Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-04-25

center of the village. The business of
the road, both in freight and passen-
ger traffic, was small-one passenger
train and one freight train a day, both
small ones, were sufficient for the
whole work of the road. Since that
the old depot has been repaired, but
not enlarged. The local business has
largely increased until the freight de-
partment of the building has become
too small the year round for the bust
ness and storage capacity required.
The arrangement of the passenger
rooms is such as to annoy and incon-
enience passengeT5-espec ladies.
The ticket Office, telegraph office, ex-
press office, baggage rooms, gents
room and ladies' room, SO called, are
all crowded into a space of about IL
by % feet. The ladies are compelled
to enter the mems room, oftentimes
filled with men and boys, trunks, bag
gage and express packages, and find
their way, as best they can, through
and into their room. The building is
high, and it is necessary to descend
quite fight Of stairs and to cross the
track, and find ones way along low
and narrow platform, between cars,
usually, to reach the train. It is an
inconvenient and dangerous way to
pass, and an equally unpleasant thing
to reach the depot from the train. The
building is SO situated that, having
reached the vicinity, it is often neces-
sary to thread ones way through and
among teams, across "a muddy route
to reach the depot at all. The whole
sale store business, the unloading of
grain cars and much team business is
done and centers about the spot where
passengers must pass in going to or
from the depot. The increasing bust
ness, both in common merchandise
traffic, and in the steady growing fur
niture business of Percival & Baldwin
require the entire depot building and
all the room about it outside. The peo-
pie hope to have good, modern, con-
venient passenger station built at
some point nearer the center of bust
ness and population. If it could be
church, this buildingremoved to some
more pleasant and desirable location;
to the lot just south of it, owned by
the Mossmans; or to the lot occupied
by M J. Smith, the location would be
convenient to all who reside in the
whole upper part of the village and
for those who arrive from the roads
reaching out toward So. Barton,
Sheffield, Westmore and the High
street road to Bloomington, etc. The
village proper would be fairly accom-
modated at this point and a long dis
lance of travel through a, not always
pleasant route, would be saved. We
believe the r. r. Co. will see the JUS
tioe of the request made and give US
better accommodations.
Barton Landing.
Geo. Morrill, has set out the cigars.
VIM. Croft started for New York last
Thursday evening.
crack'' at the M. E. vestry last Thurs
day evening.
A. d. Mathews is very sick.-Mrs.
Bailey is no better.-Daniel Buchanan
is suffering with cancer in his stomach.
Rev. G. S. Hubert, returns to his
third years passionate under very ia :
vorable circumstances and to the en-
tire satisfaction of the church.
Last Monday morning horse be-
longing to Mr.. Greenwood of Lowell
became frightened at the cars, ran
away and smashed the wagon. The
horse was uninjured.
FL. A. Badger has bought the John
son place and some land adjoining and
will at once erect barn for his livery
ess.-Robert D. Lang has pur-
chased a building lot on the ridge in
rear of the school building, and will
soon commence a house.
The High School Reading Club will
give public entertainment at the
Cong. vestry next Saturday evening,
consisting of music, readings, ETC., af-
ter which ice cream and cake will be
furnished. Admission, 10 cts. and 10
cts. for ice cream and cake. The mon
ely goes to the school library fund.
This will give everybody chance
both to enjoy pleasant evening and
to contribute to most worthy object.
South Barton.
B. G. Berry has gone to Olcott, and
j. II. Watson takes Mr.. Berry's sta
ton here.
H.F. Pillsbury will start up his steam
mill Monday. He has also hired the