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Hy CIIARL1CS G.EAST.HAN, )
Woodstock, Vt. J
BUSINESS CARDS.
O. A.HKYANT,
llilerln EnslUu.Freiicli, nnd Amcrlcnn Dn Onoua,
W, 1. (lnoil,nn(l flrorcrirn,
Croc);cry,(as und llnrd Wnre,
KlmSlreit,
MHT.T.ISII sr.mii
ni3Ai.unsiNFi.ouii, w.i. nomm.toUocEniES.
AI.HO CONHTANTI.Y ON IIAND,
PRUITS,CONPECTinNAllV,SllMMUUl)IllNKS.NU
CENTIULSTIlEET,0'l,OalTEWIllTNEy's IIOTEL,
OEO. MeLLIMI, Oei). II. HI.ADB
A. 3IATCII, & OO.
At Ihc old Stand Inlely occupied bj
j. o. thihou:
ueai.eiisinfi.oiiii w.i.nnoMSANnnnocnniKs.
ooiri;t;TioNAUY,siiMMEii diiinkis, and
UCFREHIIM13NTS,U0NSTANTI.Y ON IIAND
CENTRAL 8TREET. 22S
rv , .UICIJSTIJ.S II A VRN,
Wnolciialeuiidrelaililcntsr In W. I. (lnoils,Teni,l'rulr
Wlnes, .Vc.,ulsn,Siovca,Fiirniliirc, Ac.
3D PUOR SOUTH I1EAI) Of HTATi: STIIEI'.T,
Montpelier, I'l, 1S2 ly
"W A T C II M A K 13 It S A N 1) J 13 W E 1, 1. 13 II S,
OpPOSITE WlllTNEYS HOTEI.. CENTnAI. R'mCCT.
R. II. HAITjEY,
"Mmuifactiirof ofs'ilver S.ioons iiuil Siient.wlcH.nnd Denler
lii .lcweliv, Cullerv nnd Finiry fioodrt
Whnli-H-ite uml Iteluil, 209
OpppouleWhitneij' Ilnlcl, Centrttl Strect.
fjT:NiiY"nArciT,
Oneilnrir mtth ul Uninu llnll, V.lm Slreet,
ri n, i' or rr. n, anii hiiket iuon wiirkrr.
TIIAI.KS It. W'lNN,
TAii.nn,
Siimc door wilh Ar. llandall,
IWICIIAIOI, MYEHS,
t A I I. n ii.
Ovtr J. Collamcr's Office,
Klnl ntreet,
K. W. SMn'iTT riihr,
NF.XT 1)0011 HEI.OVV llltlCK STAflE I101I.13.
Ludlow, Vt. 216
A3IOS W. WARJtEN,
deai.ek in nooTs.fiiinns ani m;atiieii,
ll Kltidn uf I.ciithcr fur sile clieap. AIo, IJoutH itnil
Slmo nf cvcrv descrpltlon.
Ujl'mcr.s Thlfk llonln. W ""II". pcRStd,i3j fients
nevvedliiiiiln lor Til.n'iil iilloilior w'nrk In propnrilnn
Cbntihi. SritUKT. 23 8ly
I)7iM. dcwky",
Maker ntthe Imprnvetl llnburt Wno.lcn rumps.
U3"Thc nlmvo l'linips nre w.irnintnl lodraw n barrel n
n mlimti! wilh e.w, up in a hundrcd lcct.
tT All nriti-rs from a ilUlimce prompllj ulteiulcltn.
Itundolpli Vt. 221 II
WIHTNr.Y'S I10TK1,,
CorncrofElm and Central strcets,
1J V S. V II I T X K V,
KAGIj i: TE3IPKIIAN0E IIOUSE,
HYL.M. WOOD,
south Riiir: tiie I'.vnic. 2sn
1IRIGK STAGK IIOUSE,
10OT11 S1IIC 1II..U1C R I V E R ,
nv
JO IIN 11. SMITH
LUDLOW, VI. 101 tf
Z. F. HYDE,
li 1! I C K S T A 0 V. II 0 II S H.
l'rncKirsvlllPi Vt. 239 f.ni'
HUN'llY 'J'. MAUSII,
riOUBE ANI ?1HN r A I NTI'.H. AI.SO II H ll.EU IN CABUI OCS
AM1 VtRNIII IIK BVEIIV IIBICIIII'TION.
0 K N T K A I. S T It E 13 T .
WITT "c SCOTT.
I'jlnlers,:iinl clcalcrilii(:iii.lrf riml Cnrrlasmf ofiillklnJs.
nnvriui. sriiEET.
.lOrillltA MITCIIEI.I.,
(j a n n i o n anii s i. n i o n - m a k n n,
llldll 8TII KUT. 116
(iEOItCF, PISIIKK.
Hanttfacturcr oj ,aui d'tler in eabintt furnilurt al
ciery dfcriptinn.
l'lciisanl Street, 218
p Ut K ,,A M ,,, ,5
Omcc In Uie llrick lllock niiosltc Whlltiey's,
CENTIIAL 8TIIKET.
S. .T. ALIilCN, 31. 1).
Olllre nppmlti! Wliilncy'n lloli'l.
. in. v ii. ii ni jioxii,
TOMSONIAV IIOTANIi: I'nCTlTIONr.R,
Ilclwecn tlie MuthrnJUt nnd llpKcopal (Jlmrclies.
23;- II.
UVKRY STAlil.n,
II V A I. II n U T 1' A t; K C It .
Cnurt itrerl,
COT,T,A3Ii:U .S: II A H ItKTT,
A t I n r n e v s a n il (.utKnllors a t I. a w,
" FJm Strccl. 1811
Jaciib Hm.i.AM r.n. Jam ksRa iirkt r
O. V. CIIAXDl.HU,
Attornoy nnil Cn u n nl 1 o r atl.mv,
Central Strert, 2'H
tiu CY&"cdx vkiisi:",
Allornexit a n d C ou n s e l lo r s al I.tiw
Oillceovrrthellank.nim Strret,
Ii. A. 3IAKSII,
attorxki' A.vn coiiNsi:i.i,on at iaw
Cenlrnl itreet.
UIHVIS mJTGIUN'SON,
ATTOIUNT.Y AN'D COUNSHIXOIt AT LAW,
WOODSTOCK , VT.
' VTs7i Mmlv& si a ksii,
ATTOllNEl'S ij C O II N S I', 1. 1. O II H AT I.AW,
IVoodllnckx t'l
XJ-Ofllccln llierooni lalcly ncciiplcil nx tlic "Clny Clnli
Ncwh Itnoni,"
V. T. VVnimuBN, MaUer in Climicerii
f 1 M.nni a.'Ii
238tl
Nnv.2l. ISM.
CALVIN FRKNCII,
Morimj and CounseUor vt Law,
rOCTORSVII.l.K,-VT. 251
I. AV. RICUARDSON.
JlUorney and CounseUor al Law,
WESTON', -VT.
