Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-09

cd in slate quarry Monday afternoon
by a premature blast. Mr.. Carney leaves
a wife and child Tho body was taken
to his home on Marble street in West
Rutland
SNOwSTORM OF 1s47.
In reply to the inquiry in these columns
as to the year of the great snowstorm
in the month OF March is the following
communication
To the Editor The great snowstorm
which occurred on March 2s 20 and 80 was
in the year 1s47 April was a cold month
and the snow was three feet deep on a
| level the third of May.
Yours truly
SAMUEL. p. ANDREWS.
NEW ELECTRIC ROAD PROJECT IN
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT.
Considerable interest Is being aroused
| in bennington over the announcement
! that it is altogether probable that before
| another winter sets in there will be con
nection with North Adams. Mass. By
electric railroad. At the last session of
| the Legislature a charter was granted
| to the bennington and North Adams
Street Railway company. giving it au
| thoritY to construct a road to be oper
| ated by any power except steam, to
run through the town OF Pownal. The
charter carries with it the right to car
~ freight we'll as passengers. At pres
ent the only rail communication with
! North Adams is Via Hoosick Junction.
distance of 3S miles; by this route 1t
would be about %. The local incorporators
are George f.. Graves. president of the
| First National bank, A. ]. Dewey, post
master, w. II. bradford, of II. Il. Brad
| ford &; Co. +. s. Pratt, of George Rock
toIists Of Tortb Adams insure thn MO
inct nlentv NJ Nnanciai hacls,nr proi,m.
| ;norv s,,r,.ove and ostirrata, 1,ora r,aJo
hoforo tho cb.rtor u,a. oslrod Gov 9, tbat
II vas know, thot tho nro{act is nerroct-
~. faas;I,,o As ,,iarr,.d w. rooI lii ,,,,,
tIronah ,ho ,i,laa,os nf ,,arth o,,1 c,artar
pnrroI II.,ll;or,rtorn a,L a VOL ronuia.
ted section, 1t is expected that at Will
conncct viii thn line of thn 1nnsirl[ Val.
Low street Railuov ccnnonv ana t,ue
| establish a through line from here n
| tho Rerkshires According 10 the charter
,ho l,C,,ron,, bas a ,ie,,t 70 re. tho +r,cLe
~ ,ha Tnnninator g. fIooeio, Vaila,, all
| road In Renrinoton village The extnn
sion Of mis- linz from Uoosici< Falls to
Trov vim rrnhahI, hn begun ms fail
Tnrinnars and contractors are now max
ing surveys, obtaining grades and the esti-
simo,v , ouestion Of eradas whether tha
road will come liz. PorraI center or
| %or,b pnv,noI 1,Lis con,,ot ha deci,led
rntu ,l,a lnst surveys and estimates are
mnda and cnnsidared Tho grades oither
| wnv ara nor very heavy willie most of
! thn u-n,. ia .oods ars ,a,,. IavJ r-ha
! ca,,i,oI s,ncL of tho comment, i. $40 ono
n.i,h ,,tborit, f. ir,rraeo RI. conn,n,,
bas untu Dece,rbor 7 ,ars in which tn
| conniot, tho road ana have II {, running
| ordar ono -, w. n1r,ias ,,,os+ i,,torested
u, re- oor.tr,ct,oI rradiots hat hafore
s',o,, oia aut ,,.in+a. ,ho roaJ Vim bo
II, onaration
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niece Mrs oakley Neaufr' no rose Fri .
uay morning before the otn'r members OF