Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-20

large business and market, such as are
always incident to all connecting points.
This should spur you all to your utmost
exertion to secure it. Railroads were no
longer an experiment. The laws Of rail-
roads have come to be as certain and in
evitable as the laws Of nature. Expert
ence has taught the lesson that the coz
struction of railroads have doubled and
treblsd the value of property and the bust
ness Of the community. While the geo.
graphy and topography Of our State
necessarily excluded some portions OF our
railroad facilities those who, by their
fortunate location, are placed upon
great and feasible highway should not
fail to aid others improve their opportu-
mites, when they can avail themselves OF
these so easily, and get out from the old
ways that mark communities by decline
of general business. You cannot fail to
see and appreciate othe advantages of a
project of this character. By the building
of this road your grandlist will be swelled
to such an extent as will enable you easily
to NEST the liabilities you assume in the
Carrying forward of the project. The re-
bellion has shown the towns, what they
can do t1You said then you could do
your part and performed the contract.
AL you have to do now is to do yootr part,
and Che road is an assured fact
Judge Prout next addressed the meet
ing. He said he never attempted to ad-
dress public meetings except upon legal
matters, Yet he felt deep interest in the
success of this enterprise. In coming
over he could not faip to recall the state
of things here thirty years age and con-
trast them with their condition at the
present time. In former times the traffic
of goods through this town to the Lake
was very large, aad made it an enterpris-
ing community and an important business
point. The. construction of this line
SHOULD engage all your active energies.
You have now far greater advantages of
having business come to you all the year,
while in former times it was only por-
ton of the year, as the lake was closed to
traffic for nearly balf of the year. 1t is a
great object to your community and its
properties to place yourself in the cur
rent of railroad communication, which is
such a stimulant to all Legitimate BUSH
ness. This is business project presented
to you, and you must help yourself in
this matter first, for you cannot go to the
city to raise funds. You have not in
these days Follett or Bradley to spend
their fortunes and their lives in the con-
struction of railways. Every man mnst
share his proportion in its building. The
spirit of building railroads 4 ON the in
crease, nearly 5000 miles having been
built the past year, making nearly
one-sevspth of the entire railway lins
in the country. There can be no
doubt of favorable consideration of
this subject as a question of invest
ment. By the basis upon which it
has been placed by this action of the Rut-
land Railroad you are hardly risking any
thing You can rest assured of their taking
the lease, for the managers will do
what they promise. There is not the least
possible doubt of your duty to come for
ward and do your proportion, for the use
of the property will be sufficient to pay
town.
Col. Merrill addressed the meeting in
behalf of the enterprise, saying that this
proposition is bnt a simple question of
arithmetic, which every man can solve for
himself, as every man has seen what Rail
roads have done for our people by the
Railroads already constructed. The evil
dences of the general thrift on all sides
along the railway lines of our State, are
the best arguments that any one can pre-
sent in behalf of the influence and bene-
fits of railways. After detailing his con-
nection with railways he concluded with
an earnest appeal in behalf of this enter
prise.
Henry Clark then addressed the meet
| ing briefly, in reference to the general
features of the enterprise and its infu-
ence upon communities.
After remarks from several citizens of
Whiting, the meeting resolved to take
hold of the project energetically at once
and call town meeting to consider the
subject. The meeting adjourned with
good feeling.
A meeting is to be held at Shcreham on
Thursday. he.
SeIpcfionS,