251
I'Mtr.DKIUCK C. ROUIJINS,
ATTO R NE Y AT Ii A W l
I.UDI.OW, VT. 157-1
WARREN C. I'RENCM.
ATTO II X U Y A T L A Y,
sitAitON, vt. 235-ly
w a LicEir& s iTa I) E
Jlltotncys and Coumcllors al Luxc,
ROYALTON ,l'T . 125-tf
n.WAi.KCn. . w. hi.aim:.
TllOrf. IIAIlTl.r.TT,.ln.,
AttoTnttjiGonntellor andSolicitorin Chan,ccry,
AT I.YNnclN, vr. J
r.7" AttrmN thi-Hiiperinr r;nurt!i In thecountlep nf Calc
onln, I3i!',0rlcanf and Wanlilnslnn. 133-11
U1JNTON & JONES,
i"kTTOHNEV3 AND OOU.V8KM.0nS AT LAW.
Chehe.i, VI.
'A. P. IIuNTor. 203 V. C. Jonks.
S. R. STlinr.TKR,
Mtornty and Counseller at Law,
BARNARD, VT.
115
j. a. IIAWKINS,
Jltlorncy and CounseUor al Law.
rEi.cimi.LE, VT
91
J. 1 DEANE,
JlUorney and CounseUor al Law,
CAVENDISH, VT.
105
'JAMl'.S M. fill.SON,
ATTORXEY AT LAW,
'CHELSEA, vt. 2IC-Cin
SAMUF.I.lI.l'RICi:,
ATTORNEY A N n C O 11 N 9B 1. I, II n AT LAW,
WINDSOR. VT. 99-lj
RIClIAHDSONit NIt!IIOT,SON,
Jtltomty s, and Connsrllnrs at Law
';i',iT.vii1.ii1,r(:,My,'vt.
N I!iciia;iiion. HO A. A. Nioikilson.
8i:VAI.I, nj.V.A3L
A TTOJtA"IC V AT I.J1 W,
ludlow, vt. 181-ly
ii. e. STOTjr.irrorT
A TT 0 11 A K Y AT LJl i'.
Chester, Vt, 219
M.OIKJKTT &, WEY3IOUT7T
A T T 0 n A K V S A T L A )V,
D BETHEL, VT. 25G
Jl. C BLOMETf p, F. WKVMOl'TII
(JRUAT LNOMSIl RE.MKDY
KOll
COUGIIS.COLnS.ASTIl.MA.ANDCOiNSU.MP
'J'lON. nill K flriial ninl only reiuudy lor Cnlds. ('ouli,Alli
X ni'i, iiuil CiiinHiiiptinii.lH llie lliingnrliin lluNani ol
l.lfc, dlsruicrcd hy llm rclclirulcil Dr llvoliiin ol l.undon,
IJnillaiiil.unil liiiidilui'cil lniii ilii'. Iiiim1 Hlalcii iinJcr llit
iniiiu-illtiic &iijiuriutuitlciic(! uf llui Invviiinr,
Thf cMr.iordliiary KiirrcM-a ut thN mcdlclne, In ihc
dnre uf I'nlaioiiury dlsunxeif, wiirranti l in Aiiiiirlriin A.
Kvnt In nnlli'itliie I'or tmitmciit llie WOIIST rOSSIIII.i:
(JASES iIkiI oiii Uc IiiuiuI in lliu cciiiiiiiiiiill) rnics tti-il
(rk iclii-l in vnlii I'loniniij nriln'cniiiiininitnirdks ol'llio
ilav, und liuvu Iii'imi glvtn up In llm mott dislliijiiillii'il
l'li)ii'l.ili', ns ciinnnnol ninl Innirulilu. Tliu Iliisarian
1 1 ii I.-1 lil hui rurcd n ml wili i urc lliu innn ileniii'iiilu nl
rasi's, ll in iki mrii-K iio-,irtiiii, lint n inndard Euslish
HK'ilicliiii nf I.ikiwii nnil I'lhildl-lii'd clllciicj.
i.M-rv iuiiiiiy in iiii-uiiilcil lali-K rliniild In' hiiipli('il
Mllli lliiditin's Iliinaariiin llalani nl l.iie, nnl nnly In
rimiitt'rart llio ciMiMiniplivii li iiduii'lt' nf llie llliiiiilc,
Inil In lic mcd n a ini'Vi hlnc nii ilciiifin allcahci of cnl.N.
rinnln, iipiII1iis nf IIIhihI, I'aln a lliu nidu nnil ihi'hl.Irrl
tatiini ainl MirciiC'HH nf llie l.iumi, llrouclilll", llilllcnlty
nf llri'alhini;, llt-rtic IVvtr, iS isilit fin eals, iliiianatinii
ainl (ii'iii'ral llcliilll), Ai.lhiiia,liillii(;li.a, ll(uii! cuugli,
nnil Oroun.
Jj-Sid.i, In larse Ixitllt-H. nl gl prr liolllr, wllh rnlldi
rcRtlmiH fni'llic rcslnnilldii nf Ilcallli.
l'ainiililt'lii, (nniiiiln2 a ina"s ol Eimlltli nnil Aini'rlran
ccrtlfli'Kii'n, an.l ollier cvidrncc, liuiiii thc iiii(iunlli'il
mcrritM oftlils (Jreat llnslUh Itcini'dy. inay lie oliMlnrd
ol'lln' AeuntH Kratnlliiutily,
. viii r . iiha iii.u ,!(. Ajcnt lor tlic Unllrd Slatc
11!) Cnurt Mri'ct, llitini.
,4m ntWnnd-liH !,,(;. CIIAl'MANi Monlpelirr.Olark
it (.'ulliiihillurliiiutnu. lVeli .t S::t.ir; llidlnna I'ulU. N
llarrlij Itiuind, Danlcls and llctl; llralltclinrn', Diitlou
. Ularkl-s Kcfll, .-X. II.Ji.lin llixliy. 23U-ly
TO JILL TIIK 1VOKLD WIK) USE
l.l'.ATIIKR IN ANY I'OR.M.
OIL OV TANNIN, OR, LUA'l'IIER
MiSTOKER.
A J"i'w Chcmirul Dhcovery.
Mnt ponplu kun v, lti.il tkinx and hidcs nrt- l onvcrtcd
intn linllur by tlic w.a uf Tiiimlu cxtracttd froiuccrtain
baiks Ac.
