Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-07-29
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM
Taking of Options by Boston &
Maine a Safeguard Measure
ence Soon-Some Profitable Sales Of
Real Estate.

Fltzhugh and Mellena May Have Confer
ence soon-some Profitable Sales Of
Real Estate.
Through misinterpretation of the mo-
tive of the Boston & Maine Railroad
company in taking up its options on a
right of way from South Vernon to
Brattleboro on the New Hampshire side
of the river many Bratteboro people
have become unduly alarmed the past
week over the probable outcome of the
negotiations between the Boston & Maine
and Central Vermont roads relative to
an adjustment of differences so that the
proposed new line could be built on the
Vermont side. Since last Friday the,
Boston q Maine has taken up the options
on property through which it's survey
runs and has paid for them in cash or by
check, and only a few pieces of land re-
main to be acquired. These will be
taken through legal process if they can
not be bought otherwise. The company is
buying all land between the east line of
the railroad survey and the river and the
| total cost of the land will approximate
100000, the bulk of which already has
been paid.
1t is stated on good authority that the
taking up of the options has no signi-
| hcance further than that it gives the
Boston & Maine company a clear title
to the right of way on the New Hamp-
| shire side in case the plans Of the two
| railroads for an arrangement for Joint
use of tracks on the Vermont side fail.
! In matters of this kind an item of $780,
| 900 is not considered large by railroad
companies. Those who have kept in
close touch with the local railroad ques-
uon are not worrying about the out
come. 1t is understood that President
Fitzhugh and President Mellen will have
another conference soon.
I. S. Delaney, one of those who have
sold sections of their farms to the rail-
road company, has reason to consider
himself ON easy street a result of
his sale. He came from New York state
about year ago and bought a small
farm, which is i'm the line of the sur
vey. He paid about S400 down and gave
mortgage for the rest. Through his
negotiations with the railroad he retains
most of the farm, to which he has a clear
title, and has about s1700 in the bank
Senator l.. +. Lscom profits materially
! by the purchase of options Before the
| Connecticut river dam was built Senator
| Liscom objected to Il valuation of $1,000
| on his farm. The Connecticut River
| Power company paid him $500 for that
| part of the land which would be flowed
| by reason of the dam being built. The
Boston X Maine Railroad company has
paid him about $500 for it's right of way,
! and he has some of the farm and build
| ings left.
Following is a list of the persons who
| have sold land along the survey to the
company the past week. so far as the
| deeds have been recorded in the office of
| the register of deeds in Keene: ~ II.
| White, George NJ. Wright f.. D. Torrey,
Clarence j. Torrey, L. F. Lisoom, Henry
H. Barrett, Frank H. Wright Warren l.
| Pettingll, Sarah E. Sprague, w, ~ Pike,
Henry II. Dole, Arthur e. Torrey, Gym
thia C. Dix, Lucinda c. Clark, Edgar H.
| Davenport, George L. Shattuck, Mary G.
| Boldt, John Zowrotony, Blanche L.
Wilder. Horace S. Goodenough, Ezra b.
! Pike, Truman S Delaney and Sarah f.
Kinds.
a few pieces of land necessary for the
right OF way have not been bought, by
| reason of the fact that the owners will
not or cannot dispose of the property by
sale, and in these instances condemna-
ton proceedings will be necessary. The
Brattleboro Retreat, for instance ac-
quired its property in the proposed route
in such way that it cannot sell it and
the railroad company cannot secure
right of way across it without resort to
condemnation proceedings The Adam
Roeder farm, or such of it as is needed,
will be taken in the same way, the owner
refusing to sell. Carl Schorling also has
not named price which the company is
willing to pay, and it is expected that
further negotiations with him will be
made this afternoon
E. II. Fftzhugh, first vice president of
the Grand Trunk railway system and
president of the Central Vermont COM
pany was in Brattleboro Sunday night,
stopping an hour and a half in his pri-
Vate car in the railroad yard, while on
his way to st. Albans after his usual
week end summer visit to his cottage on
the shore near New London. In conversa-
tion with a Brattleboro citizen he said
that the report that the Boston & Maine
was taking up options on properties on
the New Hampshire side of the river so
as to secure right of way was news
to him. as nothing had occurred which
had necessitated such action. He said
that at the last meeting of the repre-
sentatives of the two big railway sys-
TENS arrangements were made for
another meeting, when the engineers of
the two railroads would have plans
ready so that a final settlement could
be made for building on the Vermont
side 1t was the general understanding
that the Boston & Maine would double
track its leased line north to Putney,
that the Central Vermont would build
another track from Brattleboro to South
Vernon, that the lines coming into Brat
tleboro both north and south would be
used by the two companies under a
joint traffic agreement. and that they
should also use jointly a union station
in this town. While this Arrangement
was practically agreed upon, there is
another plan which could be made so
that the Boston & Maine could come
into Brattleboro from the south over
its own iron and the Central Vermont
could come in from the north over its
own iron, Mr.. Ftzhugh said decidedly
that the Central Vermont had made no
move to cause the Boston & Maine to
build on the other side of the river.
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