The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-05-16


new railroad 10 Troy within ninety
days have discovered that they are
"deludcd victims, and begin 70 rea-
lie that the Big talk about the Wal
loomsac was only talk = signifying moth
ing.
We say again to the Walloomsac
directors, il you are in earnest, build
your railroad as promised, otherwise
you will be regarded as mere schemers
who arc working the Walloomsac sim
ply as political placer. The people
understand this matter, and you can
not shirk the responsibilities Of your
statements and promises. You must
DO something yourselves before you
throw any more dirt at the men who
put road through your Fair ground
and over the old town hill for the bene.
fit OF Bennington, at an extra outlay OF
more than twice the cost Of building
your share Of the Walloomsac We
repeat, build your road or come out
like men and advocate the opening Of
the old Troy line, and use your infu.
ence with your Troy and Boston allies
to that end. Sections s, and IL Of
the WaIloomsac Railroad charter ap.
proved October 10th 1870, read as fol-
lows
Section s. Said railroad company
may contract with the managers OF
any other railroad company TO do and
perform all transportation of persons
and property upon and over theirroad,
and may lease their road and do such
other things as may be necessary to
build and run their said railroad, and
branches provided, that the railroad
of this corporation shall not be run un
less the railroad company, with which
this railroad shall connect in the state Of
New York shall keep MP the connec.
ton with the Harlem Extension r. r.
at a place known as the State Line
until the branch of said railroad to
North Bennington shall be completed
and a permanent connection made at
that point
Section 9. If said railroad com
pauy shall not, within three years from
the approval Of this act, commence the
construction Of said railroad, then this
act shall be void.
Section II. This act shall take eff
feet from its passage.
II will be seen that more than hall
of the time allowed by the charter fol
commencing the work has expired
We ask the editor of the Free Press il
this long delay after such positiU,
promises that the road should be built
Immediately 7 does not render the pro
jectors Of the enterprise liable to crit
cism.
If the insiHuations Of the Free Press
last week as TO the course Of a leading
director in Bennington are true, or il
the late statements Of the Troy Press,
that the building Of the Walloomsac
Railroad is not likely to take place
under its present dictatorship" and
that IF there had been life and energy
enough in the Walloomsac corporation
20 answer the purposes Of the slowest
going sloth that ever knawed bark the
road would have been built by this
time, are correct, we certainly ought
not TO be blamed for giving our readers
our opinion Of these Walloomsac gen.
tlemen who, 20 say the least have made
as much noise about their project du.
ring the past five years, as the building
Of seven miles Of railroad would seem
to warrant, taking into consideration
the fact that thus far they have talked
much, but dome nothing
Section Of the charter provides that
the Walloomsac Railroad shall not
be run" unless those Of our citizens
who reside on the line north Of North
Bennington are accommodated at least
az well as 1t present. This was an
amendment inserted for their protection
without which the charter conll not
have been obtained
We can assure the Free Pres that If
Bennington thinks il for her interest to
invest sls0, 900 in another railroad, we
al the north end shall not feel called
upon 70 offer any objections, and will
checriully withdraw our political
placer" theory whenever the Walloom-
sac directors move on the works"
with that thousand mem armed with
tho necessary picksKes and wheelbar-
rows Until then the Free Press must
excuse us II we adhere 10 our original
opinion that the present managers
mean Montpelier when they talk Troy
IL conclusion We will simply add
that il seems TO he the general opinion
81 The people in and about Bennington
tha, 10 more trains will be run By tie