The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-31
Green Mountain Railroad.

Meetings were held last week by the
citizens of Warren and Waitsfield, to con-
slider the subject of railroad through Mad
River Valley. The line proposed is part
of the projected Green Mountain railroad
from Shelburne Falls, Mass, to North
Troy, VI.
The meeting in Warren, was held on the
afternoon and evening, of the Goth, at the
town hall. 1t was called to order by the
president of the Green Mountain railroad,
John Sprague, of Conway, Mass, and
Samuel Wells of Montpelier. was appoint
ed temporary secretary. The following
gentlemen addressed the meeting many Of
the speeches being very spirited: John
Sprague of Conway. Mass; Samuel Wells
of Montpelier; Mcssrs. Weber, Cushman,
Charles Morgan. DR. Huntington, Kew. G.
$. Guernsey. j. b. Rogers and +. f.
Washhurn, of Rochester; Ira Richardson
and Hiram Carleton of Waitsficld; Mr.
Whitney. of Granville; and II. Lyford,
:. Banister and II. G. Vanduscn of War
rem.
An informal vote was taken TO obtain
the sense Of the meeting upon The pro-
priety of dropping all special charters, and
organizing under the general railroad law,
one road, the Massachusetts line to North
Troy, under the name OF the Green Noun
tain narrow gauge railroad company The
vote was unanimous Ia favor of the propo-
stion.
In the evening, the town hall was filled
with citizens who manifested u great deal
of interest in the proposed undertaking.
An informal vote Of the inhabitants of
Warren, present, was taken on the pro-
priety of bonding the town In aid of the
road. The vote in favor of bonding was a
unanimous one. But one opinion was ex-
pressed, and that was that the road must
be built.
The Waitsiield meeting, was held We'd
nesday evening, July 2lst. 1t was ad-
dressed by Mcssrs. Sprague and Wells; and
by Messrs. Ira Richardson, j. II. Has
tngs Ramsey and Boyden, of Waitsfield.
This meeting was well attended and was q.
decided success An informal vote was
also taken here on the question of bond
ing the town, and all present were in favor
of it.
The distance from Shelburne Falls,
Mass, to North Troy, VT, is 246 miles.
This distance is made up as follows Shell
burnc Falls to Vermont state line, II miles;
state line to Montpelier, 10 miles; and
from Montpelier to North Troy, 65 miles.
The general line runs through Halifax.
Nottingham, Wilmington, Somerset and
S!ratton, probably, )Jamaica, Londonderry,
Weston. Mount Holly. Plymouth, the
south west corner of Bridgewater, Sher-
buine, Pittsfeld, Stockbridge, Rochester,
Hanc jck, Granville, Warren, Waitsfield
and Moretown, then north either by way
of Montpelier Middlesex, Worcester and
Elmore, or by way of Waterbury and
Stowe to North Troy.
The engineers report the route as a very
feasible one the grades easy, the curves
small. and grading light, with very few
bridges and these small ones. They esti-
mate that the southern end TO the road can
be built and equipped for $12, 500 mile;
and it is universally conceded that the
north end of the road Is the easiest portion
to build
The fall from Moretown to Middlcsex,
where trouble in grades was feared, Is only
| 80 feet to the mile and nearly uniform; and
no grade in Moretown will exceede GO feet
| to the mile.
Assurance is given that from Moretown
south there are not more than two towns
| that are not certain to bond, and these are
| in doubt. Fireman.