Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-04-10
Letter from the President of the
Rutland and Woodstock r. r. Co.

he lOllOWlnG lclter from the PrGSl
dent of the Rutland and Woodstocl
X. X. company, was read at our tow
meeting on Wednesday Of last week
1t will be seen that the great impor
lance and value Of a through line, is
still kept in mind; and our action in
endeayoring to complete aportion Of
it-and which if done, would have
such an important bearing on the
whole enterprise, is looked upon with
the livcliest interest.
Rm1oud, Monday MarcA 81, 1878.
LEWIS PRATT ESQ,
Dear Sir.-Knowing you to be one
Of the ardent friends of, not only the
IA miles of Railroad east Of you to the
Connecticut River, upon which so
much money has already been expen-
ded; but also to the extension of that
road westerly across the Mountain to
the Otter Creek, | take the liberty to
address to you, some qyor0s of cheer,
at crisis big with importance to you
Of the Quechee Valley, as well as avc
on this side Of the Mountain, ard
which may affect lis all for veal or for
woe, in all time to come.
Think not, good people Of Wood
stock, that you are forgotten, or that
Rutland stands with folded arms in ut
ter Indifference to what you may do
on Wednesday next. Every move
ment of yours relative to the prospect
and completion Of your road, is sharp
ly and anxiously watched by our peo-
pie who hope and pray, that notwith
standing John A, Poor has gone to his
long home and Gov. Washburn has
been gathered to his fathers, you still
have left, even in your own town, men
whose perseverance, under many diff
culties is a guarantee that they shall
know no such arord as ,taH.
YORKTOWN on Wednesday will decide
whether you and we in a few years
hence will throw up our hats in cheers,
at the opening of Railroad communi-
cation between Woodstock and Rut-
land; Or whether our children and
great grand children, who may ramble
over the grown curves,-the cuts
and fills, and talk Of Shallies hill, shall
laugh at the folly Of their ancestors,
who half built ship, and let it rot
Many of the trials and distractions
thrown in your path, are known to us
living on this side of the mountains,
yet, we could do nothing here until
we knew you had not abandoned the
IA miles Of road SO nearly graded, and
on which so much money had been
expended. To-day we hope that you
will no longer be deceived by the
siren song of pretended friends, whose
interests are not yours.
Situated as you are to-day, | cannot,
for my life, see, how any Woodstock
man can make opposition TO your town
guaranteeing merely the interest on
the bonds, as the question narrows
down to doing that, or loosing all you
have expended.
Some of your people may imagine
that the proposed road from Mont
pelier to this place, would be rival
to the Rutland and Woodstock Rail
road, but people here do not look at
it in that light :-Recommence the
construction of the IA miles from
White River Junction to Woodstock,
and let your people know that the
first IA miles from here, on the Mont.
pelier route, is also, IA miles on the
way to your place, and you will per-
ceive at once, that both roads have
common interest, and yet, will be
neither competing or rival roads,
The road from here to Montpelier will
continue to Newport and to Quebec,
while that to your place is to make
connection with the deep harbor of
Portland, the nearest and most natural
American port for the commerce of
the old world
Let us therefore complete our sur
veys, and help ourselves, and outside
aid is sure and certain.
AS through route to Portland and
a local road, saving fifty miles in dis