The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-02

Must railroad stock be reduced by water
until there Is nothing left of 1t, and they
be asked to pay large dividend upon the
aduterated mass? The laws Of our State,
the charters of the roads provide remedy
if we will only get the people to make up
their minds to know what their rights are
and to demand them. The N Y Central
charge two cents per mile, and ID &
Canal Company three cents per mile pas
scnger tariff The N Y Central charge one
cent per ton per mile fol- through freight;
the d 6 II Canal Company charge forty
two cents per ton per mile. Now If they
only charge fifty cents more for passage
tariff, they should be willing to draw freight
for one hundred per cent advance of the
charges of the Central, which would be two
cents per ton per mile, and this opinc
would satisfy the slate interests of this
community.
Mr. Vail said that while in Boston some
days since. he was informed that car load
of Welsh slate was carried from that city
to Detroit for thrty-six dollars; the price
for taking a car load of slate from Fairhaven
to Detroi, was scventy-two dollars.
A N Adams of Fairhavcn, said he had
some delicacy in taking part in the meet.
ing, as he was in the marble, not slate bu-
siness. The matter of freights concerned
him. as his company paid the railroad from
ten to twelve thousand dollars a year. He
had not much confidence in effecting any
reduction of freight tariffs, except in build
ing another road-that to most points on
the Susquchanna road, marble rould be
shipped cheaper from Sutherland Falls
than from Fairhaven, Twenty-Five miles
/ nearer.
Henry Nicoll of the Eagle Slate Co.. in.
quircd as to the rates from Farhaven and
West Rutland by wa" of the Harlem FIX
tension.
This inquiry was responded to by Mr.
Adams, in which he briefly gave the history
of the between quarrel the Harlem extern
sion and the Rensselaer, & Saratoga roads
(now Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.'S
roads) The ID and II company would not
rccprocate with the Harlem extension.
The committee returned and through
their chairman, Mr. Hyde, reported the fol-
lowing:
| WHEREAS. The business of producing
| slate in the counties OF Rutland, VT, and
| Washington, n. Y, has during the pas,
ten years, involved large amount Of CAPT
tai; and
WHEREAS, In our Up Mon, there is with
I in the territory named an ineXhaustiblc
amount of slate deposit, and that the bust
ness of quarrying and man featuring tn,
same can be very largely increased, proyi.
ded the goods can be produced and offeret
to the trade at prices that will compete witt
the products from Pennsylvania, frem Wall
and other sections and
WHEREAS, 1t appears 10 IT. to be wei
established fac; that the interest of Stat,
manufacturers is, TO a certain cxtcut iden
teal with that Of the railroad company
operating the roads over which our prodnct
must find an outlet; and
WHEREAS, 1t is claimed that We belicv,
truly that the great difficulty to successful
business is the excessive rates demanded bi
the railroad company for ireighting SLATE
from this section--ratcs SO excessive as t
give other portions of tn. county an undue
advantage over us; therefore.
ReSolred-That a committee ofthrcc SLATE
manufacturers be created whose duty i
shall be to collect such statistics relating t.
this matter as they may sec desirable. anC
to make application to the managers of thu
Delaware &tIudson Canal Company for 4
modification of rates to such an extent a
will place us tavoraby in the market; tina
while we freely admit that the railroads arc
an absolute necessity in prosecuting thu
business and that they should be entitled
to fair remuneration, yet we are positive
in our opinion that unless a modification
shall be conceded by the railroads the bust
ness must decline, and that sooner or later
it will cease to be the important business
OF this section,
The meeting Their appointed Henry Nicoll
President of the Eagle company, William
Williams. President of the Penrhyn com
pany, Middle Granville and Hon Z "
HYDE Of the Forest mining and slate com
pany at lIydcvillc.
Mr. Hyde moved the appointment of {
committee to consist of one from each sta
ton; carried and the following were ap
pointed on that committee
Salem, John Edwards Pawlet, Jones ant
Evans; Granville, Hugh w Hughes; Mid
die Granville, William L Jones; Poultney
b G. Rice; Castleton, VIM A Clark Hyde
vile, Henry Nicol, Jr.; Fairhaven, Aaron
Vail.
MrRJ Humphrey offered the following
resolution
RcSOlCed, That a committee of three b
appointed to confer with the Central Yer
mont Railroad company for THE same pur
poses as have been prescribed for the com
mittec to confer with the Delaware & Hud
son Co.
Adopted, and the committee WAS made t
insist of s W Bailey, of Fairhaven; IIenr
Nicoll .Jr.. of Ilydcvilc, and Gardner Par
kcr of Poultney.
Mr. S f Hooker desired that the frs
named committee be instructed 10 communi
cate with II Williams, of Castlcton, Sec
rotary of the Marble Dealers Association
asking the cooperation of that association
The committee were so instructed.
DR. Newman of Poultney, MADE tellin
speech on the occasion, but our limits wi
not admit of an abstract even.
Benz Ward amused the audience for Il fc'
minutes, and withal gave some senslbl
hints to slate mcn to the end that the
should do the work Of roofing thorough
so as not to bring this business into disre
putc.
3 The meeting was really one of interest
and largely attended by the manufacturer
, and workmen in slate, but few howevel
came in from outside. Among those nj
before named we noticed as present Caro-
ner Parker, Griffith a. Nathaniel, Danit
, Culver, f. w. Whitlock, G.. Ii. Jone:
Williams Bros, Hugh II. Hughes, Jonc
and Evans, and many others engaged in tn
business, whose names have escaped VI
, They were a strong body of men and mea
> business.
: The meeting adjourned four weeks, I
hear the report Of the committees and tax
such further action as may then be though
! proper.