Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-10

freight in the Rutland yards. Many
thousands of dollars will be expended
| for this purpose. The new plan will dc
away with the necessity of teams tax.
ing q roundabout course to Pine street
/ and over tn" River street bridge to re-
c"iNc shipments Of freight ANA there will
| Toe no tracks To cross under the new ar
rtngcm"nt. The four proposed tracks
Will ahord total additional capacity
| of 20 car loads and will provide for :,
much larger yard. The different tracts
| Of real estate purchased by the railroad
! include that of Ann Mangar adjoining
Hopkins avenue; L. j. Labor. upon which
are TWO dwellings. and a large from tho
! rStat" al II. A. Morse. from f.. r. Morse
administrator. as well as from T. w. Bis
I sell upon which is now located the plant
or IN" Rutland Tallow company. and that
of the White Star laundry. Coudonna
: ton proceedings have been started to
secure the property of y. iIowley which
IS in tn" line of the proposed improve
mcntS. Th"lc Will be a space of 80 feet
between each track. for drlvewayS, ana
loaded teams will 60 down a slight de-
scent, instead Of being obliged to pull
up grade.
TO FIGHT THE BATTELL IDEA.
The Mddlehury board Of selectnon
has posted placards along the highway
leading from that village to the Rip,on
town line announcing that the highway
from Rogers corner in Mddleburv vii
lae". to tho Ripton line is not open ,c
automobiles This is done according T,
tAe vote Of the town at the last tow,
\
made by the Automobile club of Amer
ca, as to the right of the autoists to US,
this highway. as they hold State licenses
/ Tor the operation of motor vehicles
| The above named organization has re.
tared counsel in Mddlcbury and evi.
IDENTIFY intends to make "a tight agains,
being forced from tho highways of this
town and Ripton. which has also posted
Its principal road against use by autoists
BRATTLEBORO WANTS BOARD OF
TRADE.
An informal meeting of business mo.
was held in the Brooks House Morda,
evening to discuss the matter of form
| ing a business mems organization Thcre
was general interchange of ideas atte,
which George J.. Durham. Charles @
Robbins and Charles T.. Graffam wore
appnted committee to confer with
boards of trade in Greenfield Mass
Springfield, Mass, and other places i,
deemed advisable. TO map out a plan fo,
organizing d board of trade and to re.
port later at general meeting. rhe
sentiment was in favor of cmplovin,, =,
secretary who should devote large mar,
OF his time to the work.
TRYING TO DYNAMITE BASS
An organized effort is beinr n,adc IN ero.
the pondat North Benninston from Osueyc
pass IN order to stock it with lake front
ne work is under the supervision -,
county Game Warden Harry Chase. Nv.
lidlnlte is being used to kill tho bass
f"arN charges arc placed in the waite,
"hore lish az" supposed to lie and then OK.
ploded. George Antonio and Edward Al
ANS nave been At work on the lob Whom
'heN exploded big charge Sunday thcy
were watched by fully 300 people ATTIC,
me explosion lot Of small Oswego has
were found dead but few larger ones and
To the watchers it did not look as though
the work was very successful. Ne,tinp
has also been tried and among the catch
were several fine trout near the upncr
ohd OF the pond, where they had proba Div
worked down from the brook
AUTO ACCIDENT AT BRATTLEBORO
The first automobile accident of the sea-
son in Brattleboro happened late Monday
afternoon when touring car driven by
MIS- j. Harry Estcy ran into two bows on
a bicycle, Merrill Whitney. son of L. ID.
Whitney, and Clarence Merrill, son OF A
+. Merrill. Tho Whitney boy was hurt
badly. his right shoulder and nose being
broken and his face badly scratched. The
Merrill boy escaped unhurt, but his BIZ
cycle was smashed. Both boys were rid
ing the same wheel down tho Church
street hill. Al The junction of Elliot street
they met Mrs Estcy and attcmted to turn
out. Mrs. E.stcy also attempted to avoid
the collision. The boys were on the loft
side Of the road Mrs. t.stey handled the
car with great skin and prevented what
might have been a fatal accident.
FINED FOR CATCHING SHORT
TROUT.
William l.. Davis Of Pawlot was ar
rested by Game Wardens H. : Lincoln
and Roy Gragan Of Rupert for catching
short trout, and taken before Justice Of
the Peace j. r. Roberts. lie pleaded
guilty and was fined and costs amounted
to Sl'.lo, winch he PAID lhlS ts the sec.
ond prosecution by these officers since
the season opened,
FARM BUILDINGS BURNED.
The farm buildings of James Gllhllan
in that part Of Barnet known as Scot
land, were burned about five o'clock
Tuesday morning, Wesley Henry and
family had recently moved there from
Ryegate. The stock was saved The
property was insured for $500. The fire
caught from defective chimney.