St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-31
Burlington and Lamoille Railroad Com
pany.
REPORT OF THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE
BUELI>GToN. july Il, 1871.

REPORT OF THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE.
BUELINGToN. July Il, 1871.
Io Ills Honor CuI,jn H. EioIgcH Nnyor ::
SIR The committee appointed 10y N"ur
Honor III rc~poi>, Ia the following res
olution of the Board of Aldermen:
"RcSoIrcd. that the communication of
Hon. Horace Fairbanks. now laid be
fore this Board. hc referred To special
committee of citizens To he >i"natcd
10y the Mayor. and invited to act in the
premises, and that said committee he
requested to correspond with Mr.. Fair
banks on the subject and fully aSccr-
tain and report all facts hearing on the
question. whether the proposed railroad
connection is desirable and practicable.
upon what terms and 10y what route
can it he best attained. and what steps
if any ought to he taken in relation to
it respectfully submit the following
report
The work of the committee has been
largely performed 10y various Sub-com-
mittrc>. which have been appointed for
the sake of cNpcdtng the business in
hand. 1t is not deemed necessary to
give any detailed account of the doinyS
of these subcommittee. or of the AIaiu
committee. but to limit this report to IL
general statement of the work done
and of the results arrived ut.
On the 25th of May we addressed Il
letter to Hon. Horace Fairbanks, which
read rs follows:
lion. Horace Fnirbnnks. Chairman Of
Tie ErccHHrc Committee Of the Yer
+ mont Djrision Of tie POrfitnd and on
drnsbnry HdiIrodd,
DEAR SIR We are instructed to com
municatc with you in behalf of IL com
mittce of 100 citizens of Burlington.
appointed 10y the Mayor in response to
Your letter t" him. of April 10th, 1874.
in reference To Il proposed railroad con
ncction from Bu lingt"n to the Port
land and O"'lcnshurg Railroad. in the
LamoilIc Valley. At meeting of the
main committee, the following rcSnlu-
ton was adopted:
"ResoIrrd. That Il subcommittee he
appointed, consisting of +hc chairman
of the present committee and fifteen
other members, whose duty il shall he
to correspond with the managers of the
Portland and Ogdcnshurg Railroad and
learn their plans and purposes with re-
gard to the proposed road from Cam
bridge To burlington. to examine the
maps and estimates of the cost of CON
StrIctin% the road also to ascertain as
far rs practicable the Views of the PEG
pie along the route, relative to il, and.
in short, To collect all the facts hearing
upon this subject. and report to this
committee ut Il future meeting to be-
called by the chairman"
In accordance with the above instrlIc-
tionS we shall he glad to learn from Won
the amount of aid which the Portland
and Ogd"nShurg Railroad Company is
prepared (" Tender towards the con
Structlon of the proposed railroad con
nectIon: also ANY conclusion which YOU
have reached i'll regard to the route, or
estimates of the cost of the same: your
plans and purposes in reference to the
proposed road, and any information
connected with the subject which Won
may he disposed to communicate,
Respectfully, your obedIent servant,
ID. G.. LINSLEY. Chairman.
G.. G. BENEDICT, Secretary.
To this letter we received on the list
of. June the following reply:
u. e. LinsIcy Esq. Chairman IF Rail-
rOdd Committee:
DEAR SIR Your favor of the 18th
inst. came duly to hand asking lis to
submit to you ii plan for the construc-
ton and operation of a railroad con-
Meeting the Portland and Ogdensburg
railroad with the city of Burlington