The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-16
BOSTON a MAINE
ISSUES ORDER
Indicating Beginning of Opera
tions in Brattleboro Yard.
ABoLIsHEs C. v. RAILROAD DUMP
oficial Notice from Boston & Maine
Railroad Forbidding Further Dump
ing Of Refuse on Railroad Bank Near
Station Indicates Control Of Land.

The belief that the railroad situation
will work out 20 the satisfaction OF
BrattlebOr0 people was further
strengthened yesterday when II became
known that the Boston & Maine rail-.
road had evidently secured control OF
the river bank east of the Central Yer
mont passenger station. This informa'
tion came in the form of a mandate
from the superintendent 5 oihee OF the
Boston a Maine road and was posted
as notice to the public ordering the
dumping OF rubbish on the river bank
al that point to be stopped. The no.
tiee Il issued by Boston & Maine author
ity and while Engineer George. NJ.
Tompson s Office staff has received no
knowledge that the company has Sc
cured control of a strip OF land as de-
sired the engineers look at the order
issued as indicating ownership or CON
troll by the Boston & Maine of the river
hank south of the Swift Beef company s
plant for quite a distance.
During the week Engineer Tompson
force of surveyors have been WORKING
under difficulties in locating line for
the proposed extension from South YER
non TO the southern terminus OF the YER
mont Valley road at Brattleboro. for
"A distance of considerably over two
miles the men have had to work in the
water and passengers in passing trains
have wondered what a force of men
CARRIED in bathing suits was doing day
after day on the Hunt meadow south of
this village When the preliminary
survey was made for the road the line
across the lake on the Hunt farm was
located by triangulation. but it is now
necessary to place a line of stakes ana
as the water is from % to 40 feet deep
in places the men have been working IN
bathing suits making soundlngs ana
marking the proposed right OF way.
The SURVEYORS found several very
deep holes at various points in the Con.
necticut river over which the proposed
Boston & Maine extension must pass II
the original plans are carried out with
regard to building the road on the Yer.
mont side of the river. Though these
holes will neeesstate large amount of
filling it is believed that the problem OF
bringing the Boston & Maine railroad
into Brattleboro on this side of the rlyer
will be solved in such way as to utlllze
the river bank according to the PROPOSE;
tion made to the Central Vermont ROAD
by the Boston & Maine engineers. Inc
official announcement to make no fur
ther use of the bank as a public dump,
coming from Boston & Maine sources,
leads local railroad men and the resi-
dent force of Boston & Maine engineers
TO look for developments soon in the
shape of an authoritative order from
headquarters to proceed with the build
ing of the road. Consulting Engineer
George NJ. Tompson. in charge of the
proposed extension, has been in Boston
all of the week, but his son, George. NJ.
Tompson. ir. who was in communica.
tion with his father Yesterday, stated
this morning that nothing had been re
ceived from the Central Vermont Off
cials with regard to anv decision that
might have been arrived at with refer
ence to the Brattleboro situation.