Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-07-28
'rANO LICENSE HEARING
,,oecroRs OF VERMONT
VALLEY RAILROAD.

:, Bellows Falls Saturday or
" "..,;oo as to Whether Road Shall
v,hdraw its obieetion-stats
i President Williams
hearing took place in Bellows Falls
,ay morning before the directors
sl'u WV Vermont Valley railroad COM
Wv % soc whether that corporation
pa% Wy, withdraw or modify Its opposi-
'va'I 70 the granting of a license to F..
WV o.,o who has been given to un-
Jaw that the railroad companys
asTsIa i.'or was on account of the al
PpCs',h od reputation of the applicant
kged Va ,be Mace which he had con-
sAa =, Mr. Gale was represented at
aa'' bearing by Attorneys Woodman
Iht Martin Martin Of Concord. N. H., Temple
'lI u, ms n. H.. and Bacon OF Brat
h, un While C. C. Fits and j. l.. Mar
tf'ol nns " in behalf of the protest.
10 a pplpa,tleboro citizens. There were
ns p n.osent from this town G. E.
lso pIe'er" W Dunham. C. A. Har-
CNTe"ir Adams, r. f. Gordon, H. r.
p,,rn and H. P. Wellman. -. "
IN stating their position me YER
III u VALLEY directors said that their
nv H,,oular objection to the license on
al' ,s,and was on account of Its near
ne 's :" their tracks and because. with
nes SIC. " . in Brattleboro, large share
10 ~. l.', ,ratfic would have to cross their
N lne Mr. Gales counsel stated that
a t'a believed the directors to have
nv uwiSinformed in regard to Mr..
c SIs character and the sort OF a
v ya@ he had conducted and wished 70
pa Ss hose IN matters made clear. Let
aae ware are then read from H. E. Tay-
ss \ richardson, L. D. Taylor.
of - - pratt f. ]. Fenton. T. ].
y INV H. NJ j. Moran, A. E. Wood.
INK Smith H. B. Haus, c. r. Cros-
= ' lanes F, Hooker, ]. G. Ullery, !.
y Tovnihan, d. P. Dewitt, w. H.
Watcher F. L. Hunt. ]. L. R0ess ana
y y Corser. The majority OF these
1,,srs simply state that Mr.. Gale was
' ,asnonsible business man and up
-, ,,' IN his business dealings, but q
s s If them went further and en-
I,ssS the granting of license for q
e us.u IN an the Island. Mr.. Gale also
s% letter from H. r. Brown but
~ W. Brown stated that the letter was
Ssured from him under a misuhder-
|sanding ont ~
Al Of the Brattleboro men present AZ
M hearing testified in regard TO the
nsttsr and all of them stated that
|Sv ''' had nothing against Mr.. Gale
ss,sonally Some of them went so
+, as TO say that they knew or NO
~. whom they thought was better
,n.used to have license than MI
| aIp They were of the opinion, now
over that with no-license In Brattle-
h0ro there ought to be no license on
Ss Island and were against the grant
irs of a license to Gale & company
snnly on that ground. An affidavit
mm ! H. Burke, the local station
sypnt was read relative to the I'M.
nrovsd conditions about the depo'
ysyd since no-license. Mr.. Gale tes-
died in behalf of himself and GaruheI
4 Howe and E. J. Temple spoke "
hhalf of the town of Hinsdale. Ar
Uments were also made by Messrs
Fits and Martin.
Il is understood that the Vernon
Valley directors have decided not te
modify or withdraw their oppositioi
d the license, although they admit.
I'D that the facts in regard 70 tme
character and reputation of the appn,
can't and the sort of place ne naG
ponducted had been misrepresehteo
IA them