The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-29
VALUES LAND
VERY HIGHLY
Central Vermont on Proposed
River Change
TESTIMONY HEARD TO-DAY
Officials Also Say They Wish to Keer
the Land to Construct Road to
Quarnes and to Continue
Through the Gulf.

The adjourned hearing for the Central
Vermont railroad before the city council
on che question Of condemning land
owned by the Central Vermont on Burn.
hams meadow for the purpose Of chang
ing the bed Of Stevens branch was held
in the council chamber this forenoon.
e. W. Writers, attorney for the railroad,
and ]. NJ Morrison, superintendent of
engineering, represented the @. V. at
the hearing Mr. Writers stated that
not until yesterday had Mr.. Fitzhueh,
one Of the vice presidents Of the Grand
Trunk ana financial managers Of the &.
" been able to come here and look over
the ground.
Mr.. Fitzhugh, he said, was not in
giving Of giving up the land under auv
circumstances unless they were oblioea
%, for the reason that it would greatly
emharrass the project which the Central
Vermont has had in mind ever since thev
purchased the land, and that was -
extend the Central Vermont tracks to
the quarries and on through the VIII
hamstown gulf TO meet the Central Ver-
mont line at Royalton Mr.. Writer'S
went on to say that ever since the Crank
Trunk had purchased the Central Yer /
mont Il had been making improvements
and had spent an immense amount "a
money on the road. replacing wooden
bridges with iron. and al the last session 4
Of the state legislature the Central Yer.
mont charter was amended 80 that the
Central Vermont was enabled To put "a
its own boat lines from New Haven to
New York.
Us next move, be said, would undoubt.
edly be to extend the Central Vermont
tracks from Windsor TO Brattleboro and
that the long standing project To nut
road through from Barre to Royalton
would ultimately be carried ont
Mr. Morrison was then sworn and he
was questioned BY both Mr.. Writers and
CITY Attorney j Ward Carver as to hss
opinion on the amount Of damage Tie
central Vermont would suffer bv the
river being cut through the comnanv's
land lie said that the Burnham's mead.
ow property was purchased in 1898 for
2 consideration Of 5000, according To
the records, and that with the increased
in the 10 years was worth from
$4,000 e $4,000 10 Che COMPANY to-day.
de claimed that this land would nrarti.
,ally be useless to them after the river
had been cut through ii.
There was also another obieetion IL
ne changing Of the river. he said, as
'sRaras damages to them, aud that was
nat u cut them OIL from getting over
ffospeet street TO the land owned bv the
'ompany along the bank of the river
Which was purchased at the time the
ompany first proposed building the gran
e railroad to the qaarrles, and where 4
ne road would 60 ii they built through E
2 hoyaifon. The plans which he drew 3
NJ be said, about ten years ago for this
Xtension across the meadow brought the I
racks between r. L. Clark's barn anY h
he bank by the Dnrkee house. ana II 2
he river was cut through there il would n
e impossible for the Central Vermont q
Q get through
The present valuation al this pronertg e.
q brooklyn street together with Burn
ans meadow, he said, stood the com b
any IN the neighborhood of So 600
here is strip of land few rods wide
lnning across the meadow from the
OGDEN bridge near the Central Vermont
irritable TO Prospect street which Is
nder litigation with the Barre railroad
9th roads claiming that they own IL,
nd this suit is what held UP the pro. y
'sed granite railroad scheme about 20
ears ago.
This closed the hearing for this fore
BON and the council and Mr. Writer'S
ID Ar. Morrison and City Attorney OF
lrver went over the grounds and fur IN
er discussed the situation. The hear e
6 was continued this afternoon. when Of
e city questioned few witnesses n BY
gard as to just what amount the Cen sls
al Vermont paid for the meadow ana an
to what IL was getting in rentals
W.