Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-01-19
RAILROAD HEARING
COMES To AN END
Central Vermont Lawyers Ask to
Have Their Road s Property
Exempt from Seizure.
RnvynI NU nV ar mnV n
DOUBLE TRACK PLANS TOLD
Boston & Maine Could Have OBJ
tanned Equitable Settlement
by Other Means Than Co
ing to Legislature.

Montpelier. Jan. 12.-The nnal hearing
m the fight between the Central Yer
mont and Boston & Maine roads in the
attempt Of the latter road to secure q
right of way through BrattlcbOru was
held In the Senate chamber this even
ing. The argument for the Central Yer
mont road was begun by collector Oar
ling, who said that In the first instance
tho bill of the e. & NJ. road, had Vt
been put upon its passage and become
81 law, would have enabled the Yer
mont Valley road to take land five rods
wide from South Vernon through the
Bratteboro Yards In like manner tho
station and the land therefor could have
been taken. There was no suggestion Of
any modification OF this until last even
Ing and his road was compelled to MAKE
It's defense on this short notice They
could charge the delays on whom they
raw fit but this was the ugly truth.
Mr. Darling proposed an amendment
70 the bill which excerpts from the land
tuc 3. y NJ. may take for constructing
i.@ l'Ne from South Vernon to 3rattle-
}oru. the lands. tracks and terminals
OF the New London Northern road in
tra towns Of Vernon and Brattlem6ro. It
t.-o provides that the Vermont Valley
roni may Connect at Bratteboro and
Use Jointly tho freight and passenger
stations and tracks Of tie New London
Northern road Ne sand that there was
- attemp' to get together on tho matter
iIt q a Boston & Maine appended dl-
r"'uN 20 the ! legislature and asked for
the strong arm of the Iow to take what
it wanted
HOW THE NrTLANp UIp IT
lie cited the case ot the Rutland road
getting through Burlington when it built
las ue through the islands 10y getting
racfage rights from he Central Yer
uont This was the railroad policy OF
HE state. However, the Boston ~ Maine
would accept nothing out an absolute
disrupt On of the Ccntrals property a,
8rattleboro. If tho Brattleboro people
'eally wanted things changed there. they
could have got # by having the Legisla-
ture impose the conditions upon hotr
roads and let the New Haven and Grand
Trunk roads settle their own hight Two
great railroads we're lighting for thai
lirattlehoro gut. one to get through the
other 10 keep the other from the Atlantic
eeaboard.
Judge c. s. Palmer discussed the Ques
iiol of transportation and took ulp tbs
Importance of the western connections Of
ne Grand Trunk. Judge Palmer STATED
mat he was disclosing no secret when h.
stated that the Grand Trunk has its plan!
almost perfected for double tracking IN,
Central Vermont road and that when tn,
anscontirental system was perfected
more tracks might be needed This wa
the principal reason why the road dir
not wish 70 DO crowded at Brattleboro.
re vas followed by Judge Keneficl
Of Palmer Mass, who presented detailed
objections to the last plan NJ the Rostol
q Maine prepared by Engineer Howar,
Kelley Of tho Grand Trunk road Thes,
objections we're based upon an examina
tou Of the 3 & NJ plans by Mr. Kele,
and had to DO with the engineerin,
problems presented He did not thinl
even II this property were taken and pal,
for the companv would not get full
value I'm view Of the future use Il woul,
he nut to when the Grand Trunk system
was completed
BTATTL EEORO 4 BOOSTER.
He thought the position Of Brattle
boro i'm the case was that OF booste r
Al that Brattleboro was particular
interested In was the abolition OF
Erade crossing. The plan of the pub
l.D service commission for the aholi
ton NJ the grade crossing was as goo
rs place situated as Brattleboro I
'"Hd '<pect. He thought that III
trnckaEe rights offered in The amend
ont Of the Central Vermont was al
t.at could he reasonably expected. II
stated that Crosby & Co. OF Brattle
luro protested as vehemently as the
could against the change
J A. Murdock OF Providence r /
-aid that he knew this move was .
t.r deeper signifcance than the PEG
li. Of The State appreciated. He eX
planned the railroad situation in Ne'
England, saving that the New Yori
New Haven & Hartford controlle
c.rrsth'rs I'm the way of transporta
tuu o. .p' he Central Vermont II
\ r. at Rrattleboro the NeN
..aa .,ld spoke in terms Of com
ty .ltior At Providence it spoke /
Muu- of monopoly Providence wa
.omp e.s.- In he praep Of that sys
tom pft welcomed tine coming OF n.
aru1 T. INK
NrIIEN'S THREAT RECALLED.
iie ,old Of the fight To ~, The charte
for it from the Rhode Island Legislator,
AU southern New England was watchn
this fight in fear that It was part of
s,heno of the Sow Haven ROAD to bloc
the pllu- of the GRAND TRUNK Mi Mel
ten president OF me Sew Haven roa,
was ~ Providence. during the fight 70
,f.o a.. r.t OF and tuI.t no -.t q that ,unli