The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-07-31
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Ha1B 81 Be Wh}th i3eh very much with
SIZE people ef ibcse towns. asd cue
aHieh ought at az tines. % command
aar masi thogghtfal consideration. Ia
fae past oug progress has beea greatly
mpeje3 by the want of adequate rail.
fas8 facilities and a conservative, old
"iogy8sh spirit gu tl4e part of many Of
aa citizens Our railroad hor tho most
part. has been unable 10 make suit
stlc connections Rth roads either
north o. south, aud maay 81 Cur people
have been coutepied nay determined
t. stick 20 the ola ruts made by the
carriage wheels o. cor fathers, an Of
which has teudaucy IL make cur
towns way stations instead Of stopping
placcs. In tho universal rush for bust
Hcss 90 pleasure
WHAT d the future We have well
grounded promise Of better railroad &C
comodaiious which must lend new
impetus to all kinds Of business, If our
people viii take advantage Of it. We
are ID On from market that it is not
probable that any kind Of heavy man
uiaetariug except lumber aud marble
can ever be carried on to advantage.
The former must be exhausted ia time,
bat the latter is practically inexhaust-
ibIe, and with cheap freights can be
carried on to an unlimited extent Al
ready the Freedleys and Prince among
foreign capitalists, aud the hents the
Fields, Tyrel, Hawley, Hollister, Vii.
son aud others among our own citizens
have done and are doing much to de-
yelope this business, and we may ex-
poet that il will become vastly more
extensive and lucrative in the future
than II has been IN the past,
Another source Of much profit aud
which good railroad facilities will tend
10 deyelope il the summer business.
Thousands upon thousands Of the deni-
gems Of our crowded cities will seek
the healthgiying breezes and shady re-
treats Of Vermont, provided they can
get here conveniently and we have
places 60 receive them The new rail-
road managers promise to do their
part aud shall we DO ours The far.
mers are interested in having this
business increased for il makes a ready
market for their butter, cheese, milk,
eggs, chickens, turkeys, beef, maple
syrup aud nearly everything raised,
Instead Of sending these articles TO
tie cities 70 market the people would
come from the cities % consume them
here No matter what brings it, but it
is a fact that Of every dollar brought
into a place the farmer is sure, sooner
ar later, to get the bigger half We do
not doubt that be earns it and deserves
it, but ia view Of the fact he ought TO
take more interest in the support and
increase Of every kind Of business He
ought 10 see that his premises are kept
neat aud tidy, that shade trees are
planted aud protected, that the roads
are kept In the best possible condition,
that there be as many attractions as
possible for people to reside here not
only permanently, but also those who
come for the summer. We need
more first class hotels and more at.
fractions. We have no mineral springs
and mammoth hotels like Saratoga, but
iu every other respect the advantage is
with as and IL we had the hotels with
uut she springs with equal facilities
for getting here, they would be filled.
We need a new, better yes a rail-
rol4 to the top Of Mi Equinox We
need 10 have nur streams Aud ponds
filled with trout, which would be the
easc ID "a little time ii the people would
observe thc laws iu relation to the
preservation ii fish III short there is
uo reason IN the world why the Green
Mountains should not be as popular a
place If resort a. the White Mountains
aud wc hope 20 live t. see the lay
phon such is the fact
a. some instances railroad companies
haze aided this business by building
butels aud thus increasing the travel
over ,ir.ir line. The Passumsic r0ad
tlle Gully road 10 the State that pays
dividends on It's common stock, built d
lafge hotel IL Newport, which was long
,be terminus d the road. They made
nothing out u the hotel directly but
,be receipts 81 tbe road were very
largely increased ty that means, The
Pennsylvania Central, one Of the best
managed roads In the country, has also
r2ppuica considerable money 10 build
los hotels with good results. This is
quite different policy from that which
keeps away people who would Ike To
romr aud who can BE- accommodated
A>vtHrR SEw YoRK. uosroN ANp
MONTREAL RAILROAD.
a. Tic last session u the legislature
charter Was grAntcd uuder the name