Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-22
w,xnuAM COUNTY RrpoRMEn BRArrEBoRo w. FRIDAY 1904
RAILROAD COMMISSION HEARING
On Petition Of Brattleboro. Bellows
Falls and Putney Residents.

There was hearing In the Brooks
house Wednesday morning before the
state railroad commissioners, Fuller Z,
Smith OF ST. Adams, George i. How
ard OF Craftsbury and Henry >. Bing-
| ham OF Bennington, on the petition OF
| Brattleboro, Bellows Falls and Putney
residents To have the afternoon south
bound express over the Boston
Maine railroad make a stop at Put
ney and the north bound express IN
the morning stop AT East Putney. Z.
+ G. Fits appeared for majority OF
! the Putney petitioners, IL. y. Ryder
I of Bellows Falls appeared for the board
of trade of that town aud W. u. {.
Stlckney of Bethel for the railroad
company. The witnesses examined
were II. Il. Folsom of Wells River,
SUPERINTENDENT of the Connecticut ana
Passumpsic division OF the Boston
Maine railroad, q. II. French OF
Springfield, Mass, assistant supefin-
tendent of this division, Dr. G, ).
Pratt of BrattleDoro and William
Robertson, w. S. Adams, w. a. Cole,
IL. b. Bailey, George r. Aplin, and
DR.. q. T.. Foster of Putney
At the beginning of the hearing MI
Fits In behalf OF the petitioners spoke
Of the inconvenience caused Putney
residents by the failure of the after
noon express to stop al that town.
This Is the train that reaches Brat
tleboro al i:23 according 10 the pres
ent schedule and connects with the
New York express at Springfield,
Mass. Mr., Fits showed that a large
quantity of Putneys business was
done with Bellows Falls especially as
both towns are in the same probate
district The afternoon express mas al
ways been used by Putney people re-
turning from a day Of business az
Bellows Fails and also by those re-
turning from Boston and other points
in eastern New England, the after
noon express being the only tram
leaving Bellows Falls for the south
after the arrival of the flyer from Bos-
ton. In regard to the change IN the
schedule Of the morning train cut
ting out the stop at East Putney, MI.
Fits showed that this left East Put
ney residents only the early morning
train and that which leaves Brattle-
boro at $3.50 p. m, on which 10 go
10 Bellows Falls or other points horth'
The examination of the witnesses
occupied the remainder of the nearing.
SUPERINTENDENT Folsom stated that
the stop at Putney was cut out OF the
schedule of the afternoon express on
of The New York express which for
merly left Springfield, Mass. al b'S5
bur now leaves at 6.2l. The change
IN the schedule OF train No. II going
north was made in order TO get con-
nectlon with the Canadian Pacific eN-
press at wells River. His statements
were verified by Assistant Superln-
tendent French The commission re-
served its decision.
Another excursion to Block island
and Watch HlA will be run over the
Boston & Maine and Central Vermont
railroads tomorrow. A special tram
win leave windsor at 1854 a. m. to-
morrow morning, reaching Brattle-
boro al 5:4j and arriving In New Lon
don at 9:4j. At that point steamer
win be boarded for n trip down the
sound 10 Watch Hill and Block Island,
arriving ut the latter place at Y 100
O'Clock. on the return trip the steam
err win leave Block Island at 2:l5 ana
arrive i'm New London in time TO con-
meet with the $50 train for Brattle-
boro Bellows Falls CharlestoWnt
Claremont Junction and Windsor.
band from Bellows Falls will accom-
many the excursion. The round trip
tickets from Brattleboro, good only
JULY 70. are $1.25; tickets good to re-
turn until Monday Sl75.