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Boston, Nov. 20, Conant Linsley, Warner, to lease Road from Rutland to Castleton for a term of years: Bradley and others to take bils for building R. R. from Barlington to Swanton, complete.
Dec. 10th, President John Bradley, John Howe, and treasurer to mortgage the Road, franchise and furniture to secure payment of any amount of .07 per cent bonds to be issued not exceeding $ 1,700,000, interest semi-annual; C. Linsley authorized to put in operation a line of telegraph from Rutland to Boston. [The Legislature had passed an Act the fall preceding, authorizing extension of this Road to Swanton. ]
Middlebury, Jan. 22, 1851 .- Voto i Brooks- ville be ma le a frt. station : votel, a Central Board be established upon the great lines between Boston and Lake Champlain, includ-
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ing connecting roads of each line, one dele- gate from each, to consider all joint business ; action of said Board not to bind the direct- ors of any road without consent of delegate of said Road. Its first meeting in Feb., '51. Bids to be taken for building station-house at Vergennes and Chester ; Bradley & Can- field authorized to build 4 barges for trans- porting freight.
Boston, Feb. 22, President to arrange with Central R. R. Co., for temporary connection at village of Burlington. Samuel Henshaw resigns as treasurer : Peter Harvey, of Bos- ton, at salaty of $ 3,000, elected treasurer : engineer department to be dispensed with after March 1st.
April 15., Passenger depots of wood to be erected this season at Middlebury and Lud- low : L. Bigelow resigns office of Supt ; President reports this year, losses by flood and fire* and uncommon severity of winter, spring and fall, "a large force being con- stantly employed to keep the road in passable order." Engine-house completed at Rutland to admit 16 locomotives with turn-table in centre and machine shop furnished with tools. " The Vt. Valley R. R. now opened, it is al- ready arranged to run daily trains between Burlington and New York." "This Road perfects the direct connection of our Road with Mass., Ct. and R. I. Roals, soon to be opened: Western Vt. R. R. to Troy, by Ben- nington and the Bellows Falls and Albany R. R., from Rutland to Albany, via. Salem : The Rut. and Wash. R. R. enter our depot grounds over their own track, and the same of the several roads terminating on our grounds at Bellows Falls." [The extension act to Swanton, of Rut. & B. P .. R met violent op position before the assembly.] " A stockhold- er of 5 shares instigated by the Vt. Cen. Co., preferring complaint before the judge of the 4th Judicial Court as a stockholder in the Rut. & Bur. R. R., to whom such extension would be injurious ; the judge as chancellor for the District, enjoins the corporation from proceeding : Proceedings suspended, by no means abandoned. Question to be carried to a higher tribunal." No. of directors reduced to seven : Votei, "all attempts to delay or defeat this enterprise (extension to Swanton) be resisted at any expense and every hazard.' Voted, land be purchased for depot station at
. Freshet of 1851-Chester and Vergeungs depots burned.
Cuttingsville ; Supt. to employ Burdick as track master, salary not to exceed $ 900; (Increased July 4th to $ 1,000:) Mr. Dunlap, Ass't Supt., salary $ 1,200: July 29th. Clerk's salary, $500; Salary of President for 1550 and '51, $ 2,000 ; Dugal Stewart, of Rutland clerk, salary, $ 700.
Bellows Falls, Aug. 19, L. Bigelow resigns after Sept. Ist as Supt .; app'd Gen. Agt., sal- ary $ 2,000 : Voted a paint shop be built at Rutland, and car house at Bellows Falls: Boston directors to make arrangements with Ocean Steamer Navigation Co. of N. E.
Boston, Sept. 16, 1851, Vice Pres. Hodges presented letter of Judge Follett, resigning the presidency : letter laid on the table; con- ceded Mr. Ripley's demand for flag station at Center Rutland and ordered depot built. Committee to confer with Central R. for con- nection North of Burlington : President's letter of resignation referred to Hendee & Reed to report on at next meeting.
Bellows Falls, Oct. 21, Supt. and Bradley to continue our track to depot grounds of the Vt. Central in Burlington; to make Kimball's Crossing (Mt. Holly) a flag station.
