The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19

tained an attachment for 500, 900 on the de-
fendants' marble quarry at West Rutland, but
which attachment was dissolved by the court
year or two since. The master disalows the
entire claim of damages aside from profits and
finds that the defendants acted In good faith
as was possible for a person to act who by
mistake does legal wrong The case was
originally referred to Hon. George W. Harman
Of Bennington and the late Judge Benjamin
Steele, but before any hearing was had Judge
Steele died and the late Chief Judge Pierpoint
was appointed sole master, and took mass of
testimony which made over twelve hundred
printed pages. Judge Pierpoint died before
making any report and S. G. Shurtleff, Esq, OF
Montpelier was appointed in his place and
heard the case on evidence already taken, in
July, 1882, in Burlington.
A FIRE started about ten o'clock on Tuesday
night, the 18th inst, at South Royalton, which
proved very destructive Bixby & Jones, gro
ceries, crockery and furniture, j. o. Belknap,
dry goods, clothing and groceries and M. j.
Sargent drugs and fancy goods, were burned
out. The first two lost large part Of their
stocks and considerable of Sargent's stock was
burned, and the goods saved were badly dam
aged. The fire is supposed to have started
from spark from an engine and WAS stopped
only by most determined efforts on the part Of
the citizens. Water Witch engine company
from Mortified arrived with their machine
about two clock, too late to render much aid
in subduing the fire, but did good service in
preventing further trouble from sparks. The
Randolph engine company went down, but
could not get their engine transported. The
following is the full amount of insurance carried
by the losers: Bixby & Jones, goods and store,
| 81 800; Hannah G. Bain building. 81, 200; j..
o. Belknap, goods, 81, 800; M. J. Sargent,
store furniture and goods, S2, 800; Aaron N.
Kings store damaged, estimated at $3.50; G.
H. Manchester, goods and building, $40, set
tied A. P. Skinner, S20 settled; Benjamin
Scribner, S65 insurance and small damages.
About $4,000 of the loss Is in the Vermont
Mutual, and the balance in stock companies.
There will probably be large reductions in
these amounts on account of the salvage.
THE Brattleboro correspondent of the Spring.
field Republican says: "The railroad imbrogio
at Rutland still furnishes much food fol
thought, comment and speculation. Growing
out Of the over-ssue Of stock transactions, the
friends OF Haven now charge that Ex-Governor
Page has adrotly managed to direct public at
tention into channels wholly unfavorable tc
Haven, whereby his indictment would follow
and Pages innocence be established. They
charge Page with manufacturing local senti
ment, also with button-holing Boston parties
prejudically to Haven, hoping through perse
cuton to drive Haven from Rutland to covel
the facts. Haven still protests his innocence
and states that he does not propose to be ruI
from town, also that the deficit to the railroad
company belongs to Page to pay and that HI
has urged an investigation and arbitration
without avail for weeks. Page caused Haven
property to be attached for this deficit. Th'
bylaws Of the company put everything unde
control Of the president (late Page) who it il
claimed collected all rents and negotiated al
loans for years including the $4,000 charged
to Haven in his account at the Rutland bank
Haven's friends also claim that his duties hav,
been simply clerical and that Page has by
virtue of his position been potential in practic
and example, and that though Haven may b,
legally responsible, Page is really the one il
default morally and financially. Haven still
acts under advice of his counsel, Hard Of Bur
lington and Attorney General Russell Of New
York, in making no statements for the press
Haven's pronounced prohibitory views are th
cause undoubtedly, of much hard feeling
toward him in Rutland
IT now turns out that the Canadian Pacif
company has paid the claim of the Wasol
Manufacturing company against the South
eastern, and for the satisfaction Of which
writsof replevin ON large number of cars wa
issued to United States Marshal Henry Paper
attaching large quantity of wood along tn
line of the Southeastern we're also issued Fri
day by creditors in Vermont, but this CLAIM
has been settled by the Canadian Pacific. TIL
two payments made amounted to several hun
dred thousand dollars, and still further tight
ems the grip Of the Canadian Pacific on tn
Southeastern. The claims Of the Canadian
Pacific and Passumpsic and Boston. Concor'
and Montreal railroads against the Southeast
ern now aggregate two million dollars, an
this financial hold on the road in connectio
with the fact that parties in the interest @
these roads constitute majority of the activ
directors of the Southeastern, make it almos
certain that the road will soon be owned b
the largest creditors of Bradley Barlow Il
, the event Of the Canadian Pacific and PassumI
! sic and Boston, Concord & Montreal railroad
, coming into possession of the Southeaster
l railroad proper it will be necessary to secur
the Montreal, Portland & Boston railway /
order to complete their line and make the dt
sired connection between their respective tel
mini at Montreal and West Farnham a dii
tance Of thirty miles This important link
owned by separate corporation and has a
, incumbrance of S901O 900, of first mortgsg
. bonds of which $5O1, 900 in amount is held a
t collateral security by the Vermont Nations
. Bank on their loan of 1919, 900 to Bradley Bal
low. The Canadian Pacific and other road
interested in the line have made an offer
t Receiver Hendee for the purchase Of the bond
4 in question, but at lower figure than the n
( ceiyer is willing to take. 1t is probable be
: ter offer will be made.