Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-08-17
The Railroad.

met in, the town hall at this place, on inc
m 10th inst, OF one O'clock in the afternoon.
.;,,. The hall was denscly packed at the APP
hour, with an eager and intelligent
god audience '""' go .'
.za 5aj Hon Waldo Brigham called the meet
-i,ais ing to order, read the call and stated its
object. He. said that as the Stockholders
ti'.. we're about to elect their officers for the
''D year ensuing, report of the conditroa,
prospects and management of the road by
the present Board Of Directors was due
4. TO the stockholders, as that report might
bao. iuduce the stockholders to make an entire
A. changedin the Board of Officers, and he
hir called on franklin Fairbanks, Esq, to
bae make such report. Mr.. Fairbanks pre-,
ID ferred that Gov. Ilendee should make the
gtaareporf and called upon him to do SO, say
ing That he might possibly add a word al
ter Mr. Hendee had concluded, II "
'''' Mr.. Hondee, in answer TO the call,
made report Of what had been done BY
=, the Directors since their election, and
All, showed that, after many discouragements,
.,uuthe enterprise was NOV in condition
,ay. which put it beyond the power of its enc
ed mics to prevent its completion. .~
,lG1 Mr.. Hendee then called upon Mr.. Fair
.'' Eoatiks who responded ih peat speech, fulloi
good sense and encouraging words. He
said he heard man say since he came
iRto Lamoille county that he had no faith
Shat the road g9glta dial fyfEe ala Ia R hGi sqaE
49, h .ast round" Mr.. Fairbanks said he
thought it would not be very discreet for
him:to @ talk it out round very much, -
tE, said he, sthe Lamoille Valley Rail-
road is just as sure to be built as | am to
60 home after this meeting is over ~
,,.., This announcement from Mr.. Fairbanks
seemed to be just what the people desired
r., to bear, and it was received with the
greatest applause lie then cxhorted the
land owners to be Liberal in the matter of
n, land damages, and showed them how their
interests would be promoted by 80 doing.
He said the road must be built upon prin-
.,ciples 9 the most rigid economy, and be-
lieyeda that from the hour, Of its compile
ton i must pay, as the business was al
=. ready, created and anxiousy waiting for
III lie 50, congratulated the people ofIaamoille
p county upon their SUCCESS in this great
enterprise /; and believed that this day
you'd be be opeof the proudest days in their
history. He concluded his remarks amid
hearty applause. .iI ron 70 hsma4 d
,u5P, K. G!eed, Of NIorrisvie, then made
a motion that the Chair appoint three
stockholders to receive and CANVASS the
votes for Board of Directors, and nom-
mated the following ticket for Directors:
III Col. a. b. Jewett, of Swantou,
.a Hon, y, D, Weed,i of Sheldon, I'D s.s
y. ;, Rlxtord, Esq, Of llighgate, lu
" RS. feed, Esq, Of fairfield,
p'i. Nj. Knight, Esq. Of johnson,
bonlion. Waldo Brigham, Of HYDE Park,
b. Hon. Geo. W. Hendee, Of siorristowb,
a., lcnd Olit Abel, of Wolcott, ,iie5d IA
Hon. a. 4, Jpdevine, Of Hardwick, n 4
Hon. J.>D BEN, Of Walden, I.
'haFranklin PairSaugs, Of st. Johnsbury.
aNIessrs P. k Gleod, of Lamoillc, r.
j. SAKE, Of Franklin, and Franklin Fair.
banks, Of Caledonia, were appointed 0
Committee to receive and canvass the votes
and they announced that all the votes were
cast for the foregoing ticket and they were
declared elected. ,u-9,r
Some subscriptions were then made fol
stock, and many came forward to pay theil
assessments, aud the meeting adjourned
10 the utmost good feeling,
After the election the Directors held .
meeting at the American Hotel and elect
ed Hon. Waldo Brigham, President; Hon
D. y. Weed, Treasurer and John A
George, Esq, Sec. ,.t Kan I, (.
They made arrangements for the pay
nacnt Of assessments in tho several towns
notice Of which appears 10 another column
The work is now commenced in earnest
Mr.. sigourncy, the engineer who is nov
employed to make the fual survey from
Valdez to Cambridge, will commence
his worE Of ouce. His party will copsis