Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-27
Reported for THE HERALD by Colby Stoddard
THE RAILROAD FIGHT


THE RAILROAD FIGHT
The big railroad fight which has been
mentioned in these columns from time
to time this session is on in dead earnest
and the man who could pick the sure
winner would make a lot Of money dur.
ing the next few days. The fight is
nominally over the question of which
company shall own mile of track in
Brattleboro over which both companies
are now operating their road under q
mutual trackage agreement. They
have been operating together over this
mile of track for many years and would
doubtless continue to do so we're it not
for the fact that certain circumstances
have arisen whereby it seems meet for
the two companies to fight each other,
| and the nature Of the battle now being
waged would indicate that they intend
to make it finish fight without regard
to parliamentary rules, Queensbury
rules or any other rules. The fight is
go hot that no statement of the facts
would be considered impartial by both
sides, but as near as we can learn from
the respective claims the condition is
about as follows. The B. & NJ. runs a
single track road into Brattleboro from
the north and then runs its trains onto
the single track of the c. v. south. II a
train is late on either line the blame is
laid on the other company. The b. &
M. wants to build double track road
from Brattleboro south in connection
with its single track north and to do &C
conveniently it must appropriate some
distance of the c. V. single track. The
C. V. naturally objects to being oasted
from its property. The c. V. says that
if its track is taken it will practically
put them out of business because they
too want TO build double track and
there will not be room enough left
The B. & M. says there is plenty Of
room for everybody and the c. V. AL
swers back "lf there is plenty of room
for both why do you want to crowd VI
out"P There are lot Of pertinent
questions like that which the Senate
will have to settle some tims this week
The fight waged hot in the House fol
two days during the past week and thu
B. & M, triumphed by vote which wal
nearly two to one in their favor. Tn,
fight has now been transferred TO tn,
Senate with the result in doubt. Tit
, G. V. has however won small advan
tage in that when the bill reached Thu
Senate the Senate voted to have The
matter referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee and the Railroad Committee act
ing jointly. The stock argument in tn
House was that committee had in
!, vestigated the matter and majority o
them had reported in favor of the bill
therefore the House should support tn
S committee. After the fight is over W
may think it best to write little com
mentary on the way the Railroad Com
e mittee of the House and Senate is mad
: up, but at present we do not care +
S butt into the fight of someone else
II President Mellen recently said that hi
railroad was out of politics and tina
they would maintain no Hobbies at tn
{ several legislatures of New England
h 1t is barely possible that he does nc
e need to.
t THE INCOME TAX
S The Income Tax amendment to tn
II United States Constitution proposed b
: a republican congress and endorsed b
;. a republican president has at last bee
u considered by the House and Senate an
= has been killed by a decisive vote.
n the amendment ever had a chance {
J. passing it was lost long ago when Sci
E. ator Page assailed it. Since that tim