The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
CHANCES AGREED
UPON BY RUTLAND
RAILROAD CO.
In Management of Local Station
and Yard
R REPORT OF committee
Given at Meeting of Board of Trade
nira@tar, SATURDAY.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE
Given at Meeting of Board of Trade
Directors Saturday
Evening.

At an adjourned meeting of the
board of directors of the Bennington
board of trade and the utilities com
mittee Saturday evening held at the
Office of the secretary, the following
report by the committee appointed
to see what changes could be made
in the management of trains run
ming in and out of Bennington, was
read and adopted by the board.
December Z, 1912.
Board of Directors of Bennington
Board of Trade, Bennington VT
Gentlemen
The undersigned having been APP
pointed for the purpose of securing,
if possible, certain changes in the
management and operation of rail-
road trains in Bennington, and for
the purpose of securing better accom-
odation for the travelling public in
and out of Bennington, report as fol-
lows.
That petition was brought by the
citizens of Bennington against the
Rutland Railroad Company and The
Vermont Company to the Public Ser
vice Commission of the State of Yer
mont;
That said petition recited mat
tiers and things complained of by the
citizens of Bennington respecting
the closing of the Bennington Station
during the hours when schedule
trains were running in and out of the
village, complaining that no opera
tor was employed in said station dur
ing certain hours when scheduled
trains were running in and out of the
village; that no telephone or tele-
graph communication was possible
during certain hours of the night be-
tween the Bennington station and
other stations of the Rutland Rail-
road, said petition further com
planned that the grade crossings OF
the Rutland Railroad Company in
Bennington village were not properly
protected, and also complained of
the manner of the make up OF the
railroad trains coming into and GO
ing out of our village.
A hearing was had on said petition
before said Public Service Commits
sion on the 23rd day of October A. ID.
1912. at the Putnam House in Ben
nington.
nat dllSl utdlihE liAS AhotNNAS
and things complained of in said pc
ttion, during the day of October
2Srd, the Commission adjourned I'M
til the morning of the Gath of Octo-
Der, 1912.
That on the evening of Oct. 2Srd
at the invitation of the officials of
the Rutland Railroad Company, your
committee met the officials of said
road, in conference; that at said
time said officials made certain pro-
| positions to your committee and
asked that they agree to an adjourn
ment by the Public Service Com
mission of the hearing to some fu-
ture day. that the Railroad company
might have opportunity to make
certain changes in the management
of the local station and look into
other matters complained of and
that opportunity for further confer
ence might be had between the Of
ficials of the road and your commit
tee
On the morning of October "a, 1912
said Public Commission took an ad-
iournment, on motion of the railroad
company, to convene again on the
matters before them on said petition,
on a weeks notice from either party
to the petition.
AS a result of the conference held
by the officials of the Rutland Rail-
road Company and your committee
the Rutland Railroad Company agree,
That in the future the railroad
station at the Village of Bennington
will be kept open for the convent
ence and accommodation of the pub
lie from about 100 O'Clock in the
morning OF each day until after the
actual arrival of the scheduled
trains arriving at Bennington at
night or in the early morning hours;
that they will employ. and keep an
attendant at said station during the
hours aforesaid, who will care for
the wants of the travelling public as
we'll as police the station; that the
station will be kept properly lighted
and heated during the hours afore-
said; that a telephone would be in
stalled in said station so that COM
munication could be had with other
stations o. said Company and for the
accommodation of the people who
desired to learn of the time Of the
arrival or departure of trains: That
in future the trains going out Of and
coming into Bennington would be so
made up that a passenger coach
would not be attached Immediately
in the rear Of an engine. except when
there was but one coach on a train;
and said Railroad Company further
agree to install an electric bell signal
at the Dewey Crossing" so called
in Bennington Village.
Your Committee understand that
1.-The station at Bennington is now