Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-02-09
The Rlil Road.

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The storm of last week so impeded the
trains among the hills in Hard wick, wal
den, Greensboro, &C., that we have less
cheering news to report to-day than We
had hoped. But our friends must ezpec'
an occasional obstruction and even break
down,-we hope to get through without
any smasA-up. Z One little moroccan we
must however, MENTION before we forget
it The little town of Wolcott has swol'
len its private subscription list up to over
thirteen thousand dollars! She now
stands the banner town On the line. She
has the belt. What town will compete !
To-day Craftsbury holds its legal town
meeting to vote npon the bonding ques'
t;oa .a ,ru6 Thousand. This, however,
cannot be safely counted until the sub.
scription contract is made and put on file,
and it requires time and labor to accom-
plish it in any event. So it is safe for
our friends to keep toywork, for two more
weeks, as the time of the Portland meet
ing has been fixed for the Goth inst. This
grace has been allowed us through the
kindly efforts of the Nessrs. Fairbanks,
upon the request Of the Directors here,
and in the confident hope that by that day
we shall be able to make such a report as
will put all questions at rest, and pass the
road into the hands Of the officers and en-
ginecrs.
The suspense of the people in the val
ley is becoming intense, andsought moi. to
subject to much greater strain. If all the
men in this county who have said that
rather than have the project fail they
give so-and-so, would come forward at
once and subscribe share each, the sue
cess of the enterprise could be announced.
Thirty thousand dollars more of
clean subscriptions would, we believe, de-
termine our directors to flash. the message
to Portland, owe are readyw
But one word more for your encourage
ment. In great enterprise like this, we
want to feel the magnetism of perfect con-
fidence in all the cooperating interests
In this matter we have the greatest rea-
son to rejoice. We believe that We do not
go beyond the paleof legitimate conjecture
when we guess that our friends East have
been approached by powerful interests,
seeking to allure them from the Lamoille
valley, but that we are to-day better
grounded in our hopes Of their continued
friendship than ever before.
Our friends-the Messrs. Fairbanks
are as true to this valley as the needle to
the pole, and nothing short of our own
want of proper appreciation of the i'm
portance of this project, manifested in our
failure to help ourselves, can ALLEVIATE
them from us.
Fair, straightforward, open dealing is
the characteristic Of these men, and in
their unquestionable integrity and scrupu-
lous fidelity in every obligation, expressed
or implied, has been our strongest hope
for weeks. Had they sought for prctext
to annul their agreements with us, they
might have found it in our rather tardy
action, which has given our powerful III
vals-not to say enemies--a provocation
to approach them with strong arguments
against us. Had our fortunes been united
with men less faithful to their obligations
less punctiIoas we might say, upon the
point of honor, Or more selfish and greedy,
our project might have been wreck to-
day.
Men of Lamoille, we have no word of
complaint to make of you in this matter.
From the beginning of its discussion till
now, you have done nobly. What you
have done has been well done. We only
wish that, sometimes, you would act a lit
tie more promptly. Now is time for
little prompt action. BY closing tie ques-
ton up this week we relieve ourselves of
great load Of suspense, and give our
most valued and valuable friends a re-
prieye from adverse Importantly.
OIL The LamoIe Valley R. R. Abroad.