Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-17
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.
The Rutland Railroad.

The Present Strained Condition of Az
MISREPRESENTATION ms TO the Outcome.
Speculation has been rife here the past
week as to the future of the Rutland rail-
road. The subject has furnished consid-
cradle food for discussion upon the street
and the papers have been closely watched
to follow the varying phases. Immediate
ly upon the appointment of receivers for
the Central Vermont system, they issued
instructions to the local agent, as well as
all Others on the line, to discontinue MAX
ing their remittances of cash to the Glenn
ent national bank at Rutland as had been
done, and as provided by the terms of the
lease. In this way the Rutland company
had been sure of their rentals as far as the
net earnings of the road would pay them.
If sent to st. Adams and merged into the
general fund they would stand but a small
show of getting a large proportion of 1t.
The Rutland road at once took action
through President Clement to get the
courts to order the receivers to continue
the former practice of RENTING to his
bank. No reversal of the order has been
made as yet.
Wednesday the receivers ordered their
employees here to discontinue sending any
freight cars from here over the Rutland di-
vision if destined to points north of Essex
junction, but to send them all via Wind
sor and White River Junction, and at the
north end coming south all were sent the
same route, and this arrangement is still in
force. All passenger traffic that can be is
sent the same route. Wednesday night a
number of carloads of Frenchmen destin-
ed to Worcester, Providence, and other
points in that locality were taken out of
the cars at Essex Junction and sent
around the other way, much 10 their in
convenience and delay. This practice
leaves the Rutland division practically
without business except such as is purely
local, and the locomotives and rolling
stock have been sent to the other division.
In this way the income is reduced to
very small figure and will leave but small
balances to 60 either to st. Adams or Rut-
land. RumoIs are rife as to the result. 1t
seems pretty certain the present receivers
do not care to continue the payment of a
losing rental of 100000 per year, and it
is generally understood the Rutland COM
pany refuse to accept a less amount.
The Delaware & Hudson owns a con-
trolling interest in the stock, but it is pref
ty certain they do not wish to operate it,
and it would not be strange if it went to
either the Fitchburg or the Boston IL
Maine management. Color is given to the
latter rumor by hurried visit here Thurs
day about noon of a special train over the
Boston q Maine bringing General Manager
T. A. MacKinnon, Assistant Manager Ev-
ans, Assistant Superintendent Samson,
Ray and others. They spent half hour
only about the depot and in conversation
with local officials, and then returned to
South Vernon and TO Keene. 1t may have
been only regular inspection of the line,
or it may have been in connection with the
complications noted above. The line from
here to Windsor is doing an imnense bust
ness since Wednesday, the amount of
freight handled over it being mole than
trebled, they having this extra business in
addition to their regular traffic, which is
large.
Ldter-Information received from Bos-
ton late last evening says the Fitchburg
railroad directors car will go up to Bur
lington today over the Rutland road with
Fitchburg officials. This is a probable re-
suit of President Clements visit to Boston
this week, and indicates possible lease of
the line by them,