The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-28
IMPORTANT STEP
TOWARD NEW DEPOT
Hearing on Adjustment Of the
Bridge Street Crossing
BY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Date Set For Thursday. Feb, II, in An,
swer to Petition Filed Several Weeks
Ago by seleotmen OF Brattleboro-
Those Interested.

4 move which Il j. hpled Will fr,ult !
| securing a new railroad station Tot limttl'
J hpfO has been taken hy the selcctmrn q
this town who. az the request 0t a numbr
of business men. recently ieiiiiun.d ih
public service commission ai the state "a
the adjustment Of the prrscnt grad
crossing on Bridge, street, The onmmi,
,on ia. ordered the Boston aud Main
Railroad aud the Central Vermont nilwal
COMPANIES 90 appear before that body II
the Brooks House THURSDAY, Feb. H., at
a. M, when n hearing upun the following
petition viii take place,
10 the Honorable Public Service com
mission of the state oi Vermont:
our petitioners, the scleeimen Of IA,
town ~ Bntilcboru. M the state of Yer
mont, respectfully represent that Ger
tain puhllc highway IN said town uf Brat
tleh0ro. known ~ and called Bridge street
Isituatcd in the castery portion Of laid
town, aud running from Nam street III
the village Of -aid lirattlchoro 10 the high
Wdy bridge acro., Connecticut river 3.
crossed at grade hy the main line Of rail
road aud one side track owned by the New
London Northern Railroad company. a
f mllroad corporation doing business IN the
! state of Vermont, and AZ .aid ButtlrbOro.
aud operated under lease hy the Central
/ Vermont Railway company railroad
corporation doing business IN the state ui
! Vermont aud ~ said Braitleb0fo, and over
which said main line and side track are
operated under contract. trains of the
Boston q Maine railroad. a railroad cor
pontion doing bu,ine-, m said state Of
Vermont aud ~ said BrattlebOro. and
that the changes aud alterations herein.
after prayed for would materially affect
certain portion OF line Of railroad con.
Meeting with the railroad of said New Lon.
don Northern Railroad company aud said
Central Vermont Railway company. lust
northcrly OF said highway, TO wit, line
OF railroad owned by the Vermont Valley
Railroad company, railroad corporation
doing business in the state OF Vermont
and at said lirattleboro; that the said
Vermont Valley Railroad companys said
road j. operated and controlled 10y said
Boston and Maine railroad.
Your petitioners further represent that
the said main line and side track and the
crossing OF the said highway there over
makes a. crossing extremely dangerou, to
the public safety, in that the view of laid
railroad line, coming from either direction
on to said tracks. l. largely ohscured on
the north by buildings and other struc.
lures and on the south by building, and
large ledge or rock: that n large number
crossing and a considerable amount of !
of cars and trains i done there |
over; that the said Bridge street is |
largely used thoroughfare in said town OF |
leading from said Brattleboro |
10 the state of New Hampshire that a
large amount OF both retail and wholesale
business Is done ON both sides of the said
highway crossing in said Brattleboro: and
hat the only access to the passenger sta
ion occupied and used by all said rail
'oads at said Brattleboro is across said
highway crossing and that the whole pop
llation of the town OF Brattleboro and
arge territory surrounding 1t is served
olely by said passenger station; and that
large part OF the local freight business
t said Brattleboro is of necessity handled
" teams across said crossing; and that {
aid crossing is dangerous and that pub
C safety and necessity requires the aboll' :
ion OF said grade crossing and a substi |
ution thereof of some other means of (
rossng said railroads for the purposes
foresaid than at grade
Your petitioners further represent that c
he following named are all the owners OF |
md abutting on said Bridge street. where c
ne grade of said highway would be q
hanged and the course thereof altered, il c
he prayer of your petitioners be granted, o
\. L. /.
ice, Marion Rice, Fred c. Adams. all OF II
id Battleboro; the Central Vermont g
ailway company of st. Albans. The Yer. /
ont Valley railroad of Bellows Falls, The I
ew London Northern Railroad company h
New London, Conn. The Boston "
ane Railroad of Boston, The Twin State b
as & Electric company of said Brattle d
,ro, and Ruth Adams. Crosby Adams g
LA Adams and George Z. Adams, all of t.
lringfeld, Mass d
Wherefore, your petitioners pray that Sc
e said grade crossing be abolished. and cl
at in substitution thereof there be con- A
Iucted, provided and maintained another NJ
SIS, either at the present line of said b'
'idge street, or upon some course where III
e same suitably and feasibly can be To- de
ted in substitution thereof and that the W
cessary changes in location of street I
les and said railroad and passenger sta ID
ms be made to properly accomplish the II
oresaid purpose; ga
That this honorable Commission appoint tr
time and place for hearing this petition; a
That notice thereof be given to all the Cl
owe named parties in interest, as the fe
VS. and rules of this Commission provide. nj
Dated at Brattleboro, in the county of rit
INDIAN and state of Vermont, this first ia
Y of January, 1910. Cf
John Calvin, VIZ
j. G. Stafford, lal
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