Boston, Nov. 24, W. A. Harrington and John Bradley resign office of directors. Har. rison Fay and Samuel Swift, Esq., elected directors, and Mr. Swift added to ex. com. Dec. 18, President's resignation accepted for Jan. 1, 1852 ; Harry Bradley, of Burlington elected as successor, at $ 2,000 per year till his salary may be fixed : after Jan. 1. Mr. Follett requested to continue his services at his present salary as constructing agent till next annual meeting. Voted cordial approv- al of his able services as Supt. to L. Bigelow resigned.
Resolved -" That the thanks of this Board be presented to the Hon. Timothy Follett, late Pres. of the Rut. and Bur. R. R. Co., for his able and efficient services in projecting, constructing, and carrying forward that great enterprise to its present state of com- pletion, and for his uniform courtesy and kindness while presiding over the delibera- tions of this Board."*
* " With this retirement terminated his public ca- reer." Ile was the great projector of this enterprise. He pledged his private property to carry It through- Sea biography Vol. I., page 636. He was successful, so far as to see it built-to have it said that he constructed it; but it crippled him and drained his resources lu means und mind. Ile, who had built his own fortune first, and been the largest land holder in this city- At one time, I have been told, he owned the entire wharf property) died at length of a slow softening of the
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Boston, Jan. 21, '52. The purchase by [ ordor of finance committee ; resignation of J. the President, at the informal request of all the Directors, from Hon. T. Follett of his wharf property at Burlington, being com- pletol; the purchase approved and con- firmel; to build depots at Shelburne, Char- lotte anl Birtonsville: President to sub. scribe for 62} shares of capital stock of the Montreal an I .N. Y. R R., and 250 shares of the Plattsburgh and Montreal R .. R .; to re- quire Rat. & Wash. R. R. to extend their track from West Rutland to our depot grounds at Rutland; to purchase or build a boat to run from Burlington to Rouse's Point, under our entire control ; Ratland depot building not to exceed $ 15,000; President's salary after Jan., '53, to be $ 3,000. Directors for this year : Win. R. Lee, John Howe, Chas. J. Hendee, Harrison Fay, Benj T. Reed, Asa Wentworth, jr., and John A: Conant. Voted to issue $ 50,000 more in notes or bonds, and to issue not to exceed $ 12,000 bonds with cou - pons : June 14, Wm. Raymond Lee unani- mously elected (3d) president and John A. Conant, Vice President : Sold John A. Conant and associates Rut. & B. R. R. Co., steamboat property on Lake Champlain, including Shel- burne Harbor real estate, for $ 80,000., pay- ments to be made, $ 16,666.66, Aug. 15, '54, '55, '56 each; balance 4th year; signed by Conant, Hendes and Fay : Voted, that here- after no cars of this corporation be permitted to pass into the State of N. Y. until further orders.
Boston, Oct. 5, '53 .- Voted 21 mortgage bonds to supply treasury : to take measures to prevent grant in Legislature for R. R. from Castleton North to Brandon or Whit- ing ; to raise Mr. Harvey's salary (treasurer) to $ 5,000 from the commencement.
DIRECTORS' MEETINGS, Boston, Nov. 15th, 16th, 29th and 30th ; Surrender to trustees, un- der 2d mor gage ; Conant and Wentworth to sell property not covered by the two mortga. ges ; The president to sell, mortgage and lease wharf and property in Burlington ; treasurer and finance committee to indemnify officers of the corporation and others for signing ; bonds not to be sold or pledged, except by
brain, in the Asylum of the Sisters of Providence in this city. He lived for two or three years, I think, after he was placed there. He was placed there by his friends-by his own family, as the Sisters could take better care of him.
Never, perhaps, was a citizen more beloved in Bur- lington, and his reverses more regretted.