U'licn llie forrc and ht'onjlli ol' tlic TnMdll Is wnrn
OUt, li!ailicr lii'Cniucii di in, luvd, dri, brit'lr, crnekni,
aivrin! Kilh acrust, TIIIS, M.L A'.VOIC. 'l'o rc
nloru llicn is life, sntntn, mtn'ytntn, Rlruizth, sinotitlt
nesx, and I'eiuiivr a'l i'ru-t,lly, or lditcr tmtore tltv tan
nin. Tlim mit'sliince 1 hi- lciilirr iii'HT ran ii'n ivi: llie
u'ciind tline; liut tlie wliulc iiVhc "fll nre in lliis lirllrlc
llie 011. 01' TANNIN tthlrh penelrntei llio Mill'.M
and liurdet Ic.itlii-r, if II ha ln-i-n iwi-nly jenr In ni",
and ll'lt trari. c.isil) wllli llie llnju'm, It linpart" al f'lu'c
a blrclislli llial in ntlerly incredililv unlil nten. It Ue
comes likr niw Irnlhtr , In ail repeel, wltli udi lilitlul
Millneanil polili, and inaki-. all lealiur tampltlilg and
ptrfcrlly inpirviouiUi w.Her paiiicularl) liooti, hlines,
OHmi'Sn-ln!i.harniM,li(i-c, lruiiki.,.iiiil In lnct nll tltiiti,:i
m i Ii tif lcatlter, shinj; a splniilld polisli, cvcn lilslier
llian new lealliiT lia-, imd ut Ii ait diu.hling ll we ir and
iliir.ilnht y, in uhaiever urjnnir llie leatlicr is uicd.
tiiesi: aiu: fact.s.
'I'lin-c wlio will in.iv wcnr rdd nlmen, grnan willi rorn,
rl.lt! willi old earrinf-iop". lia.e old liameMi, and
throw Iheni away ii.iiriiMil lonk lililiy lliriiuelM, ainl
all al.nat iliem cpeud ilunlile wli.it i- mee-hary (orarli
eles nf leallier, lo llielr liraiU' rnmeiit. lor wli.ll e
rnre, iflln lr piijudim are o ilrnni.', 'llial llie) will mn
try a in w ilKrovery. We liave nn fnorH lo ak ol lliein,
lliey are llie ri: ilel Mill'erers, and vu .(;- Inr noliodv'n
cil'.ioiii or p.itrnn io Xnw, iitulleinen, pleaM' oursi Ives.
jtNiiiii- itennlne niileM, witli Ihc fac nimilc ninutui c
id CO.YISTOI.'K ii. Cl).
215-eep ly. rnrnilo liy C. CIIAI'.M.VN.
r.xtn'.s iti:; Mtmxn tiu:
SUdAli C0ATK1) lMVnOVF.lt
I 11 (1 i il II Y C (1 l 11 I) 1 0 P i I
roit coNsuMrnoN, colds,
mir.uMATisM, iYsri;isiA and rr.vr.ns.
M.V 'INfillit(ii atticked snniti innnllis witli pain nn
(Jutigh, WcaKnrsa in in) C'lieM, and ln4 idapped
llle.l u-ed Wi ;lii' lnilian Vi'gel'ililc I'llli.lnitsrew woie
wllli rnld "U'eals al mlit; cnulil not bleep and lielieveda
1 y.h liMirmisnmpllun I proeured . Imi nl Hr S'nilh'f.
Susar t.'oatnl IniproM'd liidian Vejelalile 1'ilh, wlncli
reslored m healili uliMn sl daK,nild 1 billuvelheui lo
Ijc lliu licat icnied) 1 itei'Utcd.
(UiOItRE w. oit.VNar.it.
Cniiilirldse.Oet. 19th, lf.31.
i:tracllrom A.li. l'ae's lelter, daled)
ll.illi, Jall. 3hl, 161.1.
Tlie Sns-ir C'o.iled iiidi in Veiielalde I'iIU jnn senl me
n-ll fll .liid ;;Uo S"i'd h.ilislaclioii. Tlicj uill beller than
ail) I hnve liad.
Exlrart froni l.evi II irr. ll'.i letter. d iledl
IJana.iu, Me., I'eb. .'1.1, 115.
Tlic Vill'i wliicli 1 ri eeiied nl iu Ii ic glvi n micIi unl
ertf iN.iti-lr'ioii lieiellie b.ive lieen pnrrli.teil, ainl
llie miIk hiu lneil mi niiitonil lli il I lliollulll lnl tn le
iiiet jiiii In end inc ou hoinc moie nl Iheni linincdialc-
')'Ac'...
i.Mi'.iei irnm u in. I'ai'kanrHii'iter. ilalei:
MmiMHi, Mn-n. .Iitn. 22, 181.r.
Sir. i nelnti'd in llie pawiu nl lur tho l.it I'ills. Von
l II ileasc end inehj I3pi i-s anolher .ol,aj ilnrfilo..
Iliey yic (:uod hiiI li-l.u lion. 1 liae no ou hand niore
llian K tinxcK and ilo nnl wili In he oul ol llu'iu nue d.i)
I Lxlraet Irom l)nilel IhIIA. miii'i leller, ilali ii
Taftsville, VI. I'.li. Clh, ltH.1
Vnur l'ills werc rereiM'd a Ibw dinn nlme, and 1 havc
solil Mitne nf Iheni, ainl nl?o u-iil Minie ourvelviw, und
iliiuk er; lavoraldc ul I1h:iii, ainl llie; ure liked b) lho-e
vvlio Inw ii"!'!! Iliem.
Mr J. 1'. fi.Yin'll. nrninnrrslcr.sliitcs lliltl he Iwm lold
all and w ihc 8 dnz. bnxes innii: iinine i nclj , and Iliey
ilite smh iiuiterhal sali-laclion llial he has detcnniued lo
o-ll no olln r kiiu! ol I'iII'.
Mr A. Allen, of l'uliner Denol, slales'Mhat hc wm vcry
Ihakfnl llial he wai ap iled a;nil, in liis wlle
hail been nn Invalld li'i'Minie litne, and abo ottlue l'ills
liiiinidbitely eiireil her, nl-ti tluit lhe liad pcrlnnmd idlKe
wuiiderl'ul e'uies in thc tnwn, aud mu eutirel) nul and
wanleil niure Ininieilialely was iijcnt lor ullnr pi 1 1 a but
hliould nnl) reeninuii nd lliee.
lExlract IVnm J, II. Daiifiirlh'x letter, dnted
Barnard, Vt. .lati. Illh, 1815.
l'lcase hi'inl ine itninrdiali l li di.7. SniitliV Susar Coat-
i il lnduii Vefielulde l'ills, lho-e tiu niit a liort tiiuc
blnrc are. ncarly nll stdd and slvc ll ul ver:it milM icllnn.
I lic tiliove are oul a lew ol llie iiutnt'rmis letters whlcli
are d.illy rcceived nllhereat pnpiil irity, ainl mict'ess ol
llioe Iruly cnllent plll". I Itey are lliclic-l lueilit'iiie inr
Ihealine eniupiafulK that ttic holil,and inevery cac that
Ihcy li.icbeen liitil havc givcu iiitier.il allsi'artlon,.iiid
hlin'uld l.e krpl as u f.iniil) inedieine li cer) nue. W'c
nnly nsl; u Itial of Iheiu lo couvliice tlie intist bkeplir ol
llie trnlli of lhe.se asi-erilnns.
