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point out some II the leading objects
and necessities II this outlet
TIE readers u your journal are al
ready too familiar with the detection
II the Troy a Boston, aud Bennington
A Rutland railroads, 70 require any re-
eitAi d that difficulty, which led the
people Of this valley to contribute 80
generously 10 the building Of the Leb-
anon Springs railroad, in order TO OBJ
tain q southern connection. As TO that,
the best we can say is II IS treu. But
The Lebanon Springs road being CON-
ploted, the benehcicnt results Ct that
enterprise have failed 10 meet the most
moderate expectations Of any Of It's
many friends and they unite with as
in wishing il were bcaler. II was hoped,
and indeed reasonably expected, that
on being placed IN connection with the
Harlem, and by means Of that road,
with New York, the spleen existing
between the Troy 4 Boston, and Ben
nington h Rutland roads would have
vented itself, and the Interests, il not
the reason Of the contending parties
would have induced them to resume
their former connection, and thus fur
nish the people OF this valley with ia
cilities for their western freight and
travel, which they had long and profit
ably enjoyed. But they have patiently
waited and roundly paid in vain. And
now after the lapse of about three years,
there is no more prospect OF resump-
ton Of the connection than there was
the day it WAS broken.
II may be said that consolidation
Of the Harlem, Lebanon Springs and
bennington a. Rutland roads will rem
dy the difficulties OF which We com
complain. But not so, 1t doubtless
gould, with reasonable rates, be all we
could desire in a southern direction.
But it would not alter or vary the me-
cessity OF feasible outlet for our ,oest-
ern freight and travel. The same con-
siderations, and the same necessities,
which induced the building Of the Leb-
anon Springs road, are now urging
themselves with equal force upon this
people to the building OF this new out
I let.
Should it be asked, why we have not
the facilities demanded, by way Of Ben
nington and Troy, we answer, let the
querist examine the time tables and
find a connection giving no passenger
train to Troy from any point north o.
North Bennington, and then inquire
the charges for freight, and find then
$l5 per car more than when the line
was operated by one company, he vii
not only be perfectly satisfied with the
reasons why, but thoroughly convinced
Of the doctrine Of total depravity-a
least in railroad management
Your readers would be astonished K
know the amount Of extra freight thi
community has paid within the last TIVE
years. What we mean by extra freigh
is the amount they have paid over ant
above what the same freights woulC
have cost at the rates charged at th'
time of the rupture. We stated in tn
beginning that our present intention
was TO speak only in general terms. Il
subsequent communication We ma
take the liberty to give you few fg
urss to show how far this contemplat
ed railroad could have been completes
by the amount of extra freight thi
people have paid.
The rout is from East Dorset south
westerly into Manchester, thence north
westerly through West Dorset, Ess
RupaTt and Pawlet, distance of abou
twenty-four miles In its course,
will run through every marble yard i
the town OF Dorset and pass oonyeu
iently near 10 those in Manchester
The grade is so easy that the cost {
: construction must be light But W
will leave these statistics and estimate
to the corps Ct engineers who are 500
10 pass over the route.
? The citizens on the line should begi
? TO agitate the matter, and canvass il
advantages aud benefits Any prcjet
{ that is desirable, and at the same tim
; both feasible and practicable, will bes
agitation. The more it is thought {
and talked about the more fayorabI
, will be the opinion concerning ]
] Somewhere we have heard the adAg'
Whatever ne people have determine
: upon 10 surely 10 be accomplished "
: few meetings should be held in h
= towns along the line. and when the SUI
. vey shall have been made, and the Ell
gineer's report Submitted 10 q generl
meeting. We will prove our adAge true
. Manchester, Nov. %, 1863.
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