Howe, director : T. J. Stevenson's letter, de- clining to act as trustee ; clerk to allow the transfer of shares : to apply to legislature to modify act prohibiting issue of stock less than par; indenture of surrender made to Samuel Henshaw, Brookline, and Thomas Stevenson, Boston, Mass. ; to issue bon Is with coupons, 6 years to run, at 6 per cent .. , payable semi- annually ; if 3d mortgage is made on the road, bonds to be covered by the same ; the same to be offered creditors of the corporation in payment of their demands at 10 per cent. discount, or at par for one half and balance in 2i mortgage bonds of '07 per cent. issue. Boston, Feb. 7, '51. J. H. Williams removed, as clerk, and Dugal Stewart, of Rutland, elected ; the counsel of the president regard- ing the surrender of 2d mortgage property, illegal, without first calling a meeting of stockholders, the same delayed till Feb. 7. '54; John A Conant resigned, as director ;* Mar. 7, D. A. Smalley, of Burlington elected director, in place of Conant ; communication presented the president from Geo. W. Strong, president of Rutland & Washington Railroad Co., respecting a lease of the Rutland & Bur- lington railroad to the Rutland & Washing- ton railroad, in connection with the Cheshire & Fitchburg Railroad Co .; Fay and Sinalley committee to make such lease : on petition of Follett and others, voted, special meeting of stockholders be called, at Bellows Falls, ; Wm, R. Lee's resignation as trustee for the bondholders, and 2d mortgage.
Mar. 8, Peter Harvey resigns office as treasurer ; Geo. B. Gibbons, Boston, salary $ 2,500, elected ; security to be given hold- ers of steamboat property, on lake Champ- lain ; proceeds of sales of steamer Boston and four barges, and delivery of 2d mort- gage bonds to Merchants' Bank, Burling- ton. Mar. 16, '54, accepted lease terms, with Rutland & Washington Railroad Co.
Mar. 19, resignation of W. R. Lee, as direc- tor and president, to take effect this day :
* John A Conant was the Financial agent of the Company, (the original Corporation. )until its organ iza - tion, and was one of the original thirteen Directors, and was annually re-elected until he resigned in 154. The citizens of Brandon invested more in the Capital Stock of the Company than any other three towns io State, outside of Contractors. Mr. Conant was ten- dered the Presidency of the Company after Judge Fol- lett retired, but declining it was made Vice President, fu about 1852 or 1853. Mr. Conant represented Bran- don in the Legislature 1830 and '31.
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Thomas Thatcher, Esq., of Boston director, in place of John Howe resigned, and elected (4th) president and member of finance com- mittee ; D. A. Smalley appointed solicitor : vote of thanks to past president ; Lee to call meeting of stockholders, Apr. 12, '54, to consider 3d mortgage ; 3d mortgage author- ized, and voted for May 16, '54.
The first assignment of the road took place Nov. 20, 1853 ; Surrender of steamboat and Shelburne wharf property, contract of Con- ant, Hendee & Fay.
March 13, Franklin Haven, director and trustee, resigned ; Ellis Fay Lovering. Esq., of Boston, elected trustee in place of Haven ; D. A. Smalley first appears on the records as clerk.
EXECUTION, MAY TERM, 1357.
Tracy, Converse & Barnes, v3. The Rut. & B. R. R. Co .; State of Vermont, Windsor Co .; Damages, $ 990.67; costs, $26.42; received at Burlington, for collection, Aug. 21, '57, S. Huntington Con .; attachment made on (certain named capital stock shares) same day; said shares advertised to be sold at public auc- tion, Sept. 7th, next, at the town hall; at the time stated, constable Huntington proceeded to make the sales at auction, and sold 7 shares, standing in the name of Paris Fletcher, di- rector, to D. A. Smalley, for two cents each, said Smalley being the highest bidder ; 7 shares each of Asa Wentworth Jr. (director,) and Thomas Fletcher, president, for 14 cents ; two cents each, to D. A Smalley, highest bid- der ; 7 shares of B. T. Reed, and 7 shares of Chas. J. Hendee, director, do. do .; 72,258 shares in the name of D. A. Smalley, for $ 44.42 (2 cents each) to D. A. Smalley, high- est bidder ; costs of attachment and sale, $ 7.71: balance, $37.62; paid by constable to Geo. F. Edmunds attorney for plaintiff's, in part satisfaction thereof, leaving a bal- ance thereon due and unpaid to the amount of $ 979,97.
