Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-11-13
AFTERNOON
GEN ATE


Bank and Trust Co.; passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Pitkin, Of Montpelier, adj
AFTERNOON.
SENATE
pasud.-S l2l, fixing the salary OF the chap
lain OF the state Prison tnot % exceed $3.50 per
uunum
BH intr,54r.d apd r.fyr.A By Mr. Ballard
ly request, i.g thc punishment OF di-1rler'y pcr
-lns to general COM
H. l0l. in nddiion 20 general sttutc., rcga-
hitting the mOygmcntsO l trains where one railroad
crosses another. Opposed hy Mcssrs. Ballard
and Shcdi, and favored by Mcssr- Reynolds and
Morrill,, and ON motion Of Mr.. Powers ordered
10 lie
Spsciai orasr. IS. II. for the establishment Of
public town libraries.
Mr. Rcynod. said the statement of the case 100
general terms WIS. whether this State would take
q step 100 advance Of all other States n establish
Ing "a system OF town libraries. schools wc have
adopted and now the question H. whether free
library system should not be an auxiliary % free
schools There are many minds ia every c1mmu-
nifty that can receive higher development by 40
access 90 books than by an access to schools.
lie referred o. the present enabling act which
has NOT. and be applehendcd would not be used
lf books were essential TO the Development OF the
human mind, 10 was important that free system
Of libraries shonIl be adopted
Mr. Wilson WAS opposed GO the passage of thi.
lil He referred To the law Of 1867 lie thought
that towns would wke better care of libraries
raised under that act than under general 1ppr1-
IN ,n,t.. o,,,,-,nri,ti rs diam il was rr Our clp-
.titronts IN ,oy tirm
Vbo prn.iiert la the cbair
III Reyn.li. .ni.l tbi- was nj matter CD be- subj
ini.rcd M tbc pc3ple before (. became law Third
rco.iio, rrf'ts.l
PlC,r,,J M l22. 10 incorp,raie the Mortified
S,r,9gs Bank and nus Contrary; to c1m. on
-.
U,G,,st,} l,,,nes, IS 56. f,ener,l railroad
bijl Mr. Uinckloy briefly gave reasons why De
-boull vote lor hi. lin. which were in accordance
,yitb tbe monument already advanced In it, favor
M. Adams was also 10 favor OF tie blu aud
,ei,io,t ji.e,,..in, 4. morris. stated briefly wiz
he .,anlJ ,9te ririf. lie did MT agree With the
senator from Lam1iIlc Nlr. power-D that rail-
r,,f c,,rr.;.i ,yerr io ony .on4e puili, c1rn1ri-
tons
Mr.. Battlefield bad been opposed 10 general
railroad bin fora long time and he saw M reasons
for changing bis views. The popular iiea in con-
nection with this bin seems 10 be that 10 Is 81
lessen legislation. but thcrc is nothing in it, pro-
visions that will prevent parties from coming
here and asking i1r charters lleargued against
granting q right whereby parollcl roads might De
built through our yallies lie thought that exist
iag e1rp1yaiions also the people should ne pro-
iected-
Mr. Morrill, took issue with the senator from
Windsor. CHR. Adams) that a railroad compa-
ny was a private corporation. lie thought it
miAei partly public and partly private, and Illus
traiei the difference between railroad corpora
ton ard those recognized by the law rs strictly
private. lie took the ground that the railroads
OF Vermont were children Of Vermont, and should
be guarded and protected 1y the legislature
Mr. E,tey did MT believe, If this bin should
pass, that wc SHOULD be oyerun with roads or
that We should have any more than under the
present system Of granting charters. lie thought
a general railroad law would promote "A healthy
competition, aud spoke Of his own personal cx-
/ peience 10 the matter ol treights.
/ Nr SpnEuo spoke 10 a similar line Of areu
ment, ayoring the passage Of thebll. He did
not believe that any Vanderbilt would invest
fifty or sixty thousand dollars mile in building
railroads IN Vermont for the sake of running
some other road.
/ Mr.. Ballard said no one claimed that would
be the case, but that the effort would be made
sufficiently % depreciate the value Of present
roads. He further discussed the bill referring 10
operations 10 New York under the general
railroad law When you pass this law you place
in jeopardy all the rights granted under former
railroad charters.
Mr. Spngue further discussed the bill in an.
swor to the Senator from franklin, (Mr. Bal
lard)
Mr. Powers replied 10 the Senator from Wind
sor, (Alr. Adams,) relating to the character Of
railroad corporations quoting authorities 10 prove
that thoy are regarded by the courts as "pu6lic 9"
The right Of taking eminent domain for
public use, j. the distinctive feature Of public
corporation. lie argued that it was not right in
a state geographically constituted like our own
to grant privilege that might place other roads
By the side Of those already constructed.
The public would be powerless 10 correct any
abuses that might grow out Of a general law, for
the p0Wcr to alter, amend or repeal was not re-
served lie argued against general law, gcner-
ally
cradle length. further illustrating the operations