The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-26
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scribcd sixteen hundred dollars to he na;1
to the selectmen of Wallingford and laid
out on the Wallingford portion of the road
1t is estimaed that this sum would ncorIv
have built the road. For some reason We,
unexplained the sclcctmcn of Wallingtord
failed to fulfill the agreement and did mo,
lay the road. Being thus defeated those
anxious for the new road pctitoned to the
county court TO have it laid and commits
sioncrs were appointed The opponents of
the road now commenced to work in earn-
est They getup petition closely marked
Tor new road to Tinmouth, and across an
almost impossible swamp in Tinlnouth and
on to MiddletOwn. This route no ono in
Tinmouth wanted and but few in Middle.
town could be induced to sign it but in Wal.
lingford it received most of its Subscribers
Inc man who circulated the petition told
inc opposcr of the new road that this mott.
ton would defeat any new road. while IN
the friends of the new road or north ro,,,o
as 1t has since been called. lie rcprsene.
ted that this position covered all the ground
OF the other petition as far a, the other
petition went.
By these misrepresentation he induced
about forty who were earnestly in favor of
new road to Tinmouth to sign the neti-
ton and also roalily obtained the signature
OF those opposed to any new road. Several
OF this latter class now openly declare that
1t there Is to be a new road built thew Womb
prefer the north route. This last petition
was sent to the court that had already ap.
pointed the road commissioners. The court
now appointed a new commission and made
the chairman of tn other commission also
cha 'man Of this now commission making
two commissions with one chairman. If
this second petition had not been presented
1t would not have taken the commissioners
more than two days to have laid the road
and thus have saved hundreds of dollars
OF expense. We can now see the two par
ties as they stand arraycd against each
other.
On the one hand the friends of the new
road comprising the whole united people of
'''"N'i anu many VI tHe active business
men Of Wallingford and the very people
that are to travel the road. Hereafter to
be called the ''north route party" On the
other side the opponents OF all new roads
and those who hope to defeat this route and
save expense, and not the travelling public.
Hereafter called the south route" party.
which meant mainly 40 route party, Though
in justice to the subscribers of that petition
we must say that there was a small number
that really did prefer the south route and
expected it to be built if laid) For nearly
a year this useless and unnatural warfare
has been carried on. On the one hand an
earnest party that mean business, on the
other hand Il conslonerate party that mean
but far be it from Us to say anything to en-
gender bitter feelings between the people
of Tinmouth and Walingford as we do not
believe that the mass of the good people of
Wallingford sympathize with this South
route party, and while we leave the reader
to judge as to which party "A. W. l." be-
longs we also leave the tax payers TO say
who is responsible for this great expense
and delay. "JrsrtcE."