Windham Co. v. Rut. & Bur. R. R. Stock attached, sold at auction and collected $12.28; Chittenden Co., execution and collected $29.81 ;- Director's meeting, Rutland, Aug. 20, '57, D. A. Smalley resigned as clerk. B. B. Smalley of Burlington, elected .- Sept. 16, '57, Stock holders' annual meetings in Burlington depot, in 1857, '53, '59, Thos. Thatcher pres .; Directors Reed, Fay, Went- worth, Smalley, Fletcher, Isaac B. Bowdish
in '57; in' 58, Thatcher, Conant, Bowdish, Fay, Smalley, E. A. Chapin and H. E. Stoughton ; in '59, same except J. H. Wil- liams and D. A. Smalley in place of Chap- in and Stoughton ; in '60 Chapin and Geo. B. Gibbons in place of Smalley and Stough- ton .; in 61, Geo. F. Edmunds, in place of Gibbons; '62, B. B. Smalley in place of Fay. Rutland, Mar. 11, 1863. D. A. Smalley and E. A. Chapin, appt. trustees in place of Hon. Samuel Henshaw deceased and John B. Page director in place of Thatcher ; Resolved, On motion of D. A. Smalley, where- as it has pleased Divine Providence to remove from this life, Thomas Thatcher, the president of this Corporation and one of the trustees in the possession and management has been removed from our Board and from the direc- tion of affairs of this Road, a. man of great business tact and experience, of untarnished integrity and of gentle and genial manners. Resolved that in every position in life, bis character and demeanor entitled him to the affectionate respect of all with whom he was brought into contact and that his death though in the fullness of years and of honors is a source of sincere regret to those who knew him and a loss to the whole community not to be forgotten. Resolved that we tender to the afflicted family of Mr Thatcher, our heart-felt condolence and sympathy in this hour of grief and trial."
Geo. B. Gibbons resigned as treasurer having served 9 years ; Vote of thanks to past treas- urer and B. B. Smalley elected to the office : office to be removed to Burlington : D. A. . Smalley resigns as Solicitor : Geo. F. Edmunds app'd. Hon. D. A. Smalley elected President : July 8th, D.A. Smalley resigns as president and director, by letter to Jas. H. Williams, vice president. Albert L. Catlin elected as director and President. Edward J. Phelps in place of B. B. Smalley resigned, Apr. 5, '64. Voted treasurer's salary at $400 per year. Directors, Catlin, Conant, Williams Edmunds, Page, Phelps and Henry Baxter : June 14 '65, Geo. Edinunds resigned as Solicitor and direc- tor. Directors, Catlin, Williams, Page, Phelps, Baxter W. Tracy, and J. Prout do. for '66, '67. Here ends the written records, deposited in the archives of the R. R. office at Rutland. -Ed.]
RUTLAND RAILROAD CONTINUED. BY L. W. REDINGTON, ESQ.
In 1863, Edwin A. Birchard and John B. Page, were appointed trustees of the 24 mort- gage bondholders of the Rut. and Bur. R. R. Co., and as such trustees had the possession and management of the road until Feb. S, 1871,
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when it passed as of Jan. 1st, 1871, by leave of the court of chancery, under the contract or lease to the managers of the Vt. Central and Vt. and Canada R. Roads. The leases of the several lines operated by the Rutland Railroad managers there also assigned as a part of the same contract.
However, we must leave the Road at this point in the hands of the Vt. Central, and re- turn to the year, 1867, when the RUTLAND RAILROAD Company was first organized at Rutland, July 9th, by choice of Edwin A. Birchard, John Howe, Jas. H. Williams, John B. Page, Peter Butler, Geo. B. Chase and Geo. M. Barnard as directors, by a unanimous vote of the stockholders. And the organiza- tion was further perfected by the election of John B. Page, President; J. M. Haven, Treasurer; J. H. Williams, Clerk pro-tempore.
