St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-24

| il would also effect what the crmOnt
/ Central has from first to last, and above
all. desired. to wit. cut off the Portland
railroad from independent connection
with Lake Champlain, and from pro
spective connections with Montreal and
the West. st. Johnsbury declined to
acccde to this. Her pledges to the La
noble Valley and Franklin County
were to he kept in full. :" this fell
! through. although the Central would
build the branch ut their OWE expense.
The Central made vet third effort.
| 1t offered to build, at its own cost, il
branch from Cambridge, on the Port
/ land road. to Georgia Bridge. on its
own line. Observe. the proposition
was not to build from Cambridge to
| BuTIingtOH. O. no! The Vermont
| Central didn't want the Portland road
| to touch Lake Champaign at any point.
/ All its propositions and all its arrange
meutS have had in view making the
| Portland road its subordinate. and Il
pcnSioner upon its bounty. This prop
oSition. like the others was rejected,
because its acceptance would compel
1t. .JohmSbury to break faith with us Ill
the Lamoille valley, and our neighbor>
west III Franklin county. st. J"lnShu-
ny. in all these trials. saved her honor
untarniShcd. Standing to her pledges,
she got IL shorter route and IL better
route III every regard. MontpcllcrS
detection proved to he the best thing
for 81. ,JohnShuny. and will prove great
gain to the whole line. 1t led to the
choice of an independent road from
CaSco Bay to Lake Champaign. and
thence to Montreal and the West.
From this point onward. from the
time ii hccanIc evident that its pUrr">-
g. could not Ice carried ""t. the hoStili-
II of the Vermont Central Ia the Port
land Railroad began to hc manifested.
In the language of its own exponent
and advocate. its 'tOrmcr feeling of
friendship vanished" and it began To
act in the spirit. a. confessed. that in
tcrcStS before mutual had become rival.
If the Portland road would not he Il
handmade to their road. it should not
hc ut all. has been the temper manifest
ed. To cut Portland oil from DgdcnS-
burg. the ultimate point of destination.
it leased the "Old Ogdcn>bmg" line. Il
move. us matters are issuing. proving
utterly ahOrtivc for the purpose intend
ed. Ii hoped To cut Portland off from
Montreal likewise. and the great rail
WAY system thence westward. now en-
tcliug upon construction. Its hope has
turned t" ashes on lis lips. And now.
turgcttul ut' the past. with the most au-
dHciOu> disregard of its own record a>
Respects the Notch route. il is pouring
ont through every medium at its com
mand. IL torrent of abuse and mi>>tatc-
Il. l. 1
DO the managers of that railroad imag
inc that the people of Portland have no
memories? Have not your people
heard the controller of that railroad
demonstrate with all the cloqucncc of
persuasive statement. the Notch route
t" he tire ro"fc of all routes! Did he
not advise. urge. and beg the city of
Portland to put its money into it Did
he not vouch for it early and late F.! Did
he not offer To lease the whole road at
six per cent And now. when. through
elaborate columns misrepresentation
effort is made To disgust the Portland
public with their undertaking. will not
that public hold up the present to the
mirror of the past. and see how the i'm
Prc>>ioH> tally Gentlemen OF the
crmnut Central. Nuu are ut once too
late and too ~0on-toO late hcCali>c yuuI
former uttcT;imce> have been promulga-
ted too soon hccau>r they are not Vet
forgotten. lOur cuuu>cl<. gentlemen.
We feel free 10 believe. have not been
sought. Portland has every reason to
be di>tlu>tful of you. Parties who can
eat their own words. and deny the COM
mon >elI>c of their own repeated nego-
tIatI"n> with such CompoSulc. need not
look for extension OF renewal of conf
drncc at Il moments notice.
Ii certainly. is something astonishing
that such attacks upon the Notch route
should originate III such Il quarter. when
1t WIS first suggested in that very quar-
ter. and three successive efforts were
made To secure an interest in the route
to make Il Junction with ii at such points
a. involved contest with all the grades.
curves. mountains. rocks. slides. etc..
now :" pathrtically described and de
pl"rcd. 1t is only new illustration
that circumstances alter cases.
The people of northern Vermont ask
the citizens of Portland I" remember .
that. i'll the hope and with the assurance
that Portland would not fail of her part .
OF the implied contract. We have gone
forward. and built and set in operation
nearly fifty miles of railroad have over
of the residue graded. are 90
ing on with the work. and are mourning
the expenditure at over three million
dollars t" give Portland Il clean indie
pendent line To- the West In all this
we are working for ourselves. of course.
hut are working none the less for Won.
II You fail Ia meet uS in due time, Won
Will harm lis greatly not ruin lis. but .
hurt U>. For Nou to give up this route
for the southern. is to become an imSir-
nIiICant link i'll Il chain uf Bo>tuu-com-
tr"llCd railroads. II j. ro throw away
l"'r chance f"r the business of northern
' erm"mt. 1t l. To make Your chance
for through business dependent upon
tn" viii "t Boston capitalists. 1t j. tu
SEC fares and treight> adjusted against
YOU. 1t l. t. fling away the assurance
OF li.irpcndcnt ami shorter lines to
Montreal. OWict~h"rg. and the West. .
now secured. 1t Is. in tine. to throw
away every advantage for which yuu
have spent Il million dollars. and which. .
III their equivalent. cannot hc secured
nm amy other line or 10y amy other eN-
prmdi1urc ID.
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