The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-08
CENTRAL VERMONT
STOPS LOCAL WORK
No More of Ledge Will be Moved
This Winter.
EXPENDITURE TO DATE $4,000
Force of Varying Sizes Has Been at
Work OF and On For Over Year
New Highway from Freight Station
North Nearly Completed,

The work Of removing the high ledge
! in front of the Central Vermont passen'
ger station which has been in progress
practically all Of the time for year
was stoned Saturday afternoon, and
the machinery and other equipment
housed for the winter. The force OF
men. which at times had numbered as
high as so, had dwindled 10 eight ana
| for the past three weeks but little work
had been done. The work began late
last fall, and it will be remembered that
after few weeks Of activity IN remoN'
ing the soil from the top of the ledge
and notifying tenants on the railroad
property that they must move the Cen.
! trail Vermont suddenly ceased opera
| lions and announcement was made thal
the workmen would leave town. Al that
time the public service commission had
made an order abOlishing the Bridge
street crossing by the construction OF an
oyerpass from Vernon street TO the
bank of the Connecticut river nj n point
directly east of the present passenger
station, The roadway was to lead down
TO the grade of the Connecticut river
bridge by ramp. The town voted to ap,
tpropriate $4,000 toward the proposed
| improvements which were to include 2
station upon the site of the postcard
store formerly owned by George +. Fox.
The proposition of the Boston & Maine
TO extend its road 10 South Vernon from
Braftleboro was considered SUFFICIENT
reason for temporarily suspendlng the
public service commission order NJ tne
request of the town of Brattleboro. IN
/ February of the present year the voters
at special town meeting resclnded the
vote appropriatng $4,000 but few
DAYS before this action was taken activ-
: ity was resumed upon removing the
ledge and the work has continued inter
mittently since.
A small force of men could be found
about the ledge much of last winter ana
with the arrival of warm weather WORK
began in earnest and blasting operations
during the summer removed about one
| third of the ledge
| II is estimated that about 5000 cubic
wards of rock was removed ana deposit.
ed on the river bank east of the passen-
ger station. A road has been built from
| the freight ward almost to the top OF
the ledge directly opposite the passenger
station and had the cold weather held OIL
a few weeks longer this part of the work
would have been completed. 1t had been
intended to build retaining wall oil
cement along the east side of the new
| highway but the freezing weather MADE
! il impossible to complete this part of
the work. There is also considerable
blasting to be done on the top of the
ledge before the new road will be avail
able
Though no reason was given the fore.
men by C.. V. officials it is believed that
the cessation of work was on account OF
the weather conditions and in no way
connected with any negotiations that
the Central Vermont and Boston x
Maine may be conducting relative to the
iB. & NJ. coming up through the yard.
1t is estimated that aside from the
carting of the rock and soil TO the rlver
hank the railroad has expended upwards
Of 500 900 in carving out the original
order of the public service commission.