The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-11-11
C. VS. STORY
Told at Meeting Held This
Morning.

The citizens Of Brattleboro went on
record this morning as favoring still
greater development Of local railroad
facilities than have been promised here.
iofore. At meeting in Festival hall
a resolution was adopted pledging the
town TO aid the Central Vermont hail-
way company in securing, from the
legislature charter 70 build railroad
from Bratileboro TO Windsor, providing
that the interests Of the Boston a
Maine railroad are safeguarded at this
poini. The resolution j. almost ldenti-
cal with that passed Monday when the
support Of the iownspeople was accord
ed the Boston a Maine railroad IN It's
quest for charter 20 build a road from
south Vernon 10 Brattleboro.
President Dennison Cowles Of the
Rrattleboro board of trade presided.
Vice. President Z. H. Ntzhugh OF the
Grand Trunk. General Manager George
c. Jones, General Counsel Charles W.
Writers Of 81. Albans and Henry II.
Powers Of Morrisville, counsel for the
Central Vermont, represented that rall'
road az the meeting this morning. MI
Fitzhugh spoke of the desire OF ms
road 10 assist Brattleboro in securing
increased railroad facilities. He said
that his road had no desire 10 oppose
anv Improvement of the facilities In
Brattleboro. but he felt that with the
present traffic arrangement between the
Central Vermont and the Boston q
Maine the Boston 4 Maine road enjoys
inst as good facilities as though II
owned a road between Brattleboro and
south Vernon. He told the meeting one
thing that was apparently new. IN the
railroad situation, namely, that the
Central Vermont had offered TO double
track its road between South Vernon
and Brattleboro and between WINDSOR
and White River Junction TO aeeommo-
date such increased traffic as might
come to the road through an arrange
ment with the Boston 4 Maine, but
the proposition had not been accepted
by the Boston and Maine. He asked
that Brattleboro people take the same
measure of interest in safeguarding the
riohts of the Central Vermont as they
had in the interests of the Boston q
Maine.
Judge Henry H. Powers. speaking as
counsel for the Central Vermont, SAID
that the move of the Boston Maine
to secure charter for road from
south Vernon TO Brattleboro was sim,
ply club fiourished over the Cehirai
Vermont because the Grand Trunk had
got in to Providence. While ne De
6eved that the present traffic. arrange,
ment between the Boston & Maine ana
Central Vermont gives the Boston a
Maine all the rights needed he SAID
that he had no objection to the Boston
& Maine building road if the Central
Vermont s interests were protected.
Attorney c. W. Writers went INTO de,
tail as to the existing leases on railroad
properties in this part of the state and
as to the traffic arrangement between
the Boston & Maine and Central Yer
mont roads. He said that If the Boston
& Maine receives charter to parailei
the Central Vermont the latter road
must have charter to build from Brat,
tleboro to Windsor if it is to withstand
the competition of the Boston & Maine.
Clarke c. Fits, attorney for the cltl,
zens committee of Brattleboro, said
that the committee was willing ana
ready to aid the Central Vermont to
secure such charter as 1t seeks ana
would do so under the same conditions
that the people had pledged themselves
70 aid the Boston & Maine, George. l..
Dunham offered a resolution pledglng
the support of the people toward Cen
tral Vermont charter and it was adopt
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