The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-29
BEN NINGTO n CUT.
Off BY CRIPPLED
RAILROADS
Very Little Mail Received Since
Thursday Morning
PASSENGERS ARE NARROWED
North Bound Train on Thursday
Left Nearly 40 and Most of Them
Are Still With Us.

In common with many other COM
munities in western Vermont, Ben
nington, during the past three days,
has been experiencing a period of iso-
lation from the outside world. No
mail has been received here from the
north since Thursday morning and
there has been but little from any
direction since that time. The Bos-
ton and Maine railroad appears to
have suffered from the floods to a
less extent than other lines with
connections into Bennington and yes
terday noon there was a small bud
get of mail from Boston including
the Boston morning papers. No
New York papers have arrived since
Thursday morning. 1t was reported
this morning that there would be
through mail from the south on the
train arriving this noon.
This morning mail for the south
and west was sent out from the To-
cal postofiice, but it is probable that
much of it will be delayed at Troy
by the flood conditions in the Hud-
son valley region When it will be
possible to dispatch mail to the
north is problematical II is not at
all likely that communication with
Rutland and the country north of
that city will be resumed before Sun
day and possibly not until Monday.
A special train was made up at the
local station yesterday afternoon and
it left here at sos with passengers
and mail for Arlington. Progress
beyond that point was impossible be-
cause of the washouts.
On the Chatham division a freight
train is stalled near Old Bennington.
This train could be run into this vii
lage but for the washout just north
of the Dewey crossing but as every
available section hand is needed on
the main line not much work will be
done in that locality today To re-
pair this washout would not mend
matters to any great extent for the
Chatham division is badly crippled
all along the line. There is big
washout just below Petersburg
Junction and the roadbed is unsafe
in other localities.
The troubles on the electric rail
road were remedied during the day.
The first car for Hoosick Falls went
through early in the afternoon. and
service to North Adams was resum.
ed at o'clock.
The work on the Rutland railroad
is being pushed from both directions.
The repair crews from Rutland have
put the road in shape as far as Dan.
by and from this end of the line the
road is passabe as far as Manches-
ter. Fred Chapman, track supervis-
or for this section, came into the vii.
lage at o'clock last night and went
out with his work train and % men
at o'clock this morning.
The northbound flyer, which was
run into the local station Thursday
afternoon when IL was learned that
the Rutland road was out of commits
sion, carried between 80 and 40 pas
sengers. A few of them were on
their way to Arlington and the sec
ton that could be reached by team
from that village and they left here
on the special train last evening.
Some have left by the trolley road
for North Adams where they were
able to make connections but there
are nearly 80 quartered at the hotels
waiting for an opportunity to go
north over the Rutland.
The mail from Woodford, where
the greatest damage in this vicinity
was wroght by the high water, arriv-
ed on time yesterday. Carl Bugbee
driver of the stage, making a good
share of the trip on foot.