Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-27
NUMBER 90.

1t out OF repair-in fact this was not dispute,
l. oy those OF said committee opposed to re
J. moval.
IS Third. That the County would be bette,
J. accommodated at some point on the line n
70 the railroad than where said Shire now is
It that there Is strong feeling in said Coun
C ty IN favor of removal. They therefore re
0 commend the passage Of the bill.
{ Inis report is signed by w. W. Grout Of
Barton. A. q. Atherton of Glover. 0. S
1 Spencer OF Westmore. S. VI. Davis Of Hol-
g land, W. A. Bartlett of Morgan, Elisha
Foster OF Bloomington, Horace Ruiter OF
Q Saiem, j. Trout OF Newport. NJ VI. Kelsey
: OF Derby. r. p Stevens of Charlestown ana
: Ii. ). Calderwood of Greensboro.
r The minority report of the committee was
: also read, as follows
The minority of the committee consisting
, OF the members of Orleans County. to whom
was referred III. l39, beg leave to report
) that, IN their opinion, said bill ought not
20 pass, Tor lrasburgh, the present Shire
town, Is verj nearly the geographical CEN
IRE OF the County. and majority of the
population can more easily convene at the
} present Shlre than at any point on the line
OF the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers
Railroad
This report is signed by Joseph Scott,
John +. Ienney, Warren Mitchell. W. ID.
Tyler, NJ Z. Hitchcock, james Brown and
Ii. D. Chamberlain.
Mr.. Grout OF Barton, opposed the amend
ment proposed by Mr. Tyler, as being un-
necessary and onerOus upon the people of
the County. and favored tne bill as recon-
mended by the majority.
Mr. Tyler of lrasburgh, said that the
] county bnIlITnn- .ran1 ~
Tor the needs Oh the County: that the Iras-
Durgh hotel Is as good as any in the County
except the one owned by the railroad al
Newport; that the Shire i now as central
"a IT can be made
hr. Anterior OF clover. stated that a
large majority Of the people of his town are
IN layOr el the bill before the House.
Mr. Gcout Of Newport. fagosei the pIs-
sage OF the bill. characteriziug the county
buildings as unsuitable for the county and
especially the jail which was actually un-
sale Tor the security Of the prisoners lie
SAID the county needed new buildings and
since the ceuters oi business had changed.
there Is a demand that there should be a
corresponding change Of the ohire town OF
the county.
Mr.. Davis Of s.. Albaus. was opposed to
submitting the question to the people. but
I ti7-7NNh t-iSt We SAbutA @cAN4t k.lt question
/ here
/ Mr.. Brown of Lowell, said tlis question
was haogering the people OF Orleans
/ county. Ihe gentleman from Barton ex-
/ pectcd the buildings would 90 t. Baron.
The gentleman from Newport expected the |
buildings would 20 10 Newport Be.ween
the two the peppls were beng deceived ant |
oadgercd- lie protested against any such |
action.
The question being taken on the amend |
ment proposed by Mr.. Tyler Of Irasburgh, to |
submit the act toa vote Of the people II was |
agreed t)-Ayes So, nays 6l
Mr.. GrOut of Barton. moved that the bill /
be ordered To lie and be made the special /
order for lOt o clock tomorrow morning,
which was agreed to-aye- S., nays 7S.
The ma JrI5y Of the COMMITTEES ol rail- /
roads reported against the pa sage of H. /
l3s, making provision for regulating the
rates for the transportation of freight. pa
sengers or ears on certain railroads therein
named. \ minority report was aiso sub
mItted ana read by the clerk. submitting a
substitute bill which they recommend should |
be passed
The question being on the third reading
of the bill. Mr. Hyde Of Castleton. related
the history of the railroads interested in
this bill, and stated the fact that they have
passed out Of the hands of Nermonters and
are now operated by a foreign corporation,
and were run in the interests OF the people
OF another State, 20 the Getrlment and up-
preston Of material interests OF thi- State
along the line OF the road; and thlss inter-
ests-the slate and marble interest>-now
ask the interference Of the Legislature t.
