Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-05-02
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A PLEA FOR THE DBATTLEDoBo AND w1LMuNa-
TON RAILROAD.
About /, 500, 600 feet of lumber are year
lv used at the different mills in this place,
which is fast consuming the remnants Of the
once extensive forests in this section, and our
energetic mechanics will soon have to look
elsewhere for lumber and where can they
turn but to the almost exhaustless forests up.
ON tho mountain slope beyond Wilmington
snd how can that region be reached and the
lumber rendered available without railroad2
We now have a fair water power and are do
ing a good business, but an immense reser-
yoir lies in embryo which only needs the in
spration and aid Of a railroad TO bring 1t in
TO being and make II a powerful agency for
GOOD and furnish a constant supply of water
for extensive mechanical and manufacturing
operations. Aside from Bellows Falls and
Brattleboro there is no such available water
mower in Windham county it would far sur
pass all Others and might even compete with
bellows Falls. AT Resdsboro, about ten
miles beyond us, the Newtons Of Holyoke,
Mass, have planted machinery which is turn
ing out 20 tons of pulp day. A railroad is
being built from the tunnel to that point,
which will quite well accommodate the west
part Of this town. The great need now is the
Bratteboro and Bennington road to bring out
undeveloped resources here and all along the
line, to create and put spur to all kinds of
business, take hold of possibilities aud reach
the best results II this golden opportunity
goes by unimproved it will be q dark day for
this section, a death blow to enterprise along
the line, and q sad calamity to Windham
county. Accommodation for county and 9TH
or business is no uncomfortable item in an es-
innate of advantages, and the sum total of
benefits cannot well be overestimated. De-
laws are dangerous it is life or DEATH now or
never. If this road is a failure, as sure as
the sun rises and sets, Wilmington will have
road to the tunnel if not right speedily, at no
distant day and the business that should and
would, with a road, go east from all this sec
ton, would flow south as naturally as water
runs down stream. The advantages of the
road are conceded, but the question is, How
can it be built? This may be a problem of
difficult solution, and it may tax the wisdom
of the wisest to devise the best plan but If
need be no doubt private interests by many
would be sacrificed to public good.
Farmers are busily engaged.
The front of the Glen House has recent.
ly received a fresh coat of paint.
Our merchants N. L. Stetson and NJ.
w. Stickney, have gone to market.
The delegates from Nottingham to the
state and district conventions were A. A. But
terrified, A. A. Wilder and w. p Jones.
Mrs. b. NJ. Smith has gone to market for
a supply of millinery goods.
Public examination of school teachers at
the school room in this village on Saturday,
May Sd, at o'clock A. NJ.
The Universalist society has employed
Rev. ]. Clifford of Wilmington for the ensu-
ing year, to commence on Sunday next, May
18th. He will preach one sermon, services to
commence at II o'clock A. NJ.
No preacher was appointed here at the
late session of the Methodist Conference held
at Montpelier, and no arrangements have yet
been made for preaching at the Methodist
church.
Lewis Ingraham for some weeks past has
been suffering much from an injury to his
hand by q circular saw.
Harriet, widow of the late Isaac Chase,
is slowly recovering from serious injuries re-
ceived some time since by a fall down stairs