It is gratifying to know from more reliable authority than the intimation of Mr. Bird, that Mr. Brooks did justify the opinion which is generally entertained, of his good sense and judgment, by contemplating that "amazing folly," and the only evidence of serious mismanagement on his part, which Mr. Bird can produce, is that he did not, at once execute his purpose, lay the rails and put the road in operation from Greenfield to the mountain. The additional facilities which the completion of this road would have afforded for expediting the work, and reducing its cost, are too obvious to be enumerated. The extent and value of the resources and material of the region through which the road passes, and the importance of their speedy development, have already been shown. The distance from Greenfield to the mountain is about thirty miles, by a very uneven and hilly road; and yet, in 1861, the amount of freight transported over it, was 12,350 tons, and the freight and livery receipts were nearly $50,000. With a good railroad in operation, in the place of a rugged highway, and the summer travel which it would induce, there can be no doubt whatever, that the local business alone would afford receipts very far beyond the estimates, upon which it is presumed the offer of the Fitchburg and Vermont and Massachusetts companies to take a lease of the road was based, that is, $21,500 a year more than running expenses. Whether Mr. Brooks is responsible for the delay in putting the road under contract, and for the waste and damage which have resulted from a neglect of three years, or whether Mr. Bird _did_ succeed, while a member of the Council, in procuring an absolute injunction, the public cannot now well determine, for, as the reader has already observed, Bird declares that Mr. Brooks had absolute power, that the whole responsibility rests with him, and yet boasts that he "did something" towards preventing the completion of the road. * * * * *