Under this management the road continued in a prosperous condition. In 1869, the fol- lowing roads were operated in harmony with this corporation, viz :
" The Vermont Valley Railroad, 24 miles ; The Montreal and Plattsburgh Railroad, 24 miles, The Whitehall and Plattsburgh Rail- road, 20 miles; And also the Burlington Steamboat Company, 23 miles, making under one management, 211 miles."
In October of this year, the R. R. was greatly damaged by a tremendous rain storm, ' which flooded the State from one end to the other. In numerous places the Rail Road was completely inundated with consequent vast detriment to the corporation. Especially was there serious damage in the towns of Chester and Rockingham where the Road lies in the valley of William's River. Bridges were swept away; the abutments of others were destroyed ; and at one locality-near Bartonsville in the town of Rockingham, 5,600 feet of the road-bed was entirely carried away by the flood. It was twenty-two days before a train of cars passed over the road.
An immense cost for repairs etc., was en- tailed upon the Company. But with re- markable energy the serious damages were met and overcome ; the road was repaired and improved and put into such condition that it would compare favorably with any road in New England. The losses from this disaster were estimated at about $ 250.000. The Les- sees took possession of this Road Feb. 8, '71, and operated it under their lease, without charge or disturbance till June 1st, 1875,
when the Lessors of the road made a demand of the Lessees, for the possession of the leased roads and property of the same, on the ground that the Lessees were at that time withholding all rent from the Lessors. And steps were immediately taken by the Lessors to recover either their leased property or the amount due from rent of the same. And the matter is now in litigation between the two parties. (Jan. 1876.)
THE EARNINGS OF THE ROAD
from 1863 to 1874 inclusive that is from the time when John B. Page and Edwin A Birch- ard took control of the road in '63.
"Earnings for year ending January 1, 1863, $ 348,318.07; for year ending January 1, 1864, $ 455,264.36; from Sept. 1, 1863, to Sept. 1, 1864; $615,304.87; from Sept. 1 1864, to Sept. 1, 1865, $ 735,237.60 ; from Sept. 1, 1865, to Sept. 1, 1866, $ 787,434.87 ; from Sept. 1, 1866, to Sept. 1, 1867, $ 823,786. 94; from Sept. 1, 1867, to Sept. 1, 1868, $821,173.02; from Sept. 1, 1868 to Sept. 1, 1869, $ 871,143.84 ; for year ending Novem- ber 1, 1870, $ 900,749.35; for year ending Nov. 1, 1872, 980,544 25; fer the year end- ing Dec. 1st, 1873, at a Total of $ 970,238.94; for the year ending 1874, 978,481.77."
As the President stated in his report of 1872:
"The road was taken by the trustees, as appears by the evidence produced, in a worn- out condition in all its departments. After seven years of efforts, amid many discour- agements, it was turned over to the present Lesees; in good order, with additions to its shops, engine-houses, wharves, and station accommodations, and with a large increase in its rolling stock ; at a rental* that after a few years will pay an income on all its stock and bonds, and to an amount of at least $8,000,000. The spring of 1871, these stocks and securities of your road were selling in the market at a price, that upon the whole would realize over $ 6,000,000. One who has been in a position to understand what has been done, has asserted "That no such financial success has been wrought out of such finan- cial ruin in all New England."
We cannot too highly appreciate the bene- fits that have resulted to the State of Vermont from this R. R. line. And not only to Vt., but to New England, New York, and the whole
* Leased to the Vermont Central and Canada Rail- roads, Jan. 1, 1871, for 20 years.
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ci uch as a "country fertile in the TY WAP De of agriculture, and rich in min- era'. was penetrated and rendered accessible ? all seasons of the year. Too much credit cannot be given to its early projectors; their lat ors were great; their struggles were unre- uitting but their success was grand. It is difficult to compute the advantage to a coun- try thus suddenly opened to the world, but it is an old rule of political economy that the construction of a rail road will eventually add five times its cost to the value of property through which it runs.