Thc illrcrlinn ainl Ireiiliuent nf Ihc dicac arrnnipau)
cvery lifix. l'rice U eentH ber Imik.
No "Sugiir t'oaied l'ills," ean bo Renitlnc niihnut Ihc
sli;nalurc ol Ihcsole Invenlor, (i. IIIIN.IA.MIN SMITII.M.
I). I'resiilenl of N Y. Cnllcjte nf lleallh, tipon ever) liox.
Olllce devoletl exelusively lotheHnlcof lliis niedieiite.
Nn. 179 fiiieiiwlch tlreil, New Vorl;,nnd Nn. !1 Waler
slricl, lloslnn.
AnK rs Inr Wnntlrtar k,C. CII Al'.MAN, S. Woodstock
oi.i vf.ii nAii.r: v.
JTrl'nr Mile In nll thc Ulhiscs und towns In Ihc New
nni'laml lull H.
N. II. No travellln? peddlarmue nllowid lo nll thrhc
I'ills. 2.)l-ll
rmiinsubcrlberu!ieiit nl tlic TVPON I'tmNACE ut
JJ I'lyuiotith Vt, wnnld respcclfully liiforni the fnrnier
(rlcndxiiud palrouii ol llieealalilispiucnl aud llie public
Scnerniiy llial iney havc limvtiu liiiiinauucoiilinuc wech
ly In inake a larc ushurlincut n.
Thc mtisl (tiiurtivi tl iitttlcrn ntihhiL' Sttivcs
do tlo do J'urlar (lo (lo
aho PA RTiOR Sf nOA'STOVES,
ingreat varicty, logcthcrwlth cvcry varie
iy f
CA LDRON & POTASII KETTLHS,
PI.0UGI1S & MILL CUTT1NGS.
Tlie proprictor oltho estalillnhuient hnvlnjMniifh rcdnc
etl liie etneiihcs nf llio work and liplnir dcidrou tn KI3
DUCll tlie liiraciiloi'k of itianufactiires pow nn hand, Is
ueiermincu no lo reuuce inc pnco ol llie ware, lor easii
xhort credit, or :nod bnrler pay as caniiol fall In indut'e
purchascm In call ulKI examive. l lielr utll'Ol.t) I'llH
NAt'IIwill iio in nneralrnn on Wednesday and Kalurilat
(il'farh wcrk.ruuiiinj! a Hrnt r.tlu tiality nf Iron.furwh eh
nrUemlor iillUnidstil cUHmn wnrk Krerriieelliill) solleit
etl. JOHr.l'II MAIU1N,AnKT.
.liino7. tr-ico
"."iOrt. 8", KDSON'S ROW.
SIJSSILI.A; CI.AUKI'3liaveJul lecelicd a lars"
B O; addllinn tn Hieir fnritier rlork of Cullery whirli Is
"prtlly wrll knnwn" lo bc the larjest und bcsl assort
ulcnt kept "In dlvcrs paita abniit lierc cniisiderable."
PRICES RHDUCED!
I.HS l'hllntlelplila EUra White I.cad ror
alc by llio kcg al 0 3-1 ccnls and In less
itianilltdi nt 7 ccntH prr poiintl bcst l.lnscrd Oll nt 92
reiit per (Jallnn. Alsn, Coarh and I'uriiiliirc Varnii.li,
Splrlls Tiirpeiitln(!.l'ari Oreen, Uhrnmc Orecn and A'el
luw, nnd nther palnti forae at jirlccn tlmt rannnt be
iiiulcrnld. A STEAIINS.
Jnlv 11, ien
THURSDAY EVENING,
T H E A Q E
I'rom thelloilon Coiirler,
TO TI1E PUIJLIC.
Mlt. S. M. l'EI.TO.N AND THE ItUTLAND ItOAD.
It is wcll luiotvn lo tlinso w lit Inke an
iutcrcsi in thc Railroatl eniorprisus that
aro noiv liL'lbrc tlie )iililic,lliat a ru-snrvcy
oT llie Cli;uiiilain antl Coiinocliuiit Rivor
Rttilroaii lloiitc Irom Burlington lo Bel
lows Eiills, by llio way ol Rutland, has
bccu matle hy Mr W. B. Gilhcri, whosp
rcpori on tlic fea&ibiliiy antl gcneral cliar
nclcr of the routo, witli nppro.vi ituue usti
inates of the cxpunse of constructiiig tho
roatl, has hcen ptililislictl. Il is nlso wcll
kiiowii that olhciiil coniniutiicstious fi'oiu
Mr Gilbcrt, detniliii(j thc resulls of his stir
vcy as it progrpsspd, havc hcen, frotn tiine
toiime, priutt'd in the iiewpapcrs of the
city, ficcoinpauied (hy nccpssity, in nrdcr
to cxluhit thc imnvovcmcnts niaile) hy
tit ituniciit.-' of thc rt'Mills of thc stirvcy of
tlic F.-iinc portions of thc linc, as mailc uu
der thc tliipcton of Mr I'Vltuu. Mr Fcl-
lon, in repnatctl iiisuinces, has felt calleil
on to "reply" to thefcc conimuni
catious of iI r Gilhert, confiuiun; liiinsclf,
houever, in his "replies," principally to
gciicrul ainl inilefiinio tleniinciatioiis ol tlie
"Rutland Rotite," aud jcnoral nnd intief
inlc approhation of the "Central Rotite."
Thc laicst, and most olTonsivc ebullitioii
oflhis tcniper appears in the Courier of
the 12ih insl.iiil, aud is of stich a charact
cr as to dcinand from the uiitlor.iignptl thc
noiice whieh they propose, in this coiiiniii
caiion, to hcslow upnii it.
The uiidersignt'd are ivcll awai'o ho
lilllc interestintj or insiruclive arc the
frswiKtallcrciitituis of pariies who are cn
deavorin lo pnlist public ftvor in behalf
of projects which are supposcd to hc con
fliciini!; atul how lilllc liltely siich altcrca
liiuis are lo henefit eilhi'r party in a eoti
troversy. It h.'S Iipcii, llierclorc, their de
firo, aud their intciitiiiu, in inanai'int; thcir
bide ol'the public tlicuss ioiis which the
proposcd Vrnnoiit Railroads hac fliciled,
to avoid as far as possihlc, any statcniciiis
or coniparisoufl which were uot tlireeilj
citlctilalcd to eliicidalp the. tntrits of their
fjreat ci.icrprisp. Witli Mr Eelton, ci!pt'
cially, tlipy hnc imitetl 110 cotitrotersy. 'j
Thcy luicw llint in: inade no survoy ol tlie
Rutland rotite. They havc uniforniily j
spolieu ol llie prrvitiiis survey ol llial rouie
as liaviiiij henn uiaile 'tinder his direction'
nieri'ly. Thcy luicw that his rcpori, csii
nialcs, &c. weic uiade hefnie he hail cv
er iut his foot iiiou tlip linc of llie pro
pos:;d road, aml exelusively ou ihe rcporia
lo hiin of his Mibnnliiiatcs. They kneiv
that ihc only litne ihat hc ever pr rtoiiiilly
tiavcrcd thc loule, he tratcrfcil it
w ilh aluost railroad speet!, (ttntl purlly
in thc nlglil) and eotild not hnve heeu a
hlc to peak of ils gcneral characler wilh
any raiional npproNinintion lo eerlninly.
