ERRATA.

REPORT:

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APPENDIX:

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OF THE

RAILROAD COMMISSIONER

OF THE

STATE OF VERMONT,

FOR

1875-76.

RUTLAND:

TUTTLE & COMPANY,-BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS.

REPORT.

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Your Railroad Commissioner has the honor to submit his Report covering the operations of the railroads of this State, so far as the same could be determined, for the two years ending July 31st, A. D. 1876.

I have made inquiries, and examined into the management of our railroads, as our Statutes require, and am pleased to report that I have found no neglect or infringement of the laws for the regulation of railroads in this State by officers, employes, or agents of said roads (except such as are particularly mentioned further along in my Report).

I have, also, from time to time, examined and inspected the condition of various railroads in the State, with a view to learn their state of repair and efficiency, and their carriages and engines, and find that the condition of the railroads of this State has improved during the past two years,-the materials and equipments are in as good condition as at the time of making my last report. This is especially the case with the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad (Grand Trunk), and the Central Vermont Railroad, the former having substituted steel rails for iron, and iron bridges for wooden, over more than one-half the length of their road, and they intend during the present summer to extend it over the whole length. All the railroads in the State are in a safe condition. I have examined nearly all of the roads during the past two years, and quite a