Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-20
Addison County Railroad.
BRIDPoRT, Jan. Is, 1870

pii ooSouhh VI Inc seFerlLy Oh Lne SLOrln,
our party accepted the hospitality of the
citizens instead of proceeding to Corn
wall, as had been laid down on the pro-
gramme. II was our fortune, with two
Others Of our party, to be quartered at the
hospitable mansion of Mr.. Horton w.
Jones, wheBs we were costly sequestered,"
to use the phrase of another from the ele-
ments that Nowled so fearfully from with
out. We Gre grateful to our host and
hostess for their cordial welcome and am
pie provisions for our comfort, and trust
that anoSher opportunity may be offered
u of renewing our very pleasant and
agreeable acquaintance with them. On
Friday morning we proceeded to the
Baptist church in West Cornwall, where
the meeting of the day was tie be held.
D The meeting was organized by the
appointment of Hon. Henry Lane as
Chairman and Col. Henry +, Dean, Secre-
tary. Gov. Page presented the plans and
,profles, &nd explained the features of
the va8ious routes and what was expected
e the people along the line. His facts
sil statistics were in the main the same
given at Shoreham the preceding day, and
reported in its proceedings.
Hon. d. +. Nicholson was the next
speaker. After a general intrOd uction,
indulging in "reminiscences of early days,
he said: 1t was the duty of the people
of Cornwall to stir about and commence
&E;SSttinE into the line of communication
and the progress of the age. What the
foremost men had got of surplus from the
product of their enterprise and labor for
the past few years was sufficient to put
them in this grand link of communication.
They were living at an opportune point of
time. We older men should give this
question Consideration, as TIE browning
and finishing of life of labor and pru-
dence. 1t was a duty they owed to their
children, although they had through all
these years mastered the blockade of snow
and mud, and the advantages they had
enjoyed in living near to railway was
simply tantalizing. If this project was
to be accomplished and would como to
their doors, an interest must be shown by
material aid.o A route had been surveyed,
but if they desired its advantages they
9 must not be remiss in their duty in the
matter, as this was the only opportunity
they would have, as other towns were
awake to the south of them. Cornwall
filled it's quota without aid. Its people
were not of the stamp to see the old flag
trodeen under foot, and its men went forth
to battle, and from their labors and the
material aid you furnished the people
were now IN the enjoyment of an anchored
government. There is no reason why
you should not enjoy the comforts OF mod
ern civilization. Men in this day were
looking for safeFlnvestments and here an
opportunity of that character is brought
right to your doors. There is no reason
why you should not avail yourselves of it,
for it is as good sndpsafe an investment as
government bonds will be when they
shall be exchanged for A per cent. certif-
Gates, as in all probability they will be ere
long You are located on this link of
g rail that will span the continent, and
this will be "a its principal arteries
DO you need any additional security than
has baen offered II not you have only
3to come down with your mint drops.
This is an opportunity that has never
occurred to You before and never will
agaiH and the people should avail them
selves of the proposition to aid in its con-
struction. Mr.. Nicholson extended his
speech to much greater length than has
3been given, but, using the same line of
argument on the day before, the principal
poi8s of which have been reported, it is
unnecessary to reproduce them. The
speech was earnest and characteristic and
told favorably upon his audience
@Judge Prout was the next speaker. He
said he disliked to follow Mr.. Nicholson
after the Effective argument he had made.
He was not railroad man, but had be.
come interested in this project from his
old associations and the advantages that
J would be derived from it. Let the COM
munities through which it passes look at
the subject in its true light, and consider
J the immediate benefits that will accrue
The old methods of raising
funds for the construction of railroads had
passed. Here small corporation that
has been struggling for an existence,
makes You fair proposition and this
community cannot afford to let them do
the work alone. A few men have taken
hold of the Rutland road and put it upon
q perfectly sure and solid foundation.
They have done their full share, and win
do still mora. and only ask little aid
from the people. He briefly sketched
what other railway lines were doing in all