Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-10
BROAD GAUGE
Central Vermont Comes to
Terms With Brattleboro q
Whitehall Company.
GRANTSB.& W. CONDITIONS
In Return for Clear Title and Binds
Itself to Operate Branch in
Satisfactory Manner.
GRANTS W. CONDITIONS
RESULT YESTERDAYS MEETING
Brattleboro G. Whitehall Corporation
Will Not Oppose Decree Of Fore.
closure but Receives Sufficient
Funds to Maintain It's Organization.

FUNDS 70 MdintdIn Its STSa"Aofo''
The Central Vermont and New
London Northern railroad companies
have at last come to an agreement
with the Brattleboro & whitehall
corporation in regard to the owner
ship and management OF the narrow
gauge railroad, and 1t Is now safe 10
state positively that the work OF
building a standard gauge road be-
tween Brattleboro and South Lon
donderry will be begun as soon as
the frost is out of the ground this
coming spring This news, which
will be hailed with delight by the
people of this town and the west
river valley is the result of con-
ference which took place yesterday
between a committee appointed by
the stockholders of the Bratueboro
& whitehall and prominent officers
and representatives of the Central
Vermont and New London Northern
companies. BY the terms OF the
agreement the Brattleboro White
hall will allow the New London
Northern company to take decree OF
foreclosure upon the narrow gauge
property, provided that there Is IN
serted in the decree a clause bindlng
the Central Vermont, lessees OF the
New London Northern, TO construct
a standard gauge road between mere
and South Londonderry before De-
cember /, 1906 and TO operate IL III
la manner promotive OF the business
interests of the towns along the line.
The New London Northern company
also agrees to pay the Brattleboro
whitehall corporation $4,000 In cash
or $4,000 worth Of Central Vermont
first mortgage bonds, to be used IN
preserving the Brattleboro d. Whlte-
hall organization, and TO extend tne
courtesies of free transportation 10
the stockholders once a year wheh
the annual meeting takes place
This agreement means that the
Brattleboro e. Whitehall will with
draw its petition for a receiver Tor
the New London Northern company
which was entered in the Vermont
supreme court two years ago. and that
the petition for foreclosure, filed in
the United States court by the New
London Northern against the Brat
tIeboro & whitehall will not be de-
Tended provided the above mentioned
clause Is inserted. The latter suit
will come up before the United
States court the latter part OF TINS
month
The stockholders and directors OF
the Brattleboro & whitehall company
met Yesterday morning in the probate
office in response to a message from
the Central Vermont officials 70 the
effect that they had a proposition 10
make All of the bonded towns, Brat
tleboro Newfane, Townshend, ia
maica and Londonderry were repre-
sented by their commissioners, the
following men being present at the
meeting: C. F. Thompson. E L.
Waterman, ]. l.. Martin, c. c. Fits.
10. c. Crosby and II. P. Wellman Of
Brattleboro, ]. II. Merrifield, Q. l..
Sherman, T.. p. Wheeler and NJ ..
Howe of Newfane. F. b. Pier j. Q.
Shumway and Daniel Sherwin of ia
maica, +. B. Batchelder of Towns
hend and A. +. Cudworth OF LONDON
derry A committee, consisting OF =
C. Fits, z. L. Waterman and "A. H.
Cudworth, counsel for the roau, was
chosen to meet the railroad officials,
who arrived in their special car
shortly after noon. The psrty con-
sisted of f. II. Fitzhugh, vice presl-
dent of the Grand Trunk system, G.
c. Jones. general manager of the
Central Vermont, j. e. Dalrympie'
general freight agent, j. r. Bentley
general passenger agent, C. w. Wit
ters, counsel for the Central Ver-
mont, Judge II. II. Powers, counsel
for the New London Northern, and
Chief Engineer Morrison.
The conference, which took place
in the special car, began at 1880 and
lasted for about two hours The
proposition put forward by the Cen
trail Vermont and New London
Northern representatives was in sub
stance like that mentioned above, ex-
cent for the matter of free transport
tation for stockholders, and was re-
ported to the Brattleboro & White
haN stockholders about 4 O'CLOCK
After a short executive session they
decided that the proposition was IN
the main satisfactory but sent the
committee back to see II tne iree
transportation matter could be
brought to settlement. A further
colloouy was held in c. c. F1tts's OF.
fee with the result that the Central
Vermont and New London Northern
representatives made the concessions
asked for, and preparations for for-
mally binding the agreement were
begun at once.
while the Brattleboro & whitehall
corporation practically loses all title
to its property under the terms OF
this agreement, the settlement is IN
reality a victory for the local com
many: for IL not only has a binding
nromise that the road will be broad
gauged and properly operated, but Is
given sufficient money TO maintain It's
organization and thereby remain In
position to demand the fulfillment OF
this promise. when the Central Yer
mont and New London Northern rep
sentatives met the Brattleboro q
Whitehall stockholders December 2s.
1908. in an unsuccessful attempt TO
settle the foreclosure proceedings. the
frst-named companies offered to-
puarantee the construction OF
broad gauge road before jan l.
1905. provided they received an abso-
Iutelv clear title of the property.
This offer was refused by the Brattle-
boro and Whitehall stockholders on
the ground that It wiped out their
and took away what
little power they then had but they
submitted three propositions TOT
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