Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-03
THE RUTLAND HERALD.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 90, 1870.
Town Meeting m Cornwall.

a regular warned town meeting &c
Cornwall, convened at the Town Hous
at Cornwall Center, at 10 o'clock Thurs
day forenoon, to take action in regard t
bonding the town in aid of the buildin
of the Addison County railroad.
Several speeches were made by citizen
of Cornwall. Hon. John w. Stewart G
Middlebury, addressed the meeting in
fprcible manner, making many interest
ing statements about the benefits tina
would accrue to those who invest in tn
stock or bonds of said road 4; and state
what his views were, and presented som
strong arguments lwhy the terminus Q
the line should be at Middlebury. Re
marks were made also by Hon. John M
Dyer of Salisbury, in favor of the road
He said he had subscribed literally TO
the road, landlhe would double it, if Reces
sary to get the terminus at Salisbury
but his subscription was good, whether tn
terminus was at Miadlebury or Salisbury
Hon. Henry Lane. then introduced the
followips resolutions: -....
Pesolued, That we look upon the build.
, ing of the projected Addison Comfy
Railroad, with favor, and that we do
capacity decidedly in favor of the build.
ing OF said road and its early completion.
Resotoed, That whereas the plan for
building said road, as to the route it is to
take, and as to its eastern and western
terminations, are not sufficiently matured
that we may act understandingly, there
fore it is premature and inexpedient to
take action at the present time to aid
said road.
Resolged, That whereas the interests of
Cornwall and Middlebury are SO nearly
Identical that we therefore favor the route
that passes through Cornwall and forms a
junction with the Rutland & Burlington
Railroad at or near Middlebury.
Remarks in regard to resolutions were
made by COL Il. S. Stowell, after which
they were adopted as the sense of the
meeting, when an adjournment was made
for further consideration of the subject of
granting some aid to the Addison county
railroad until the regular March meeting
Within few moments after adjourn
ment, and before scarcely any one had
left the Town House, an invited party
from Rutland, consisting of Hon. John B.
Page, Hon. ID. T.. Nicholson, E. Pierpoint,
Esq, and A. III. futile of the Rutland
HERALD, arrived at the place of meeting
and were warmly welcomed, and upon
urgent invitations upon all sides pro-
ceeded to the Town House, where an in
formal meeting was called to order by
Hon. Henry Lane, who introduced Gov
Page to the meeting. Mr.. Page said that
when the invitation sent him to attend the
meeting was received in Rutland he was
absent in Boston, and arrived home on
night train last evening, the invitation
NOT coming to his notice until late in |
the morning, when he Immediately
had special train to Middlebury, and as
the hour that the meeting was to COM
mence was not named in the invitation he |
had received, he hoped it was in the |
afternoon and that we should be able to |
arrive in Cornwall in season to participate |
in the meeting, but it proved otherwise. t
He regretted that he could not have been
with them before the adjournment, as he
thought perhaps he might have possibly
the result of that meeting by
information he might have given. He pro-
iuced surveys and plans of the proposed
Addison County Railroad and explained
hem minutely to the meeting. He said
4 $200,000 could be raised from Addison
county this road could De built, the
balance necessary for its completion would
De provided for outside, He regretted the
lelay this adjournment contemplated, as
contracts should bs made at once, and
'ars might be running one year from to-
lay. The exact route was not decided,
he surveys presented were preliminary
mes and might be improved. In any event,
whether the road terminated at Middle
bury or Salisbury, CORNWALL would be
the matter of terminus had
been left to ascertain what action towns
would take, and as subject for negotia-
tiSn between the road and commissioners
If the different towns. He then explained
the way towns, through their commits.
.ioners, treated with the Railroad Com
pany in the various matters that came up
in connection with this matter.
At this point Gov. Page, by request,
road would do on lease OF, this line
when completed, if towns would bond
themselves and citizens subscribe to aid
IN building the road. This statement was
The same in substance as given at former
meeting in Cornwall and reported at the
lime in the HERALD. He stated that the
whole matter was in a nut shell If the
towns of Cornwall, Middlebury and Bird
portdo not take hold of this with ear
nestness and energy and act promptly in
giving their aid, they run great risk of
losing the line, because of the energy and
activity of towns lower down who desire
the road.
The whole question in regard to the
early finishing of the railroad on the west
side of the lake hinged on the completion
os the Addison County Railroad.
At this point, several questions in re-
gard to the practical working of the sys-
tenn of bonding towns and other matters
were asked by those present and were
by the speaker.
Gov. Page said that he did not suppose
all could have the road just exactly as
they desired. In future action, if the
town was bonded, they would elect three
who you all have perfect
confidence in, and let them negotiate for
location of route, make contracts and see
that everything is made right and legal
for you, and contracts binding. Unless
all could be done in this way he did not
want uythiug to do with IL.
These remarks by Gov. Page were made
in an informal manner and were brought