Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-10
$4,000 FOR RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS
Town Also Voted $751; 500 for Bratteboro House Property and
$500 for Repairs in Town House Halls

committee to procure modification Of
the decree Of the public service commits
sion, dated Sept. 80. 1910, to the end
that the abolition of the Bridge street
grade crossing be accomplished by an
overpass along substantially the present
course of Bridge street. instead of 500
feet south of that street, as provided
for in the decree. He moved the
adoption of the resolution, which was
done without opposition.
A test of strength of the opposing ele-
ments came under article 2. This ar
ticle related to voting an appropria ton
toward the expense of the proposed
overpass, the construction of a new
highway westerly of Vernon street and
in lieu of Vernon street, on a grade not
higher than that of the Main street
bridge. Mr.. Moran offered a resolution,
and moved it's adoption, that sum not
exceeding 100000 be appropriated, to be
expended substantially according 20 a
plan relating to highway and railroad
changes filed with the town clerk April
90, 1912, the overpass to be of cement
or steel and the improvements to include
a new railroad station at the corner
east of the Brattleboro House and a new
Vernon street properly surfaced, the bal
ance Of the expense and all land dam
ages to be borne by the railroad COM
panies. Mr.. Moran added that the pro-
of greatest interest the past two or
three years and that the railroad COM
mittee and selectmen were satisfied as
to the justice of asking for the appro-
priation named and were unanimous in
their endorsement of the plans.
Several cries for a ballot were heard
and w. II. Vinton said some could not
hear the resolution and wanted it read
again, which was done by the clerk
Henry E. Shipman said there was nc
doubt but that the plans were all right,
but he thought the public service COM
mission should order the crossing abol-
ished and the town should pay its law
| full share, which would be about $4,000
but that the two railroad companies
with their hundreds of millions OF
property" should pay the balance and
| not ask the town TO help. Mr.. Vintor
asked If the selectmen had made any
| arrangements with the selectmen OF
| Hinsdale about changes which would
have to be made in the Connecticut
river bridge, which is maintained in par
| by the town of Hinsdale. Selectman
G. Stafford said the two boards of Sc
lectmen had discussed the matter ant
| that Hinsdale officials expressed them
| selves as heartily in sympathy with thu
| contemplated improvements and would
do anything they could to take care o.
| the bridge.
|
attack of illness and asked that a tenn
porary chairman be elected. Judge ]
| l.. Martin was elected and DIR. Holtor
| sat down in a chair on the back part o
| the platform. More cries for a ballo
| were heard and in resonant tones Judg'
| Martin announced: This meeting is
law unto itself. You are entitled to bal
lot If majority call for a ballot; other
wise not" He put the question as t,
| whether a ballot was desired and tn
majority against II was overwhelming.
Scion A. Richmond stated that tn
question appealed to him in two parts
one relative to abolishing the Bridg
street grade crossing, the other relativ
to abolishing the Vernon street grade
No one objects to having the ofossin
abolished, he said, and the cost woul
be about $4,000. What will the tow
get in return for spending the extr
$4,000? The proposition to cut dow
Vernon street he said was directly con
nected with a plan to widen Flat stree
so that freight cars could be haule
there from the railroad yard and h
thought that in few years the incom
from taxes on new buildings whic
would be erected on Flat street woul
Offset the appropriation. Mr.. Richmon
said he was a member of a committe
appointed several years ago to ascer
tain the probable cost OF blasting OF
the Vernon street hill and reducing tn
grade, which has been agitated fo
: years, and as he remembered II the es
timated cost was $20,0 Does the tow
want to stand for business growth