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Electric Railways in Vermont.

Owing to the absence of large cities
from its borders, says the Burlington
Free Press, Vermont was somewhat tar.
dy in the adoption of electric propulsion
for street railways, but it promises TO
rapidly make up for its loss of time in
this direction. The success which has
attended the operation of electric lines in
Burlington and Rutland has led capital
lists to seek opportunities for investment
in electric railroads in other towns in the
State, and it is safe to say that the lapse
of comparatively few years will mark
the construction of dozen lines in var.
Gus parts of Vermont. The unsurpassed
water power fac lities of which the State
boasts make it possible to operate electric
roads at small expense as compared with
some of the big electric systems of the
country; for when the plant is once Sc
cured and put in operation, wages, wear
and tear of cars and supplies constitute
the chief bills of expense
Our readers in general can obtain some
idea of the number of electric railway
projects already contemplated in Yer
mont from the list of such enterprises af-
fected by the decision of the State rail
road commissioners in the Brattleboro
Electric road case as given by the Brat
tleboro Reformer. Among them are the
Bennington Electric Railway company,
the Bennington and WoOdford Electric
Railway company, and Springfield Elec-
trio Railway company and the Marble
City Electric Railway company, the Man
chester Railway and improvement C ON
pany, the Cameps Hump Road and I'm
provement company, the Mount Mans
field Road and Hotel company and the
Hartford Street Railroad company.
SONS of these projects will undOubted-
ly be carried into effect during the pres
ent season, and most of them will take
shape during the coming two years, so
that the outlook for electric roads in Yer
mont can be seen to be very encouraging.
The construction of these electric will
open up new enterprises as we'll as in
crease the value of real estate in the ter
Titory covered t., a marked degree, and
will help to hasten the full noon of the
Olh VI prosperity WLlOh ldo 6tllCduJ
dawned in Vermont.
Present indications are that the year
1895 will see number of new electric
railroads in operation in Vermont. The
construction of the proposed electric line
from Winooski to Fort Ethan Allen and
Essex Junction, which will connect with
with the line between Burlington and
WinOoski at the latter place, will be COM.
pleted during the first half of the year for
a certainty. Now that the State railroad
commissioners have decided that thG
Brattleboro Street Railroad company is,
entitled to location for It's road, the,
chances are reported favorable for the
early construction of that line. While.
various parties of capitalists outside Of
BrattlebOro are said to stand ready to
take hold of the project, our neighbors,
are exhibiting preference for home own
ership. In this they are wise, and we,
predict that as soon as the line has been
in operation year Brattleboro's business
men will be taking their own names in
vain to a shocking degree because they
did not Invest in its stock, just as is the
case in Burlington at the present time.