The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-03

changed.
The test vote came upon the adoption
OF this amendment TO the Central Yer
mont amendment and resulted as follows
For the Central Vermont, Senators Arch
bald, Barden, Cushman, Cults, Dale. Dan
iels. Darling, Gordon, Griswold Lyford
Norton, Pike, Porter. Powell. Seaver
sheldon. Shepardson, Smith, Taplin. Foi
the Boston 4 Maine, Senators Adams
Butler, Butteriield, Clark. Coolidge. Davis
Edgerton, Field, Hitchcock, Scribner, Tut
tie. This showed IL for the Boston 4
Maine amendment, and 10 opposed.
The final vote on the adoption Of the
Centrals amendment was the same but
simply reversed. On that vote the Lineup
was Senators Archibald, Barden. Cushman
Cults, Dale, Daniels, Darling, Gordon
Griswold, Lyford, Norton, Pike, Porter
Powell, Seaver. Sheldon, Shepardson
Smith and Taplin, for the Central Yer
mont, and Senators Adams, Butler, But
terrified, Clark, Coolidge, Davis, Edgerton
Field, Hitchcock, Scribner and futile fol-
the Boston 4 Maine.
The action of the senate in amending
the house bill by inserting the Central
Vermont amendment, resulted in an ex
pccted non-concurrence on the part OF the
house, and a request by the senate for q
FIRST action OF the Saturday morning SEES
sion. The house had favored the Boston
4 Maine bill and the senate the Central
Vermont trackage proposal.
The initiative in the senate was taken
by Senator Adams Of Windham county,
who moved that the senate insist on its
proposal OF amendment. Senator Adams
voted with the minority. Senator Archi,
bald of Bennington, who, voted with the
majority and led the fight for the Central
Vermont amendment, followed with mo-
ton to adhere. The chair ruled that the
motion TO insist had precedence. Mr..
Archibald appealed from the decision OF
the chair. and the chair was sustained by
vote Of % 10 2. Mr.. Archibald was then
on his feet with motion that the senate
ask the house for committee Of confer.
ence, and this was agreed to. While the
senate had the authority to take the APP.
pointment OF the conference committee
IRON the hands Of the chair, such dis
courtesy was not attempted, although un-
der hints from Senator Powell and Others
IL was made evident that the senate would
prefer and might insist that all members
Of the conference committee on the part of
the senate be such as voted with the ma.
jority. Senator Davis, minority mem
Der, and chairman OF the committee on
railroads, agreed with; this position,
and suggested that the chair should APP
point on the committee members who
had voted for the proposal Of amend
ment adopted by the upper branch. Sen
ator Gordon expressed his confidence in
the chair.
After requesting the secretary to hand
H.. xko s-on av,I ma, honC ho hoir ~
pointed as members Of the committee,
Senators Dale, Powell and Taplin and no
objection was raised. A little later the
speaker Of the house appointed Newman
X. Chaffee of Rutland, Charles A. Cald-
erwood of st. Johnsbury and Frederick
II. Babbitt, all favorable to the Boston 4
Maine bill, as members Of the committee
on the part of the house.
This committee sat Immediately and was
in executive session until evening, but was
unable to agree, and about 8 o'clock re-
ported to that effect to both houses. The
senate members simply reported a. disa-
greement and the report was adopted: Pre-
vious to this, however, the senate held an
executive session and a proposition on
which the senate members did not want to
act until It had been considered by the
senate, it is understood, was discussed, but
failed to meet with approval, and then
came the report Of disagreement, which
was as follows:
To the House of Representatives:
The undersigned, the committee APP
pointed on behalf of the house of rep
resentatives, members of the committee
of conference, upon the disagreeing votes
of the house and senate upon house
bill, entitled "H. 1872, an Act to Au-
thorize the Vermont Valley Railroad. to
Construct and Operate Railroad be-
tween Brattleboro and South Vernon
and to take Land Therefor respect
fully report that they have been in
conference with the senate committee
since their appointment; no agreement
could be reached by which the Vermont
Valley railroad would be permitted to
have an independent line OF tracks I'M
controlled by the Central Vermont Rail-
way company.
The objection raised was that the
legislature should not take any prop.
erty, however small, used for railroad
purposes by one railroad corporation
and permit its use by another railroad
corporation. It was then suggested by
the members of the committee on the
part of the senate, that we give the
Vermont Valley railroad the right to
take that land Of the New London
Northern Railroad company lying upon
and west of Vernon street in Brattle-
boro, which is not now, and never has
been used for railroad purposes, to
which the members OF the committee
ON the part of the house, acceded, and
in furtherance Of this idea, the members
of the committee on the part of the
house, submitted the following propo-
nAnd The said Vermont Valley rail
road NAV construct it's line in Brattle.
boro. upon q double track location, and
for that purpose may cross the location
Of the New London Northern Railroad
company in the town Of Vernon, south
of the meadows, using only SO much
thereof as may be necessary for the con-
struction Of one overhead or underpass,
and may take of the lands OF the new
Tondon Northern railroad in Brattle,
torn west of Vernon street, not used
Ar railroad purposes and may take 50
unch Of Bridge street and vernon
street as may be necessary to construct
their said line to a crossing OF the west
River railroad g land north Of Bridge
straet relocating and constructing SAID
streets 20 a to avoid grade crossings,
and NOT to obstruct the approach TO
liz passenger station. And may cross
srid West River railroad at grade, I'M
der construction to be SUPERVISED ~
tie public service commission, or may
Allocate said West River track, II r.
qllested by the Central vermont fan
pff AFTER discussion, this proposition
W. modified by adding the following:
"3S'hat only that part Of the New Lon;
10, Northern Railroad company,s land
be be- appropriated BY the Vermont v Valley
ra;lroad which lies west Of Vernon
s .a and is not used for railroad Dur
nos1s. and shall be decided by the puD-
uosHo, - 49,, ;aa;nn 70 be necessary,