Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-14
a Statement from Graniteville.

| Rarre Railroad 90. manaBeu uiic "'"
regarding train service from this place
TO Barre city, July 4th, it gives occa,
sion for an outburst of dlsapProVal
from all residents Of this place. WINE
we as a community d. ne our best 10
promote the celebration in the clty'
the home of the Barre Rallroad Oo.,
we had the assurance from cohl'loi,
sense view of the situation, thau our
TRANSPORTATION would be provided LOT
by the railroad company .
Why was it that tram was NOV
run, is asked by everybody upon
learning that in order to GET 10 the
city to take part In the exercises they
would either have to get a Team Ut
walk in order to get there ana iur-
nsh the best part of the celebrat'on'
Now it comes to the more conSerVa-
five thinker why was it? 1T comes 10
the business man why was 1t that a
train was not provided for us when IL
is the business on the Granite noun
tain that feeds the company ana pu1s
the shining coin in their pockets.
Does the management stop TO con-
slider this very important question:
Surprising that circumstances should
he Sc, construed so as to do away with
fine services of the Barre II. Il. GO.
Stranger things than this have nap
pened and it isn't among the lmpos-
sibilties in this case.
We havepften heard it remarked
heretofore that the 'cattle" from
Graniteville were such rough dis
apated set that it was impossible Tor
a GOOD moral citizen to ride with them
with any safety.
In watching the manners and Gus
toms of the inhabitants OF Granite
vile carefully ] find them far in ad-
vance both in learning and manners
of the natives. 1t is not the people
here who are to blame but the men
who try to run the train.
If the statements made by the
railroad men are true concerning the
manner in which they conducted
themselves on the train, why do they
keep still and help cover up such
work. Oh, they well knew that
should they enter complaint they
themselves would be as deep in the
mud as any one. consequently they
were not in a position to say even
word that would lead to an arrest,
these facts have been carefully gath
cred with many Others which may in
the future prove useful.
The people of GraniteviIle earn
good money and spend it and pay
their bills and abide by the laws of
the state of Vermont to a greater
per cent. by 80 than the peaceful citi.
zens of some other places and when it
comes to it that money won't buy a
ride on the cars under the existing
circumstances that attend this case,
it is time the people of this place
were awakening to the facts and
proper steps be taken for a way for
such transportation and the sooner
it is brought about the sooner our
wants will be provided for.
The people here that furnish the
busi Gcss for this r. r. Co., are aware
of all the facts that are given and are
also aware of many more facts that
are not given here and the company
well know what these facts are. BY
the refusal Of the train service to
Granitcvlle July 4th only added fuel
to the slow Smoldcrng fire of long
standing and it is in places should it
burn through would cause great
commotion.
In concluding this statement | will
give few facts concerning the conf
mittee and the expenses and the pay
mcnt of the expenses etc. In re-
Spouse to an invitation by the Fourth
of July committee of Barre city the
citizens of this place formed them
selves into an organization for the
purpose of furnishing floats, etc. to
the celebration at Barre city, and the
following committee were elected to
take the matter in hand: j. X. Per-
RTE, j. B. Fitzpatrick. w. w. Bell
vile, A. l.. Mcleod, Angus Smith,
John Cummings, Alex Mcleod, Ro-
bert OIIerrn, NJ. j. Mcleod, An
drew Mckenzie, j. G. Mcleod, Lew
is Mcleod, VIM. O'Donnell, Joseph
Rock. That these men done their
duty as such committee was ILLUSTRATE
ed by their floats on the occasion for
which they were designed.
After the celebration was over the
expenses began to stare them in the
face and it was found besides the
donations of work, etc, they were in
debt about $50. There was at once a
finance committee elected in the per-
sons OF j. X. Perrie, A. l.. Mcleod
and A. d. Smith who were instrument
tai in raising funds sufficient to de-
fray the expenses, 1t is at this time
the committee wish to announce for
the benefit of the community that
j. M. Boutwell, and e. l., Smith & Co.,
who furnished teams and material to
carry out the plans it was thought by
the committee that these parties had
contributed their portion. The fol-
lowing were firms that contributed
money to liquidate the expense.
Mari & Gordon S., Vermont Granite
Co. So. VIM. Barclay S., Jones Bros
So, Littlejohn & Milne S., Wells 4
Lamson SIS, Milne, Clarihew 4 Gray
S., Mcdonald & Cutler S.. The COM
mittee wish to thank all who so kind
ly assisted in making the affair a sue.
cess, and especially those who added
to their liberal donation, it is an es-
tablished fact that Granitevile can be
found when wanted, especially when