St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-04-19

i. operation with the State Commission
er of Agriculture, the University of
Vermont and the State Forester. The
: train will consist of four passenger
coaches and baggage car. In the
: baggage car will be carried exhibits
.. illustrating dairying, including two
or three cows of desirable and I'M
desirable conformation which will be
used for demonstrating these points
The four passenger cars will be fitted
,, up with lecture platforms and will be
devoted, one to horticulture and for
estry, one to fertilizers and crops,
one to dairying and stock feeding,
and one to the teaching of agricul-
ture in the public schools Stops of
an hour each or thereabouts will be
made at various stations. Two or
three addresses not to exceed 10
minutes each will be given in each
car, and 80 minutes will be devoted
to passage through the train for
study of exhibits. All addresses will
be illustrated by charts, specimens or
otherwise. The lecturing and dem
onstrating crew will be supplied
partly by the Commissioner of Agri-
culture and partly by the University.
F w. McGettrick in Hospital.
Felix w. McGettrick, formerly of
st. Adams, now of Boston, underwent
an operation last week at the city
hospital. At the battle of Spottsyl-
vania a fragment of shell struck
him in the left leg. Twelve years
ago the wound began to trouble him
and he had to submit to treatment.
The operation last week was for the
removal of growth which had come
on the wounded leg
Wells River Road Upheld.
The United States circuit court of
appeals has just handed down an i'm
portant decision. 1t is the sustaining
of the Montpelier& Wells River roads
contention concerning the alleged vio-
lation of the federal law Ky charging
that the rate to Wells River on coal
pockets went no farther than the
coal pockets of the company, less
than mile from Montpelier.
The suit was instigated by the in
terstate commerce commission, and
was tried in the United States supreme
court July 26 and 81, 1910, in
which the road was charged with OBJ
tanning a false rate on cCdI by false
billing on from Echo, Pa, oTer sew
eral roads, including the Rutland and
Central Vermont to v ellis River, the
rate being $3.05 per ton to Montpeli-
er and $3.50 to Wells River 1T is
claimed that this charge of Is cents
on the last named read was improper,
as the coal was not transported to
Wells River, but only to the coal
pockets of tn; tompany, less than
mile from the point where the
coal was received from the Central
Vermont.
In this court the government won
it's case and imposed a fine of
\ $1,000 on the Wells River road. A
writ of error was secured to the
United States circuit court of appeals
and the case was argued in New York
| City March and Z, 1911, H. C.
Shurtleff of Montpelier appearing for
the railroad and Alexander Dunnett
of st. Johnsbury for the government.
The contention of the Wells River
road was that the coal pockets we're
part way from Montpelier to East
Montpelier, and, according to Gus
tom, the rate would be that to the
next station beyond the coal pockets,
which is East Montpelier, and the
rate to the latter place is the same as
that to Wells River and intermediate
points. On. this assertion the court
agreed and decided that there was,
therefore, no violation of the inter-
SCdCO COmm0FC0 law.
Howe Co. to Build Foundry.
Governor J. A. Mead has announc-
ed that the Howe scale works at
Rutland of which he is president will
build a new foundry to cost $4,000
work to begin at once. The build
ing will be of cement 10 feet by 200
feet and will necessitate an increased
force of men.
BrOOded Over Loss of Money.
w. B. Atwood of Winooski, who
was robbed of $1,000 recently after
being severely beaten about the
head, committed suicide Thursday,
by cutting his throat with a razor.
Mrs. Atwood left him at home, with
his little son, while she went to the
store. During the afternoon he told
the boy he could play in the yard.
Later when Mr.. Atwood was wanted,
he could not be found. Search re-
vealed his body covered with blood
in closet off the woodshed. He was
40 years old and had been in poor
health previous, to his assault. 1t
is said he brooded over the loss of
Il $1,000 great deal, though he had
plenty of money in the bank. His
business is in good shape.
Across Vermont on Foot.
Footsore and weary, after a 100
mile tramp across the state, in which
they encountered snow six inches
deep, w. H. Sheldon and J. M. o.
Neill, instructors at Dartmouth col
lege, Hanover, N. H., arrived in Bur-
| lington late Wednesday night. The
two pedestrians left Hanover on Sat
urday at $50 O'Clock and during the |
five days made about 20 miles a day |
IN
walking sticks.
Encouraging for st. J. and L. G.
The prospects are encouraging that |
the old Lamoille Valley extension will
be rebuilt from Maquam to A1burg |
which will connect the Rutland r.
R., at Alburg with the st. J. & L. G. |
at Maquam, work having already |
been commenced on the survey. If |
these two railroads now under control |