Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-11-03
VOL. XIX. NEW
From the Boston Globe
The Central Nermnnf

Very few OF our citizens or of the inhabi
tants Of New England generally have anv
idea how closely connected is the combina-
tion Of railroads known by the general name
Of Central Vermont, with the commercial
and agricultural interests of central and
western New England, and also with the bu-
siness interests of this city. 1t operates 500
miles Of road, in lines that reach from 90
densburg and st. Johns on the west and
north TO Bellows Fills, New London and
Chatham -Four Corners toward Boston and
New York. Thus, one can see at n glance
that II belts the entire part of middle and
western New England. 1t is its chief avenue
for imports and exports its main dependence
for the development of all its great industrial
interests, while with the Grand Trunk and
Great Western, and the short lines which
unite the Connecticut River and Boston. il
forms one Of the direct connecting and COM
peung lines from Chicago and the farther and
greater West and Northwest to the seaboard.
oi tins competing line our city is the natu-
lal and inevitable terminus. When the
Georgian Bay route, now in the process of
construction, Is completed, route uniting
Duluth, the terminus of the Northern Pacific
and the Grand Trunk, an enterprise the
management Of the Central Vermont is do
ing It's utmost to help forward, Boston will
be hundred and twenty-five miles nearer
the region Of the Northern Pacific. .stbe
great granary Of the country" as 1t is already
called, than New York city. and two hum
dred and twenty-five miles nearer than il is
IL present by the route around Lake Michi-
gan, through Chicago. As a citizen of Bos
ton, sohcltous for its material prosperity. ard
Jealous Of anything that promises to place it
under the domination Of persons or cities or
corporations whose interests are hostile or
antagonisuc to 1t, | would like to have our
city realize what the Central Vermont has
done
People wonder at the low price Of Central
Vermont stock il the market and that no
dividends are declared that lust now the
interest on the bonds is passed The stand
the road has taken against the monopoly bu-
siness. fighting such railroad kings as Van
dermlt and Tom Scott, is one and a very
good r,ason Another Is the bitter and con
uhnous litigation the managers, who for
twenty years have had the confidence Of the
people and the support of the courts of Yer
mont have been forced to entec upon would
they keep the road from falling INTO hands
uuirlendly to the interests of New England
and Boston another reason Is that the man
ayers have determined TO keep up a first
class roud through secOnd-class country.
and they have done what they intended to
do In all the 500 miles tie road runs
through but one city Of over 10000 inhabl-
taits, that Ii Burlington, Vt. 1t is d road
through farms, Aamlets and villages, yet in
rolling stock in all manner ofrailroad equip !
meut. in road-bed, il the safety and despatch
with which It carries passengers and freight /
1t challenges comparison with any road IN
the country. Another reason Is found in the |
universal depression il business If short |
road through densoly settled district feels |
1t, how much heavier must be the burden |
upon long length OF road through a sparse |
ly peopled country: While such a road as |
the Boston and Lowell and the Eastern areun- |
der the cloud, and the Fitchburg Boston and |
Albany and tie Old Colony declare less per |
cent. on all bonds under the pressure of the |
hard times, II is not to be wondered at that |
the Central Vermont lowering its tariff of |
through rates and refusing to increase that |
OF its local traffic and sull keeping itself in /
tp-top running order, should not find much |
money N its treasury Just now over and /
above what is required 10 meet running ex-
peuses. But the