The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-16

While SO riilssns Il nraiilelsofo Waii-
~ ia Festival hall lot tao h0uH iiirssia,
afternoon 10 rAlHrss ll,riF nnanlmiit II
sentiment ia favor III liuslnn a Maine -
irisiun "a ihis place, lhr iNn railroad
prmmrilets - lhe Vermont legislature
visited lhr ineal Aails snd fgiuinri in ihe
ralalol 90 the train lie luAr II The Central
NefmuHi Failuad Aiihuui appearing a.
she liall a. meFl ihe lsnplr 81 lfaliistaraI
40 planned and ADVERTISED No attempt
Nas made rs the riilfrns 10 piviudios lhe
committees GA their tour Il Inspection
and only a handful Of lhalil.l'Ola men
accompanied the Central Vermont officials
and their state guests through the iafds
I The committees Wrw undrr eseot q
Grand Trunk and Central Vermont oil
flals and ouly ihc highest uiheial. on the
Grand Trunk dkan would do a. enter
iainrn iof tM, scisttrd hsi vi Vermont
legislators
Many al the men Who waited IA Fes
/ iiNal hall Tuesday afternoon we're en-
iulnA,s ~ local factories and mills Who had
no,tiyul 4 lcayc ID absence IA express 20
I the railroad committees their opinions a.
touching the need Of railroad competition
[ n Baitlehoro. aud when a merssnger
auikcd itum the station aisiui I IL ~ The
afternoon aud announced that zee
I President liighugh and be gncsis had
I folded thsr tents aud departed, ilcN
we've Opinions Forthcoming What those
Iitaie citizens said to one another about
the Genital Vermont management would
not h. allowed 90 pas through The mails
n Probably no party OF official visitors
representing the state 81 Vermont eve,
came Ia llatilchoro with more style anfi
lsufroundesi hV more Of the Injuries oil
life than did the two railroad committees
lTbey arrived shortly before one o'clock IN
the afternoon on a special train OF private
ears including General Manager oeorge
H.. Jones private ear Champlain, the PR
,atc car Ontario, a private caie-pailor car
"a Pullman and a baggage ear Us th'
train came into the station the party OF
visitors were eating dinner aud Il was =
dinner worth talking about II include,
deicacies that only railroad management
nut ON their menus when entertaining leg
isla,iye committees. The cigaH were IN
ported and the "ipollinaris' was properly
chilled. The trip from Montpelier TO Brat
tleboro was one that many oi the mem
l,cr, oil the legislative committee VIII no
forget.
The train pulled into the lower. yar'
after stopping At the station 10 take oi
the members of the local railroad com
mittcc and other interested persons. 70
NEARLY an hour the tram stood near lh
coal pocket while the members o. the Wis
iting party finished Their dinner. u wa
nearly two o'clock when the two legs
latiye committees buttoncd their topcoat
over the big Central Vermont dinner tina
they had eaten and proceeded TO aUgh
from the tram.
Resides the committee men all OF whol
were present except Joseph Batter, 2
Niddlebury, the following officials and al
torneys were in the visiting party wee
president f.. H. Fitzhugh OF the Gram
Trunk and General Manager George {.
Jones of the Central Vermont, ohlei Eng
i. ineer Howard G.. Kelley and locating ems
ineer 4. 5. Going OF the Grand run
7 system. Chief Engineer j. VI; M9 I 10,
General Passenger Agent j. W. iiahiel
General Freight Agent c. Il. Dewey
SUPERINTENDENT OF Motive Power ihoml
Nrt'attie and General Superintendent ,
\ Soule. al OF the Central Vermont ROAD
lttornpys G. W. Writers OF st. AlDaii'
Iohn Murdoch OF Providence, Il. |
and II w. Kenfck of Palmer, Mass, rel
rosenting the Central Vermont; W. H.
S,;clnev Of Bethel and Robert Z, Law
rence ii Rutland, representing the Bosto
4 Maine and Clarence IL. Senter OF mon 81
heller. representing the TWIN STATE va
K Electric Company, with lhtfrel@
yolved in the proposed raliroaa ei ,d-'
in Brattleboro j. G. Norton OF st. aipal
and G. A. G. Jackson OF Montpelier, Pre-
REPRESENTATIVES, and number OF mempe,
Of the house of representatives were al IL
members of the party. me otnc,ais u VI
Tontral Vermont railroad brought prlVa
socretaries and clerks, and there was
staF Of walters and porters. Cy. Nariha'
thn story writer was brought along.
Cbief Engineer Kelley OF the nrai
1, Dnie system was the chief spokesma
What vi at hardship would be worked upon !, T.
Central Gent Vermont railroad if a ,, chart
should be granted the Boston \ Name Nan a
a"Ied for. Starting at point snort 81