Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-06-13
BRATTLEBORO.
THE TROLLY EXCITEMENT.

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The excitement attending the laying
of the track for the trolly road has
seemed to increase as the work goes on
until it reached a climax last week
wednesday, when the bailiflS forbade
the company to lay the track across the
village common as surveyed by Engi-
neer Merrill of this city. Work was at
once discontinued there and the track
meh moved along to Oak street. The
deed which conveyed the land which
for many years has been occupied as a
public park, was given in 1915 by Grin
dali r. Ellis to Francis Goodhue,
grandfather of Col. Frank Goodhue,
Judge Lemuel Whitney and Eli Sar-
gent, committee of the Brattleboro viii
lage Westinghouse society and their
successors. Since then there has been
no conveyance, hence it is argued that
the park, or common, as it is generally
called, is still held by the Congrega-
tional church trustees, though some
contend that the land really belongs to
the village, having been cared for by
the corporation for very many years.
Others aver that the land, some four
acres originally, was owned by another
society which did not follow the Center
church down on Main street, when its
present edifice was built Be that as it
may, the action of the bailiffs has some
what complicated matters and the di-
rectors of the road will have to decide
what shall be done in the premises. 1t
is possible, they say, to ran in the high
way, but this they think would be
much more Objectionable than the first
plan.
Through a compromise however, the
railroad men returned to their work on
the village common Friday, and at
shutdown the trolly track had been
laid the whole length of the common
as first surveyed. The trolly folks say
that they were convinced that the sur
vey as made was within the highway
limits and they decided to go ahead
without further delay. The track is
now nearly completed through Main,
North Main, Common, Chaplin and
Oak streets, and it is said that the
work will be pushed with a greater
force from now on.
The bailiffs have voted to locate No.
pany of 60 firemen has already been Or
gained and an engine-house will be
built on Chestnut street.
Representatives of four different
bridge companies have submitted plans
for a new iron bridge to replace the
covered structure at West Brattlebc 70,
engineers having pronounced the latter
| unsafe.
| At the regular meeting of the trustees
of the BrattlebOrO savings bank l.. F.
| Adams was chosen trustee for the I'M
expired term of the late S. N. Herrick
and f. X. Barrows was chosen men,
| Der of the board of investment in Mr..
Herrick's place.
| Co. G, I'd Vermont regiment, and F,
4th Vermont, will hold their joint re-
union at West Chesterfield, n. H.,
Thursday, the 30th. The two COM
panies will be entertained by Capt. c..
P. ellison of the 14th New Hampshire
regiment.
Cards are out for the marriage of
Capt. J. Harry Estey, junior member
of the Estey organ company, and Miss
AlIethaire, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. HI. Chase of Louisville, KY, at the
Center Congre gational church on the
evening of the 18th. The ceremony
viii be followed by reception at the
Park house, the summer home of the
Chase family.
Mayor Strong of New York city has
appointed William G. Holbrook JUS
tice of the court Of special sessions, for
term of two years. at a salary of
$4,000 year. Mr.. Holbrook, who is
50 years old, is native Of this place,
and a son of Frederick Holbrook, war
governor of Vermont. He has prac-
ticed law in New York since 1867. He
was a soldier of the Union army dur
ing the civil war, and served from June,
1861, to June, 1865, in the grades of
;, lieutenant, major, and colonel. Mr..
Holbrook is a graduate of Harvard law
school. His law office is at No. 120
Broadway. He is devoted Republi-
can.