exalt ne Y
Is nation. Q
With firm reliance upon Divine help, S
We have but to go forward, and with our
pest endeayors, use the abilities given us,
n the discharge of our duties 70 our.