Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-05-26

canada railroads in order to bring them under the
nnrps th1 ret~. IF fh amplny have not been
agreed and Coy PAGE on the one hand. and Coy smith
LAND HEhALD
The best answer TO the above is to con-
slider what has the Central Vermont done
toward conSummating this conceded pur
pose for which thit corporation was
created? Alter II protractcd investigation.
in which the Vermont and Canada met
the unrclentng, interruptions tilibuster-
inc opposition of four of its directors,
IIovt, Barlow Sowlcs and Francis A.
Brooks, the >tockh pl.lcts of that road at Il
meeting called for that purpose the last
part of April. voted in spite of that oppo
Stion to sell their road to the Central
Vermont upon a cor ain agreed basis.
which provided. among other things, that
about Sl5o.0o0 should be paid to the
Vermont X Canada for back rent and in
cidenttl expenses, etc, when the papers
should be passed over. Immediately after
this mcctin-a petition was brought before
Judge Barrett for IN in Jun ton to prevent
the consummntion of this agreement on
the part of the Vermont II Ctna Ia. A
hearing WIS had. and The IN junction denied,
in Il most must cllv opinion. The hear
ing was had IN the l2th of May 4 few
days after this opinion wl- rendered there
upon the President of the Vermont and
Canada notified the Central Vermont he was
prepared to pass papers on the payment
| or deposit of the SlJr,uhO which WIS to be
/ done before the first day Of June next. \
! meeting of the directors of the Central
! Vermont WIS dulv called 1T Bellows Falls
On the Is Ii /" cpn>ll"r that question and
other questions. among them being a
notice IN reference to the >urrrn Ter Of the
Valley road upon the DIM m of the Val
ley company which lti u~t been received.
At the meeting, held unier this call it was
voted that the president of the Central
| NermDnt- with the concurrence of two OF
the finance committee. b. directed t. dis
pose of ANY of the t>,c's of the comp:tev
including stock or personal p operty. for
the purpose of raising the money to satisfy
this SljO.oOO falling due June lst. On
that d,v $500 shares, which the company
had bought in and held. WAS disposed of
for a valid consideration in money. which
! is being held 10y il financial agents for
The purpose above named. This stock is
the >o-clllel spurious or jim Fisk :
stock Of the W >S.llJ.r: il WAS base metal
to the Mt>>,n ytr. To Page x Co simply
! because they dIdu Get Il clItnce to vote
on it for the simple reason that they I'M
| fortunately dldn own it. Now our can
did friend of the Wrd'I Will see that he
was in error: the Central Vermont have
bought the Vermont x Canada and thus
executed 1T least one very important step
toward accomplishing that very purpose
formally imreach,d for the first time by
Gov. Page in his manuscript speech,
which having been written in the hour OF
| projected victory sounded rather badly in
the honr of>ub>cIuent dcftit.-!St. Adams
! 4 drtti>er
| The -idrcrtiS,r adds that Governor Page
with All the rest ip;nrd with apparent har-
mony in eXrrcuting u memorandum of
agreement which was to be the basis of Il
| constellation OF the securities of the
Vermont Central. Vermont X Canada and
the Rutland Railroad; that the first init
nation of trouDle was the appearance OF
Barlow, Brooks ana IIoyt with their trans
| fer of stock ut the Treasury office. Nav
| 10, the day of clcction.an that the move
ment was an attempt to nuke Il coalition
with the " Delaware and lIulson"
| Affairs on the Texas border are evident