Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-07-21
The Editorial Excursion.
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ed to admit the party to the top, will
herea fter be one os the special attractions
of St. Adams. Mt. Mansfield &c, the
lake and Adirondacks in the west, the
city of Burlington and host of villages
all spread out before you, form scene
of enchantment and grandeur that can
not fail to attract the attention of the
tourist, and good thing about it is that
you can ride to within few rods of the
nights and observatory, which is thus ac-
cessible to invalids as well as to the ro-
bust and strong.
THE VERMONT CENTRAL RAILROAD
WORKS.
The Vermont Central railroad works
at ST. Albans are among the most extern
sive in this country. The most complete
order prevails throughout. With the va
rious railroads they are now running
they have over four thousand men in
their employ. The utmost neatness and
regularity is everywhere visible. The Of
fees for each department are all arrang-
ed named and labeled like the commit
tee rooms ana departments in the Capt.
tol, and with such perfect system that
TWO clerks alone are sufficient to run the
pay-master's department of this vast bus.
mess. In one department is the Yer
mont Central library opened to the en-
ployees at stated times, and embracing
large number of volumes, for this cor
poration look after the moral and mental
welfare of those they employ, and here
we may mention what we learned some
weeks since, that the general superin-
tendent, Giles Merrill Esq, has issued
an order absolutely forbidding the sale
of all intoxicating drinks in any of the
depots on any of the lines they run-an
order which will be received with special
favor by all good people everywhere. A
good portion of the excursion party also
visited the very extensive shop works, in
one of which there appeared to be
sufficient number of engines to carry off
the entire population of New England,
to say nothing of the labyrinth of unin-
ished car work through which the party
waded. This visit through the Vermont
Central railroad works was very interest
ing to the excursionists who made it, and
who were under many obligations to Geo.
L. Stone, Esq, one Of the division super
lntendents, who with the party made
the entire rounds of the works and was
constant in his attentions and courteses,
both here and afterwards on the train to
Montreal. Here too the party were re-
cipients of similar favors at the hands of
Ambrose Arnold, Esq, who had accom-
panied us on the excursion train from
White River junction, of whom we made
mention last week, and from J. w. Ho-
bart, Esq, Master of Transportation,
who also accompanied the excursion to
to st. Johns, pointing out to the paesen-
gers the places of interest. Nor would
we omit a proper acknowledgement Of
the courtesies from the clerks in the va
rious offices, ready to explain the modes
by which their departments were opera
ted. And last but by no means least,
the entire party acknowledge their obi
cations to Col Albert Clarke who was
constant and untirng in his attentions to
bis brethren during their visit in his town.
During the excursion we heard no point
more favorably spoken of as an attrac-
lion thanSt Adams and Bellevue nights.
In the elegant office of Gov. Smith, the
President of the Central and also of the
Northern Pacifc-was picture which
attracted our attention, representing the
first train of railroad cars in this coup-
try, i'll which were seated those two dis
rnguished veterans still living, WIN. H.
Seward and Thurlow Weed. The pro-
gress mace in building cars and rail
roads since those primitive times is
very apparent and the contrast interest
ing. But it would take volume to
complete the story of the Vermont Cen
trail works at St. Adams, and we omit.
for now, anything further, at this point.
All aboard for Montreal. The train
moved, when 10, most unexpected sa-
lutte from under our very feet A num-
Der of torpedoes, sometimes used to sig
nal danger on the railroad, had been
placed upon the track, and as they ex-
ploded the air was rent with cheers and
fourth of July patriotism, creating much
merriment among the party. We were
soon at Highgate springs. The train STOP
ped a moment-for a drink, for the pas.
sengers out of that spring We mean, and
Immediately after we were actually "trav-
elling in foreign lands" We can only
mention st. Johns, where many Yer
monters were pleased to meet and take
by the hand our genial U. S. Consul at
that place, Hon. VIM. Harmon, of Shell
burne, with whom we had too brief but
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