Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-07-04

The adjourned hearing before tho SUI
preme court on the petition of the Central
Vermont TO compel the Montpelier and
Wells River road TO connect and operate
with them was held at Burlington Friday.
The court took the papers and announced
the decision Monday.
The full text of the decision is as
follows:
THAT part of the award made by the
commissioners, filed June 81 1888, which
|awards that the petitionee shall receive
parlor and baggage cars with their pas
|sengers on through tickets and baggage
on through check from said Montreal and
Saratoga express train at Montpelier, and
transport the same over its road to Wells
River in not exceeding one hour ard
thirty five minutes, and after the return
of the same from the White Mountains to
Wells River in like manner receive and
transport the same to Montpelier in the
same time, SO as to connect with the
petitioners express train going westward
over its road, and that the petitionee' s
trains shall make close connections with
those of the petitioner going east and
west from Montpelier, and that the petit
tionee shall receive pro rata share of the
earnings of said line, provided that if
p titionee shall be compelled to run an
extra train IN connection with said line
the petitioner shall pay the petitionee such
sum in addition to its pro rata share of
earnings as shall he required TO save the
petitionee from loss in consequence of
running such extra trains; this arrange
ment shall commence on the second day
of July and continue until the 10Th day
of September in each year while this
award shall remain in force; and those
parts OF the supplemental award made by
he commissioners and filed in the cause
that award that the parties shall respec.
lively receive their local rates instead of
a per rata division for the transportation
of freight and that the petitonce shall at
all times while the award is in force
receive from the petitioners road passen-
gers with through tickets, with their
baggage on through checklists confirmed
and judgment rendered thereon, with the
following qualification: The petitionee
instead of being limited to pro rata
share of the earnings of said lines, shall
be entitled TO be paid at the rate of not
less than Sl.5l Tor each and every pas
senger that it may SO transport over its
road, and monthly settlements shall be
made by the parties and any sums that
may be found due to the petitionec upon
such settlements shall then be paid by the
petitioner to the petitionee. This arrange
nent shall commence on the Sth day of
July Tor the year 1888, instead of the
second as fixed by the award. And
before the pelitionce shall be required to
run any extra trains to transport such
cars, the petitioner shall execute Il bond
in the penal sum of $4,000, to be
approved bv the county clerk of Wash
ington county, and deposit the same with
him for the benefit of the petitionee,
conditioned that the petitioner will pay
the pctitionee all loss and damage that it
may sustain in consequence of running
such extra trans, except such as may
result from the fault of negligence of the
petitionee.
The costs of this proceeding, including
the fees CT the compensation OF the Judges,
to be paid one halt by the petitionee; no
witness or attorney fees before commits
sioners TO be taxed,
HOMER E. ROYCE,
For the Court.