The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-05
LETTERS FROM TEE PEOPLE.
Ireights on the Rensselaer, a Sar-
ntOga Railroad.
FA1RnAvBN, Nov. 3. 1873.

FAlRnAvEN, Nov. 8. 1873.
Editor RuHand G1oJe:
In the GLOBE OF this morning there is
copied from the Troy Times, an apology
for the extortionate charges of freight on
the Rensselaer, & Saratoga Railroad.
witness before court of justice is sworn
to tell the whole truth and nothing but the
| truth.
II that rule were to be applied to the va
riUus articles that have appeared of late in
the Troy Times, apologzing Tor this Rail-
road, it would at least, put the Times in Il
position to cause its defence of that cor
poration to be but little credited While
admit there is no such uncomfortable per
son to get along with ms the one who growls
without cause, yet do think if the err
rors of the Times are not corrected, many
people will think them facts. AS under
stand it the shippers of Rutland County
never found fault that this road charged
! Sl.j0 for carrying five hundred pounds of
dry goods from Troy to Fairhaven, but
that our shipments are all heavy material,
like slate, marble, paints, etc. Now if the
| Times article is true the man that finds fault
with it does wrong, but, on the other hand,
if the whole truth is not stated then its err
rors should be printed out, especially to IL
community which draws nearly all their sus-
tcnance from this heavy freight. Let me
compare the tariff on the New York Cen
trail with Il. K $. From Schenectady to
Buffalo, freight in heavy goods is one cent
per ton per mile. From Fairhaven to
Schenectady it is Al cents per ton per
mile. VIII the Troy Times publish that
bare fact? There is not Il business man mp
on the line of the road but feels this.
Now upon the point of through freight is
it right to charge Ripley Sons twice as much
for drawing car from Rutland to Science
tady as it is worth Cor the privilege of draw
ing car from Schenectady to Rutland, dcs-
tination Boston, for one quarter what it is
worth? Is it right to charge me $3.50 for
Il car of coal from Whitehall nine miles,
and draw a car for Mr.. Smith from Schen-
ectady TO Rutland, cighty-tlve miles for
$1,000? | take it that the land upon which
this road is built was taken for the benefit
of the country through which it passes
Facts multiply as we investigate this thing
Turn the subject in any way You choose,
compare with any Road you choose, and the
fact will show itself, that the corporation
are eXtortonatc in their charges to Yer
mont shippers. Special pleading and petit
Jogging by the Troy Times will not help
them.
As you have given the statement of the
Times to your readers it is not unfair to give
; this correction also, to those who are atiec-
ted by these heavy charges. They now
charge Us l-2 cents per mile, passenger
tariff in Vermont, but they have promised
to reduce it to 3 cents per mills. That is
enough; think it will be satisfactory.
For the past six years | have written
many letters upon the subject and think
| know whereof | speak. If the parties
who now run the road were so foolish as to
agree to pay twentyone per cent. interest
, upon the capital stock of the road in order
to get an outlet for their coal mines, they
should not ask Rutland County to pay it
and then have their organ snub us because
we find fault at it, c. u. s.