- regulate the tariff Of rates oi jrauspar,a-
ton a. that these interests viii not De cou4-
PEELED to wind up their business.
Without concluding his remarks he gave
way f1r tie consideration OF House 1856,
making provision Tor the support Of the
government. which was read the third time,
and pending the consideration OF the bill,
on motion Ut Mr. Noble OF Tlnmou:h. ad-
journed.
ii. 397, in addition to an ac. to incorpOr-
ate the village of Fairhayen; reported ia
yJrahy. read third time and passed
II l3S. making provision tor regulating
the rates Tor the transportation OF freight.
passengers or cars on certain railroads
therein named. was again taken up
Mr.. Hyde of Ca>tleton, moved tha. the
bill recommended by the minority of the
committee be substituted after the enact
ing clause oi the bill under consideration;
and proceeded to discuss the bill At consid-
erabl. length. and giving detailed state
ment of the charges made by the Delaware
and Hudson railroad corporation for the
tran>p lriati0n of slate and marble 70 vari-
Gus points ot the country, and from their
Published reports, showing that they could
afford TO make large reduction In these
charges, and still give the managers of that
rpad handsome dividends on their stock.
The efforts that had been made to obtain
concessions from the corporation in these
matters of freight had been unavailiuE. and
there was no other method of relIei bus by an
act oi the Legislature. lhey make no com
plant a % the passenger tariffs; but they
do make complaint as u the freight tariffs.
aad he believed justly. II the slate and
marble can find outlet u Rltland. they will
there meet roads willing . make satlsiac-
tory arrangements for transportation 10 the
" est
Mr. Perrin OF Berlin, defended the report
oi tae majority OF the committee, and said
il appeared before the committee t1at these
slate and marble interests are not in the p1-
sitlun oi tha weak, bein. oppressed bY the
powerful; t0r they were a larger interest
even than the railroads complained d Of. lie
said the statutes limited the per cent of
dividends which Tailroa:> were permitted tn
make ON their stock, sud # the taIiil- tney
nov charge pcrni. the Stockholders t. do
clare 4 dividend larger than allowed shey
had their redress in the present statutes
Mr. Guild OF Rupert said that he did no,
see, from the testimony before the com
iaittec, that the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company had sInned more than other
roads in the State.
Mr. Hyde replied to Mr. PcrIin's pointas
to dividends, that this Is a foreign corpora
ton and We can get no statement Of the
amount of dIvidSnds carmel or declared by
them within this State
Mr. Grout of Barton. said that he had
carefully considered this matter, and had
assisted in drawing up the minority report,
embracing bill which he believed would
accomplish the object sought in the original
bill, which did not meet the case to the sat
isfaetion OF the aggrieved parties 50 well as
the bill now presented. The minority report
fully explains the reasons for the bill. and
he had nothing to add thereto. but only t.
call attention To the points of that report
Mr. Kent of Dorset, said that comparing
the statements made here 10 regard to
ireishts in Rutland county with the irelghts
that are paid on marble in Bennington
county, be thought there must be some
mistake about the bill, and that 1t should
have been made to grant reliefto the marble
interests in Bennington county. lie SAID
he paid much higher for freIghts at Dorset
than i complained OF by the slate interests
of Rutland.
Mr. Smalley OF Burlington, read from the
evidence to show that the complaints made
we're without foundation in fact. lie bsliev-
ed from the first that the bill ought TO be
dismissed
Mr.. Holden of Barre, demanded the
previous question, which was seconded:
and the question was then put. Shall the
bill be dismissed? Mr. HYDE of Castleton
demanded the yeas and nays which were
taken-yeas 90. nays 80, so the notion to
dismiss was agreed to.
5 81 directing the treasurer OF the State
of Vermont to restore to tine treasury oi the
United States, the sum of 81 1855 so, re-
ported from committee with proposal OF
amendment directing that the money be re-
turned to Hon Justin S. Morrill,. instead o:
to the U. ). treasury. which amendment
was discussed by Mr. Davenport Of Will