Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-07-15
The Wood stock Railroad and the
Press of Rutland.

its last issue, upon the bonding of the
town, to aid in the construction of the
Rutland and Woodstock Railroad. In one
paragraph it urges its readers to come out
to the meeting on Friday next; in anoth
er paragraph it asks the people of Rutland
to forgive them for "signing away as
they term it, "our neighbours real estate
to the amount of $4,000, for all of which
we hope to be forgiven" This is strange
language for journal to use which is
sustained by the patronage of the BUSH
ness men of the town. For what do they
ask to be forgiven Forgiven for not Civ
ing stab at the very heart of the in
terest which would more seriously .affeet
the business men of Rutland, to-day, then
all others. This is sustaining the bust
ness and material growth of the town
from which all of us draw our daily
bread, with vengeance. They ask TO be
forgiven for. voting away $4,000 of their
neighbor's real estate, and yet in the same
sentence say they have always been will
ling to do all in their power 70 enable the
friends of that route to satisfy them
selves that we were correct in our views
This is indeed very strange. Do they
not know that this very $4,000 is to salts
fly the people of Rutland, on the feasible
ity of the Chittcnden route This is for
the purposes of actual survey to deter
mine the "impracticability about which
they have so much trouble Still they
pray for forgiveness for the very act they
have alleged they were willing should be
done to undeceive the poor deluded fanat-
les who are in favor Of the Chittenden
route. Surely, consistency is "A jewel,
but it is not expected that men will be
quite consistent when they argue against
their own interests and those of their
fellow-citizens, as that paper has so per-
severingly done The town of Rutland
may not be bonded to aid in this enter
prise, but whether it is or not very little
honor will rebound to the news print,
that turned its back upon the business
men of the community, and the truth of
future history Will sanction this remark
We have a great deal Of clamor about
this matter of $1,000 One would think
that the town was to be ruined and bank
rupt beyond salvation by the voting of
$4,000 for the purpose of ascertaining the
true interests of the town, and making
such explorations as are necessary to give
every citizen. an assurance that the pub
lie money is not being thrown away.
The truth of this whole matter III refer
ence to which so much noise is made, Is
not that those who make it are alarmed
that the commissioners will put this mon
ey in their pocket or fool it away, but it
is one of the artful' lodges of the oppo-
nents of the Woodstock Road, to cripple
the enterprise, and making the withhold
ing OF the money necessary to meet the
expenses of survey Il means of defeat
ing this project This is why so much is
said about the appropriation of five thou
sand dollars, or go much Of it as may be
necessary to make an accurate survey.
The whole modus oportnli If the oppo-
merits of the road on this point is
fully understood by its friends
knowing that they hope by
cutting off the $1,000, TO we3kcn the
power of the Commits sioners in their eff
forts to complete the bonding of the
town.
In another part OF our contemporary :
issue is held up the great bu4bear that if
the Woodstock Railroad is built that the
general offices and shops Of the Rutland
railroad will be likely to be removed to
Middlebury or Burlington, or some other
place on the line Of their road, and ask if
there would not be " Rutland Interest p"
worth looking after. Now this hulla
bullo about removal OF shops, offices, &C.,
at the expense of one or two hundred
thousand dollars, is all moonshine, put
into this canvass for the purpose Of at
tempting to swerve some timid mortals
from their purpose to vote aid to the
Woodstock road We admit that the in
terests of Rutland, and of the Rutland
and Burlington Railroad, are closely iden-
titled, and that what helps one will
help the other, and what harms the
one I'M res the other. But we fail
to see the ruin and devastation that
is to follow to the Rutland Railroad by
the building Of an east and west through
connection There is not a man who ia
vors the Woodstock railroad that is not an
earnest friend Of the Rutland road, and
would do all in his power to sustain
it, and the people Of Rutland are in
favor of the Claremont and Gassetts Sta.
ton line, and the Addison Railroad con.
Meeting at the lake. and we have nc
doubt that Rutland would vote to aid
both these enterprises, after they shall
have secured what they deem to be mos
important to their permanent interests in
the Woodstock road, but they are not il
favor of the Killington road that run.
around them. When gentlemen assume
that the friends of the Chittenden route
its managers, they do them injustice
for we do not believe there is man in
our community that can be found thai
would not do his utmost for their interests
but they believe that Rutland demands
road to Woodstock, that shall terminate
here, and that they have right to secure
and advocate the building of such road
az q purely Rutland interest
A MANS HEAD AND FooT SEyrREr
FROM HIS BoDY.-Monday morning at I
o'clock AZ the Rensselaer, and Saratogs
Railroad train for Saratoga, was leavin,
the depot at the foot of Maiden Lane
Albany, man, name unknown, attempt
Cd to jump on one of the cars attached