The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-04-14
WILL BUILD
VIA HINSDALE
President Mellen Gives
Orders to Begin
at Once.
MATTER WAS SETTLED
IN BOSTON YESTERDAY
Contract to be Awarded
Next Week.
NEW HAMPSHIRE LINK TO CON
Meet WITH VERMONT VALLEY
Decision of Boston g. Maine Likely to
Result in Raising Bridges Across the
Connecticut Opposite This Town
Central Vermont Favors This

Connecticut Opposite This Town
Central Vermont Favors This.
The Boston & Maine will build in
New Hampshire. This much was de-
cided yesterday by President Charles
/ S. Mellen of the New Haven system,
who issued instructions to Chief Engl-
Deer TompsOn to come at once TO Brat
tleboro and begin to make the dirt ny
on the railroad from Hinsdale to TINS
town via the east side of the Connectl'
cut river. Pursuant to the orders OF his
superior Mr.. Tompson is now at ms
Office in this town busily preparing to
submit specifications to the various
contractors who wish to build the new
line. and it is probable that the con
tract will be awarded next week,
President Mellen decision, il is said,
followed brief conference with Vice,
President f. ii. Fitzhugh of the Grand
Trunk system regarding the possibility
of compromise that would enable the
Boston 4 Maine to enter Brattleboro
on the west side of the river.
This means without doubt that Brat
tleboro S service from the Boston
Maine will come by means of station
on Schorling s fiat across the river, and
it is not unlikely that connection with
this station will necessitate raising the
bridges across the Connecticut river on
both sides of the island. The town of
Hinsdale has already called a special
meeting to consider this proposition.
The decision of President Mellen to
build his proposed link OF railroad
from Hinsdale to Walpole IN New
Hampshire became known IN Brattle-
han n mir
George Tompson returned here, follow
ing a conference with Mr.. Mellen yes
terday noon. Mr.. Tompson said that
Mr. Mellen had ordered him to build
the first section of the road as sur
veyed between Hinsdale and Brattle !
boro on the New Hampshire side of the
Connecticut river, and to lose no time
in carrying out the work. Mr.. Tomp- |
son was given entire charge of the
work, and Immediately telegraphed to
various contractors to meet him IN
Brattleboro as soon as possible. lie
said this morning that before leaving |
Boston at 1890 Yesterday afternoon he |
promised President Mellen that the first |
section of the new road would be fin /
ished this fall. 1t will be double |
track road as surveyed.
Mr.. Tompson said he expected to
award the contract for building the
first section by the end of the coming
week. 1t will be let to one contractor
BY tomorrow night it is expected that
several large railroad contractors will
be in town. a representative OF the
firm of A. G.. Tomasello & Co., of Bos-
ton is in Brattleboro today to make
trip over the location for the new road
and Leahy & Fletcher of Boston will
have a representative in Brattleboro
tonight. j. X. Ryan & Co. of New
York, Coughlin & Shields of Boston,
Waltz & Reece Construction company
of Netcong. N. j., and Beardsley the
New Haven contractor, will all be rep
in Brattleboro within a few.
days. p. L. Reece of the Waltz & Reece
has been in town during the
week and looked over the location for
the new road.
Engineer Tompson s Office force is
busy completing few details of the
plans and he will 90 to Concord, N. H.
evening to file the plans with
the railroad commission of that state
Wednesday morning. The contracts
for constructing the roadbed for the
new road will also include the building
of the abutments and piers for the dou-
ble.track steel bridge across the Con
necticut river to connect the Hinsdale
extension with the Vermont Valley
railroad Mr.. Tompson said this morn
ing that it would require rapid work
upon the part of the contractors to
have the new road ready for the rails
this fall, but he expected it would be
lone as the contracts will be awarded
20 a firm equipped with steam shoyels,
locomotives, and all necessary msdern
equipment, and actively engaged in
such construction.
The survey for the section from Brat.
LII 10 inf in ctrpp ral n
II Walpole on the Cheshire division. of
he Boston & Maine will be hurried to
and the location will be
and the amount of ma
erial to be excavated will be figured as
oon as the plans are ready. Mr.
Tompson also has orders to proceed
With the building of the link of road
rom Windsor, VT, to West Lebanon
\. H.. as soon as the survey can be
ompleted.
The first section of the Connecticut
river railroad in New Hampshire,
which is the name of the, road whose
harter was signed by Governor Bass
week ago this morning, will start at
point 400 feet east of the Connecti-
ut river bridge on the Ashuelot branch
f the Boston & Maine railroad and will
ONE north to Brattleboro distance
lightly over 10 miles. The road will
Ass over land owned DY tne 1olIOWlHS
arties: H. c. Atwell, John Zowor-
tiny. TT. H. Dole. G.. z. Shattuck, Mary
{. Bolt. Ezra B. Pike. w. n. Pike,
arah r. Hines. George Wright Mrs.
arah Sprague, A. c. Hooker. Connecti,
ut River Power Co., G. G. Dix, Ansel
dickinson estate, l.. F. LiscOm, n.
'steyee, T. S. Delaney. Lucinda G.
lark, A. Z. Torrey, H. FL. Barrett,
rank H. White, W. L. Pettingill
lanche L. Wilder. Liscom heirs. E. d.
orrey. Moves White. Clarence Torrey,
[. s. Goodenough, Fits. Harris
'unham, G. Bean estate. G. Schorling,
[rs. Leander Thomas, Charles Ebbig-
ausen. Brattleboro Retreat and Lean
er Thomas estate.
It will be necessary to build a bridge
cross the Ashuelot river a distance
{ about 225 feet The road will cross
he highway at two places between i