The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-08
Extra Train Added Through
Barre Merchants Petition
BY CENTRAL VERMONTR.R'
The Company Has Also Delayed Time Of
Departure of Early Forenoon Train
in Partial Compliance with Re-
quest Of Barre People.

The following notice was posted in the
Central Vermont passenger station Sat
urday afternoon and win be read with
pleasure by the travelling public in Barre
and vicinityi
Important Change in Train Service,
Effective Feb. 8, 1909.
"Train No. SO, now due to leave Barre
at 1850 a. m, week days, viii leave
Barre on the new schedule at $40 a. m,
week days.
Train No. 90 will be run through to
Barre on the following schedules leave
Montpelier l2;46 a. m, arrive Barre 1905
a. m. daily
Train No. 81 viii start at Barre and
run on the following schedule: leave
Barre at 2.l5 a. m. daily, arrive at Mont
pelier at 2:45 a. m. daily"
This change in the train service be-
tween this city and Montpelier comes as
result of petition filed with the state
railroad commissioners in December by
the Merchants association Of Barre, and
the changes made are just as the petition
called for, with two exceptions. The
7 80 train in the morning viii now leave
at $40 and do away with good share
OF the 45 minutes wait at Montpelier
for connections with the main line trains.
The 1916 train from Montpelier is an
entirely new train service and will bring
passengers coming from the north direct
" into Barre without having to wait
at the Junction three hours until the
sos northbound train arrives, as has
been the case in the much-complained-o of
schedule heretofore. The l2:46 train
will arrive here at l:06 and leave again
at 2:l5 to connect with the northbound
train which is due at the Junction at
3;0S, and passengers for Barre coming On
that train viii arrive here at 1855 as
before. Also passengers going south at
night Will leave here as before on the
1885.
The petition asked to have the 1885
train at night leave at 1901, as the
southbounds main line train is not due
at the Junction until 1885, thus doing
away with an unnecessary wait Of As
minutes and it was asked to have the
1850 train leave here at $3.50 in the
morning, as under the old schedule there
was wait Of so minutes at Montpelier;
but it is claimed by the railroad company
that $40 is the latest they can leave
here, at the train has to 60 to the JWnc-
ion to turn around before the main line
train arrives
When the Merchants association fled
its petition, signed by over forty busi-
ness men Of the city, with the railroad
commissioners nearly two month ago, it
is said that General Manager G. G. Jones
as soon as he learned that the petition
had been filed stated that the changes
could be made at once, without hearing
before the board of railroad commission
ers; but as the weeks rolled by and the
company made no apparent move, the
railroad commissioners set date for
a hearing on the petition for February
is and at the meeting of the Merchants
association last Monday evening steps
were taken by them to get their evidence
in shape to be put in at the hearing.
Consequently, the merchants were sur
prised and pleased when they learned
this morning that notices had been post
ed announcing change in the train ser
vice, and that the trains were already
running under the new sch@dule.