Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-12-07

n PRESS AND TINES; THURSD.
~, ,,o plan and ending at the College
s,ros. crossing. Mr.. Brown did not miss
orv question concerning the details OF
,,,.. hov the Central Vermont proposed
% change the Rutland yards south of
ty,rg street in order to affect the desired
| ,,,,rrovenents lind still give the Rutland
| ample yard facilities.
| Az stated before the plan of the Cen
,roI vermont would change the present
d,ubl..end yard of the Rutland to a
sub-end yard. This would mean. ac-
cord,ng to the testimony Tuesday, that
IN. Rutland would have to do most of
their shifting of freight cars south of
,bo nrescnt drawbridge and Mr.. Brown
took especial pains to show that all of
the switching would have to be done
over the drawbrldge, which Mr. Stafford
admitted would be somewhat of a dis
Iudvantage A great deal of time was
spent discussing the matter of this yard.
Mr.. Brown inquired how far south the
Rutland would have to go with tracks
in order 10 get the advantages Of SWITCH
ing which the Central Vermont claimed
II would have. MIR. Stafford stated that
| he could not answer the question, not
knowing how much traffic the Rutland
had TO handle every day. The amount
of this traffic was later shown to be
100 cars per day
At the request of Attorney Lawrence.
a plan showing the conditions as they
exist TO-DAY was placed below the plan
of the central Nermont's proposed
changes for comparison
MAIN LINE TRACKS WOULD BE
RAISED.
The Central Vermont plan contem-
plates raising the main line through
tracks on IN. Mr.. Brown asked ques-
tons to bring out the manner in which
the industries along the tracks would
be affected by this fill He showed that
the Spaldlng & Kimbal companys
plant and the method of loading or UNI
loading cars at this plant might be In
terfered with by this FIJI. The engineer
however. stated that this was taken
care of by means of a wall which would
protect the building and only make ne
a few feet from the cars. It was not
shown that any extensive loading or
unloading is done on this side Of thc
building however. 1t was shown thai
the warehouse of the Burlington Grocery
company between Main and King streets
and the slip and the tracks would Eavt
to be taken out Of the way entirely. Thi:
was the only building. the engineer said
that would have to be entirely removed
AT this point Attorney Lawrence asked
! If the Central Vermont wanted II under
stood that the plan under consideration
! was the one the road wanted adopted
President Fitzhugh stated that the plal
had been submitted to the public servic
commission simply as a suggestion o
what could be done. Chairman Redmond
said he understood that the plan had beel
| presented to help the commission an,
! that the engineers were there rs practica
railroad men to explain how the plan
| could be worked out.
1t was shown that seven trains eacl
day start or terminate at Burlington owe
the Rutland road. and the enginee
pointed ont the route which, under tn
plan. Rutland train would have to fol
low in getting into the yard after havin
pulled into the station. 1t would be neces
sary for the train to move south owe
the drawbridEe and enter the yard from
that direction.
Attorney Brown brought out the fac
that the plan would call for the elimna
ton OF part Of the sheds operated by tn
Shepard & Morse company and It wa
shown that under the Central Vernon
plan only the Central Vermont would >
able to have a track connection with tn
Shepard & Morse mill This connection
would be from the north. The track ar
rangements north of the station woul
not be materially changed except tina
they would be elevated across Colleg
street by means Of the I'LL
It was shown that the work could b
finished In about seven or eight month
after the final plan had been decided w
on. Some discussion was had concernin
the station Itself, but this matter wa
not entered into to any great extent a
the Central Vermont has not worked on
n detailed plan of the station It woul
he two stories high and a stairway woul
lead to the train sheds. These latte
would be covered by umbrella" roof
but open at the sides and ends. Their
would be a lift" for the baggage an
II Is probable that passengers would f.
the most part enter the train shed
through the station, although approache
on each side of the station by way c
Lake street from King and College street
could be provided
| Late in the afternoon Prof Bree
presented a small plan showing how tn
| matter OF a stubend yard for the Rut
land might be adjusted so that doubl
end yard could be secured This coul
| be done, he explained. by placing som
OF the tracks east of the main line track.
on the elevation made by the I'll an
joining the main line tracks near tn
| Spalding G. Kimbal company's huildin,
thus making two long double-end sid
| tracks.
| The latter part Of the session was take
up with the discussion of various item
| Of expense contained in the estimate
that had been fled with the public ser,
| ice commission. the matter of grades an
| the comparative strength of drawbridge