Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-12-08
Thinks New Haven Road Plans to
Seize It by the Throat if
Charter Is Granted.
W. B. c. STICKNEY is RIGHT
Extension of B. & M. Line Would
Benefit Brattleboro but It
Would Cut into New
York Business.

day evening before the committees OF tne
House and Senate on the bill to grant a
charter to the Boston & Maine road TO
build n connecting link between Brattle-
horo nnd South Vernon developed the
fact that If this 1O-mie piece of road Is
built and another short stretch from
point opposite Windsor on the New
hampshire side of the river to West
Lebanon the New York, New Haven &;
hartford. which controls the Boston &
Maine. will hive the central Vermont
road by the throat as far as through
Now York passenger business Is con-
cerned.
In n very plausible way w. r. C.
Stickrey gave the committees to under
stand that tho reason FOR building the
line from Bratteboro TO South Vernon
was to relieve the congcstcd shipping
conditions that exist at Brattlcboro and
he had delegation from that town to
beck him up. Now while the proposed
lino will undoubtedly be ereat benefit
to Brattleboro far moro important rea-
sons are back OF the desire OF the New
Haven road to construct this little strip
Of road. one of them. as has been said,
is that the New York business which
the Central Vermont now handles by way
trackaEe rights between the roads expire
have to be turned over the Boston &
Maine at White River Junction. This will
leave Hartland and North Hartland
rather on a side track as far as New
York is concerned. for the line of the
Boston & Maine Will be across the river
PROSPECT FOR ADJOURNMENT.
The amount Of business disposed of by
the House on Wednesday and Thursday
led Speaker Howe to express the opinion
! that final adjournment might be taken
next week This seems hardly probable
for while the House certainly did turn
of lot OF work in those days, 1t was
mainly business OF minor Importance
that did not AFFORD any opportunity for
debate. With the final hearing on the
railroad charters postponed until Decem.
Der II and all the other important mat
tiers still to be considered and disposed Of,
it is the concensus Of opinion that the
| Legislature will do well il 1t gets through
| December %
1t Is possible that the bill carrying the
appropriation for highways may be re-
ported to the House this week This
bill has been held back to please the Gov
ernor who Is actuated by the idea Of
getting all the appropriations together so
as to zee about what sum can be expend-
ed on highways. The delay is not pleas
ing to some who fear an appropriation
not as large as they would like and al
ready one petition has been circulated In
! Rutland county with such signers as ex-
| Governor Proctor and Mayor Carpenter
Of Rutland asking for $4,000 appropria-
! ton. Then, too, there is some needed
legislation which hinges largely on the
amount Of the appropriation that Is be-
! ing held up. Those who favor the idea
of bonding the state for better highways
are also chatting at the delay for on the
amount of the appropriation may depend
their action. II It is large enough SO they
think a material Improvement can speed
ily be made In the highways they are
| not likely to press the bonding scheme.
! otherwise they may. 1t is understood
that the committee has been ready to re-
port for some time.
The Joint committee on game and Ash
cries. which has had more bills for con-
/ sideration thar any other committee, has
| its work pretty we'll cleaned up and hopes
| to dispose of the balance after tho hear
| Ing which 1t plans to hold Tuesday even
| Ing.
SOME SIGNIFICANT STATISTICS
Tax Commissioner Cushman has with
much pains and great labor made r. com
pilation OF figures showing the amount
OF public school money received BY each
town In the State from the various funds,
the amount of the grand list, rate OF taxa
ton number OF schools ard various other
facts tending TO show the injustice of tho
present method Of distributing the public
| school money The committee on educa-
| ton is now wrestling with the figures In
an endeavor TO frame law that will rem
edy the injustice SO clearly disclosed by
| tho compilation. 1t will be remembered
| that early in tho session the Free Press
published some Of these figures tending
to show that the distribution Of the pub
| lie money, which was designed to com
| pei larger and more prosperous towns to
help the smaller places In educational
| matters, was In reality working tho other
way. As matter of fact there is moth
| Ing new about the figures for they are
contained in every report Of the State
| treasurer. but It is only when some such
hand for statistics and figures as Mr..
| Cushman takes tn. pains to dig them
out that their full and true significance
Is disclosed. Tho figures for the few
towns published by the Free Press at
tracted considerable attention and Gre
ated some surprise but when the figures
for the whole State were laid before the
gentlemen who are supposed TO shape the
educational policy of the State they saw
at once that the matter was serious and
demanded correction by the enactment
Of new legislation.
! The one session held by the conference
committee on the trustee process dim
| Guilty, while not productive OF immediate
| results, served to clear tho air somewhat,
Before the session was over the talk grew
pretty plain and the members freed their
minds considerably so that with this over
with they will probably get down to busi-
ness at their next meetings A possible
solution Is that the specific sum of SO
may be exempted and the provisions Of
the Cushman bill made to apply to the
collection of debts over that sum- 1t Is
| quite evident that some concessions must
De made by both sides II any change In
tho trustee law is going to be made at
this session, There are many members
VINO would prefer to leave the law as II
IL ana were It not for the promises made
oy inc party platforms that would proba-
nis be the solution OF the difficulty.
TRIBUTE TO LATE EDUCATOR.
In the House Friday afternoon. r. w.