Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-15
REPUBLICAN.
Pawlet, Aug. s.
A letter from Rouses Point, n. y.

A letter from Rouses Point. y. Y.
Editor RutLgad Htrad Having for
merly been a constant reader and an oc-
casional correspondent Of TIE HEBALD.
| am 10th to lay aside its interesting col
umns quite yet,-and by soliciting a con-
tinuation of its weekly arrivals, will. at
the same time, give you brief sketch Of
LIFE At RoUsEs POINT.
Now, there is nothing particularly at
tractive about the Point. though one
might suppose, from lis being a sort Of
border port" that business might be
lively, that travel either way would be
of more than to an average degree. Not
so. however. As port of entry, il prob
ably does a larger business than any place
on the northern frontier. The receipts
for customs for the month ending July
DIST. at the Office at this place. exceed
$50. 600. Lumber being the articiemost
worthy of notice as among the imports.
perhaps your readers may obtain some
idea of the importance of the place as a
port of entry when told that. during
the month of July, 20,000,0 900 feet Of
Lumber, bound for our large Eastern
cities, passed this place Aud in CON
nectiOn with the office at this port. let
me add that our own Office at Wind Mill
Point is not lacking in lis show of bust
ness. This office, under the direction OF
captains Balm and Branch. (of soldier
life, tried and true. is in a no less flour
ishing condition. comparatively. The
receipts at this Office for July were some
thing in excess of $1,000, outside of all
lumber shipped TO Burlington. which is
no profit to this office. directly. rs al
duties are paid at that port. and when
you learn that quite two-thirds of all
the lumber cleared from this Office goes
to Burlington, You will then willingly
admit that the Office at Wind Mil Point
is q paying one. The shipments Of lum-
Der dutiable at this office for the month
of July exceed 4, 226, 800 feet. / have
been little partial to this office. since
men in our State have said that itdidnot
do business enough to pay expenses. |
hereby rcfute the statement, simply sug-
costing that the speaker was probably
6adly oT' with Greeley on the brain.
Rouses Point, Mr. Editor, is still up
permost in my mind, since | started to
write of its failings or its virtues. OF
the former, there are very many.-of
the latter | can say but little, since they
are very few.
Take out four or five buildings. which
are the only noticeable ones, and YOU
have very good duplicate of the famous
fredericksburg of Virginia 4 thorough
temperance reform. with several home
missionaries, viii do this place more real
good than all the wealth that railroads
and steamboat navigation can bring.
Public spirit is dormant, and unless some
stray angel shall happen this way to
'bide while, the name of Rouses Point
will, ere long. stand side by side with
Give Points" of 1860.
This location is eminently ADAPTED to
a better and more prosperous commu-
nifty. Its water front, for dockage pur-
poses, is, without doubt, as fine as can
be bound upon the shores of Lake Cham
plain. An appropriation has been made.
to build 'breakwater" in front of the
town.
The sites for building purposes are ele-
CANT, with territory enough for small
Chicago. Our communication with the
great seaport towns and cities is good,
with prospect of its being better soon,
as the Delaware and Hudson Company
are already at work, with capital, and
men who mean business. This new route
of road is to pass through the town from
south to north, forming a junction with
the Vermont Central, Lake Champlain
q Ogdensburgh and Grand Trunk rail
roads. What better can wealthy lumber
dealers ask for themselves !?
have limited of the Point" from a
business standpoint. / have looked at it
in all its phases, and have limited upon
all its ''fine points" possible at this time.
with the exception of its politics. This
| will not do at this time, as | could not
do it full justice Suffice it. then. if
Johnny Greeley" should be President of
the United States in 1878, hope he will