Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-07-27

1t Is not llttle amusing W nolice VIC
yarietv of comment which the now acknowl-
edged success of the Lamcille Valley X.
Il. CATS cut from cur worthy brethren Of
the press. aa @.
The St. Adams Messenger, in its next
issue after their Republican county con,
vention in commenting upon the result OF
that convention, said -" ST. Albaus ac-
knowledges itself beaten, not in its policy
but in its men," etc., 1--WE quote from men,
ory,) and in its last issue copied the fol-
lowing from the Free Press and Times,
without comment:
LAMoILLE VALLEY vs. MoNrpELIER.-
The Montpelier correspondent Of the
Free Press writes as follows:
The recent action of the directors Of
the several railroads forming links in the
line Of the Portland and Ogdensburg rail-
road across our State, excites much inter-
est and discussion among the active bust
ness men of the town., 1t seems to virtu-
ally settle the railroad question, for Mont
pelier, and renders highly improbable the
Building of an iron thoroughfare eastward
for years to come The time was when,
if our leading capitalists and business men
had seen the Importance of a road to the
Connecticut River as they now see it, one
could have been secured, and would even
now have approached completion. While
we, with the caution and elaboration
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warm manner scheme which in its full
tillment held forth renewed and increasing
prosperity to our town, the widc-awake
citizens of "spunky Lamolle" have shown
their faith in thefuture by taking prompt
and decided action, highly credtabe to
their enterprise and which can hardly
fail to bring to their children, at least, a
rich return, even though the safety or
proitableness of their investment, as far
as they themselves are concerned, NAV
well be questioned. .....
The meeting at which the consolidation
OF the roads was agreed upon was not en-
tirely harmonious, though the final vote
was made unanimous by the withdrawal
of the directors insisting upon the carry
ing out of the original project of road
from Montpelier to St. Johnsbury. A
proposition by Gen. p. p. Pitkin, render
ing obligatory upon tho board the com.
mencement Of work on the line between
West Danville and Montpelier if within
three months after that portion Of the
road between St. Johnsbury and West
Danvil'e shall have been put under con-
tract, sum bearing the same ratio to the
estimated cost ofthe western portion of
the road that the amount raised along the
contracted part bears to its estimated cost,
shall have been raised or pledged by the
towns at this end of the line, was defeat
ed; which left him no alternative, rs rep-
resentlng the interests of Montpelier, but
to decline further participation in pro-
ject which could N 10 wise enhance the
prosperity OF his town." -r.
In view of the frank and manful ac.
acknowledgements Of our St. Adams cotempc.
rary, and the almost universal concession
that the defeated schemes were hostile
u the Lamoille Valley r. r., the follow
ing article from the Richford Sentinel is |
not little funny. 1t says:
"OUR RAILROAD INTERESTS. HYDE
Park NEwsDEALER earnestly adyocntes
the interests ofthe I.amoillc Valley Rail-
road. Each week it places at the head
OF its editorial columns small cut of a
railroad train, which is apparently rapidly
approaching the margin Of the paper.
This is supposed to be symbolical Of the
loaded trains that will pass over the road
when completed. This road is to be a
link in the chain of roads between Port
land--the best harbor in America--and
the great West--between Portland, i
Maine, and Portland, Oregon, perhaps.
The NEwsDEALER is greatly interested
IN the road--very properly, too; but il
gives expression to altogether too much
nonsense. A disinterested observer would
suppose that the chief difficulty to be
overcome would be the raising of the
money to build the road I; but the News
DEALER would make us believe that ri.
gantic interests, gigantic corporations and
eliques have copspired TO kin tho enter
prise. Almost every issue of that paper
contains Trades against Coy. Smith, the
St. Adams interest, and the Vermont ,
Central monopoly.
So far as our observation has gone, this
fight aud fuss bss been al on one side. !