After witnessing the success of the Green Mountain Railway, Clergue
came up with the idea of building a railroad from the base of Green
Mountain to the village of Eden. As with the Green Mountain Railway,
Clergue had begun implementing the new enterprise before informing
the public of it. This time however, the public acted in the short
time they had, and hired attorneys Andrew Wiswell and Hannibel Hamlin
Jr. to represent them. The hearing resulted in permission for Clergue
to build a railway to the outskirts of Eden, but the railway
couldn’t be built into the town of Eden.
