The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-31

ing was auuFeSS6u ny -. II. WiHSiON
Govt. Engineer, C. W Gates, State
Highway Commissioner, James c..
Colgate and others.
As a result OF this meeting a
town meeting was called and $4,000
appropriated towards building cr-
manont highways in the town of
Bennington providing that State
Highway Commissioner C, w. Ga es
would secure a like amount $4,000
from the State OF Vermont for this
purpose. This was done and the
money is now being expended togeth-
er with the money that has been
placed on other roads in the town by
private subscription, and the
amounts being duplicated by the
State through Mr.. Gates.
Meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Bennington Board of Trade
Sept. 10th 1912.
Motion made by President of
Board of Trade f. Il. Howe that
public meeting be called to take up
the matter of the transportation SER
vice of the Bennington and Rutland
Railroad between Bennington and
North Bennington, meeting to be
called at Court House in Bennington
Sept. 18th, 1912. This motion was
carried unanimously.
Motion made that the Chairman ap
point a Committee of three to con-
fer with the Troy Board OF Trade and
others in regards to having the State
road in New York continued through
the town of Hoosick to the State line
at Bennington with the understand
ing that the Town of Bennington
build a permanent highway to the
State line.
Committee appointed: James c.
Colgate, Seymour Van Santvoord,
G. B. Wellington.
This matter has not yet been adj
justed, but in all probability a trunk
line of permanent highway viii be
built between Albany, Troy and Ben
nington, thus making Bennington
the gateway from the west and the
south into Vermont.
1t was also moved and carried that
committee be appointed to take
the proper steps to secure effective
action at the public meeting called
on Sept 18th at the Court House in
Bennington to protest against the
conditions that now exist in the
management of the Rutland Railroad
in Bennington, the following COM
mittee was appointed: Daniel A.
Guiltinan. VIM. II. Nichols, Emory
S. Harris.
Meeting of the Citizens of Ben
nington called at the Court House in
Bennington on the evening of Sept
18th 1912 for the purpose of protest
ing against the conditions that pre-
vail in the MANAGEMENT of the Rail-
road and telegraph Office between
Bennington and North Bennington.
At this meeting two sets of resolu-
tions were offered, one by Rev. Philip
Schuyler and. another by Rev Geo. S.
did not conflict.
The special committee appointed
as above COM sed OF ID. A. Guilt
nan, VIM II. Nichols, f. s Harris
met the general manager of the Rut-
land Railroad Company c. L. II.
French and the following was agreed
to in regards to the running OF
trains in and out of Bennington. re-
garding railroad crossings and the
management of the passenger depot
in Bennington. These arrangements
your committee understand are being
carried out as fast as possible The
arrangements and agreements are as
follows:
That in the future the railroad
station at the village of Bennington
win be kept open for the convenience
and accommodation of the public
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
from about 1880 o'clock in he morn
ing of each day until after the actual
arrival of the scheduled trains arriv-
ing in Bennington at night or in the
early morning hours; that they Will
employ and keep an attendant at
said station during the hours afore-
said, who will care for the wants Of
the travelling public as well as police
the station; that the station will be
kept properly lighted and heated
during the hours aforesaid; that
telephone would be installed in said
station so that communication could
be had with other stations of SO Id
Company and for the accommodation
of the people who desire to learn of
the time of the arrival or departure
of trains; That in the future ;he
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
the station at Bennington is now be
ing kept open, lighted and heated
and that an attendant is there en-
ployed as agreed by the Railroad
Company and that telephone has
been installed in SAID station.
Under date of November 21st last
Mr.. G. L. r. French, &C. M notified
your committee that he had instruct
ed the Chief Engineer of the Rail-
road to install the electric bell sig
nal at the Dewey Crossing"
In addition TO the above we under
stand that the make up of the trains
coming into and going out of the
village are made up as the Railroad
Company agreed thew should be