The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-01-13
|NTRAL VERMONT
/ IS STILL OPPOSED
|dence Put Before Committees
at Hearings
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
kon & Maine Files Detailed Plan
7Vith Secretary of State and Offers
4 amendment Binding It to Take only
fertain Amount of Property.
Montpelier, Jan. ID.

s.E Montpelier, Jan. IL.
INC Boston & Maine offered an amend,
~ Ia the Vermont Valley Railroad
111npany's bill at the adjourned hearing
{ore the Joint railroad committee IN
Spresentatives' hall Wednesday evening,
lifting and restricting the land to be
lien by the company to double track
Hne and such land as may be necessary TO
MA the tracks. The amendment was pro,
.1noeed TO meet the objection OF the Grand
Trunk that the bill, as originally drawn,
40 too broad and left its property open
u the suspicion OF conilscalon. Inc pro.
6oeed amendment described the course oil
{he proposed line, according to a plan
I'D in the office OF the secretary oil state
- amendment further provides for the
Siolishing of the Bridge street grade cross.
M by raising the tracks to a height OF
IN feet above the present grade, and
&ringng up Vernon street to conform IN
'6fade TO the present railroad track, the es-
Unblishing and maintaining OF S25,O0U
1nion passenger station by the Vermont
Valley and Central Vermont, and If they
6annot agree the public service commits
pn shall determine the manner in which
III shall be maintained operated, and
ned; commissioners to appraise land dam
Xfes, with right OF appeal, to county
aSurt. While w. b. G. Stickney was eX'
6laining the scope OF the amendment,
Jndge c. IL. Darling, counsel for the
brand Trunk, inquired If he was making
"a argument or putting in evidence, to
Vbich Mr.. Stickney replied that he. was
|&onhning his remarks to Vermont and not
10 British Columbia. For the next few
minutes there was an animated parley be-
'fween these two attorneys, which put a
title spice in what started out to be a
IN hearing. The Central Vermont at
6rneys desired to consider the amend
'hent before proceeding, but consented to
|Ellow George NJ Tompson, engineer for
He Boston < Maine, to explain that com
'Danys map. He gave sal pa as the es-
innate for the proposed changes in the
Brattleboro yard, all OF which the Dos,
Won & Maine was willing to bear, and
81 5000 to build the line from South
Vernon to Brattleboro. Howard Kelley,
Engineer for the Grand Trunk, asked Mr..
dompson is one of the best engineers in
fhe country. He built the New York
Central's four tracks into New York, the
Mexico Central, Colorado Southern, Old
Colony, and Norfolk < Western. In re-
cards to the land at Vernon street, the
value of which was being discussed. Mr..
Bean, of the committee, said it could not
be valuable since rain water wouldn
occupy it. L. Z. Holden of Brattleboro
explained to the committee what the peo-
BILE of this town would prefer as to
HE location of side tracks for unloading
purposes. Mr.. Holden was asked what he
knew about cement cars. He replied that
Mr.. Cowles had recepted bills the night
before showing that it cost 500. so car
more to ship by way of the Central YER
mont and South Vernon than via Keene.
He said that Brattleboro was unanimous
for the Boston & Maine plan. He believed
the interests of the Central Vermont were
adequately protected. 1t would be saw
ing to Brattleboro of $4,000, to the state
of $4,000, and to the Central Vermont
of larger sum of money than it would be
required to pay under the order of the
public service commission.
E. w. Gibson of Brattleboro stated that