Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-19
RAILROAD MATTERS.

The Central vermont railroad shops AT
Rutland began running Monday on ten
hours time.
Superintendent Burdett says that the
freight traffic has been heavier on the Cen
trail Vermont road in the last 10 days then
it has for nearly two years.
A circular has been issued by the Grand
Trunk railway ordering that hereafter all
Chinese going over the road will be passed
through III bond, and that the conductors
will be held responsible to see that none Of
the Mongolians are allowed to stop in
Canada.
Miss Alma Reed of HYDE Park while
returning from Morrisville was over
taken on the trestle near the depot, and to
escape the train she jumped to the ground,
distance of 20 feet, dislocatinQ both
ankles and suffering other injuries about
the body.
Nearly hundred cars of freight from
Canada reached ST. Adams Monday.
Among them were seven carloads of
horses, the duties on which amounted to
s2,97l 60 and one entry consisted of 10
cars of barley, duties on which amounted
| to Sl,0l6g0
The National Association of General
Passenger and Ticket Notwithstanding
agents in the United States and Canada
held its spring meeting at the Grand Pa
cific Hotel, Chicago, on Tuesday the 10th
inst. General Passenger Agent Cum
mings of the Central Vermont started for
Chicago last week.
The present wooden bridge of the Della
ware and Hudson railroad at Centre Rut-
land is 4l9 feet long, while the new
bridge will be PSI feet long, in two spans,
one of $40 feet and the other of 14l feet.
The remaining distance of 1873 feet on the
west bank will be filed in by the Yer
mont Marble company.
NJ. f. Merrill has resigned his position
as railroad secretary of the Young Mems
Christian Association at Rutland. The
managers have appointed l.. b. Scott of
Whitehall to fill the vacancy and he will
begin work April /, when Mr.. Merrill s
resignation will take effect. The associa-
ton has nearly 300 members
An attempt was made recently to
wreck the New London Northern train
that arrives at Brattleboro at 4:30 p. m,
by placing a rail about 70 feet long across
the track about 200 feet this side of the
high bridge" at Montague. But it so
happened that an extra freight was run
southwark that day and while going up
reached down unusually close to the
track hit the rail and threw it off. The
attempted wrecking was done by a boy
l2 or 10 years old. who was easily tracked
from this point to his house. The boy
said he did it only for fun.
IL. A. Taylor OF w est OAKLAND Cal, Tor
merly of Essex, in private letter reprint
ed in the Messenger says "There are Il
good many st. Adams boys here, some of
whom will name. n. p. Foster is auditor
of the NJ. p. g. N. department of the
Southern Pacific company, and Horace
Ball is his chief clerk. Foster takes the
place Of c. A. Grow, who was in Mr..
Hobart's office for some time, but is how
agent for the Hopkins estate here, involv-
| ing some 5000. 900, at a good salary.
Then Curt Mason, and the veteran en-
gineer Lutte Golf of Richford. Another
veteran here is Sid Bliss. Charles Hall is
an engineer on the western division.
There are good many boys here from
Chittenden county-all doing well, be
lieve."
There is great deal Of agitation going
on in Canada at present for the abolition
of Sunday traffic and Sunday work on
railroads. This movement, which has
been vigorously furthered by churchmen
of all denominations is understood to
have been started by the railway men
themselves. There is Il law on the statute
books of Canada which prohibits Sunday
work of any description, and the govern
ment is to be asked by the religious bodies
to have this act strictly enforced all over
Canada. If the Sunday law is enforced
against the running of passenger trains in
Canada on Sunday, it will have the same
effect on the Michigan Central, the Yer
mont Central and other American rail
ways as it will on Canadian railways.