Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-03-22
B. & M. BUYING LAND
Report Of Agreement with Gen.
trail Vermont Confirmed
viii Be Executed Formally soon-Ten-
ants on Railroad Property Notified to
Nacate When leases Expire.

NdCdke WHICH GcdsSe GNPhSs |
Boston & Maine railroad land agents
have continued the work of buying land
on Vernon street this week to be deed
ed to the Central Vermonts subsidiary
the New London Northern road, in ex-
change for a right of way through the
freight yard, and the Central Vermont
has served notice upon it's tenants in the
yard and on adjoining railroad property /
to vacate at the expiration of their
leases, which will be in from one to
three months. These are the principal
news features of the week in connec-
ton with the carrying out of the agree
ment reached last week whereby the
Boston & Maine company will build be-
tween South Vernon and Brattleboro on
the Vermont side of the river, as def
nitely stated in The Phoenix last Friday. |
The statement that the roads have |
come to an agreement relative to the |
Brattleboro situation is confirmed in |
letter to The Phoenix from one of the |
highest officials of the New York, New |
Haven & Hartford railroad company in |
Boston, and the agreement will be eX- |
ecuted formally by the heads of the |
railroads within a short time
Practically all of the private proper |
ty in Brattleboro which be needed for
railroad purposes under the new ar
rangement has been bought except the
Crosby grain warehouse and elevator.
The business firms who now maintain
StorehouSeS on the railroad property do
not know just where they will locate,
but it is understood that the proposed
development contemplates the construc-
ton of some storehouses so that it will
not be necessary for the firms to secure
locations down the river.
One of the first steps necessary for
the Central Vermont to take in order to
make the land west of the tracks avail
able for railroad uses and to give. the
Boston & Maine an unobstructed right
of way through the yard on the river
side is to remove the storehouses and
tenement houses from the railroad prop
erty. To that end they have given
| tenants this week notice of their inten-
| ton to terminate the various leases, d.
| recting them to vacate the land. They
| also have arranged for the purchase or
such premises needed for the pro-
| posed development and which heretofore
| have been owned by individuals.
By authority of the company Station
Agent L. j. Guthrie served notices on
the various tenants Monday to vacate
the land The company owns much or
the land occupied by houses facing Yer
non street between the Brattleboro
House and the south end of the freight
yard, but the houses are owned by the
occupants. who pay rental to the railroad
company under a lease, each party hav-
| ing the right to terminate the lease
upon specified notice. This week the
Mellen Hardware company, E. B. Bar
rows & Co, coal dealers, Robbins &
Cowles, hardwaremen, and the Bowker
| Fertilizer company have been notified to
| remove their storehouses by June "a.
These buildings are located in the path
of the proposed Boston & Maine track.
| Notices to vacate were served several
| months ago on the Swift Beef company,
the Twin State Gas & Electric company,
the Valley Grain company and l.. B.
| Iauvey, coal dealer, so no formal notices
were served on them this week. The
attention Of Village Clerk w. H. Perry
has been called to the fact that new
leases will be required for the Vernon
tracks. Holders of leases for residence
purposes are Cornelius Flanagan, Michael
Devine and j. S. Austin, who must va
cate by April "a; Harry Smith, who
must vacate by May "a; and John Gar
rity, who must vacate by June "a. Emilio
Pelgrino owns and occupies half of the
double house on the lot leased by
]. S. Austin having bought it about
year ago. Thomas II. Ryan, a
Western Union lineman whose house
stands on Central Vermont land, was
notified some time ago to vacate. Patrick
Garrity who bought the Moynihan and
Ahern places at the foot of the Vernon
street hill, has sold them to the railroad.
He bought the Wilcutt house on Clark
street recently and is living there. E.
ID 1dTTOWS mas sou TO the company the
Z Reed place which he bought recently,
| The company also has bought the John
? Flood, Patrick Manning and Griffin prop
critics and has obtained agreement
: with the Horace French estate whereby
the French place will be decided to it as
soon as proceedings in probate court will
r Permit, Farther south the Judge place
has been sold to the railroad by the Con-
I necticut River Power company. few
tenants are on land sold to the railroad
| last week by the Prospect Hill and Morn
ingsde cemetery associations, and they
| will be required to move.
There is a serious side to the railroad
. matter that ought not to be overlooked
and that is that in several instances tn,
:, owners of houses on leased land arr
day laborers who cannot afford t
move them to other lands, ant
{ who cannot afford to lose them
They are modest homes, but some o
them shelter large families and repre-
X sent many years savings. Within tn
= past two years John Clarity has expend
!, ed 5000 to 500 on repairs and improve
t ments and within a year or more Emil
o Pelgrino has spent from $500 to $50
s fixing up his house.
The following press despatch was sen
# to the Sunday papers from New Haven
r 'The practical settlement of the lon
|, dispute between Grand Trunk and Ney
It York, New Haven and Hartford ra ilroa
y boro, VT, is essentially confirmed at tn
y railroad offices at New Haven. An of
fetal denial is made, however, that thi
a is in the nature of any first step towar
:. the settlement of the Grand Trunk NeN
IN Haven conflict in New England"
d column and half of railroad new
% was published in the Providence Journa
v Monday, beginning as follows IAN
a nouncement was made last night of a
ar agreement between the Grand Trunk an
10 New Haven interests which puts a
h end to the controversy over the Ne'
Ravens proposed Woonsocket freigh
yard property. The contending railway
SC have compromised In such a way tina
ss the Southern New England will be en-
4 abled to adhere to Its original route int
ss Woonsocket by way of trestle owe
~ the proposed yard. The New Havei
IN on the other hand, will utilize the var
IN property as such, but will modify II
Id plans materially. particularly with re
ss gard to the location of the two fregf
e. \ houses there. The agreement will resu
d. in termina ton of the litigation brougf
w about through the new lines recourse
ne the state court, and action to this en-
NJ will be taken in the immediate future.
n mot only have the Grand Trunk an
T. New Haven interests arrived at settle
III ment on their differences in the Woor
10 socket situation, but they have ais
u reached an agreement. likewise throus
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