Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-11-08

TO North Troy or Rutland, which will
interest a railroad corporation" Mr..
Stafford said he believed we could sh wv
the corporations that it was more to
their interest than to the peo1 pie along
the line and get at least two so inter
ested that they will vie with each
other to see which would get the line
through first.
Letters to B. B. Blake and W. II.
Gallagher from railroad officials. ex-
pressing their Interest in the matter.
were then read.
w. J. Boyce of Waterbury gave an
estimate Of the lumber, produce etc.
shipped from that town and the prob
ability of rcore were shipping faciti-
ties better.
DIR. C. C. Waller of North Troy told
of the possibilities of business from
! Lowell to North Troy and beyond,
! taking for an example a railroad built
| by the Canadian Pacific to certain
summer resort.
Judge H. H. Powers was the last
speaker and told of circulating a
paper in 1862, by which they raised
enough money to make a full survey
with the st. J. & L. c. engineers
along about the same line. He said
that the project seemed exceedingly
! feasible as no very hard grade was
found and he favored the Grand
Trunk railroad as it would be good
outlet, bring competition and deliver
US from the mercy of one road. he
also stated that trolley line would
answer practical purposes and open
competition but suggested that try
for a steam line be made and then
get the best we possibly can.
nt
man Blake for large attendance at
the meeting at Waterbury Nov. IA the
meeting was adjourned.
It was the unanimous sentiment
that the committee should push the
project as rapidly as possible and that
the road could and should be built and
that there was business enough in
sight, together with the through
business that would come to either
the Canadian Pacific or the Grand
Trunk, to warrant those roads build
ing the road. 1t will give the former,
in conjunction with the D. & H. a
through, short line into New York
city; and the latter an air line from
Quebec via Waterbury to New York !,
only four miles longer than the
Connecticut river route of the New
Haven system, with much easier
grades and less sharp curves than or
the Passumpsic division of that line.
The Montpelier Journal in speaking
of the enterprise says:
at has been pointed out that the
legislature at its last session grantee
charters for railroad from Morris
Vile to North Troy called the Chryso
, tile Railroad Co., and also for one
from Morrisville to Waterbury
Middlesex and Montpelier, to be
known as the Morristown and Middle
sex Railroad Company.
1.-The plan discussed for the proposed
road Is from North Troy through
\ Morrisyille to Waterbury by way OF
! Stowe. Montpelier men are of the
opinion that the road should GU
through Morrisville to Montpelier by
wav Of Worcester Branch, to connec
5 with the Rutland Montpelier road, i
y. such should be built. making a grea
advantage of distance in the joulne!
from Montreal to New York.
Y 1T has been said that the Crane
n Trunk might wish to build from
g Waterbury through North Troy t.
connect at Richmond from Montrea
, TO Portland with it's branch to Quebec
n making an air line for that system
K from New York to Quebec. 1t is SAIL
d also that the Canadian Pacific nigh
e wish to build from North Troy t.
/, Waterbury and thence ten miles t.
/ Middlesex to connect with the pro
posed line from Montpelier to Rut
0 land, giving the Canadian line
f through passage to New York. in
q deoendent of present connections.
o "All in all. there is a great deal o
t. Importance in the air and Montpelle
: is interested in keeping a careful
=, watch over developments to protec
e and advance the interests of hersel
:. and the surrounding region, which ha
c great possibilities of development.