The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-30
Central Vermont Officials
Make Offer
TO EXPEND ABOUT $4,000
Proposition to Buy Up Premier and Boil
ster Property Declared Not Feast
BILE, as the Owners Charged
Too High.

The state board Of railroad commits
sioners and local petitioners for a new
Central Vermont passenger station in
Barre were notified at hearing III the
city court room today that the Central
Vermont railroad was willing 20 erect
new and larger building to accommodate
the passenger business here, to supcrcede
the little building which has done SER
vice for thirty years. The Central Of
ficials who We're at the hearing were
Messrs. Jones, Writers and Morrison,
general manager, attorney and road en-
gineer respectively.
All the members Of the commission
We're present when Chairman Redmond
of Newport called the hearing 10 order.
Attorney Writers then presented the
idea Of the railroad He said that they
had made overtures to the various peo-
|ple owning and leasing property where
they thought the passenger depot ought
to be located, and that they had been
given prohibitive figures. Mr.. Writers
estimate that it would cost the railroad
$4,000 to 100000 to buy up the land
and buy of the leases. This proposed
purchase would include the Premier and
Bolster property and the Forsythe g.
Ingram shop off West street. Therefore,
in view of the large demands made, Mr..
Writers thought it was out Of the uues-
tion that the petitioners ask the railroad
to purchase this land.
Instead, he proposed that the railroad
construct a new station and reargange
its tracks on land now held by the COM
pany. This scheme would mean almost
q complete change Of the present yard
lines. In the first place the tracks would
have to be thrown to the west, and where
the freight depot now stands, he pro-
posed that the new passenger station be
built. The freight depot lie proposed,
should be placed at the extreme south
eastern end of the company's present
holdings, or where the S. ID. Allen office
is In that case. turntable would have
to be constructed ON Burnham's meadow,
across the river.
Mr.. Morrison had prepared an outline
OF the proposed change and the plan was
exhibited to the railroad commission and
the local citizens who were present. Mr..
AAbiAA1tA alNl ruUNfA u sktlCh VI tutil
a building as the company proposed to
build The sketch showed brick struc-
ture which would cost in the vicinity Of
$4,000. it was estimated. The plans
were very similar to the Central YER
mont's present station in Windsor
The specifications for the proposed
station are for one story brick build
ing, &c feet long and 2s feet wide. There
are three public rooms, one 20 by "a,
another is by 20 and the third, which
Is really the entrance hall IA by II. The
ticket office and telegraphers room is ina
bow window overlooking the tracks. The
board, the Central officials and the Barre
citizens, went down to Depot square Just
before noon and looked over the location.
There seemed to be feeling among the
local men that it was impractieable to
buy land further north toward, Granite
street in view of the prices fixed by the
owners
They thought that the station ought
to be somewhat larger than the building
contemplated in the plans. The old
structure is 90 by 30 feet in size. Fol-
lowing the inspection adjournment was
taken until this afternoon.