Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-02-03

brow of the Central Vermont railroad
and handing a plump specimen of the
fruit of the citrus limonum tree to the
Boston 4 Maine road, the Vermont legis-
lature of 1910 reached final adjournment
Saturday night at II o'clock by the
official timepieces. but the If o'clock
part was pure fiction because the hands
of the clocks were turned back several
times in order that the consciences of the
solons might not have opportunity to
rebel because of a PROCLAMATION of the
Sabbath The truth Is, however, that
the legislative bodies did not adjourn
until lis Sunday morning. The law
makers were In session 81 days, which
barely falls short of the length of the
record breaking session of 1908. With
the prospect of adjournment Saturday
they became very generous that day and
voted to increase the salary of the at
torncy general from $4,000 to $500 and
to present the state highway commits
sioner $500 for 1911 and a like amount
for 1912 in addition to the regular salary
OF $500. The stenogra piers pages,
sweepers and everybody connected with
the state house also came in for sub
stantial plums.
The Vermont Valley-Bo & Maine
railroad bill, in which the citizens of
Brattleboro were vitality interested and
which precpitated one of the greatest
railroad battles New England ever has
known, tCll DN tne WdNSlue. 4Ntl 81 NlN
Central Vermont Grand Trunk bill, which
asked for a charter to build from Wind
sor to Brattleboro. The House, when
voted earlier to grant the Boston &
Maine the right to build from South
Vernon to Brattleboro and take sucn
land of the Central Vermont as was
necessary, also passed the Central Yer
mont bill instead of holding it as
cudgel over the head of the Senate, ana
the Senate knew that 1t could kill the
Boston & Maine bill without endangerng
the other
The vote in the Senate by which the
Boston & Maine was put down and out
was 10 to H. Even the Central Vermont
did not expect such large majority,
but when the voting showed that the
Central Vermont would win several sena-
tors FASTENED to get on to the band
wagon. The special Senate committee,
consisting of the railroad and judiciary
committees, appointed to hear both sides,
reported about II o'clock Friday morn
ing, favoring the Boston & Maine bill
z to C. Senator Porter of Caledonia
moved to strike out all after the enact
ing clause and substitute an amendment
which he proposed. which gave the Bos-
ton &. Maine trackage rights through the
yard Senator Rutterfeld Of Orleans
opposed the Porter amendment saying
that the people Of Brattehoro should be
given the advantages Of competition
which they desired.
After the noon recess Senator Adams
Of Marlboro moved an amendment to the
Porter amendment, which would have
placed the matter of locating the tracks
i'm tue hands of the public service COM
mission and would have given the Boston
e Maine the substance of what it asked,
hut he Adams amendment was lost 10 lO
If and the Porter proposition was adopted
bv the same vote. The bin then went
back to the House. but that body stoou
by its colors and failed by vote of 1876
to G. to concur in the Senate amendment
A conference committee was appointed
Saturday in the hope of reaching n
compromise, but although the committee
worked hard and late it had to report a
disagreement and negotia tons were at
In end SO far as the legislature was con-
eefne9. 1t was 1nnOnncsd that the Pos
ton & Maine would build on the New
Hampshire side of the river. The COM
mittee consisted of Senators Dale of Es-
sex, Powell of Chittenden and Taphn of
Orleans and Representatives Chaffee of
Rutland. Calderwood of ST. Johnsbury
and Rabbit of Rockingham.
The full text of the report submitted
to the House by the conference com
mttee follows:
"The undersigned, the committee APP
pointed on behalf of the House of
Representatives, members of the commit
tee of conference upon the disagreeing
votes of the House and Senate upon
House bill entitled II, 1872 An act to
authorize the Vermont Valley railroad to
construct and operate n railroad between
Brattleboro and South Vernon and to
take land therefor respectfully report
that they have been in conference with
the Senate committee since their appoint
ment; no agreement could be reached
by which the Vermont Valley railroad
would be permitted to have an indie
pendent line of tracks uncontrolled by
the Central Vermont Railway company.
1.-THE objection raised was that the
legisla ture should not take any property
however small, used for railroad pur-
poses by one railroad corporation and
permit it's use by another railroad cor
poration 1t was then suggested by the
members of the committee on the part
of the Senat e, that we give the Vermont
Valley railroad the right to take That
land of the New London Northern Rail-
road company lying upon and west of
Vernon street in Brattlehoro, which is
not now and never has been, used foT
railroad purposes, to which the members
of the committee on the part of the
House acceded, and in furtherance of this
idea the members of the committee u
the part of the House submitted the fol-
lowing proposition in writing:
"'And the said Vermont Valley rail
road may construct its line In Brattle
boro. upon a double track location, and
for that purpose may cross the location
of the New London Northern Railroad
company in the town Of Vernon south o
the meadows, using only so much thereo