Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-07-27
The Railroad.


There is but little to report this week.
The meeting at Morrisville, Thursday
decided to adopt the Vile" route, as
we expected it would. The engineers re.
ported that the distance was but three
fifths of mile more, and the extra ex-
peuse would be but $4,000. AS Nor
ristown is heavy stakeholder in the road
and desired so much to have the road
built OH that side of the river, the Direc-
tors go located, and not vote was record
ed against it, though some of the Directors
preferred the cheaper route. The princi-
pie of locating the road to accommodate
those who pay for it was adopted. The
meeting made formal location of the
road from the west line III Hardwick to
the east line in johnson as last surveyed.
We expect the grading will be vigor-
ously pushed hencefortb, and we would
auggest that young men wishing to work
on the road, say eight or ten take con-
tract to grade milo, put on teams enough
aud by working together make better wa
ges than at most any other kind of labor.
We understand the contractors pay $500
per day for a man and two horses with
carts, or, $3.50 if they furnish carts and
harnesses. They pay the same for the
teams if a lad drives them, and pay $1.5O
per day for men, - making $3.50
per day for man, boy and team. ALI
wanting employment can probably get it,
and remunerative prices.
Last week We mentioned that various
rumors were from time to time put in cir
culation, without any foundation, very few
of them however get into print. The
following little item We find among the
Lalhoille Go. news in the Free Press of
Thursday, probably furnished by its Cam
bridge correspondent:
ut is currently reported that the Di-
rectors Of the Lamoille Valley Railroad
do not dwell together in peace and amity,
and that new election has been ordered.
Tho Directors do dwell together in peace
and amity, and the "new election" is the
meeting of the stockholders which the
charter says shall be held annually. The
result will probably be that the same
Board will be reelected.
In regard to the work in franklin Co.,
we iLsert the following from the Tran.
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"ON THE LAMoILtE VALLEy.-We had
the pleasure on Friday last to examine
tho progress made by the contractors
Messrs. King, EULER & Co., for that sec
ton Of the Lamoillc Valley Railroad be-
tween Swanton and Ilighgate.
We rode in carriage some two miles
on the bed of the road, and were surprs.
cd at the amount of labor accomplished
in so short time by as meagra force
as have been kept at work. We should
judge that two-tbirds of the work off
grading between Swanton and Highgate
had been accomplished--the two miles
graded being the hardest section to got
over between STANTON and Hyde Park. A
force Of foriy-six men were at work--a
number having been LET off until after
haying. A part of the force with dump
carts were busily engaged hauling earth
in fell west Of the " Rolling Banks"
and the rest Of the squad VIC found in Sti.
NETS woods, where some $4,000 worth Of
work had been accomplished.
We found the ovcrseer, Mr.. William
Trudgeon, o man who had made. railroad
building business for a period Of twenty.
Eve years. One OF the contractors, Full
Ter, has engaged rooms at the Portland
House, Sheldon, for Is month, at the er.
piration Of which time the road will be
built, if the firm of King, Fuller 4 Go.
live up to their contract.
They have progressed with their work
20 far, VIC were assured that it could be
inside of nine months, but as
contract runs eighteen months longer, it
vas for their interest 10 employ but few
men when wages were high and men
earce, and put on large force when