Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-05-21

!, project were called to order BY n.
Dwers, one Of the Commissioner, al !
pws-hsli in MorrisviIle On the alter
of Thursday last. The assemblsge |
bed Of representatives from Mou.
Waterbury. Stowe. Morristown
ester, ElmOre, WOleoti. Hyde Park,
bos. Eden. Lowell. Westfeld aud
and we're imbucd with a good de-
of enthusiasm.
ben &c arrived at the hall the Hon.
j. Ferriu Of Montpelier was discuss-
} merits, aeOocaiing for this route. .
" guage. He mentioned the fact Of
.1hange that is to be ia the Central, to
q the richest corporations in New
md. which would probably aid the
|Qjtct. OF the several routes to the
nh from the centre of the State, he
- that there be no policy of ruinOus
|eliIity adopted, for il he could not Sc
- The building of his favorite-the enc
hopip, lier-be would try to get one
Marsh6eld or Waterbury, for a
bern road was greatly needed. In
perhaps, all three of the routes
! be built; but at present there could
y one, and he would put nothing in
4 uay Of either, but would aid the one
"a likely to succeed. Foreign aid would
be obtained for the route that got
; lost aid at homo.
b. Powers read letter from j. II.
lam, managing director OF the Missis-
~ and Black River road in Canada,
81 is to be continuation Of this line,
ing the progress Of that company. 1t
been voted $4,000 a mile by the Do
IN Parli amcnt and the towns on the
werc all bonding. Enough had been
ID to warrant its completion.
G.. Hill of Emore next spoke, advo-
q the route via. his town. He said
Is ncarly half Of the town was now tim
"a land, and great many car loads
valuable timber dccayed every year,
hich road would save, He referred
The valuable deposit of iron ore Ia the
tain, which if developed, would fur
paying business for railroad and
BY enhance the wealth Of the County.
be soil 10 Elmore, he thought there
pothiDg equal to it, especially for
|pg sheep. Their sheep were SO largo
"a ht that ten made a car load, and
feeces filed a wool.saok Mr.. Hill
hy of illustration. at this point. un-
"a a lock of wool, taken from one of
&heep, that measured eighteen inches
18th aud waved it before the audi.
producing dramatic effect, and
brought the house down at once.
FERN jumped to his feet and
ously remarked that he would take
all that he had said in favor of a |
guagc for broad guage would be
led to do thebusiness of Elmere.
ah Robinson of Waterbury Centre
ext called up. This gentleman was
For Of railroad, aud particularly,
wing junction in his town, but
bt very sanguine regarding the rails
Il funds to build it. The feasibili-
Ihe route and resources for bust
fore alluded to and pronounced first
nucl Wells of Montpelier said he
. here to hear from the friends in the
tIlG1fn towns who had called the meet
The Importance of railroad to
IS owns was dwelt upon to some ex-
If they had railroad, he would
them to- establish .manufacto ries
Ee instead of sending off the lumber,
that way would they reap the most
Tal d, Metcalf of Lowell, spoke of
sibility Of the route and the impor-
ofa road. He had prepared some
pom which to base his conclusions !: |
wa Of Westfeld annually ships one
y aud fifty carloads Of lnmber
wo hundred +; Jay, one hundred and
five Eden. one hundred and
$4,000 worth +; which, with the in
anil the incoming freight, would
nd excellent paying business for a
Lands that now cost them $40 an
clear and fit for tillage, which with
plenty of men could be found who
pay s25 for the privilege Of clear
lendid birch trees that are now con-
a nuisance, would then be Of great
The people in this va!loy were
FAKE and full of enthusiasm. As
the route south Of the z. &. o.,
90 not at all particular, and were
70 join hands with the enc having
propects of being built.
White, Esq. of Eden, was asked
e amount raised toward the prelim-
Irvey, and he stated that his town
lcribed 800, Westfeld, 5000, |