The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-16
A BITTER CONTEST.
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lng dropping from thA main Level a,
one per eea, grade, Jads. u, II, Pew
ers, counsel for the Central Vermont,
brought out bV questions that u Was
not necessary 10 raise the main tracks
simply for the purpose OF eliminating
the nfidg. street grade crossing, In
answer 10 his questions Mi. Ioplson
stated that enough soil would Ice taken
from the cut the Boston a Maine pro
posed To make At Vernon 10 more than
make the hll at liTattleboIo, lie esli-
mated that the work Ia the yard alone
would cost si50.OOn. the whole scheme
being for the purpose of Improving
/ freight aud passenger service,
| Mr., Stlekncy then submitted a copy
Of vote Of the Boston a Maine diTec'
/ tors taken Dec. q, authorizing the pro-
posed extension according % the plans
/ submitted lust rs soon ~ authority
/ from the Vermont legislature was
gained. lie then offered IN behalf OF
hrattlehoro the following amendment;
Add TO section the following;
crowded further that said Vermont
I Valley railroad shall build passenger
station westerly OF all railroad tracks
I ia RIaitlebofo az approximately the To-
cation provided IN the order Of the Pub
I lie Service commission relative 20 new
passenger station al lifattlehoFO, filed
/ September 30, 1910, which passenger
I station shall, aside from foundation and
platform, cost not less than twenty-five
| thousand dollars aud shall have as
much ward room a. provided m said or,
I der, and shall provide the abolition OF
/ the Bridge street grade crossing by
u crossing said street NJ "A grade approx
/ maiely seventeen feet above the pres.
cnt Bridge street crossing. and shall
Y raise all the tracks west of the main
/ line 10 same grade as the main line,
aud shall construct local freight sta
I ton, all az the expense of said Yer
mont Valley railroad
And further provided that said pas
sengeT aud freight stations shall be
Z adapted for use rs union stations WIN
other railroads entering Bratileboro on
such terms and conditions rs may be
agreed upon, or, ia ease of disagree
ment, ON such terms and conditions as
the Public Service commission may pre-
scribe;
Ana further provided that Vernon
street in BrnttlcbOrO shall be made 10
conform in grade 10 the nearest rail
road tracks from the passenger station
10 land of the White River Chair com
pany and shall bc suitably surfaced, All
at the expense of the Vermont Valley
/ railroad.
And provided further that the Yer
mont Valley railroad shall locate its
loem freight yard not farther from
Main street in Bratilehoro than Is the
presen, local freight ward.
The next spea ker was Vice President
I T.. II. Fitzhugh of the Grand Trunk.
I He outlined the arrangement under
which the line between Bfattleboro and
7 south Vernon was used Jointly by the
two roads lie admitted that az pub.
lie meeting in Brattleboro he had made
the statement that he would not oppose
/ the Boston 4 Maine coming into Brat
tleboro from the south, but asserted
I that he should oppose sirenuously the
taking OF any Central Vermont prop
ertv in this town. He painted a roseate
rieiure of the benevolent plans con
templatcd in the way of service for TINS
/ section by the Grand Trunk and closed
/ hy saving that he could not believe the
| legislature would vote TO take land
away from l0.000.mile system reach.
! ing from Prince Rupert to Management
! hav for the purpose of turning II over
/ to system half as large.
! Mr., Stickney pointed ont that the
! Boston 4 Maine had not the slightest
objection TO the Grand Trunk building
double track line between Brattleboro
and Windsor, saying that the issue IN
/ question now was whether the Boston
4 4 Maine could show the necessity OF
| taking land from the Central Vermont
/ AT Brattleboro. Mr.. FitZhugh under.
| stood the issue to be the right of the
/ Boston 4 Maine to take any land what
4 soeyer. He said that he had tried to
make arrangements with the Boston &
! Maine that would provide for inter
| changeable tickets at this point, but
| had never been able to do so.
The next speaker was Chief Engineer
! Kelley of the Grand Trunk whose ex-
planation of the proposed Boston
Maine improvement gave the commit
| tee to understand that the Central YER
mont terminal facilities would be en-
| tirely wiped out, that the Central YER
mont would forever be prevented from
! double tracking and that the proposed
! plan was enormously expensive ana no
i great Improvement. by lnterrogatlng
| Mr.. Kelley Mr.. Stickney brought out
| that the present Central Vermont
| roundhouse mt Brattleboro, which
would have to be sacrificed by the pro
posed plan. was not large enough TO
! accommodate heavy engines OF modern
| type.
Mass, counsel for the New London
| Northern corporation, made passion
ate appeal in behalf of the rights of his
client. He believed that the town OF
Brattleboro should stand by the plan
contemplated by the order of the Pub
| lie Service commission, plan that was
perfectly feasible and adequate. Inc
move of the Boston Il Maine, he said,
was no doubt result of the proposed
Providence extension by the Granu
Trunk. He likened the situation AT
Rrattleboro to the famous pass OF
Thermopylae, and pleaded with the
legislature to leave the New London
Northern alone to enjoy the property
rights it had so long owned. Senator
Powell asked Judge kennefick II the
matter in the last analysis was not one
for the courts to determine, to whlcn
the Judge replied that the question OF
necessity was one of fact to be settled
by the legislature. hepresentatlve
Bean of Newport asked if the New Lon
don Northern, which Judge kennefick
had pictured as small and much
abused corporation, was not IN reallty
part of that great Prince Rupert-to,
Narragansett- bay system which had
been mentioned previously. The reply
was that the New London Northern
was the actual owner of the property III
question held under lease by the Cen
trail Vermont.
Engineer Morrison of the Central
Vermont explained the plans contemc.
plated by that road under the. order OF
the Public Service commission, ana
answered numerous questions asked by
Attorney c. W. Writers.
L. f. Holden of Brattleboro, said
that a whole lot of oratory was being
wasted over two side tracks. He did
not believe there was anything to the
claim that the Central Vermont would
be deprived of its terminal facilities,
and pointed out how the Brattleboro
yard would be larger as result of the
Boston & Maine Improvement oman IL
now is. He said that the local com