Litchfield enquirer., 1869-01-21
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i In your last issue ! find a| supplemental report on tue Shepang Val ley R. R., which appears to be in someway
 connected with Morris. The question
 may arise with those living somewhat stb,fs re.
 mote, what is the trouble? This question
 I will endeaxor to- answer oIyour F sreaders ,I ; IA meetingais ealledin Morris to SdeciaeA whether the voters are in favor of taking
 stock in the proposed railroad to the arioantIof five per cent oh the grand list. { The subject is canyassed and the ~report-i IS. that the vote will be in tha r9 affirmative frlna
 The day of voting draws near. Money asHt
 liquor are used to- seclfel votes flor gethe
 project Six days in the week not being
 thought sufficient to labor in so, good a
 cause the, seventh is employed Whether
 in tho language of 'the report such action
 is :;iastly censnrable I leave pfor ar igib erl
 liglltened publicto iudge.s,.s The day az rives; and our citizens, without lansisitto
 state or national capitals, are permitted t,
 behold an active lobby Their efforts are
 all in one direction. Litchfeld is down in force. The vote is taken, aud Morris ever
 opposed to unjust taxation, is fonId ti'he
 to herself =. 'f[[-.f:.. <. MT. Engineer, with his associates, return
 homeward apparently in trouble. aa The in-
 fuence of this vote will be, felt in other towns. What shaltbe done?a Now, comes
 in tho report to show where the trouble lay. For want of-a better expedient and
 perhaps to gratify personal feeling, I am Eattacaed, by charging me with having made defective use with my, townsn,en of two statements; which charge I deny, the state
 ments contained in the report never hav- ling been made by me to townsman. That
 l did make a statement relative to tic r.til- roads reported in this State is true, but
 not in time to be efectiye s.st represented.
 On the day of taking the vote I wsis de-
 tained athotne by two whom I had looked 1 upon as personal friends: from L.,,s (bat who 1 if reports are true s'have lifted up Their
 heel against me,,0 until most of the votes had been cast, yet think it Was mo- ntell-
 tion of theirs thns to tietain me. .94qo' '' ] |. When I entered the hall and before l
 had made ethesstatcnenti in regard to- rsa-
 roads which I did uake,, (eSeepb :stt,s my
 nearest neight'or and he. did 4i,ot yo3te)
 was informed by the leading worker in i Morris for the roasl. that if it Was lf ta.tel
 I.shos,ld lave the credit teof 1t: When told
 that I h.is flqiis @ little ono way q the ptl,ot.
 He re,liusl, "Yon have lexerte.l d grealt.i
 ihfnenee against the roala by silence than
 you could have done bby active effort: It appears therefore ta have bosn leter ertnin,il, Eeven before, hssll,nads tue stltsmeat .rr- ferred t., ttl;itiif 'tnfses swerts to ocoms shopll have tile.p ty pslt @ Tie yStltonent imaile by ne w,as3this: PAsti nine ufl the
 thifteen roads, reiortea .,yJ tho sHih,oal
 commissioners to the last legislature paid
 but enejarhi one n gfourttlI per :ec.nt on. etthe tthe
 costof, the Ifoatls iaii la aheirj irjfeqaipmenb,,. On exanlininga the reports nire isft]rt.il I
 f,,,i n'l r l.: L - aI s.5il;,' of
 siirss 'rosds having put nalssoth j head of
 expenditures for wefk fki:,s rtt,,aa''s an item of interest, that instead Of one > aud oh one tfourth t.slpulI have been ;.b 1lt one aud
 three fourths per cont sIc embmcsal the earliest opportunity 5h make this correc- .tien among the people of Morris. '," The fonr Iaals left oa.l,y ,ne were the N. Y. 5& N: Haven N: H. 3ls Hartford, z N. 7 & Wor- cester and Nangatlck. which four, I s.t;iftd
 inlcoanection with the, statement Jm;slc above 'were'paying roads. abAad alt! ois4i
 As't to the effect this subscription would
 have on taxation, there have, been various fteports, Some have been tol,l their taxes would not be increased; others that the in crease A would Snll & be very slight One ,na,, who,i in the grand list about .$3, ,Oo0l was informed ih I.I that his-k,x woaEl be in
 creased one and one half dollars My own statement was to this effect. That on tlle property Of a.man who had 2,OOO dollars
 in the list, the town. would have to pay t$10o, towards 1hpilqingi the road ana he EwonllhaEe the interest, six dollars, t., pay yearly, unless the oroaa paid it, which I thought would be doubtful ~a ,. a-9.=7S '' e@9H p. The gentleman in his first report would have us infer that shnukI1 the road fail to pay on it's stock, the gr,.i,d lists Of ai,e towns through which it. passes, will, Do 80 increased that tho, same per cent. now laid for taxes will e1found' sufficient to meet tic interest op town bonds, in connection with the other town expenses. This. may be trne of towns largely engaged ine manu- facturing,' and I Lobservea that the gentle man in lis showing of increase of grand lists on the line of the, Naugatack, takes only such towns, leaving out those eng,g- ed in agricultura, as any ono may see by l reference to sheseyensh page of his'report. He also. in app0Gthber app0Gtthber table, gives ,t,s the increase in what were then four agricultur- al towns r Now'in order to show the differ ence between those having railroads pas- sing through them. and one having none. we will take Litchfeldg aud Morris, j thea having the Nangatuck tpsslssin g