Uuder lhe.se circuin-lanccs, thc fnciuis of
the Rtillaud rotite, ;i n 1 i ci p:i t i 11 j no acriino
nioiis oppositiou to thcir entcrprise from
Mr Feltoii.havc supposcd ihal they thotild
hc pcrrnitted to pro.s0cule their re-suney,
aud lo pi'Cieut ihe inei its of thcir claiin
upou the ciii.ens of JJosiou, wilhoiit tho
apprehcnsiun of oppcial hostilily from
him. But thcy havc been uiisiaken.
The worst cncniy to the Rutland routc has j
heeu Mr Stimitcl . ititun. It is hc, m
the garh ol Englncir ol that road, who has
from ihc oulsit of the prcsent controicrsy,
niiiguified and inuliplied llio dilliculiies of
ihe routc, exngjjcaloij its gradcs, ovcr
estiinated its expeiibivcness hnih as respecls
its constrtiction antl Itiruiltire, tiiiilorinl
undor-siaictl its Mipcrioriiy oaer his favoi
ile ccnlral routo in sdiorlnc.ss of linc, as-
sailed m ihc grossit nianner llie uurvcy
and csiunates of Mr Uilbert, atul in cvcry
way attcinplcd to cmhaiass nnil llnvari llie
ciioris ol i is inciius 10 coniineiiu u to
public fnvtir. Tho uiidersigued thcrcliuc,
ciiuusied wilh thc duiy of advocating and
ilcfinding n great project, which inlimalely
conccrns and inlprcsls a largc portion ol
llie people of Verinnni, on whofc hchall
they are now in Iloslon, are ohliged lo
nsk public iiilenlion lo thc fullowing staie-
mei.is:
Bcfore the stirvcy of the " ullanil louic
was commeiiced tinderthe tlirccliou ofMr
Ecllon, he was ftilly appriscd of llie gen-
cral nattirc of tho ilidiculiies to bc pn-
coiiutcrcd iu crost-itiy llio inoimlaiii al the
Mount Ilolly (Jap, and also of thc advaii
tages of ihc Ccnlral roule, that tho rt
spet'.livc incrits and dilliculiies ofibe two
roulcs wero '(rciuenlly and lieely' cnin
pared antl discussed, m convers.ition held
liy hiin, iu llie aututnu of IS-M, with Gen.
Browii of Rutland, otic of thc f.omiiiisbioii
ers, and Mr Trncy, one of his ahislant
eiiginccrs; that hc acceplctl ihc oflice ol
engincer ol thc Rutland roulc wilh a
kiwicltdgc of thcsc r.ompavative incrits ar.d
diiriculiies; llial he was ihcn iufornicd hy
Mr Tracy, who hail just hecn over ihc
routc, that a lon nud contintious linc (10
or 1 iinlcs nt lctiel, ot a grudc tiol lis
thau Gl) fect pcr mile, wotild be rcquirpd
lo cross thc moiintaiu; tha' it was thcn
conccdcd hyGcn. Brown, that thc uilvnn
tagc iu grailc was with thc Central roulc,
while at the samc timc hc, Gen. Brcwn,
contended, (as the facts are) that as re
specls cttrvaliircs and dihlance, llie Rut
land roulc was grcatly supeiior. On re
cciving the rcport of Mr Chas'e, in NoV.
or Dec. last, giving au ahslract of the
gradcs on thc eastern slopo nf thc inoun
lain, Mr Fcllon dcclared the route to be
'vcry favoruhlc'; and, so incoiis.iderr.hlc
was thni his horror of a (JO fect grade,
he subsctpictilly rcccininciidcd ihc aihp
lionofa grailc of 70 fect, say iii, as Mr
Chasc writcs iu i leller to Mr Tracy, "il
wotild niakc but lilllc diHcrcucc iu Ihc
worliing of ihc rouil.'
WIipii it is rcmcmhcrcd, lliut al this
pcnoil.lhc roulc of thc Ccnlral Roatl liad
hcen survcyed for a long tinie, and ils
rnaximum grailc asccrtaiiied, it is impossi
hlc to rcjii'css ou r astonishiucnt, that au
cnginccr.of Mr Fclton's acutcncss, nnd
cxcecding scnsilivcncss on thc Bubject ol
SEPTEMBER 11,
1845.
gradcs, thould havo hcsilatcd so long, be
I'tire auiioiiiicing his dcciilcd prefercnci'
for tluit roulc. 'Tiu; comi'ahison of tiu.
uiunns and ihc proliles,' bays Mr Fcllon,
in his repurt lo thc Filchburg'li Board, in
Juue lasi, 'rrcgard as conci.i;sivei.v set
Ti.iNtiTiir. question hetwcpu ihe two
roulcs.' But why wail I'roin Novtuiher
lill Juue before irouounciiig this tlecisive
coiulcniiinlion of the Rutland roulc? In
ihevery l.nc coiniiiunicalion ofMr Fcllon,
of the 12 instaul, he says, ' tlld nul sup
posc Ihcjiublic wcrc prcpand lo lniild two
vuads to Burlington.' Thcn why.it is
t'iot rn.ipcclfully aked, wheii 'two roads'
wcrc survpycd to Iiurlinglon, aud werc
boih applieauls for ihe favor of 'tlie public'
t.'id not Mr Felton, at a vittclt carlicr nc-
riotl, tlisclose to ihc public the facls which
'couclusivcly tetllc thc (picslioii belwccu
ihc two routcs,1 itisle.'id of itillaniing ihe
hopes, nnd iiispiring thc confidencc ol thc
fripnds of thc Ittillaud routc, hy language
liku thc fullowing language which lic
of cotirse kiuw (ifthe public wcrc pre
ptired lo huild but one road,) to he dc
ccpiivc and uutruc. "re quoie from his
leller lo Gen. Brown, ii(r dalcof Jlpril
II, I8'15; ' Your roulc is gaining iutry
(kty in thc isl'imitlion of ivcry unchcre,anil
I rcgard il as absolutilij ctrlain ttttt
your road will hc btiilt, and that Jioston
ptopir. wxll rcniicr yoit all llie lulp you
in: tlum' It is but a thort timc sincc
ihcse auimniiug strains fell from the pcn
ofMr Fcllon, antl now the public arc
gloomily advised from the.s.inie pcn, that
thc Ccnlral routc is 'disliuclly markcd
out by the hand ofnalure along llie vnllcys
of thc strenins for ihccntire dittniice,'otcr
Barnard Ilills, as wcll as clsewhcio,
iloubtlcss, 'with no inuuuiaiu lidgo lo
surniotini; antl llieotlier (tho rcputliateii
Rutland) is bCPii for sonio 'M milcs,
cliinbing up and descending, hy its deti
ous wiitdings, the rocky ramparls ol a
mountaiii ihntcaii I'l'iihcr be tunnolcd nor
rcni a'unilcr'.' Beforc wo conclude this
cotniiuiiiicatioi), it ii pos.-ible that facts
m.iy nppcar, which will cxplain lo
'ihe public' thc rcasons for this cxtraordi
uary, and tiut complcle rcvoluiion of o
piuiou and fet'ling.
