The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-01-17

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AlbAHy raad nfsier ~ prescott admirable
management
Tila writer says "THs Lebanon
SPRING. rad having v.rtuaiis dropped
our a. 5 link rs ihe through line Il j. bard
Ga fst what will burnmc ut il Abe local
ba.iae.s J. hardly sufficient e. "a, for
running 81. II til- Wert true (Which u
i nolj would i Dc sufpnsinw THAR = road
net set l. months Old did not vet ca, q its
iexpeusest We l4aye seen that she Wes-
tern ruad did nal make digidends Tor sew
era wears Indeed MOI iil ia lo,al business
was developed Tie truth Is tlat q yert
large shart Of It's earnings since u Dpcu-
"a have beeu expended in permanent
ways such a. bailastiHR. raising the track,
rights OF way drp0ls tools. etc. aud iH
repairing the rlsd between Bennington
aHd Rutland. which had been run hy the
frN aud Boston road under ten Nears'
lease that pirrd about tlrre YEAR ago.
THIS ten wears use without 4 ucw rail or
scarce new tie being put in, left the
Rad in such a condition that large expeu-
diture, tor new iron. rewUidbg the old,
and for ties aud rrla,iug, were required
Now the whole Inc viii compare iavora-
bly with other roads, aud consequently
will uot draw 80 heavily upon lis earn.
ings
While The subject 4. open u may not be
aniss togiye some Of The sources for It's
ultimate local business;
4. The range Of the Green Mountain.
between i ubiugon aud Rutland, com
prising an area oi more than 300, 900 acres.
Is one immense forest. almost valueess
before the building Of the Lebanon
the forest accessible TO The furnace men of
the Ilousatonic aud Harlem valleys. Both
valleys are uuderaid with the best quail
ties Of iron ore ia the couuiry--in fact, the
only ore making the best quality Of iron
for car wheels and ct er purposes, where
a superior quality Of charcoal iron is re.
quired. The numerous furnaces located
Ia The two valleys are using some or 10
million bushels 0frharcual annually. They
have 50 nearly exhausted the supply Of
fuel for charcoal that there was no induce
mcnt Ia build new furnaces Ia fact, some
of them have been closed, aud others
would have been, but for the openin Of
The Lebanon Spings Railroad, rendering
as ! have said the forest OF Vermont ac-
cessible To the furnace men. Aread,
they have made large purchases at half q
dozen different points, erected perpetual
charcoal kins, and are beginning to ship
large quantities of charcoal This source
of supply will allow and encourage u
large increase of furnaces, and the supply
of iron ore aud charcoal may now be con
sidercd ineIhaustible.
2 lnlerspefsed with the hard wood are
large quantities of spruce, hemlock and
hard wood lumber Arrangements arr
now being made to develupe one tract Of
twenty five or thirty thousand acres.
which alone will furnish in lumber and
charcoal as much as two daily trains can
handle for the next fifteen years
8. The line Of the road III Vermont
abounds with marnle of superior quality
which is furnishing and will continue 70
furnish large amount of freight.
4. Arrangements have been made with
the Harlem railroad Tor running con-
Meeting milk train, whereby milk delkcrd
"a the road at noon on after. will be de-
livered in New York about midnight.
ready TO DO served for breakfast. The
road passes through one of the best graz
ing sections In the state. b. the cenSu,
OF 1860, here were on The The of the Leb-
anon springs division, 81, l15 sheep. 1909
COWS 1882 other cattle This shows its ca.
pacity 10 double the supply of milk now
carried over the Harlem daily, producing
over hall a million of income aHnu lly.
.. There are also large deposits Of slate.
Quarries were worked years ago and the
slate hauled about thirty miles by teams
10 the river, aud were abandoned only
from the heavy cost of transportation,
There is also, an abunancc Of blue lined
stbue, making lime worth double that
made from marble.
trust have mentioned sources Of bust.
ness enough to explain "what will become
If it," II not, viii add that the farm
ers have not VET found that they have
route to the New York market open 10
then the year round la due lime thei
system Of farming will be AL apted to the
new market a. il has been on the upper
ilty miles Of the Harlem. II was some
wears before tile farmers eFes Ia that sec
lion were opened. Now immense quan-
htlcs OF farm produce are slapped, one
station alone furnishing irom eight o ten
thousand tons Of hay annually T.
New LEBANON, n. s.. Dee 20. 1870.