The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-16
RATES WILL BE LOW
Traffic Arrangements for the Tereen-
tenary Celebration.

Burlington. Jan. 15.-The meeting OF
the transportation committees Of the
Lake Champlain Tercentenary Com
missions Of Vermont and New York
and the general passenger agents OF
lines OF railroad in New England.
New York and Canada was held at the
an Ness House Wednesday after
noon.
The purpose of this meeting was 10
consider rates of transportation and
also Of advertising The passenger
agents and commissioners present
Were: A. A. Heard of the Delaware i
Hudson company, Albany; Mr. Sturts
want of the Boston & Maine railroad,
Boston; +. +. Barbour OF the Rutland
railroad, Rutland; J. w. Hanlsy of-ths
Central Vermont railway, St. Alhana
Mr. Walker of the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad Montpelier; Mr.. Price
of the Intercolonial railway company
Montreal; Mr.. Ferguson Of the Quebec
Montreal and Southern railway, Mon.
treal; d. A. LOOMS Of the Champlain
Transportation company; John B.
Riley of the New York commission
and Arthur F. Stone and L. NJ. Hays
/ of the Vermont Commission.
George 7. Jarvis, chairman OF the
transportation committee of the Yer
mont commission, presided L. NJ.
Hays of the same commission acted
as secretary. A general discussion
of rates was entered into by all the
members present and every represen.
tatiye of a railroad assured the com
mittee that low rates would be named
not only from distant points but from
nearby points as we'll They were con
fdent from what they knew already Of
the program proposed by the two state
commissions and by the local commit
tees Of Burlington and Plattsburgh
that the Champlain valley would be
provided with celebration next July
that would attract thousands of peo-
pie. The question with these railroad
men seemed to be that the localities
in the Champlain valley would be tax.
ed to their utmost to provide accom-.
modatiOns for the visitors who would
come to Vermont and northern New
York at the time of the celebration,
These railroad representatives stat
ed that their plans were of such a
scope and character that there would
be no disappointment 10 the public sc
far as transportation is concerned
The matter of advertising was
brought up and referred to a specia
committee appointed by the chairman
and consisting of l.. NJ. Hays, +. +
Barbour J. w. Hanley and A. A
, Heard This committee recommended
the issuing of 100000 32-page booklets
graphically describing the features OF
the celebration and giving information
as to the proper routes that should be
, taken in reaching the different points
; OF he celebration II is planned tC
, make this folder illustrative Of histor
ical spots and other interesting places
in the Champlain valley. Maps will a
so be used for the purpose OF showing
routes and In every way possible 1t il
planned to make this folder one that
will convey much information. II
connection with the folder the plan
E was adopted of using magazines ant
: newspaper advertising.
TO defray the expense Of these two
, items the railroad companies, the Yer
mont and New York commission and
the cities of Burlington and Plattsburs
e are TO be assessed
1t is planned to issue the booklet ant
: to start the advertising at very earl!
date This is considered the prelimi
nary advertising and will comprise but
a small part of the advertising expen
diture that will eventually be made
both by railroads and the commissions
The meeting adjourned, subject L
call of Chairman Jarvis