The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-02

:. welcome new enterprise into their midst
9 Such a change has occurred in that re
v spect that the inhabitants of the differ
I ent towns through which the DeerfielC
: winds its devious way seeking to form &
! partnership with the waters of the Con
, necticut, have not only manifested dis
= p sition to vote the exemption from tax
, alton to new concerns to the extent
: which the statutes will allow, but a will
lngncss TO aid in contributing to the cap
ltal stock of each new corporation that
has been organized.
Mr.. Bishop then goes on to detail the
Newton and a dozen other manufactur-
ing interests in the Deerfield Valley, not
only AT Readsboro, but at Sadawga. Will
mington in Vermont and other towns
contiguous, and then goes on to say, af-
ter speaking of the Narrow guagc rail-
road and It's proposed extension:
ID. H., j. c. and Moses Newton secured
the privilege located upon the Deerfield
River, and after organizing the corpora
ton known as the Deerfield River Co.,
erected the pulp mill which added great
ly to the business and wealth of the town
of ReadsborO.
And now what has been the result of
the establishment of that enterprise in
that little town.
A million of dollars have not been
dropped in the valley of the Deeriield for
nothing. A wise and far-seeiug enter
prise has been at the bottom of it all and
the growth of the business interests has
not been of that mushroom character
that has attended that of many of our
Western and Southern towns.
1t has not been of that wildcat species
that causes men of brains to lose their
heads, embark in building castles in the
air without any real or tangible founda-
ton.
The projectors belong to that class
who first sit down and count the cost be-
fore embalking in any enterprise what
ever, and the results that have come from
their efforts establishes the fact that
their far-seeing Sagacity constitute the
elements that secure success.
The business already established will
have its influence in creating more in the
future, as sure as effects follow causes.
The demands of the times are such
that the II. r. and w. railroad must i'll
the near future be extended from Reads
boro to Wilmington.
When that is done new enterprises will
spring up along the way and when it is
completed to Wilmington the business
already existing there will be prosecuted
with ter times the activity that it is now.
As n result new enterprises will spring
up, old ones enlarged, and the late his
tory of Readsboro will be repeated in
Wilmington.
As the construction of the road from
HOosac Tunnel to ReadsDOrO changed
the channels of traffic from BrattlebOrO,
al. HN..... 1
Wilmington will effect the business
above, and the business in that village
will be effected in the proportion to that
which can be drawn into that place from
the surrounding towns.
No town can prosper if surrounded by
walls of eXClusivcneSs, their prosperity
can be measured alone by the extent to
which she responds to the magic touch
of the outside world.
The volume of trade and traffic pro-
duced within her own borders should not
be considered as the measure of her
growth and progress. The only criterion
to be depended upon in that respect is
derived from the ebb and flow of the
tides of business of The outside world as
it effects the local business within her
borders.
Wilmington, nor any other town lying
in the Deerlield Valley is not dependent
upon the business that can be created
from their own natural resources.
The vast wilderness of timber that
stands upon the territory above, where
the Deeriield takes its rise is destined to
pay tribute to the towns lying upon her
route TO the HOOsac Tunnel.
1t is as inevitable as it is that the sun
must rise to open the new born day that
those towns constituting the valley of the
Deeriicld are vet to experience degree
of business prosperity that few years
ago the most visionary schemer had no
authority to dream of.
Such an amount of business has been
established that the growth of the valley
is assured to the extent of developing the
whole natural resources which we pos
sess.
History is constantly repeating itself
and VIII Vt has been the result in other
localities we may reasonably expect will
follow here.
In other localities where business has
been quickened, and ealthy growth
has been secured, no halt has been made
until the natural resources have been eX-
| haused.
The business sagacity that entered into
the development of those Industries
which we now enjoy, and the efforts
| which we have witnessed in the past we
have every reason to believe will not
tire, or be allowed to falter until our re-
sources are utilized and exhausted.
If | had been able to secure the figures
| would gladly give the reader the ap-
proXimate amour of money invested in
! each new enterprise that has been started
in our midst for the last eight years, and
the approximate value of the annual out
put of each industry.
But as have not been able to procure
those figures have been obliged to make
my estimates from the knowledge which
| possess in regard to the expenditures
incurred in building up other localities.
| believe that if the correct figures
could be obtained they would go beyond
instead of falling short of my estimates.
The output from those industries since
their establishmet, | believe If they could
be combined would far exceed the in
vestments which have been made to pro-
duce them up to date
As long as such results can be obtained,
if the experiences of the past are q safe
criterion to Judge of the future we may
expect that the inexorable command will
be to 90 forward.
Therefore if life is to be spared us we
expect to witness within the next ten
years degree of business activity and
prosperity here in the Deeriield Valley
unknown during any decade since the
first stroke of the wOOdman's axe broke
the silence that prevailed the wilderness,
and echoed the determination of the
hardy pioneer to subdue and possess the
land.
As an dddendum to the foregoing | will
state for the benefit of those seeking
homes, that in ReadsbOrO in Bennington
County and Whitingham, Halifax, Will
mingtOn and Marlboro, Windham County,
Vermont, farms of all sizes and of differ
ent value are for sale.
Farms with good buildings or no
| buildings at all, or buildings in various
conditions of repair, so that any party
can find almost anything he desires. All
that is needed is brains and push to
build up prosperous homes within a
short time without the sacrifices aud de-
| privatiOns that attend the building of
homes in the West or South which has
always characterized the struggles of
pioneer life. This a country too where
society is already organized with all of
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