The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-01-06

has decided thht III " more ueslnti .
10 construct its parallel link bptWss
south Vernon and Brattleboro on n
Vermont side of the Connecticut rivs
and with that purpose in view has A.,
Piled 10 the Vermont Legislature ion
| franchise.
IL is announced that the Boston
Maine railroad will build ls panllI
link from Windsor TO Whit Rive
Junction on the New Hampshire ad,
and will obtain, If II has not alrtair
done go, the necessary permission fN,
| that state,
While the links owned by the Ce
tral Vermont along the existing RI
consist only of single tracks, the Bo,tc
a Maine has doubletracked the larpg
mart of that portion of the line OWE
or controlled by it. The single.tras
strips of the Boston q Maine along N,
line are between Windsor and Clar
mont Junction, between PutneY at
Brattleboro, and between South FcrnN
and Greenfield.
/ understand that there is a Tcaso,
able prospect that the Vermont legIsh
ture will grant TO the Boston q Mar
railroad its desired franchise Ia COZ
strnct the link from South Vernon
BrattleborO, but ] trust that, bef0N
doing so, due consideration may b
given TO that strip of the Connectcu.
valley between Windsor and Whit
River Junction.
America has nothing that is niue.
more beautiful than the Connection
valley. From Saybrook and Fenwt.
up through Hartford, cod" Wiudsu
Springfield. Old Hadley. Dcerfei
"Fort Dummer, Westminster Wal
pole, cold Number Four" Cornish
New" Windsor, Norwich, and Ha.
over is way that is rich in hist0fr
and, where not disfgured by "nroe
ress. - full of delight to the eve
Farther north it is still charming
though of different appearance, ami
except for such broad meadows as
those at Newbury and Stratford The
valley is narrowing. wilder. more rs.
mote. In all the beauty Of the long
valley that centers in this nobi
stream no part has greater power 70
attract than that which is shared il
common by Windsor county in Vernon
and Sullivan county in New Hampshire
II is TO the interest of the citizeu
of Vermont and New Hampshire, a.
well as to all railroad companie
which do business up and down III.
valley, that the beauty of this regiO.
be not destroyed or even marred by th.
unnecessary construction of railroads
If more track facilities are needed il i,
to the interest of the public and The
railroads that the additional tracks be
placed along the strips already devoted
to railroad uses and that the hitherto
remote and untouched portions of the
valley should not lightly be appropriat.
ed for such uses.
By the choice of the Boston & Maine
to build close alongside the Central Yer.
mont from South Vernon to Brattle.
boro, if legislative permission is grant.
ed. that locality will be safeguarded.
but different result is threatened
north of the Windsor bridge. Here, Il
reports are true, the Boston G. Maine
would build a new road on the New
Hampshire side and virtually destrov
the attractiveness of Cornish and
Plalnfield to those who have built home:
IN those townships and have there de.
veloped handsome estates, and to the
many more who travel up and down the
valley and are now interested to visit
this locality.
The owners of these estates are not
summer boarders. :" Many of them
pass the greater part of the year al
their country places. Their railroad
station is Windsor, and their trading
center is that village. Vermont, al
well as New Hampshire, would suffer
by the proposed railroad from the
Windsor. bridge north through New
hampshire to White River Junction
Moreover, as has been announced in
the papers. that part of Vermont be.
tween White River Junction and Wind.
ssor would be without direct service to
New York. or Boston, if the Boston &
Maine trains are thrown to the New
HAMPSHIRE side of the river.
!. therefore. suggest as condition to
DC imposed on the Boston & Maine rail
road that, coupled with the permission
70 build a railroad from South Vernon
% .Brattleboro, it should be required 10
l1ufd its line from Windsor to White
1iver Junction on the Vermont side OF
he river and close alongside the track
If the Central Vermont. This is a sea.
ION of much talk on conservation.
tere may be an opportunity for con.
ervation of a practical and lasting
ort.