Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-08
IN Aci TO incorporate the Northern Vermont an;
Lake Champlain Extension Railroad Company.
introduced by Mr.. Balou Of Burlington. and refer
red 10 tho Cnmmitien on RaiIr.al.I

introduced by Mr.. Ballou Of Burlington, and refer
red to the Committee on Railroads.
II is hereby enacted By the Geaerql Assrp,5l,
cffhe State of Vermont
SEC l. Such persons rs shall hereafter
become stockholders are hereby constituted
a body corporate, by the name Of the North
ern Vermont and Lake Champlain Exten-
sion Railroad Company, for the purpose and
with the right Of building railroad. with
a single or double track, from some point in
the town of Cambridge, in the county OF
Lamoille, 10 point of connection with the
! Vermont Central, or Vermont and Canada
Railroad, in the counties of Chittenden or
| franklin, or to any point on Lake Cham
] PLAIN, IN said counties, to transport and ear
/ ry persons and property on the same by the
| power Of steam or otherwise; and by that
name may sue and be sued. may have n seal
| and shall have all the rights incident to
corporations.
SEC. , The capital stock shall be Il sum
sufficient 10 construct and furnish said rail-
road with all of the necessary apparatus
and equipment for operating the same, not
exceeding two million of dollars, which
shall be divided into shares of one hundred
dollars each, and be deemed personal prop
erty.
SEC. >. If said company shall not with
in six years commence the survey OF con-
struction of said railroad and shall Not,
within ten years expend at least fifty thouS-
and dollars thereon, and shall not within
fifteen years complete and put in operation
said railroad, then this act shall be null and
void, except 50 far n said railroad i COM
pleted and put in operation.
SEC. 4. Horace Fairbanks and Franklin
Fairbanks of St Johnsbury. Calvin Blod-
gett and Carolus AoyeS of Burlington. L.
Il. Howe Of Jericho, Waldo Brigham, Of
Hydepark, and William b. Hatch of New
York City, shall be commissioners for re-
cieying subscriptions 10 the capital stock of
said corporation. \ majority Of said com
missioners shall be competent 10 do any acts
for said corporation, and a soon as two
hundred and fifty shares shall be subscribed,
said commissioners shall proceed to give no.
tlce for a meeting of the stockholders Tor an
election of directors.
SEC. }. said corporation, II it shall vote
50 to do al a meeting Of the stockholders
called for such purpose, shall have power to
issue its notes or bonds for the purpose of
building or furnishing its road. or paying
any debts contracted for building or fur
nishing the same. bearing such rate of in
tereSt, not exceeding seven per cent per an
mum, and secured in such manner aS they
may deem expedient, which notes or bonds
shall be for a sum not less than one hum
dred dollars each. and shall be made paya-
hle in not less than three years. nor more
than thirty years from the time of i~-ling
the same.
SEC. g. Thisact shall be deemed to be a
public act. and shall be construed fayorahly
and benehcially for all the purposes for
which the same l. enacted, and shall be
subject TO any general law Of the State res
pecting railroad corporations which Is now
in force or may hereafter be enacted and
all the general laws of the State, relating TO
railroad corporations, shall be deemed and
taken 20 be part cf this act.
SEC. :. All meetings of the st0ckh0ld-
ers Of the corporation hereby created, shall
be held within this State, and notice Of every
such meeting shall be published in at least
one newspaper printed in each county where
the road is located.
SEC. 5. This act shall at all times be IN
der the control Of the Legislature 90 amend
or repeal as the public good may require
SIC. 9. This act shall take effect from It's
passage.
MISPLACED CoNuDnu-A Gentleman
lately performeda most ingenious experiment
with a United States breech-loadirg rife,
with which he had previously been practis-
ing by firing at a target. 1t appears that he
in some manner got two sets Of cartridges
into the gun, and discovering this to be tie
situation, he did care to fire of the doable
charge. Having duly studied over the mat
ter, he took the gun to a blacksmith'- shop
screwed the barrel fast in a vice, and then.
opening the breech, he picked out all the
the powder till he came to the lower ball
Then he heated an iron red hot, and with it
commenced to melt the ball out This was
really a very clever idea. and progressed adj
mirably. BY frequently heating the rod he
continued his experiment, and at length mel
ted hole clear through the ball. Clever,
was it not? He then proceeded until he touch
ed the powder Of the cartridge beyond,
when he succeeded in his design of firing of
the second shot. Unfortunately it shot both
ways, one bullet going out in front and the
other at the back rs he was STOPPING
down and looking into the barrel TO watch
the result of his experiment, the latter ball
bored hole through his cheek, taking ont
a small piece in its course, and dotting his
entire face blue with gunpowder. The en-
tire success Of this operation must certainly
amply repay him for his sailerings in the
cause Of science. How many clever geniases
toll for lifetime at some cherished scheme
only to fail at last, while others leap to a
glorious victory at a bound The doctor has
every confidence that the poultices will re-
duce his patients head to It's normal size in
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