Il ii lo be obscred that, al llie dale o(
the lctler from IMr Felton lo Gcn. Browii,
(Apiil II. JGri'lo) from which an cxtrai'.t
h giten nbotc, Mr Fcllon liad in his pos
scmuii, for swcial wrcks, llie proliles,
plans aud cMiinales ol'Mes-rs. Chasc and
Tracy, of thc pntirc linc ol ihe Rutland
road. llis ciiiifideut opiuion, so strongly
exprCfFcd, was, ihctefore, hdsed on his
si'ieniific kuowlcdge, it is to be presumpil,
of the I'ensibility of tho route. Ifc liad
lodked caluil) aud iiilelligcntly at the M5
iiulcsof ol'GU fect gradcs,' aud saw nolh
ing iu thrin of a formidable characler.
The 'rocky raiuparls' of Mount Ilolly did
noi tltin tcetn lo rcquire to bc 'iunnelcd
or rcnt asuudcr' a ?'J fect gradc wonld
casily surinouiit tlum. iniH'wu ofcnbit,
inrds' of ctiibatiktiiPiit al 'Jchi'IPs Brook'
I'xt'iicd no distiiibing inllitcnce on tlic
tercnily of his judgincnl. '1 rcgard it as
iibsoluiely ccrlain,' hc says, 'ihat your
road will he built!'
Up lo this datc, thcn, thc 1 lih of Apr.
lasl wemay, w iihoiit prcsump'.ioii, num
ber Mr Fcllon atuoiigthi. warm aud eoiilt
dctit fricuds of thc Rutland roulc. Hc
had loiiucd his opinion of ils cniinetit prac
licabilily ou sciculific dala, aud hc can
iiol havc been iguoratit of thc vcry greal
husiucss rcsoiircf s of its linc. Uc was
ftilly nppriscd, by actunl survey, of ita dif
lictiliics. Uc kncw llieir characler and
eMent. 11c kncw ihcre werc 'two roads
lo Burlington' which werc aimiiig lo sc
ciirc aid m Botloti; aud jet, in the facc of
his opinion llial thc public werc preparcd
lo huild but iinc, hc absures us that he ro
gards the huilding of the Rullatid road as
absolntely ccrlain .'
But thc occasion, if uot thc molivc, fsr
a changa of lout-, was aboiit to bo fiirn
ished. Mr Felton is ihe Etigineer aud
Superiiilcndent of thc Fitchburg road, and
thus far, we inav sujiptiM', he was but the
ccho of their w ishes ntid liews. Koon af
ler the lllh of April, howevcr, ihc f riciitl
of the Ceulra! road, whosc natural and np
propriate icuto to Bolton is by ihe way or
Concord, N. II., stiddenly transferred thcir
ticgocialioiis from thnl inierebt to the
'Fitchburg Boaid,' and by cogtul indttrc
uunts, dottbtliss, li'd tlie latler lo enlcilain
the propnsiiiim to ahandnn llieir favorile
and lojig-chcrished detign of cnnnccting
uilh the luitl.mtl route, aud unite wilh
ihfiii for the purpoc of huilding a road lo
Burlington, hy the way of Montpelier,
Iweniy si uiiles lotigcr, froin Bellows
Falls,ihe poiul of ilepiii'lure for holh roads.
We ieel ourx'hes at libcriy confideiitly tn
sta'.c ihat thesc iniliiccineiils wcrc, that
thc coiu-tructiiiit of Mieh it road wotild
'cut oll'' thc Concord road, and ihus (the
coiibtriiciion of ihc Rtillaud road bcing
undcrslood to he poslponid increly) ena
hle llio Fitchburg to fecurc to iltelf a
nttnopoly of llie greal nortlicrn and wcst
ern irausportation. Thesc npgociations
wcrc brotighl lo a raptd coticlusioti, antl
tho union was efl'eclcd.
Iu thc ineati litne, llio fricnds of ihe
Rutland road were w.iiiing, with motl e.
ctnplary palicnce, for ihs rc)ort of thcir
engincer. The delay i:i ils, publicutinn
wasa lopic of luvidious remark from llie
advocntes of thc ('entriil route, iu many
quartcrs; and thouh Mr Felton writcs,
on the 1 Ith of April, '!( I 'Miinol get a
way in thc coiirbc of a forlnight, to go
ovcr the grtitind, I will innkc a report on
sucli informatlon as I havp,'yct the pcr
Bonal attcndancc iu Buston ofGcn Brown,
two tlajs beforc uu imporiaul couvcution
of thc fricuds'of thc road, at Rtillaud, on
ihe (ith ofM.iy, alonc securcd its rccep
tiou at ihat lalc pcriod. But it wtts rc
ccited, and its cilnwrdiiiimj charactcrjts
siirprhing cslimalvs ofthr. cxpcns: oj tlic
roatl, ils supposcd ItostUily lo the prosccu
tion nfaur tnttrprise. intliiml an, imnicdi
dlc antl unanimotis vtHc tflhc Commission
(rs liavimr thc mattcr in chargf,agaiiist ils
publictition. A partial comparison of tho
estitnaies for furnishing thc two road?, thc
Rutland nnd Central, is cnotigh to accotini
lor, aud justify, this votc.
Rutland rotul Estimulc.
20 I.ocotnoiives ?120,0()0
20 Pas.scnger cars afi.OOO
10 B.iggago cars 7,.r)00
1000 Frcmht caru UOO.OOO
S-KiU.oOO
Ironrails, .100 per ton, is iG.SOO per
mile.
Vuttral road Estimolc.
8 Locjomotives. U10,000
I'iiisenger car.i M,1()0
'1 BiiL'gage car3 2 000
100 Fieitjhl cars 40,000
S'OG.OOO
Irou rads, !();) per lon, is '5,720 pei
mile.
