Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-06-12


Last week Thursday our village was
enlivened by the arrival Of Sir Henry
Tyler, the President of the q. Il. Ry.
Co., on a tour of inspection. lie was
escorted by Gen'l Manager Hickson,
chief Engineer Hannaford, Gen1 Su-
perintendent Stephenson, Traffic Man.
ager Sergeant, Division Superintend-
ent Hay, and several others. They
came from Quebec directly here. They
are live men, and seemed to enjoy their
stay over night. They made the
Stewart House headquarters, while
they dispersed at once through the
village and on to the highest points to
get view of the country and then
through the various railroad depart
ments leaving not an idle hour be-
hind. In the early morning the heads
of the departments were stirring and
looking hurriedly over the situation.
They departed at 10 a. III. Friday hav-
ing left behind very pleasant i'm
preston. Sir Henry is an English gen.
tleman of the old school-all life and
animation. Wanting to go up on to
the hill by the house, he did not stay
to go through the house but came
down from the walk, ten or twelve feet
high, with the agility of boy. He
has been knocking about the world"
in every cline so long and constantly
that he seems as much at home here
as though he "was to the manor
born" He discussed the political
situation in England as readily as
though it was the business of his life,
and has some very well defined opin-
ions about Gladstone's policy-of his
attempt to utilize the Parnell element
and his difficulties in disposing of it
after he has used it-of his vacillating
policy in respect to the Boers-his
treatment of the lamented Gordon,
and the unstable elements growing in
the Government under Gladstone
policy. Sir Henry is an Intelligent,
genial gentleman whom one likes to
meet, and who is u living REPUTATION of
the prevalent idea of our people that
English baronets are arrogant or I'M
approachable. He relates an auecdote
to illustrate what he is saying almost
as pat and with a geniality and good
humor which reminds US of the pleas
ant stories of Lincoln. lie took a
lively interest in all the little enter
prises and pleasures of our village and
in this respect General Manager I1ick.
son and staff are not one whit behind
him, Mr.. dickson expressing his graft
fication and surprise at the general
neat and creditable appearance of the
village, which he had never before
had an opportunity to look into in
detail. They all seem to regard the
growth of the country along the line
of their immense enterprise as the
growth of the road itself, and when
they left everyone felt like saying
"come again" We understand Sil
Henry and the General Manager go tc
Portland and thence 10 New York tC
continue the efforts which have been
and are being made to harmonic the
conflicting railway interests in the
country which sooner or later will bt
regulated and controlled by some
general legislation SO that railway
corporations will be relieved from thu
sore embarrassments of making rule'
and regulations for u road running
through dozen different States anC
two or more countries foreign to eacl
other, so as to conform to the laws o
each differing perhaps essentially from
one another. And the sooner the
better.