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Special Correspondence Of the Free Press and Times
From Montpelier.
MONTPELIER, Oct. %.
VERMONT CENTRAL LEGISLATION.
The dullness thus far Of the legislature
was relieved at the commencement of the
week. bv the introduction in the Senate by
Senator yeazey of the bill Incorporating the
Central Vermont Railroad Company This
bill. which had benin preparation by eminent
counsel for some days, Is very important In
its character. and is designed to extricate
the Vermont Central from the custody of the
Court of Chancery, by which it has been run
for wears. and again make il a corporation.
Its carefully drawn provisions provide for
closing up Of the affairs Of the Vermont Cen
tral. and it Is in every way an excellent,
constitutional and speedy measure for re-
lieying that road from its present embarrass-
ments. As the bill will undoubtedly appear
IN full in your columns. Will not attempt
to give any further abstract Of it. TIM
first meeting on the bill before
the Railroad Committee was held
Monday evening in the General Com
mittee Room, which was filed with large
audience Of members and others deeply in
terested in the measure itself Coz. Smith
was present, with his counsel, District At
torney Fiheld, Hon. Levi Underwood and
Ex-Goy Stewart Four Of the committee
being unayoidably absent, the hearing was
postponed until Tuesday forenoon, at which
time Gov. Smith made an able and elabor-
ate statement of the present condition Of the
affairs Of the Vermont Central, and the alb |
solute necessity for the relief which would |
be afforded by the passage Of this bill.
The Governor speech was very satisfac- |
tory, and with the clear explanation, made |
by the distinguished counsel 10 the com
mittee. Of the various sections of the |
bill. I do not see how il can fail meeting |
their favorable consideration. The temper |
OF the General Assembly Is excellent this
session a. regards railroad legislation.
Whatever is asked for, that Is predicated |
on right and justice can easily be secured,
but ''buncombe' projects viii meet with
little favor. One thing speaks well for the
character Of the present Legislature; the
lobby Is decidedly feeble in numbers, and
but few measures that require its peculiar
assistance, are on the tapis.
GENERAL RAILROAD LAW.
That able and industrious Legislator, Sen
ator Veazey. followed up his Central Railroad
Bill on Tuesday. with a general railroad
law similar to that introduced by the late
Judge Kellogg, in the House Of 1870, but
50 fashioned a to remove many objections
heretofore urged against this long agitated
measure. Col. Yeazey's bill Is very like
the general railroad law now in force in
Connecticut. Stock TO the amount Of So
900 a mile, must be taken, Of which ten per
cent. shall be paid in before the organi-
zation Of railroad company can be made.
The friends of the proposed law are very
confident of its enactment by the Legisla-
ture, a. they understand the railroad in
terests who have opposed it heretofore, do
not propose to do - at this session. There
are those, however, who viii oppose it on
general principles outside of railroad friend
ships or enmities, and l an certain the
measure VIII be carefully scrutinized and
much debated before the final vote i reached.
IRE "cRAzY COMMITTEE.
As Senator Balard's special committee Is
plsyfully called here, nave returned from
their excursion 70 Brattleboro. and investi-
CATION Of the Insane Asylum The commit
tee viii not probably make their report for
some time. as they have power TO send for
persons and papers and doubtless many
witnesses will be examined by them next
week. hear that they found in the Asy- ]
um AS patients, 225 Of whom are non-resi-
tents, and that they were under the charge ,
# three young physicians, only one Of 4
whom, Dr.. Tenney, formerly of Hardwick.
las had much experience, and the Young
Il Of the three, Dr.. Clark, was q
mere boy 1t Is also said that many
{ the inmates complained TO the committee r
f the infamous bath torture. which first +
anne to public notice in the Stockton case. d
laughable incident occurred, while the Y
ommittee were being chaperoned through a
he Asylum by Ex-GOy. Holbrook, who Is II
ne Of the Trustees. One Of the lady patients n
tho was extremely high toned, and dressed n
a the height Of fashion, Yet Enthusiastically "
lsane, was introduced to the bland Ex- al
GOVERNOR, when she drew herself up and re
Iarked, " Al, have the honor of knowing a.
ov. Holbrook Sir ] was at Montpelier 81,
,yeral years ago, when you were sworn out r
) Governor, and Gov. Smith sworn In q,
Id. she added. AL the people rejoiced RI
he Governor courteously and smilingiy *
I'D good-day to the daft lady, "a.
ID passed on to the next patient. The re- );
lrt of the committee is an1iousiy looked %
T and the hope Is generally expressed, n,
at State Asylum in fact, viii be recon- 10
ended r.
The DELAY N REPORTS se
the State officer causes considerable com IT
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