Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-11-19

udUAC might AOI iNO ANStuhh
Hearing at Montpelier Post
poned Two Weeks.
The fight against the bill about to
be presented to the Legislature, CIV
ing the Champlain Realty company
the right to run logs down the Ottau-
quechee river, is on in full blast.
From North Hartland to the head
waters there is practically united
opposition to the charter asked for
by the paper company, and in view
of this general protest it hardly
seems reasonable to believe that the
lawmakers will go against the people.
Woodstock has not been so stirred
up for some time, and the represent
atives from the valley towns. Wood
stock, Bridgewater and Sherburne,
have been flooded with protesting
petitions and letters. And there are
more coming.
Representatives F. S. Billings of
Woodstock. e. Fl. Shattuck of Bridge
water and Otis Webb of Sherburne
are working hard against the bill,
and it is understood that Represent
alive D. A. Elliott of Hartford, who
presented the bill, is not fathering
the measure or taking any part in
the contest.
MASS MEETING HELD:
A mass meeting was held at the
Arts and Crafts rooms Wednesday
evening in opposition to the bill,
President H. w. johnson of the Y.
M @ A. presiding The latter spoke
Of some of the objections to allowing
a corporation to control the stream,
and was followed by Harold Perkins,
Rev. Benjamin Swift, L. E. Wey-
mouth, Walter Shurtleff, G. Fl. Fur
Der and others, and the arguments
all received sympathetic hearing
from the men present. -
President johnson said that the
timber which the company wished
to cut and float down the river was
on the so-called Mendon tract, part
of which lies on this side of KILLING
ton. The lower corner of the tract
is two or three miles from West
Bridgewater and the company claims
that it cannot get the logs out unless
it is allowed 10 use the river.
On motion of Mr.. Perkins a resolu-
ton of protest was adopted, and this
was signed by everv one present.
HEARING AT MONTPELIER.
The hearing before the House
committee ON conservation. of which
Mr.. Battell is chairman, held at
Montpelier Tuesday evening. on the
bill to give the Champlain Realty
company the right to drive logs down
the Ottauquechee, was called one of
the warmest of this. session of the
Legislature.
w. G. Stickney of Bethel repre-
sented the company and John Senter
and w. A. Lord of Montpelier APP
peared for those who are opposed to
the bill
The Woodstock representatives
were Fl w. johnson, G. +. Chapman,
G.. W. Marble and Harold Perkins.
II. G.. Davis and w. O. Raymond
appeared for Bridgewater, and
delegation from Quechee was also
present in opposition to the bill.
Much of the time was taken up by
the examination of men familiar with
conditions along the White river,
where the company has been driving
logs for several years, which tended
to show that the operations there had
been conducted with little or no
damage to property owners and that
had been satisfactorily settled Mr..
Stickney said that State Forester
Halves had expected to be present
but was unable to and he did not
wish the hearing closed until Mr..
Halves could be heard. AS there is
to be further hearing in two weeks,
the opposition contented itself with
putting in some petitions and letters,
withholding other evidence.