The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-06-17
A $4,000 STATION
FOR BRATTLEBORO
Central Vermont Railroad Will
Abolish Grade Crossing.
AND WILL ExpENp ABOUT 100000
Agreement Reached Between Citizens
Committee and Central Vermont
Railway Company Results In Plans
Being Accepted by Both Sides.

Being Accepted by Both Sides.
Rraitleioro is 10 have new I,assen'
erf station. The grade crossing un Bridge
-trort will he abolished aud an oNciepass
will hc constructed. The improvements
planned will cost from $500 10 si0,vco,
Ih. station will cost sl0uJ. The town
of Bntilcboro will H. asked 90 appfOpii'
ate sl5p iowapi the Improvements and
a spccial town meeting viii he called al
once. That the end oi the negotiations
between the Central Vermont Railway
COMPANY and the citizens committee
wa. ia sight could be seen at the recent
public service hearing IA Bnttlcboro
upon the petition 10 abolish the grade
crossing Preparations had been made
20 introduce evidence tending 10 show
the urgent need ol abolishing the grade
crossing when the announcement was
made that a conference between the fdli'
road officials and the citizens committee
might result Ia an agreement that would
be satisfactory 10 all concerned. Several
conferences have been held since the ad-
j0urnment OF the public serNic. hearing
and the negotiations were completed tins
week. The result of the conferences Is
gwen in the following statement from
the committee:
Definite propositions have been passed
between the committee representing the
town and the Central Valley railway com
pany. which enable the committee to now
place before the people OF the town
definitely what can be done and what
will be required OF the town. The
negotiations have been going ON more
than a year. 4 year ago last March
meeting. l.. l.. Holden, c. o. Robbins
and Charles r. Crosby were elected a
committee to represent the town IN
undertaking TO bring about the abolition
of the grade crossing on Bridge street,
the erection OF new passenger station
west of the railroad and new highway
in place OF the present Vernon street,
in order to largely do away with the
grade and make the approach to the
town from the south and access to the
freight station what it should be. :,
Clarke c. Fits has acted as counsel
for the committee in conjunction with
A. Z. Carpenter, the agent and attorney
for the town. The committee made very
thorough preparations IN the way OF
surveys, procuring estimates ana pians,
and the successful outcome OF their work
!. largely due TO the very thorough man
ner i'm which they have handled 1t from
the start. The definite plan upon which
the railroad and town substantially agree
now is:
l. To cut out the rock to the proper
level to meet the requirements herein
after stated, so that from the Brattie
boro House to the proposed station, there
will be level tract of a depth OF one
hundred feet or so.
.. A passenger station is to be erect
ed. the building, exclusive OF platforms,
foundations and excavation, to cost not
less than ten thousand dollars. Ihe
location of the passenger station VIII be
west of the track, and the northerly end
of the station few feet southerly OF
the present south line OF Bridge street
at about the point where the red pulid
ing occupied by George +. Fox stands.
Entrance to the main room OF the
passenger station will be at about the
level of the Brattleboro house and there
will be stairways from the station room
TO the platforms. the platform being on
a level u or IA feet lower than. the
floor of the depot room. Platforms
extending across the foundation OF the
old mill north of Bridge street and from
thence southerE to point about 'oppo-
site the middle of the present passenger
station will be provided, the platform
being approximately 500 feet long.
Bridge street will be closed by a
wall or fence at the west line OF the
track. The grade of the lower end OF
Bridge street will be raised to the level
of the platform. A sidewalk will be
provided so that persons desiring to reach
the platform without going through the
depot can do so by coming down a SIDE
walk located at about the point OF the
present sidewalk on the south side OF
Bridge street and so get upon the pat
form. Baggage and express VIII De
handled in the basement OF the statlon
and the lower end of the present Bridge
street will be utilized for team room' 1or
baggage and express teams. !,
/ Rock excavation will be made and
the necessary filling done and retaining
walls made to provide new highway
from the Brattleboro house along easter
" OF the present Vernon street going up
a grade of three per cent to point about
opposite the present passenger station,
thence descending by SIX per cent
grade to a point about 100 feet north, OF
the present freight station, the Travelled
part of the roadway to be % feet wide;
( The present Vernon street to be
discontinued as street from point
about opposite the socaled Frank Reed
place. owned by f. B. Barrows, souther-
" to the northerly line of land OF Mrs:
Griffin, and the conditions in front OF
the seven houses on Vernon street
which are on Central Vermont railroad
land are to be greatly improved by pro-
viding private driveway about ten 1ees
in width along the western portion OF
present Vernon street to serve the
houses and keep the general trafhc WIN
consequent dust and dirt away from
there A slope to be made from about
the middle of the present Vernon street
down to the new proposed roadway. IN
front of those houses, with sufhclent
retaining wall at the bottom OF the bank
to hold it in shape. -.
q An oyer-pass to be built in the
place of the present grade crossing. Inc
nvernass to 90 over the tracks and across
at about the site of the present passen-
ger station; a descent to be made from
the oyer-pass northerly on the east SIDE
of the track at location to- be select
ed and furnished by the railroad COM
nany. This ramp to be on SIX per
cent grade which will bring the norther-
ly end of the ramp at about the present
line of Bridge street This will slye
very greatly improved facilities IN tne
freight yard for access to cars ana Ior
tbe use of teams having business there.
I The Central Vermont railway. COM
pany to furnish without charge all the
land which it owns and which is required
for the proposed changes. The railway
comnanv owns all the land between the
nresent Vernon street and the railway
tracks and all the land that will be used
for the purpose of the bridge and the
ramn on the east side. The line of the
highway at the Brattleboro House goes
somewhat into the rock ledge east OF
the hotel and excavation will be made
20 the highway line at that point.