The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-24
LOCAL COMMITTEE
TO SEE MIR. MELLEN
In Conference With New Haven
President This Afternoon.
HOPE TO COME UP THIS SIDE
Best Legal Authority Believes Link
Can Be Built Under General Law
Public Service Commission to Give
Hearing Wednesday in Brooks House

While nothing of importance has de.
velOped in the railroad situation this
week there is well.defned belief
among those acquainted with the plans
of the Boston a. Maine management
that the possibility of that road com.
ing into Brattleboro on the Vermont
side of the Connecticut river is by no
means as remote as was at one time
conceded by many. IL is known that
those interested in the matter have
been at work ever since the adjourn.
ment of the legislature which killed
the charter bill of the Vermont Valley
railroad, and that their investigation
and study of existing conditions have
resulted in a conviction that not only
can feasible route be found for the
proposed road, but that such a road
can be constructed under the general
law. II is understood that the new
plan will not encroach upon the prop
ertv of the Central Vermont railroad.
That the result of the investigation
may be laid before him President
Charles S. Mellen has granted a hear;
ing to the local railroad committee and
its attorney and the conference is in
progress in Boston today.
l.. f. Holden. C.. q. Robbins and Nj.
J. Moran, constituting the local rail-
road committee, Clarke G. Fits, attor-
ney for the committee, Judge j. Nj.
Tvler and +. w. Gibson went to Bos.
ton Yesterday and were in consultation
with Attorney W. B. G. Stickney before
meeting President Mellen Engineer
George Tompson, who is in charge OF
the surveying operations IN and about
Brattleboro. went to Boston Tuesday
and il is understood that he carried
with him a preliminary sketch of the
ntn hat ha pnlu
to give President Mellen an estimate of
the cost of building the link of road
from South Vernon to Brattleboro on
the Vermont side of the river. The be.
lief that President Mellen has not aban-
doned his original plan of getting into
Brattlehoro on this side of the river
is further strengthened by the semi
official statement made in New Haven
Tuesday that owing TO the acquisition
of one-half of the stock of the Rutland
railroad the plans for the Improvement
of that system must necessarily delay
the proposed parallels between South
Vernon and Brattleboro and between
Windsor and White River Junction.
Early this week Engineer Tompson S
force of surveyors were busy getting
levels near the Brattleboro House and
at various points in the rear of the
Bond block, the Ulery. and the Ameri-
can buildings. This activity upon the
part of the Boston & Maine surveyors
has led to no end of surmises, some of
which may be partially correct though
not confirmed by anyone IN authority.
The men who have been making Dor,
ings in the bed of the river north OF
this village to ascertain the nature of
the soil Beneath the river have com.
peted their work at this point and are
now engaged in making similar borings
in the Ashuelot river to the south.
They bored to depth of about go feet
near the shore in the rear of the Brad |
lev estate and found fine sand of a |
quality that will hold piling. On the |
east shore of the Connecticut river |
rock was found a short distance below |
the river bed.
Engineer j. NJ. Morrison of the Cen
trail Vermont railroad and six survey
ors arrived in Brattleboro Wednesday.
They have established themselves IN
he sample room at the Brooks House
and are working to complete prellm'
mary sketch of their proposed INK
from Brattleboro to Windsor as author
lied by the charter granted to the
southern Railway of Vermont at the
recent session of the legislature:
The Central Vermont s gang Of men
On the ledge at the corner of Bridge
md Vernon streets has been increased
his week by the addition of number
If Italians and two steam drills. The
work of excavating the bank east or
Vernon street has progressed rapidly
his week. a..
announcement was made during the
week that the public service commis-
ion had granted hearing upon the
,etition of the selectmen and railroad
ommittee for further hearing in the
natter of abolishing the Bridge street .
,rade crossing and set Wednesday next
IS the date. The hearing will be held
n the parlors of the Brooks House;
nd will begin at o'clock. 1t will