News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-07-05

senger station at that place.
have recently looked over the premises
there with Mr. Bissell. our chief engineer. a.
which time col SAWYER. Waldo Bi.ham and
others oftbe prtirioners were p esent. b'- id.-
I Gov Page, VIM j. ,.ue Of our direct"Is. Hnd.
OF course. quite as familiar with the situation
/ there as any one.
The desire Of the petitioners 20 avoid the
/ grade crossing by moving the station to the
/ village side OF the railroad is certainly nat
ural and reasonable one, and II the eontem-
plated change involved only the moving Of
this building the company would aecede to
| their request Immediately, but. as explained
/ to those of the petitioners present, il necess
| tates "a change in The main track through a
| part of the yard at least, and may interfere
| with the space now used for loading and IN
/ loading freight to such an extent as to re-
/ quire additional land for this purpose, and
/ il so the expense would reach sueh figures
! that | could not urge our management to
make the change Just at present in view OF
the extraordi. AIRY expenditures being made
/ upon the roadway this year and which are
manifestly of the highest importance to the
/ public and the company alike. IL was agreed
with the petitioners that Mr.. Bissell would
| have a survey made upon the basis of chang
/ ing the main track and siding, as proposed,
/ when an estimate of the cost could be sub
mitted to our managers, and at the same
| time an explanation given of th advantages
/ IN IuS way Oh HdleUY uuu convenience 10 DOlu
the company and its patrons.
1t seemed to the company's representatives
present very desirable to abolish the grade
crossing now leading to the station whenever
| the change is made and We urged the petit
tions-although unsuccessiuly-to make this
one Of the considerations, which is surely not
unreasonable, las the highway crosses by an
overhead bridge only few rods distant, and
| | am hopeful our request may be aeceded to
| in this before the survey and plans are com
| pleted and the matter ready for submission.
Yours truly, II. E. FOLSOM, Supt.
After considerable delay the case
was again called up by direction of
the board, and by communication
dated December %, 1892, to which
the following replies were received =
KNOXVILLE, Vt, Dec. "a, 1892.
A. E. WATSON, ESQ Clerk r. r.. Commits
sioners, Hartford, Yt.-Dear Sr:-Yours Of
| Dad inst. The matter of survey and plan at
Hyde Park is with Mr. Bissell our chief en-
gineer, and will again take the matter up
with him and advise you little later ss to
what progress has been made in that direc
ton. Yours truly, Il. E. FOLSOM Supt.
LYNDoNvILLE, VT, March 6, 1898.
| ALFRED E. WATSON, ESQ, Clerk h. r.
Commissioners, Hartford, Vt.-Dear Sir
in relation to the petition of citizens of
| Hyde Park for the removal of passenger de-
pot at that point to village side of the track.
| As promised some time since, | send you
plans of the yard at Hyde Park, one showing
the tracks, station and all buildings as they
now exist and another plan showing the
changes as proposed by IL. Bis5ell, chief en-
gineer, and the company will make the
changes proposed upon this plan, provided
the town will consent to abolish the grade
crossing leading from the passenger station,
as now located, to the village.
As stated in a former letter upon this sub
ject we think the changing of this passenger
station as proposed relieves the highway
crossing at that point to such an extent
that the safety of travel in the highway re-
quires that it now be abolished, and trust
the board will see it's way clear to so order in
case they decide to take any further action in
the request set forth by the petitioners.
Yours truly ii. +. FOLSOM, Supt
Copies of these communications
were duly referred to Col. E. B. Saw
yer, representing the petitioners,
from time to time as they were re-
ceived, and the hope of a satisfactory
arrangement of the case by the mu-
tual action of the parties led to delay
in demanding a hearing until the
matter was called up by the board
for such disposition as would leave it
in shape to be closed up for the
fourth biennial report on June 80,
inst. A hearing was insisted upon
by the petitioners and was had as
above stated. The board finds from
its examination of the premises and
from the testimony presented that
the passenger station at this point is
one of large passenger and freight
tratic-the ticket sales for the year
, ending March 81 last amounting to
over 81, 900 and the freight receipts
to over $18, 900.
, There is considerable of the rail
road business of North Hyde Park
t Eden, Lowell and Belvidere done al
this station, and there is daily
stage route across the country from
North Troy, on the ne of the Cana
dian Pacific Railway-a distance O
= thirty-fve miles. This village is also
the county seat of LamOille county
, and probate courts are held here
+ 1t is a point OF considerable resort
t for summer travel, with an attrac
tive and commodious hotel, two
banks, central school aud a larg
trading mart for country town.
L The railroad tracks are low anC
:; near the foot of the street leading
Il from the village, and all teams anC
d foot pa Ssengers are obliged to eros
} the same to get to or return from tn
) trains, except the small travel whicl
e is better convened in reaching tn
e station from the south over the ex
tention of the same street in the di
/ rection of Cady's Falls village.
; appears from the testimony that il
q the spring and autumn seasons, AM
r at other times when there are heav,
; rains, the drift of the hill washe
Z down in large quantities upon ant
/ near the track and the collection O
$ mud at the grade crossing becomes
!, almost impossible to the foot pas
Q senger, 1t also appears that th
d side track at this station is on tn
north side of the main track an,
: that the setting off on the same O
0 freight trains frequently and iron
e necessity, in the meeting of train
e here and the prosecution of trail
: work, obstructs the crossing to thos
going to or departing from the pas
g senger station, SO that the mail ser