The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-14

Vlded they can make such q contract
Resolution says that the selectmen
and railroad committee are directed tn
proceed in the pending proceedings be-
fore the public service commission to
accomplish the purposes of the fore
going resolutions and to negotiate such
contracts as may be necessary to eff
fectually carry out the provisions of the
foregoing resolutions and are hereby
authorized and empowered and direct
ed, as the agents of the town. to exc
cute for and in behalf Of the town
such contracts as may be so negotiated.
The meaning of these two resoIu.
tions is very plain: 1t is that the
selectmen are to buy the Brattleboro
House property provided contract
can be made with the railroad compan-
les fer the removal of the rock. with
out extra expense Ito the town. This
Is tn distinct meaning of resolution
No. ,. The meaning Of resolution No.
6 is that the selectmen and the rail
road committee are to negotiate such
contracts and see that they are exc
cuted as they may be necessary to
carry out the provision of the previous
resolutions.
The selectmen ana railroad commit
tee together negotiated this contract
with the railroad companies and had
it drawn up and properly signed BY
both the seleetmen and the railroad
committee. Therefore, / claim that
the railroad committee should have
something to say in regard to the exc
cution of this contract. 7 further
claim that we are in honor bound to
bp Iva+prS of 40 +oys-u Of
to 10 just as they voted and nothing
more on less. If any changes are to be
made in regard to this property thew
should be submitted to the vote Of
the citizens OF the town of Brattleboro.
| have already been requested by
more than 20 men to call a special
town meeting for the purpose, but
this seems to me an unnecessary ex-
pense ana something which is entire
~ uncaIled for. | have offered to leave
the matter to any good judge or law
yer to decide whether or not l am
right in this matter, for | believe that
this contract should be carried out ac-
cording to the vote of the town Of
Brattlehoro, and Is the railroad com
pauy are spending at least a quarter
of million dollars for improvements
IN and around our passenger station,
now is the time fof the town to see
that things are done right.
| have consulted some Of the best
landscape gardeners in Brattleboro and
they are all of the opinion that it
viii be practically impossible to grow
good lawn on the slope of that bank
with dirt put on top of the Iedges, un-
less the town goes TO the expense Of
SPrinl,ling it practically every day, and
It will be so steep that it cannot he
moved with a lawn mower. and will
be Il continual source Of expense to
the town. The sclectmen claim that
It will be more expensive to put in a
bank wall at the present time than
it viii bc to grade off the bank, but
thoroughly believe that it should be
fixed right when it is first done As one
of the railroad committee / have work
on this depot proposition for the last
three OF four years and feel great
deal of interest in having things right
and according to the vote of the town
and rather than have this bank sloped
off as the selectmcn suggest, [ viii be
one of twenty to pay the necessary
expense of putting in 4 wall at the
back of this property.
Very truly yours,
L. f. HOLDEN.