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


tanse souih al the csuirAl Nrins0ni "a
sinr hoa.s the PARTY pts.se.lfsl siaaiN up
through the yaIds Ahiln the rngine-is 81
bath road. rsllsinesi AhrN 4 Manld L.
nuessafy ~ .nd~srh ul.pn llAr ptelr'iA
Wi the ltnlfal Vermont Il the lsos,on a
Mains line J, huiii ilom south vernon 4"
naili,infa. fnginesf George fomis-on
1T tie boston 4 Malne Tnad rNi'laihri 10
nrnl~s ri ihr tao legislative commit
l,ss What his Rad would d. 10 lhe Ma
~ rpisin. The grade lrum a paint near 'llr
u"al pocket Ia Ispinl nraf the hSsloh q
Main. .nsinr hniisr north al the passenger
station, lir showed 4 plan whereby hi'
inad Rnuhl Ia nllisui e. rnytpaeh upon
The mann line ii the lenifai Vermont inl
,hoii distance.
Thls A0nd a. ohfiaiti largely hy
Strengthening the teniral Vermont road
iur snne distance nrar the lhomas ludse
prolsit. and bN a gu a. the uasl and
north d ihis pfuIeity out luio The '"n'
urfAtn tNrr, Engineer lnnlnnn rA-
tlainni how ~ read would nee triAin.
ing III aud ,ah & maiivrcd noi O. him
whether Il uni Sss 4 running foot, a.
Engiu,4r Nsuing 1T the 1famt Trunk
damned j would 10 q, cents miic. ~
ginerf t.oing stated that u would eusi hr
liasion s Maine rosd approximately sl's''
uyn t. build such retaining wall,
A. the committee were suceis al tht
Central Vermont aud Grand Trunk ON
rials those officials lid most OF The talking
ard explained the situation ~ iheA cav
H. Attorney Writers Tor the central
Vermont sought 10 impress upon in'
member. I'll dc committee that the Bns
| ton 4 Maine road wac seeking 20 stea
something from it. neighbor, the central
! Vermont,
After a trip through the lower yard ih,
Marty walked To the height Of the lant
! on Vernon street ta get an idca 81 th'
old ovcrIass plan which wa approved an'
ordered by the public service commission
| Engineer Morrison tricd 10 interest IN
members ot the committees IA thc-'
former plans but the members wanted e
know what was being sought by the Ito,
linn 4 Maine. II was after the commute
had returned 90 the northern cnd OF th
ward that Nicc-i'csidcnt fiuhugh ~
,i,tel that he did not want the Commute
Ito meet the citizens of Bfattleboto an
for about IL minutes the main question
Iva. lost sight uf IN the discussion hetweei
IN r Holden of the local committee am
MIR. Fitzhugh Mr. Fitzhugh insisted tia
he wanted Judge Henry II. Power o
f. Norrisvile. counsel for the Central \eI
, mont road. present at any conference
after considerable argument II was DC
lcided bv Mr.. Fitzhugh that he and IN
lg,csts would return to Montpelier at one,
They left about 40 y. M. Attorne
Clarke &. Fits. who was 10 return I
Nontpelisr ON the special, arrived W.T.
his suit case just as the tram got unde
headway. lie shouted TO the capacity, 2
I his lungs but those within the car ma
settled themselves on the cushions
= plush and were forgetting everything eS
| lccpt the scenery within. lhey dun ! neg
. Mr.. Fits and accordingly the tram az
/. not stop.
mittees making the trip TO BIattleboi
were. senators T.. \. Davis OF Bethel, !
: NJ Butler of Jamaica, NJ. L. Powell
, Huntington. +. G.. Bntterteld OF Derb
: Line. r. c. futile of Rutland. u. b, Sent
ner Of Corinth and c. c. sheldon OF Hlgl
Z. gata and REPRESENTATIVES y. n. Chaht
~ Rutland j. +. Maun Of st. Adams, I
> r Bean OF Newport, l.. b, Chapman
> Windham. W. \. Bryant of Ludlow,
4 Howard OF Whiting, b. c. BALDWIN
I. Dummerston and T. ;. Billings OF Woo
n stock. Aonzo 4. Martin, representauN
!. from IIartland, George f.. Alderman
: member OF the house from Vernon, an
!. Gilbert Stafford, Brattleboros represent
$ five. and Harry B. Amey. representatN
I from Brighton. were also in the party.
I The Central Nermont's attitude towa'
I The proposed charter is shown IN the e
q lowing article which appeared IN the Mo
@ treal Gazette Monday
Q A finish fight between, the Grand lru'
a and the New Haven railways Will open
!, MONTPELIER, VT, tomorrow, before the ra
way committee of the state, ieglslatHI,,
d when applications made by the New l,
= nom south Vernon to Brattleboro.
~ and actually to condemn some OF ITS tt
~ m;nal facilities as well as its tracks W
Is be taken up, Active hostiities have
. ;sted between the two railways ever SIN