Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-11-09
ReDOrt OF R. r. Commissioner.

We extract below from Commissioner
Parker's Report to the Legislature, Since
the report was made, work has commenced
on the Montpelier & Wells River r. H.;
10 the General assembly Of the State o.
Vermont:
The undersigned has the honor to SUBJ
nit the following report upon the condl'
ton and management Of Vermont Rail
roads
Agreeably to the statute defining the
duties of Railroad Commissioner, in the
months of June and July last, | furnished
the officers and managers of the several
railroad companies in Vermont with the
necessary blank forms Of reports required
of them. So far as | am in receipt Of
those reports, they are herewith submit
ted.
In October last, Vermont was visited
with a storm of unprecedented violence,
which caused great damage to most Of the
railroads in Vermont Bridges, culverts
and embankments were washed away by
this storm, and upon some of the roads
through freight business was entirely
stopped for weeks, and the work of re.
pairing track, bridges, etc, will require
CON derable time yet before the roads
will be in as good condition as they were
before the storm. | find that the officers
and managers of the several railroads that
were damaged by this storm have used
all the proper precaution to prevent acct
dent, and also are repairing their roads as
speedily as possible.
We are 'orry to record the disaster on
the Rutland and Burlington railroad,
near Mount Holly, on the 9Th of June
last, whereby some five or six persons lost
tuclI il'cs, duu bu'ipci "eIe luJuTeu'
1t was one Of those accidents that some-
times happen on railroads, however SEEM
ingly vigilant the officers and managers of
the roads may be, and beyond the reach
of any legislation to prevent. May the
remembrance of this and other disasters
make the managers Of tie several rail-
roads in Vermont more careful in the
performance of their duties in the future.
l have within the past year passed over
most of the railroads in Vermont several
times, aud have made as careful an exam
nation of the roads and the management
of the same as | could.
| find the several railroads in Vermont
in very good condition, good as could be
expected after the damage received by
the October storm. Attention has becu
gevn by most OF the roads in replacing new
rails Tor the Old oncs--many taking much
pains in keeping their road-beds in good
condition. And with the examination
that | have made, 1 consider the railroads
in Vermont safe for the travelling public.
The Montpelier and St. Johnsbury and
the Lamoille Valley railroads are now un-
der contract and being graded from St.
Johnsbury to Swanton, and will without
doubt be built. | understand that over
one-half of the grading from St. Johns
bury to the nights in Walden is now done,
and the work on the Lamoille Valley road
is commenced in nearly every town from
Danville to Swanton. These roads form
part Of the Portland and Ogdensburgh
trunk line.
Also the Misslsquoi railroad is now be-
ing graded from St. Adams 10 Sheldon
and these roads, when completed, will
add mach to the wealth and business of
the State
The friends of the Montpelier and Wells
River Railroad have now commenced in
earnest. | understand they are already
making the locating survey. There Is but
little doubt as to the success OF this en-.
terprise. Respectfully submitted,
.. r.. +. PARSER,
Railroad Commissioner.
Wolcott, September [, 1870.