The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-21

Trunk line. ii highway are demanded h'
.,eral newspapers puhli.hrd IN the lassri
,a.ns al the state. I, l. aiso demanded
,h,, IN. .laio buili ihrm, In some IN
stance. the IaIep ,ia,e Insi where 'h.A'
tunk lines should he lecaied ,lass'hs
through the holn. losn. al eonrsel' Nov
,hr sitter l. in favor oi the Improvement
AZ ou, highways; hat with reference To The
building II three trunk lnrs. 10, Us ask
few pertin.nt questions Of those newspa'
,.r. tina, ATE ~ s,rrnuously urging that
tLi. burden b. placed nI'oa the state -aS'
the Londonderry sitter
Firi. Would you slill favor having lhrs'
two trunk line. bull, by the stat. u you
knew they would not ras. through your
town. tine ii the Arguments advanced T.,
",hc farmer could haul a bigger had oi
hay. 90 potatoes. or grain 10 market, anu
do il much quicker and easier over a good
mad than a poor one" True enough but
these lines would benefit only about one IN
every loo farmers Of the state. yet the 9th
81 - are being asked 10 contribute Just a
much towards the expense Of building The
road.. TN the ,ame principal these roads
would benefit the larger towns through
which they pas. a. ihcsc are the places IN
which the touring parties would leave Their
money. Hut would YOU. Brattleboro, be
pleased To dig into your pocket TO assisi
the enterprise II you knew the road would
enter the state at Bellows Falls, thence
noIthward. leaving you To hope for better
thing sometime, Or you, Rutland. would
you favor the plan Il you were given to
understand that the line from New York,
through Bennington. would strike across
the statc from Manchester instead OF pro
c.eding To your outstretched arms! Own
up. now.
n isn't that the towns away from the
proposed trunk lines would not like 10 zee
the Improvement; but they do not see why |
they should be- called upon for an equal
with those that are To re-
,eiye the benefit. Railroads are benefit
10 the state. but how much did Vermont
ever contribute towards the building Of
lne! The towns along the proposed rail
-oad knew full well that better transporta-
ion facilities TO and from their location
Isually greatly benefits them, hence they
urn in and help the enterprise financially.
i is not expected that the other towns
will do 20. Why then should il not be the
owns that are to be benefited that should
,ond themselves for this enterprise
making OF trunk line highways-instead of
he entire state doing SOY
Second.-Do you. Brattleboro, Rutland,
i. Albans. et ais, while favoring the plan
or having the state build these trunk
me highways. favor having the state de-
elop the water power within its borders
y building dams and factories in many of
he smaller towns that need only start
{ that kind to grow into lively, fourishing
places, Many valuable
iater power privilege and factory site re-
lains undeveloped throughout the state
imply because there is not enough ready
apital in the vicinity to get a sure start
a these days of squeezing by the large
operations and trusts. Why shouldn't
he state OF Vermont develop her water
over and establish factories. as well as to
uild highways
Let the state place her money where il I
i'll do the greatest good d