Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-09-04
reported for the Herald
The Tinmouth and NalIingfora
Road Case.

This case which has excited the inter
est of the people of Wallingford and
TinmOuth to an unusual degree, and has
attracted attention throughout the entire
county, at least, is now virtually closed,
as there remains but the decision of the
Courts Committee to complete the last
step in the long and vending course
through which it has dragged itself. AS
before stated, the case has been one of
unbOunded interest, and the hearings,
especially the last one, were attended by
numerous partisans of either side of the
case, and deep-seated and intense feel
ing was manifested on all sides.
In brief, the case is as follows: The
road leading over the hills from Tin
mouth, and entering Wallingford on the
west side, descends over steep declivities,
and is one difficult of repair, extremely
hard to travel, especially by burdened
teams, and, without question, unsafe. 1t
has been desirable for many years to
have new road, which would alleviate
the difficulties combined in the old one
Plans for this new road took shape at
different times, but were never carried
out. The Board of Selectmen of Wal
lingford decided last year to build road
to the north of the present one, enter
ing Wallingford at or near the Batchel-
Ter & Sons Fork Mandatory, but were
prevented by some means from doing so
that year. After this interruption, an
opposition was developed toward this
so-called north route, and project for
what is known as the south route OBJ
tanned notice. This route was to run
south of the other, and between that and
the one now in operation, and to come
into Wallingford village at the south,
somewhere near the old fork factory.
With the proposal of this second route
came the tug of war. True, there were
many who believed the old road service
able, but their numbers fast dwindled as
one side or the other enlisted their pre-
ferences. Two boards of commissioners
were appointed, with one chairman
serving for both, N. p. Simons, of
Rutland. Chauncey S. Ramsey, Hub
bardton, and Allen Whedon, OF Pawlet,
being Mr.. Simons' associates in the case
of the north road, and Horace Dyer and
Martin G. Eyerts, of Rutland, for the
south road.
One long hearing was held some time
ago, but the case was not then decided,
as the commissioners determined to re-
open it, in order to permit the introduce
ton of further testimony. The second
hearing commenced Monday morning
and continued through Tuesday, and far
into the evening of the last day. A
large number of witnesses were ex-
amined.
The Tinmouth people are much inter
ested in the plans for new road, as they
have to travel over it to get to Walling-
ford, in order to transact their business
at the stores there and at the depot.
They will also have to bear part of the
expense of construction, and therefore
were entitled to hearing.
A number of them being called and
sworn, testified substantially, that they
preferred the north Route, because it
had the best grade that the material
for making a road on the north route
wasfprincipally slate and mari, which
would make good road, while on the
south route there was much sand, of such
a character that it would be impossible
to make road of it, as it would not
pack; that there were steep and dan
gerous side-hill declivities on the south
route that would necessitate stout rail-
ing for some seventy-five or eighty rods;
that the expense of building, maintaining
and repairing the south route would be
greater than on the north route; that /
there would be no difficulty in building
a good road over the north route, while
the other was Objectionable in many
points; that the north road would bring
hem into more direct communication
With the Wallingford depot, where Tin
mouth people desired to ship their cheese
md other produce; that Tinmouth peo-
de do nearly all their business in Wal
ingford, and desire the best acommoda-
ions for getting there, which would be
furnished by the north road, and not by