Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-10-20
RCULAR AND PETITION
Certain Reasonable RAILROAD Ac-
Communications.

in circulation on n separate sheet
rther signatures. Those of all adult
nts of this state are desired.
exact cause of the abuses sur
SO long and by so many at Essex
ion, is not understood as widely ne
suffering is endured, and may be
h explanation.
e Central Vermont road was run
miles away from both Montpelier
burlington, instead of being run
lgh them. and connections were
blished by shuttle roads. The IN
cniences of this system are so Inuch
ter and more notorious AT Essen
tion than at Montpelier Junction
use there are so many more Bur-
on messengers than Montpelier
cnners, and also because more
: connect at Essex Junction, one
ION. the Rutland (Which may fair
said to connect through the shut
trains for BurlingtOn) carrying .
V more passengers than the Wells
Pr road connecting similarly at
tpelier Junction Unquestionably .
main line should run through both
is; but on the principal of divide /,
conquer" it seems best to try to
rm but one at a time.
nder the present method. passengers
Burliugton on trains through Essex
ction have to shift at the Junction to
huttle train, and to wait until their
N'-' Isl aus ~ W ny No. 80
10 VIZ "nllI .. ,a'''. s9''' ad+hor
the 1.amoille road, and make the
le shifts If either of these trains
late. it must still be waited for
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e, +raclss no
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ms o. a,iI ,o 49, direct hi,, or
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,.t,,~ i,oot- 80 +re ni9ca 10
rted from. or to one of the other
o places 'hat he dId not intend 10 go
SOMETIMES ne discovers ms r'ioi III
10 E't Jul " me nam ne NJ en-
fed ana mas mat MS risht traih Is
eadN gone.
II all trains ran direct to burlington
d the shlits were made tnere' the
st majority of passengers could
I'VE the station ana go about their
hsiness instead OF waiting, as now,
Essex Junction for the shifts, and
Rdurlng the lncpnNcnlenceS ana DAN
prs of them.
ION the other hand passengers from
arlington going north or south on the
entral Vermont road or on the La
ollie also have to make shifts and
motion. If the connecting trains all
me to Burlington, the starting times
ould he fixed to allow for connections
hd shifts and not only could the time
bw wasted at Essex junction be util-
ed in Burlington before starting, but
he Inconvenience and dangers OF the
|hifts themselves would be avoided.
In illustration of the allegation or
be petition that the abuses at Essex
|Gnction have found place in litera-
pre- the famous poem by the late Hon.
!. j. Phelps is appended.
ESSEN JUNCTION
Eith saddened face and battered hat
Ana eve mat toid OF plahk despair
N wooden bench the traVeIler sat
therc'
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mere
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