Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-08
THE RUTLAND HERALD
FRIDAY, JUNE .. 1871.
Discussion MT the manufactures
Meeting.

Meeting.
The presentation of the report of the
committee to which was referred the sub
iect of devising some plan for the pro
motion of manufactures in this village
which was published in yesterdays HER
AID, was f,lowed by an interesting dis
ou.-ion which lack of space prevented US
from giving in that issue.
Wy. W. Ripley, of the committee
.tated that in the absence of the chairman
II might be proper for himato state some
If the results Of the deliberations OF the
committee. When the committee I1et II
was difficult to determine what TO do. i
was thought that all that could be done
WA. to consider the different plans the
had been proposed for establishing mar
uf ,ctures.
Ia regard to the manufactures of mar
be mantlea, it was found that private
enterprise would soon forestall the neces'
sity of any action by the public. Ihe
anhi4ct Of carriage m4nnfacture was con-
aidsred. hut this it was thought would
follow in a natural course the establIsf-
m-nt of more extensive branches OF man
uf,cture. The subject of car manufacture
had M, the most favorable consideration
of the mmittee Bat what is needed j.
not to rec ON mend particular branch Of
manuf,ctures merely, but for the people
TO act It bad been proposed that the
town vote n gratuity OF $l5O,OO0 or S2OO-
600 to aid in establishing manufactures,
but il was very doubtful whether such Il
vote could be obtained. Such action
conl1 not be made legal without Il special
euaaing act by the Legislature, and this
could not be obtained in less than about 8
wear and a half, unless by some providence
We should have special session of the
Levi-lAture. Private enterprise should
take the place of any such corporate
action Of the town.
II each householder would subscribe for
scertain amount of stock, proportlonate
toni. means, the necessary capital could
be secured. II the stock should not prove
Teu1upTAtlVp.
increase in the value of real estate would
enhance the value of the householder-
property. Something must be done te
check the depreciation of real estate,
l.r,s snount of which ia now in the mar
ket. Busines So must be aroused from tn
lgthArgy into which it has sunk. We ar
not AN agricultural people, but our wesltl
lies in the inexhaustible resources OF ou
mountain sides General Baxter, who hat
wide acquaintance with car manufacture
said that he would guarantee the sale o
every car that could be made in Rutland
and that he would subscribe ten Thousand
dollars to the stock for their manufacture
General Ripley called upon Thomas Ros
TO favor the meeting with the results of I
recent visit to the car shops of the Yer
mont Central railroad at st. Albans.
Mr. Ross in response stated that he hst
been granted every facility in investigat
ing the manufacture of cars at the st. Al
bans shops. These works are now manu-
featuring two freight cars week, ant
one pass senger car a month, and are a
present also building Pullman palace cars
The cost of thirty-three feet long freigh
car with truss platform, he found to b
seven hundred and twenty dollars, and o
twenty eight feet car, without platform
ak hundred and ninety dollars. The cos
of the labor on freight car be found no
to exceed fifty dollars for the wood work
The average price of a freight car bein
eight hundred dollars, Mr.. Ross though
there could be no question that the mar
ufacture of such cars could be carried o
in Rutland with good profit. 1t wa
the opinion of the master builder of th
st. Albans shops that a ready sale coul
be made of all the freight cars that coul
be manufactured in Rutland. Mr.. Ro'
stated that he was unable to ascertain th
amount of capital employed in the cor
struction of cars by the Central railroa
shops, because the repair of cars was con
bined with the business of construction
]. B. Reynolds, on being called npol
gave an account of the striking growth {
the town of Aurora, Ill, resulting frci
the establishment of the shops of the Oh
cago, Quincy 81 Burlington Rsilroa
within its limits. The town had voted
gratuity of $4,000 to secure the eatablisl
ment Of these shops, and now the montl
ly payroll of the company to workme
amounted to 100000. The populate
of the town had been lar gely increase
and an impetus had been given to {
kinds of business by the securing of the
shops But, contirl ued Mr.. Reynolds, ,
should not deper d upoh car manufactu
entirely. We should encourage 9th
branches ~ manufacture. We shou
put our h7 into our pockets and fur
lSh aid, 3 nd, if need be, bond the town
secure he needed capital. He was ava
thst T. lis was not legal, but there We
way' to avoid this objection if the peo]
we' q united He concluded by RENAL
z that Mr.. A. f. Davis had suggested
plan for aiding manufactures to the co
mittee, and called upon him to present
to the meeting. G o @
Mr.. Davis said that he had met W
the committee, and that they had C
sidered the feasibility of car manuf
ture, and Of making carriages, and et
tools, and he had no doubt these brane
OF business could be carried on succ,
fully. But there must be an united