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illi; lt;\iLi-:iM)\iAN.;Bv V. M. STONE CO.ST. JOHXSBIKV, VT-, I'M' 'AY. MAKUILl the multitudes ».»!* voting men who seek homes and fortunes in I in- west and s mth. If we would put our 7-30‘s is*”, into manufacturing, it would quadruple our population and wealth, and, what is better, lurnish in our own state an inviting Held for the sons and daughters of Vermont to settle in. The more railroads we have, the more capital will come in from the cities and the more manufacturing shall we have.! While Vermont has stood still in population for the past twenty years, her grand _ list has increased thirty millions, or nearly titty per cent. This increase in wealth is II. ,w .,Min,j ,.,r Printing jfncttitir. ’te,iUSlt;: of 0,ir bringing us nearertint- : Hull , mill intend to ahratjs be murk‘;t: :ul the more railroads we get,t/Siml tf •!lt; nearly all kinds of Job Print- the more is our real estate increased ina. such as We-Mlny. Address and Business value. Mr. Willard then spoke of thef ircuiars. Bill Heads. Blanks, Be- ilu|Mjrtan(.c uf this ruat, facilitating1/ 's. ..action Bills awl Postern, in yowl'joh puimixu.styleBylt; . .V. STtJXE A CO.liaitroad Meeting at DunvHle.Hi.* first of acommunication m our own state, this new line the east and west and central part of the stale will be brought together.i he speaker closed by appealing to theu-- the new railroad enterprise, wa.- !.eld|,,ien l think ol the great importance of i l.i town hall in Danville, on Tuesday, thi* cnU'Tprtse, and their individual re-!. il'th iiisl. The hall was tilled to over- sponsibility in the matter—their duty to low in.' with the citizens of Danville and. sub-cribe liberally to the stock that tin* g towns, quin* a delegation going work tail not- Most of them were sure in this plaee. The weather was to reap the benelit in their day, and those riuv . hud it been otherwise the j who did not, could leave it as a patrimony 1 nId not have convened (h*• people to their children.ndjimild ha* togetherli,iill! inviting the people mil on i ii. I hi motion, 1 Ion. I!!iss i- elected chairman and Chus id, E-q.. secretary ot the me,N Da’v ilie had never been assembled oi.M-a i.n wlieii such momentous eousoquen- 1r* id through thi iliroiigh their town depended in.Mr. WiHaiti spoke for about tliree-,• meeting was called to order by1 lourths ot an hour with great clearness, j( :d\in Morrill, who read the hand- and evidently with good effect, but the*| pom* report above can give but faint idea of bis effort.I,,r- After lie sat down. II«m. Calvin Morrill, On C, u. Pitkin. Mr. D. C. Lindsley, ,1. D. mine the chair, Mr. Davis spoke brief- Stoddard. Hslt;p. Mr. Franklin Fairbanks, lb -.ii! probably the citizens of Dan-1 and Dr. Bullard, were each in turn called out, and most ot them spoke at length and ! the point in respect to the practical nded on their proper action. The1 value to the people along the line, and to. whether there should he a rail-j the state, at large, of this new enterprise. .elimi of tin* slate and t Mir limits will not permit us to give eveni abstract of their remarks. Chief eiigi-1upon the spirit and action of ihcjnecr Eindsley assured the audience (half meeting this day. For the purpose ot | there were no engineering lions in this (elucidating facts hearing upon this great j new route, though from the nature of the |enterprise, he would call upon lion. (' country in Vermont, the line must noe-W. Willard ot Montpelier to address the I essarily be somewliut circuitous, and thecitizens assembled. grades such as those on other roads in the■Mr. W illard came forward and said state, that lie appeared before this assembly to N. II. Eaton. Esq., of Danville, intru-liavea free talk about eoimmmieation ;, dueed the following resolutions wliieli were and e-p- i ially the value ot railway com- adopted by a standing Vote :*...... ' II- n„,k, parti, uliuly of tl.. ':idv,i'i!ai*s of ativ 11»id and a railroad 1 ‘ i» tiitir ■ ini.-avor-vva* belter than101 a mu 11tea t ioi i and another theIts-value in the latter case was beyond The second meeting ilt; held at Cabot cmiipiiiMiiuii. ll* spoke of the great! to-day, and a rousing one will be held at .1 [vantages to tanners of having a market Montpelier Triday, March 2'Jd. ai their (loors Ibr their produce. To have* --lt;■ form :i r.ii.ncrtini: Ii,.l niilroa.l i*^*4i* 1'1,'dge our i .ltuc...• ot commodities.a railroad through Danville was equivalent to 111 iving tie* farms of that town to within ten miles ot Boston. The value ol a farm depended upon it' nearness to lt;r remoteness from market, and as rail-j roads annihilated lime, the farms near a market had uv cspeei;il advantages over those more remote which had good railroad facilities. He illustrated the value! •*! railroads to Vermont by citing the W» t. The farmer on the prairies of Mm,*! sells his corn for from ten to twenty-live cents a bushel, ami not untrcquciit-iy burns it for fuel—and wliv.' Because the cost of transportation to market would eat up its cost. The cry from the west lor years has been for belter transportation iaeilities; and though the steamers and railroads have been crowded with freights, they are inadequate to the dc-S »mc may say that a railroad within h*vch or nine miles is near enough, but it i- boiler for any community to have a railroad through it. It is a benelit too. to have more than one outlet and more than. one market. (hie outlet sometimes Ik- • comes a monopoly. This railroad from’ Montpelier to St. Jolmshury is but a part ol a great trunk line. It is to reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This should be a great eon-ideration to those who con-viiiplnte taking tock in it.Another consideration was its advantages to Vermont. The prosperity of our state was of great impurtanee. What wi mid induce our citizens to do without •■v.-ii the railroad Iaeilities they now have and be put back twenty years ! Mr W illard then spoke of the difficulties in Beiiniugtou county, by which thev had been cut off hoiu direct communication witli New \ork, and the deep feeling this ' internqition was making in that part of lue state, and the means they were adoptin' to speedily have a new road to connect with the Harlem.The speaker also compared the wealth ot \ rrtuont and .Massachusetts, and quoted the expression that Massachusetts minds rule the nation. What hit- caused this great wealth in money and brain f It is railroad taeilities to every community, the wealth derived from which lias gone to strengthen the state.Mr. \\. also spoke «.f the amount of idle capital laid avvav in government bond?, which should be invest* 1 in some important enterprise. He considered it unfortunate that rates of interest are so high. If it were not for this—if government did not pay more than three or four per cent., capital now lying idle would be put into manufacturing, and wo should thus open avenues for wealth and expan-
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