Thc CoinmisHioners, uuable loconvince
thcnisclvcs ihat this cuormoti.s din'ercucc
in oslimalc resulted from.Mr Fi Iton'a con
vicliou of a probable rclativo dijfinncc in
tlic btisincss ol thc two roads, uotnith
standing his apparent Itberaliiy of conces-
sion on that puiut, were utihcaitatingU of
opiuiou ihat ihc rcport thould uot bc pub
lished, but ihat, if ncccssary, a new survey
aud new cstiinutes should inimedialely bc
niade.
Onc othcr fact iu rcferenc to the ctti
matcs of Mr Felton, is worihy of spccial
uolico. J hc cstimatcs (urnished to him
hy Messrs Cha?c and Tracy, wero inadc iu
thc most libcral maiiucr, nud m lo clicit
his cxpress approbatitni. To thrsc esti
tnaies, those geiitlcmcn madethc largc ad
dilional nlloaucc nl'Jiftetn pir ccnt, for
coiitingeiicics. Mr Felton, with a cou
lempt for uccurany, which ca:i oulyhc at
tributed to a slip-shod detcnniualion nr.t
to get tou linc un pstimate, payi no atton
titui to this per ceulagc, but, not contcni
wilh stipcraddiug wosl exiravagnnt and un
paralleled eslimatea for road furuiture,
r.oinpletcs his labor hy adding a furtlier al
luwance of 10 per cent uiaking, iu the
w liulc, niore llian 2(i pcr cent. allowed by
this judiciovs and f'riendly engin-ccr, fut
cuiiliiigcncics,
II this is the inClhod by which Mr Fel
ton as acquired the rrpulaiiou of nul 7;i
dcrlandiiig his work, it is one which,
ihough iindpni'tbly simple and easy of mii
taiion, few eugitioers will probahy doeui
it j'ldicious to a:!opt. Mr Fcllon, tpc.ik
i (i 15 of lessr.s Chas'e and Tracy, bnys:
Boih thesc geiiileuien perfoni'ed llieir du
ties in the most salisfaciory nianner1; aud
Mesers Chnse and Tiacy have pbtiinalctl
liberally for au approxiinalo esiiniate.'
But hcrc wc have an engincer adding 10
pei ccnt to libcral cstiuuites, inchidiiig
15 per cent for conliugeiicies, matle by
ueiitleiiit n who 'pprforined llieir dulics in
thc most satisfactory inauiicr!' If lliis is
ihenearest approach to ticciirncy which can
hc cxpeoted froni one clainiing to bc a
sciculific engincer, it is cvidcui ihat csli
mr.tes can furnish thc public wilh but
sirnll reliablo itifotinatitn. Thc Iruih i.s,
ihat lliis Cblimateof Mr Fclton's is utterly
unworthy nn euginecr who possesses, or
whosccks, a vahuble rfputation. It ib
exccssivu beyond pxaniile, nnd ifMr Fel
ton had been govcrncd by ti just apprccia
liou of iheduiy hc owrd to tliccotninuiiiiy
who cniployed his profcssional scrvicc!,
aud who thus bestowcd their confideiicc
upou hiin, in a utattcr tleeply nH'ecling
llieir intcrcits, hc would ncer havc pcr
miited himsclf lo incrcase thc gradcs, aud
aggravalc thc cxppiiso of thcir proposcd
road, wiihout al least ihe dcccnt fornialih
ol traversing itd roule.
Again, il is well known that, according
lo the survey inadc tinder Mr Fclton's di
icclious, (hcrc werc 23 uiiles requiiing a
grudc of i'roin GO to 70 fect, on ihc sixty
fivc uiiles of the Rutland aud Burlington.
By Mr Gilberl't survey, 40 fect is thc
maimum grade on this poitiou ol'theline
ol v. hicn therc nre but six milcs. Mr Fel
ton uttcuipls to avoid ihe ell'ect of this iin
provcment ou lliis work, by thc tlisciedil
nble subtcrfugo of saying thai hc had ftl
ways admiiied that ihis pmlioii of thc linc
uiiglit bc iinprovcd. We call ihis a uiosl
dibcrcditablc su Jterfuge, becaiibc Mr Fcl
lon urrir iiitcnthd that this boaslcd ad-mi-sion
s-hould be tiiidpr.sloud to cmhracp
so tjlnisicc an iinpi'oveineni. If he ditl so
intnitl, how dcbpicahlc appears the pnrade
of "45 uiiles ol'GU fect gradc," wlncli, in
hij rcport to the Fitchburg Boaid, "con
clusivcly seitles l lic question bclwecn the
iwo roiites!" Again, Mr Felton says
ihit "fLjit iwprovimeitls inuy be madu on
thc Ccnlral routc." llis zcnl for his cin
ployers cartics hiin, in lliis iiistance, to
the vcry verge of of ahsurdity ; for if ' 'c
qual improtcnients" ahtntld hc nitulo on
thc Ceiitrul road, it is IkhiIIv ioo nittch
to anticipatc ihat thc road will po;srss the!
novel ttdvanlage ol having a dtsccndiug
;-uilc bnlli trays nn its whule linc!
Tho sixty-live milcs liom Rutland lo Bur
lington fiiriiislics onc ol'lhe uiost ftnura
ble roitte.i fur u rail-road in New-England
aud it niay bo iutci esting to ptigincers ttl
least, to leni ii hy what procos thc suivey
which Mr Felton superintended cstablish
cs 23 milcs of a grade nf I'roin 00 In 70
feet per mile on that rouie. It will be
rccollected ihat by Mr Gilbpit's survpy,
40 fcf t pcr tnilo is the maximuin grade on
this pottion ol'lhe liuo, of which grade!
therc arc fottnd but -six milcs. This di.s-!
crepancy w ill excile lei-s ablonislimeni thau
the rcnsun for it. Rutland is 1 l(i fect n
bovo Lake Clitunphiin at Bui ligutoii. :
By u carcful compuialiou from tlie rcpori
and tablcs of gvatles furnishcd by '
Mcssrs. Chasc aud Tracy, tho almost '
incrcditnblo fact is nsccrlainnd that therc
aro 1T.N IlUNDIIEl) AND FnitTV-niRIIT rr.u'r
of Asci'.NDiNC gradcs in procceding from!
Rullniid, towards ihc Lake.io Burlington! J
This cxcoeds thc clevations rcquirpd by
Mr (Jilberl by nl least t!!)G fect. Cuiisc-i
quenily thcic if? accumulatrd on lliis Gyj
uiiles, hy thc survuy which i cndorscd
with llio approhation of Mr Fcllon, aiij
uKurpjjatc clcvation nud dcprcssion of
SIXTEIIN IIUNDlir.ll AND SEVENTV-TWO FEUT l
which is cntircly uncullcd fur ai.d un
iicccssnryjand this toovithout sccurmg a'
Vol. VI.-No. 278.
