Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-01-14

W ragr. 10 supplement la-t VEGA
the argument Of one Of the counsel fOr the
Rutland rad. 10 TIE recent hearing before
Chancellor Z ,yce, as contribution to the
history 81 ,'.s notable railroad controversy
nov Iu active progress between the Rutland
spI Csn.ral .5ad- OF course our opinion
would be of no particular value on the legal
questions involved. and we certainly shall
not undertake TO argue the case on either
s.de. or TO anticipate the decision ol the
Chancellor. He is able and honest, and can
be trusted to render jlst decision.
The Rutland Company wants to get back
it. r,al and there i no reason, that we
can Sc. why any citizen Of Burlington, as
sueh -A5all n1t wish them success in put
ting AL .ul t. the lease, which has made
our city mere way station On the Central
road \ return To the old order Of things,
under which Darlington Was competing
p1int f,r Boston nul New England treighis,
would Of course be for our benefit here
aud lu.,re than ever -, perhaps. now IN
,iew 90 the approaching opening Of the
Burlington and Lamoille Railroad. Bat
IRON broader point Of view, it seems to Us
that the abr1.ation Of the Rutland lease,
tit can b, legally and cquitably terminated,
i. desirable ll- all concerned. The lease
however laul.Lle may have been the mo-
t,e~ wiki whi.h it was entered into, On
b,ih -ila-, la, unqueSti5nably been a dam
age to each road. The Central certainly
wo4ld have been better off, by several humid
REDS VI thousands OF dollars, il it had never
taken the lease Of the Rutland. 1t cannot
afford t. pay the rent stipulated in the lease,
or any rent with which the Rutland company
will he content and We DO not believe that
ANYTHING can be made, in the long run. out
Of compulsory holding Of the Rutland
road. against the viii Of it. owners, if that
should be possible.
We lad a. our readers know, high hopes
from the arrangement under which GOV.
Smith and Gov Page became associated in
the active management Of the Central Yer
mont corporation We hoped that the two
governors, pulling together, would ex;ricate
the roads from their difficulties. harmonic
the yariou- conflicting interests. take the
roads out Of cnurt, and relieve the roads,
and the State. from the stigma which rests
upon them, resulting from this iuterminable
railroad litigation. That hope. shared by
many citizens Of Vermont, has been dis
appointed. The governors, and the com
panie~ and interests at their backs. are pull
ing against each other. Only continued
>trile-in the courts, in the Legislature, in
the papers, in all ways and places possible
can result from continuance Of the exist
ing relations
- we can see no cause for mourning, on
the part Of any friend Of the roads, or on the
part of the public, in case the roads should
happen to SEPARATE, by order Of court, or by
mutual consent. If, then, when once back
on their old independent footing, the two
roai> should IN hands to secure the eon-
struetion of the CAughnawaga canal, the
food Of business - secured to each would
speedily revive their wasted fortunes, and
in tie care of their ample and profitable
business, the roads would find little time for
rivalry AMI strife This i a consummation /
which We may never see-that i, We may
never see the canal built with the aid II /
the mutual efforts Of the Vermont railroads /
that IT will be built before long, in some
wayne have not particle Of douht-but it .
i certainly "a c1nsummation deyoutly to
be wished Sc