The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-03
The Meddler
TLf the c0af fifs y0H. pnf 10 on,

The services Of mister w0rimn
would be required 10 pen an ldegm1
word oirtllre of the disappointment nar
nation and resentment which have Iva
snpqnderpd in Brattlehuro by the uiun
III the Vermont Valley railroad comBaw
"a SECURE Legislative authority 10 E'e,i
Il line from this town 10 South vernon
10 Daraphrase an old Joke, il the ~ ell
tgrs who voted against the Boston Il
Maine measure knew what we pc1UIr
Brattlebnr1 Thought of them they aai
have us arrested. Al Il IN, their ear nus
have smarted continuously since as' a.
iav afternoon. and they needn Q hGgr II
any relief for some time to come I'll
Meddler can remember no public nar-s
over winch Brattlebur1 people nave lea
half 80 deeply aroused rs thus rllmlt
light It's progress IN the Legislature 10
been watched with intense interest ni
the common 5almtatlon ON the streeg'l
last week was. We'll. what do yGu lea
from Montpelier" When Il became
known IN Brattlebur0 last Friday morning
That action on tine bill was 70 be taken
the senate chat day, speculation 1l he
outcome at once became the EXCLUSIVE t1f
of conversation. The Reforner answers
no less than a score of telephone lngurs
on the subject between the hours Of 70
and l., and the information operator 4
the local telephone exchange was iriva
nearly to distraction by the Hood OF lus
lions that overlook her.
First news 0f the deieat Of the measure
in the senate came TO Brattleb0ru N
snecial message to The Refdr1ner lsr be
fore $50 p. NJ, and the result Of Che ZOE
was Immediately bulleuned. The 10
nouncement was received in dunno lstgl
ishment BY the people who happened 70 1s
passing The Rei0riuer office nc the 1ms
but they recovered their powers OF speeea
as soon az the significance OF the vote
fawned upon them and IN i comparatively
lew moments everybody on Main street
vas aware Of what the senate had lone
One man vas 80 anxious 70 verify ne
Iumur that he rushed directly hv TIE
Reformer bulletin board and inquire!
breathlesEly at the office ii that ID
senate had actually refused to pass -5e
bill shortly after t o'clock The Re-
former issued an extra telling the result
OF the vote and the way the senators
lined up on the proposition. The papers
found ready sale and the edition WIS
soon exhausted. Throughout the r.
mainder Of the afternoon and during the
evening the tate OF the raiirOad bi VS.
debated wherever men congregaied. The
general impression was that some SOFT Of
a compromise measure would eventually Be
passed, nobody expressing the sIig1ts;t
doubt that the opposing senators would
vote to let the Boston x Name come
through Brattleboro under some arrange
ment by which all c. V objections. save
chat Of competition, we're met.
Late Saturday evening came the news
Of the failure OF the conference commit
tee to agree. and with the arrival li The
local delegation from Montpelier Sunday
morning, a tired and disgIsted lot OF men.
The news OF the senates refusal TO accept
/ plan which would let the Boston /
Name into Brattlebdro from the south
without taking a foot Of land now used ilg
railroad purposes. This was about all thai
was necessary to make those who we're
disappointed indignant and those who
we're already indignant wrathy And ever
'lnce then the transformation has r0n
lnued. At the present time Brartleboro
people boil whenever their thoughts re
vert to those 10 solons who frustrated the
plan that meant so much to this town mi
20 Vermont, and The Meddler buIls VIII
she best Of them.
just how the outcome Of the fight leaves
with regard to improved "a
'oad facilities il at present entirely .
natter OF conjecture. Announcement :
made from New Haven that the link be
tween this town and South Vernon viii
De constructed on the New Hampshire
'ide of the river according to the plan
ldapted last summer, while from ST. Al
,ans comes word that the Central Yer
mont viii begin Immediately its extension
rom Windsor to Brattleboro. IF both
4 these plans are carried out the best that
ms town can expect liz two stations, one
N the west side of the tracks at Brdg:
treer and the other either across The
connecticut near the end of the LITTLE
'lver bridge or at some point at the
lorth end OF the town somewhere neal
" est river. Efforts are being made 10 IN.
luce the Boston Z Maine to attempt to
ome into Brattleboro from the sourh IN
Ter authority granted by the genera law
i the state, but what viii come Of these
norts cannot be foretold with any degree
u accuracy. In the meantime everybody
$ hoping that the order of the public serv,
&c commission relative to the overrass II
3r1dge street will be suspended until The
atmosphere clears somewhat.