The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-09
Charter for Barre Granite Rail-
~ Co." Is Asked For
BY FlTZHUGH AND OTHERS
Vermont Public Service Commission Has
Named Jan. 8, 1912, as Date for
Hearing on the Petition-pro-
posed Capital Stock $4,000.

The possibility OF second railroad
line to the Barre granite quarries IS
contemplated in the petition just filed
with tie Vermont public service com.
mission by II. II .Fitzhugh and twenty
/ four others for charter rights for "The
Barre Granite Railway company" having
a capital stock Of 100000 The sigma.
ture Of =. ILL Fitzhugh as the leading
petitioner indicates at once that the Cen
tral Vermont railroad, of which he is
president, is back OF the project.
The petition asserts the proposed rail-
roads purpose to construct line OF rail-
road to connect with the Montpelier Il
White River railroad, which, by the way,
is the rarely used name for the Barre
branch OF The Central Vermont railroad
running from Montpelier. through Barre,
to Williamstown The Montpelier s.
White River was chartered back in 1867.
by special act OF the legislature Its
present line, while running near the
base of Milestone hill, does not touch the
great quarry tracts, so that the entire
output Of the quarries, aside from that
small proportion which is teamed, is
brought to Barre over the Barre railroad,
1ttlh gNiAiRdA " as lttthtlA NlINlltU D4
the Boston & Maine system, the great
transportation competitor of the Central
Vermont. Therefore, it Is readily seen
that the Boston & Maine system has
well-nigh complete control.
The names of the twenty others
signed to the petition are not diyulged,
but the information is vouchsafed that
the majority Of the petitioners reside n
Vermont. Barre is named as the head
quarters Of the proposed railroad and
also as the starting point OF the line,
which Is to run through Barre Town into
Williamstown along a convenient and
feasible route for distance Of ten miles
OF so and touching "any granite quarry
In said city and town of Barre and
Williamstown" The petition was only
recently fled with the public service
commission.
The commission has, therefore, in com
pliance with the law, set hearing for
consideration Of the petition on January
s, 1912, the session to be held at the
Barre city court room beginning at
o'clock. This procedure is necessary so
that the commission can report whether
the proposed railroad would promote
the general good Of the state and also
to see If the subscribers to the articles
Of association have complied with the
provisions OF the statutes. Such report
has to be submitted to the secretary Of
state before charter can be granted
Rumors have been more or less per-
sistent in Barre for several weeks that
an important railroading move was to
be made, and that it had to do with
closer connection with all the granite
quarries in the Milestone hin district.
At the present time several of the quar-
ries are not reached by the numerous
tracks of the Barre railroad There has
been rumor also that the second railroad
to the quarries would, in the event Of
acquiring charter rights, start to climn
Milestone hin from the Wiliamstown
pnd. rather than from the Barre side.
because Of the supposedly easier grade
On the W7illiamstown side Much unde-
yeloped granite land lies also on that
side Of the hill, as well as some Of the
developed qnarries which are not reached
by railroad iron at present. But in
either event. the fling Of the petition
with the public service commission has
caused d great deal Of interest and no
small amount Of speculation as to the
result.