J'tico 1 ,50 in Adruncet
linc n singlc rod shortcr thau Mr Gil
bcrt'n. This rcsult is wcll calculatcd to
cxciic asioiiishmcnt, and in no way can
Mr Felton avoid tho ic.spnnsibility of it, in
ihc cstimaiion of honorablo rncn. At no
timc provious to, nor iluring tho progrcss
of tho survey which hc assumod to supor
intcnd and direct, did hc act his foot on
thc linc of thc road. And hc now dog
matizcs and dcclaims upon ils incrits and
(liflictiltics with tho least possiblo pcrson
nl acquaintai'cc with either. Ho has nev
er been ovcr it but oncc; and thcn iu ihc
capacity of Agont and Etigineer of thc
"l''itchburg Board," for the purpose of
deicrinining, hy n most cxpeditious Jlight
which prccludcd ihc possibillity of a faith
ful examination, whelher or not it was
bcst for that Board to entcr into what thcy
supposcd lo bc a viosl t'tdrunlagious "ar
rangement." This "ari'angeincnl" was
complctcd with indcccnt hastc, ul North
field, beforc cvcn a thirtl of thc Central
Routo had bcou bubjectcd to thc kccn in
spectioii ofthis most ra id but discrimi
nating invesligator, who now finds a doit
blc motive, as Engiucpr of tho Fitchburg
and Locating Eugiuccr of Ihc Central
Road, to atlack and disparage a route,
which has long been lahoring under the
hcavy burden of an ill-pcrfonncd and
worse digcstcd survey, inadc under his
direction.
The survey of thc Rutland Routo by
Mr Gilbcrt, convicts Mr Felton ol a most
culpable noglcct of his professional duty,
und estublishts that routc as one of the
mobt fea.siblc and advaniageous in Ncw
England. Mr (jlilbcrt hasdoncjust what
Mr Felton was houorably bound to do
whcn hc acceptod thc ollice of Engincer
of Ihat routc; hehr.s delcruiined llio
best localion for llie road. Ilo has de
tcnniued it by laboriotis and faithful pcr
stinitl survey. Tht survey will enduro
ihc test ol thc most criitca! examination.
But Mr Felton, with a gross lack of
gentlemanly, as well as pci'i'csional cour-
lesy, without waiting lor tlie maps, pro
liles, aud cstimatcs, which he kncw wero
preparing wilh nll practicable rapid
ity, has thought proper to attcmiit to dis-
cicdit the survey cf'Mr Gilbcrt, and tho
ciiimaies in adv.iucc. Mr Gilhert is n-
bund.intly conipetcnt to protcct himsclf
igainst this tiii'nanly and unmannerly at-
tnck. llis work will provc. Bnt tho
public havc a tight to know somclhing of
ihe cstimatioii iu which this gcutleman is
held by Uiom: most competcnt to judge
und determiuc his profebsional incrits.
Wc, llipiclore, inbeit tlic following nrtes
from Mr Wiight and Mr Broadhead, wcll
known as etnincnt ;ind most successful
Cnil Engineeis; simply calling attcntiou
to their respcctivc tlalcs. It willbc scen
that Mr Gilhert's profcssional cxpcriaice
contrasis vcry ftivorably with ilut ofhis
volunlccr apsailant; and ilittt he has quitc
nvaliiablc rcputation to protcct:
New Yoiik, Fcbrurary It), 1837.
Tho bcarer hcrcof, Mr Wmilliani B.
Gilbcit, has bccn a practical cngineer, I'or
sevcral years, and i'or ncarly two ycars
wns under my particular charge and su
pcrtihion, iu localing and conslructing
railroads. I havc found him skillful nnd
capable, and wilh good judgnicnt in llio
inanagemcnt of his laburs. I bclievc ho
will hc found capable aud liusty m thc
niannoenicnt ofany work hc niay tako
thc charge of.
BKNJAMIN WRIGi'lT,
Civil Engincer
Bosto.v, Atigubt lo, 1845.
T. Eotkl, Esti., Pnsidint tflhc Cham
plain and Connecticut Jlicir Railroad
Coinpauij,
DearSir, Yoursofthc 14th is now
beforc ine. It aflords mc great pleasuro
to say, ihat 1 nin pcrsonally aud profes
sionally acquaiutcd with William B. Gil
bert, Esq., and that I belicvc him to be a
skilful, conipetcnt cngineer. I wotild also
say ih.it Mr Gilhert's statcments, esti
iiuites &c, cnn bo tclied on witli cntire
confidcnce.
I am vcry respcctfully,
your ob't bcrv't,
EDWARD II. BROADHEAD,
Ciiil Enginee'r.
This conclude wilh all tho unders'rn
ed propose to btiy with rcfeiencc to Mr
Fcllon. They rcgrct tlie necessity which
has iinpelled thein to say so intich. Nolh
ing but ihc coiivictiou that thc cotirsc
whch he has thought proper to pursuo
has inosl unjustly piejudtced thc great en
tcrprise iliey havc iu charge, could havo
itiiluccd thotn to makc their communica
tion to llio public. Having niade it, they
reliro from thc controvcrsv. Thcy can
hold no furlhcr argumcnt with Mr Felton;
nor will any furtlier untico bo tnkcn of his
couiinunicalious, tmles.4 hc should tlunk
proper lo deny pfads, or thc authoriiy
of tlie quolulions froni his Report aud Lct
lcrs, as slatctl iu Ihis conimunicution.
The.'O they hold ihcnisclvcs bound lo
ubslautiatc.
But they have a word to say, in conclu
bion, to ihe busiucbS mcii aud capiialisls of
Boston. Thc re-suncy of ihe Rutland
route. defiuilcly cbtablishes it as tho most
praciicahle, as it has ever heeu adiinticd
lo bc the niobt desirable, rouii! frotn Bos
ton to Burlington. Its very great stipcri
oriiy iu poiut of dis-t.incc, and husiucss
and produciho resources, has neVcr been
disputcd. It is now ascerlaiud that thc
road can bc coustroctcd, nnd opcrsted,
as chcnply pcr mile, as thc Ccnlral This
hestowj upou ii au atlvautagc which bhotild
place compclitioti wilh it at defiance.
Tluit it docs so, iho iwdcrsigilctl coufident
ly bclicve. To consirucl llie longer linc
tif thc Central road, from Bellows Fnlls by
llie way of tho nioutli of Whilo Rivcr to
Burlington, requircs nn addit'wnal sub
sci ipiion lo llie siuck of that roatl of nioro
thau a million of dollars. This largo n
niount of moiipy is dptnaudcd to build a
road (from Bellows Fnlls to ihc lnouth of
Yl hite Rivcr) which caniiol uc ol llio least
poBbiblc ndvnntaiiu to Buslon. It is an
entcrprise dpm.u)ded by no public tntercst,
and in thc conceplioii opd rotecution of

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