Of the Geology of the country through which the R. R. is laid, were there time at my present writing or space in this volume, I would like to enter into a de- scription. I would like also, to record some of the many interesting incidents connected with its early building progress, the obstruc- tions that were encountered, the wonderful rocky formations that were excavated and the interesting discoveries made, among which was the fossil tooth, weighing about 3 lbs. and supposed to be the tooth of an elephant, found in October, 1848, in Mt. Holly several feet below the surface of the ground in mak- ing an excavation. And also, the large bone or tusk, 4 feet in length, shortly after found near the same place. But for the present I may only say prosperity attend the Rutland Railroad, and all others in the State.
Rutland, Jan. 15, 1876.
THE BEAUTY OF RUTLAND.
"Burleigh" speaks thus pleasantly of Rut- land.
There are few towns in New England more beautiful than Rutland. The lay of the place is delightful. The hotels are new and first-class. Handsome churches adorn the town An air of elegance and thrift is impressed on all things. Marble is plenty as coals at Newcastle. The pavements, cross- walks and ways are paved with this aristo- cratic material. A few years ago Gen. Bax- ter made a purchase of some quarries, and the price he gave-$ 20,000-induced his friends to believe that he needed a guardian. But the purchase proved a splendid invest- ment for himself and all who were associated with him. Rutland is but a specimen of the towns and villages that lie thickly studded along the whole route from Boston to Sara- toga.
MAJOR LEVI G. KINGSLEY
began his army life in the first regiment as Second Lieutenant of Co. K, in which posi- tion he served during the three months' term. Upon the organization of the 12th Vermont he was elected its major, receiving his com- mission Sept. 26, 1862. In this capacity be won the unbounded esteem of all the soldiers, and was mustered out July 14, 1863. The Major is now successfully engaged in busi- ness in the village of Rutland.
COL. REDFIELD PROCTOR,
of Rutland, began his career in the army as quartermaster of the Third Vermont regi- ment, enlisting from Cavendish and receiving his commission June 19, 1861. He vas promoted to Major of the Fifth regiment Sept. 25, 1861, vice L. A. Grant, promoted. He served in this position until July 11, 1862, when he resigned and returned home. Upon the organization of the 15th Vermont regiment of nine months' men he was elected its Colonel. He showed marked fitness for command, and was honored and respected by all. He was mustered out with the regiment Aug. 25, 1863. He then took up his residence in Kutland, where he now resides. He was elected to the State Legislature from Rutland in 1867, and '68, and made a capable and valued legislator.
COL. WHEELOCK G. VEAZEY,
of Rutland, entered the army as Captain of Co. A. 3rd Vt. Regiment, enlisting from Springfield, where he was then engaged in the practice of law. He received his cap- tain's commission May 21, 1861, and was promoted to Major of the regiment, Aug. 10, 1861, and three days thereafter promoted to Lieut. Colonel. In this capacity he ser- ved with credit until Sept. 27, 1862. when, upon the organization of the 16th Vt. Reg- iment, he was elected its Colonel. In com- mand of this regiment he distinguished him- self at the battle of Gettysburg, and was mustered out with the regiment at the expi- ration of the nine months term, Aug. 10. 1-63. Soon after his retirement from the army he removed to Rutland, where he now re-ides in the profession of the law. Col. Veazay has represented his county in the State Senste. Hle was commander of the reunion forces, at the first reunion in Rutland in 1873.
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SHERBURNE.
BY HON. DANIEL T. TAYLOR.
Sherburne is a post town in the eastern part of Rutland county. It is in lat. 43º 38', and long. 4º 15', and is bounded N. by Stockbridge, E. by Bridgewater, S. and W. by Mendon. It lies 22 miles N. W. from Windsor, and 9 N. E. from Rutland. It was chartered to Ezra Stiles and Benjamin Ellery, of Newport, R. I., by the name of Killington, July 7, 1761, containing 23,040 acres. A tract of land called Parker's Gore lying between this township and Bridge- water was annexed to it Nov. 4, 1822. It was surveyed and lotted, into 70 equal shares, by Simeon Stevens, in 1774. The settlement was commenced in 1785, by Isaiah Washburne.
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