Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-03-04
The Lake shore Road.

will be broken at once. rms IS q terrible
5lop at Rutland, and one aehich By proper
management might hare been auoided.
This move will compel the Rutland and
Burlington road to commence the Addi-
son road early in the spring"
"Did Vou erer?" We, the friends OF
the Lake Shore road, hope that the in
formation which the editor of the Courier
thus gives to the public in respect to the
prospect of the building of our rord, will
prove to be true but some of us are not
without serious apprehensions that the
New York interests involved in the con-
struetion of the Pittsburgh and White
| hall road will compel the extension OF
that road on the west side of the Lake
| from Ticonderoga to Whitehall; in which
case, there would be no probability that
either our road or the Addison road would
ever be built. And we entertain this APP
prehension, Notwithstanding the fact that
| the Lake Shore road would make line
from Ticonderoga to Troy five miles
| shorter than a line from Ticonderoga on
/ the west~side of the Lake, cia Whitehall,
to Troy and that it can be built for at
! least one-half and perhaps for one-third, OF
the money necessary to build a road on
the west side of the Lake from Ticon-
deroga 70 Whitehall. Let this be as it
may, we are not able to conceive h0tr the
building of our road would be any "6l6tr
. D
unfuyorabiy any Rutland interest. The
Lake Shore road would make equally as
short a line, and certainly a better
one in respect to grade, from Ticon-
deroga to Rutland, by connection with
the Rutland and Whitehall road at Fair
haven, than could be furnished by the
Addison road, and one which would be as
advantageous to Rutland, eyenjf it should
not be as advantageous to the interests OF
the Rutland and Burlington road We
have no disposition H1ts to discuss the
merits Of our application for IA charter.
That would be like arguing cause after
the verdict. Il is sufficient to say that
the Act granting our charter was passed
by vote Of two-thirds in the Senate, and
/ by even a larger vote in the House, in
Guiding III its favor four-fifths of the
representatives. from Rutland county, and
that we are satisfied with the verdict
We have no antagonism to the Addison
road, and never made any opposition to
that charter, and shall be glad to see that
road built; as we should regard it as
furnishing an additional inducement to
the New York interests connected with
the Plattsburgh and Whitehall road to
make the southern terminus of that road
at Ticonderoga instead of Whitehall, and
to make the connection Of that road with
line to Troy over the Lake Shore road
to West Poultney, the point where this
last named road would intersect the Rut-
land and Washington road We have
asked for no privileges which we were not
willing to concede to ali others, and We
have sought for no privileges which belong
to or would unfavorably affect any other
road or any other locality in Vermont;
and we especially repel the idea that the
success of our road would in any degree
be hostile to tho local interests Of Rut-
land. We do not expect or believe that
it wonld, il built, ever transport single
pound of freight, or carry any passenger.
that would be likely 10 go iu1o the
town Of Rutland if it was not
built, Since our charter was
granted, those who have chosen to make
themselves our adyersaries have, through
the newspapers, assailed tho action Of the
Legislature in our favor by 1nisrcp-esent-
alton and fLlsehood to an extent that was
both gross and provoking; but We have
been content to remain silent, and to
leave them in tn undisturbed enjoyment
of their privilege to make mouths at Us.
"Let as haee peace." The judgment OF the
Legislature on the objections to our char
ter was a gratifying proof that, in rail
road matters, Vermont will not become
another New Jersey, nor be controlled in
its legislation by Camden and Amboy"
principles,
But this grumbling at our road from
the editor Of the Courier is especially un-
kid. Is he not. as Democrat, III favor
Of fair play and equal rights Or. does
he regard fair play and equal rights as
unmeaning terms. or a. mere party shib-
boleths, designed to amuso the simple
minded and to be tfampled upon and
discarded whenever any selfish purpose
or consideration is sought to be advanced
Measure him that, in thus treating u. he
is coming back" on his friends. We Of
the Lake shore are. all of u. friends OF
the Rutland and Woodstock roa1, and
desire to see that road built; and We have
admired the energy aud pluck sad heart
with which he has devoted himself to the
success of that enterprise. lie, at least,
actually believes in tt-45 road, ald We
do not doubt that his fAish is large enough
to put his road ore,' she mountain, # not
through it. We are friends Of the Rut-
land and Woodstock road, not merely be-
cause it viii advance the interests Of the
town of Rutland, but because We think
that il viii also advance and promote the
Interests Of Rutiand county and the
State and we favor it in preference to
the Iealdville route, especially for the
reason thatit viii develop and promote
the interests OF more towns in Rutland
county, than that route win, even il the
public advantages Of the two routes re-
spectirely. are III all other respects equal.
But while We prefer the 'RaAi$ horn"
road, our liking for fair play will forbid
US from making any opposition to the
Healdville road. We do not mean 10
have our own rights outraged and
trampled upon, nor can our aid b., counted
upon in any effort to inflict any wrong
upon any other locality, even if such