The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-27
Hearing Before Public Ser
vice Commission on Bridge
Street Crossing
ANOTHER HEARING
SET FOR FRIDAY, JAN. .
Typewriter Transcript of Evidence as
to overpass Materially Shortened
Today's Proceeding Central Yer
mont Seeks Reimbursement

Substantial progress was made this
forenoon toward bringing about new
order of the public service commission
for the aboishment of the railroad
crossing on Bridge street. but nj least
another hearing viii be necessary be
fore the matter can be definitely closed
4 hearing was held in the Office OF the
commission in the American building.
Chairman r. 6. Bacon Of this town and
Park Pollard OF Cavendish. a ma
joTty of the commission. being present.
{ on petition of the selectmen of Brat
.tleboro and the town railroad committee
2 to have the old order revoked and i
new order made.
! Some testimony was received. but
ON q statement by G. " Writers of -.
\ Adams general counsel of the Central
\ Vermont road. that il was desired To
( have the new president. r. e smith
acquainted with the details sand 10 have
7 General Manager G. g Jones present
and 70 have certain details as to land
titles arranged. il was decided 10 con
tiuue the hearing until lo 'rlock next
Friday morning.
Mr.. Writers stated that the Central
Vermont railroad was not antagonistic
Z
ing the Improvements made as soon a.
possible. hut he made il plain that that
railroad did not wish to waive any Of
its rights and would seek 10 be REIN
'bursed for the money II had expended
under the original order. which amount
cd to several thousand dollars He
said that the titles to land on the west
side OF the tracks. south of Vernon
street. were involved in the plans. and
he wanted these points adjusted before
any order was made
Chairman Bacon said that since the
hearing before the commission in the
) Brooks House. when an agreement was
reached to what kind OF an order
would he made respecting the height
of the overpass on Bridge street and aS
: 70 other details. there had been "a
change ia the majority of the personnel
Of the board and 50 no formal order had
been made since the agreement the pres
e ent board was desirouS OF having the
Z matter on record hence they wished III
! hear the facts.
An amusing incident was whoa
+ Chairman Bacon asked ii rhe railroads
mad not carried on operations on Yer
\ non street to an extent y hicn made il
: Impossible To carry out THE OLD ordcr
All knew that such was the ease. au,
when Attorney G.. G. Fits for the town
committee said THAT : about the
situation everybody smiled AIR
Fits added. however. that the worh
: had been done pursuant TO an agree
ment between the railroads and that
Ii was not done by the town.
Mr.. Fits suggested that tt all par
/ ties agreed it would save much tim,
if the commission received a. tcSii
moHy at this hearing all the testimon,
on the overrass question that was in
!, troduced at the hearing before tn,
former commission. which was in type
written form. as il would bc eNactl'
% the same. At this point Mr.. Witter
D. stated that the Central Vermont roa,
e would want the iand titles and tn
T. expense referred 70 taken into con
q, sideration. lie WAS assured that hi
: road 5 rights would be saved. where
. upon the tvpewritten testimony WA
10 received Mr. Fits asked that tn