Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-15
LITTLE OPPOSITION
City Will Bond for $50, 900 to
Get Headquarters.
steps Taken to Secure General Off1ces
of Rutland Railroad Ar
gument by Chairman Bullard Of
Citizens Committee.

At one of the most largcly-a TENDED city
meetings ever held in Burlington there
| was practically a unanimous vote Tuesday
| night to issue bonds to the sum of s5U,UU
to secure the removal of the head Offices
of the Rutland Railroad Co. from Rut-
| land to this city. The matter has been
| under discussion for many weeks and
| the meeting last night was an adjourned
session of one called week ago. A citl-
| zen's committee of IL has had the matter
| under advisemont and drew up the reso-
| luton as presented.
The meeting was called to order
| by Mayor Hawley and the resolutions
was presented by Y. a. Billiard chair
man of the citizens committee. After the
resolution had been read by clerk Charles
l.. Allen Mr.. Bullard addressed the voters.
! giving Il history of the committees ac-
tons since 1t was appointed, telling OF
the visit of the committee to the Malone
and Rutland shops and of the final
abandoning of the proposition to secure
the SHOPS and of the decision to try
and secure the offices only. He made an
excellent presentation of the subject, taxi
| ing UP the arguments for and against
tn. proposition and trea ding each fairly
and fully.
At the close Of Mr.. Billiards. remarks,
| George ShortSlccves. another member of
the committee, presented an amendment
to the resolution which provided that
the work on the new engine house which
! Dr. Webb has agreed to build, and also
| on the new ONCE building be done by
union labor and under union rules. This
amendment was received with applause
and was accepted by Mr.. Billiard, who
said that he underst God that DR.. Webb
was willing to have the work done under
| those conditions
i Y. Il. Burke, who was member Of the
citizens committee, but who would not
sign the resolution as presented to the
favor of having the resolution state that
the building should not cost less than
sl0O, 600 and entered the hall with the ex-
pectation of fighting the resolution pre-
scented. but that upon seeing the senti-
men he had to yield and would support
the resolution as amended.
c.. +. Jones, president of tho Central
Union, was then called upon and respond
cd by heartily favorng the passage OF
the resolution.
The vote was then put and was carried
with an overwhelmingly aye. there being
so few who voted no that their voices
could hardly be heard.
The resolution follows:
Resolved That the city OF Burlington
. pay the Rutland Railroad company, q
corporation duly organized and establish
ed under the laws Of the State of Yer
mont, with its main office in the city OF
: Rutland, county of Rutland, nifty thou
sand dollars 100000, to be used a s said
ailroad company may deem best, within
the city of Burlington, aforesaid, in the
, construction of steam railroads, railroad
beds tracks, sidings buildings and Other
erections, to Improve the railroad facili-
ties of said city of Burlington and need
full for the operation of the steam rail
roads OF said Rutland Railroad company
at the city Of Burlington. upon the fol
lowing conditions and considerations, tC
wit:
nat b.. ac cli IN
of fifty thousand dollars (Sj0,0rn to sale
Rutland Railroad company. IL shall beGir
and prosecute to completion the construc
ton and improvements above stated
, forthwith and with reasonable despatch.
>. That the headquarters and the gen
. eral offices of the Rutland Railroad com
> pany, including the following depart
= ments and officials OF said railroad com
pany, viz: General manager, general SUI
perintendent general passenger agent
general tratfic agent, purchasing agent
auditor. chief engineer, ear accountant
y chief dispatcher, counsel, treasurer as
sistant superinten dent OF motive power
and claim agent together with all the
clerks with said departments, the whole
number to be not less than one hundred
; together, also, with all of the business
/. of said railroad company and its present
! system Of traCkagc or its equivalent
usually carried on and transacted by sale
officials and said clerks; and that sale
genera! Offices shall be removed TO saic
: city OF Burlington and there kept an'
u maintained in good faith for a period OF
, at least ten years from the date OF sale
u removal t. said city OF Burlington, ant
! that said removal shall take place within
+ thirty days from the time OF said NIFTY
0 thousand dollars $4,000 is paid to sait
& Rutland Railroad company, by said city
of burlington.
2. That a modern building suitabl" 70
said general offices and for the az Commo
dation thereof supplied with fire and bur
e glar proof safes and vaults, and of ca
- pacity and floor space. at least onc-hal
- greater than that Of the general Offices O
said Rutland Railroad Co. now in use b.
it, at Rutland VT. shall be newly con
structcd and completed on or before tn
first uay of January 1905. within said cit
Of Burlington hut not upon railroad lane
! by some person or persons, other tina
said Rutland Railroad company. an
l. there kept ard maintained so as to b
e set in the grand list to the individun
n owner or owners thereof and so Away
= subject to local taxation. and not as Ian
l. and property acquired or used for rail
$ road purposes.
d A. That in the event any of the con