The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-27
CENTRAL PLANS TO
BUILD OVERPASS
Holbrook Corporation Removing Rock
Saved for the Purpose, but Com
pany Will Garry Out Order.

The big pile Of rock which had been
left near the site for the proposed |
new railroad station rs material to be |
used in the construction of the proposed
overpass is being removed, and the
work has progressed so far that another
day or two will see it all cleared away
Frederick Holbroo1 Of the Holbrook,
Cabot & Rollins corporation, the con
cern that has done all of the railroad
construction work in this vicinity in
the last two years and which is now
completing the Vernon street Job, APP
parently does not think that the Cen
tral Vermont railroad Will give his
firm the contract to build the over
pass and the railroad station, ordered
by the public service commission to
be completed by January /, 1915, rs he
is hurrying the job of removing any
material he might have used in furtn-
| or work, and will follow that with the
removal from here OF the last OF his
machinery and plant. The rock is be
| ing dumped in the river on the bend a
mile above the raiIrood station as fur
| ther reinforcement Of the roadbed at
that point.
The delay in ma king even the pre-
| liminary moves to carry ont the posi-
| tive orders Of the public service com
mission, it was claimed recently BY the
| Central Vermont authorities, is caused
by the holding mp of the plans and
specifications 10y the engineering de
partment Of the Boston ( Main rail
road, which it was agreed should ht
/ furnished by them. The order for the
work is drawn against the Central Yer
mont, as that road owns the tracks that
cross Bridge street.
: When the fact that the rock which
. had been saved for use in building the
| oyerpass were being removed wa,
called to the attention of Chairman
| r.. G. Bacon of the public service com
mission he stated that while he had IA,
, knowledge of who would get the con
tract the oyerpass would he built thi
summer and that the public had ~
> cause to worry about it,
G. W. Writers of st. AIbaus. genera
3. counsel for the Central Vermont rail
road, stated this morning that the ov
1 erpass would be built rs ordered. 1T
Il ] said that President Z. G.. Smith of tn
Central Vermont was away, but rha
when he returned a formal staternen
= of plans for the overpAss work proha
: bly, would be issued.
; A week ago worbmeu of the Ho
!, brook, Cabot & Rollins corporation con
y pleted short piece OF bank wall .
!. the rear of the old Brattlehoro hous
~ site on orders Of the selectmeu Of Bra
i tleboro. Beyond is left the old loo-
+ stone wall because, the selectmen sa,
y they do not know what the tow
d wants. They ordered the masonry wa
10 laid IN order to hold mp the street :
Ie that point
e Now that the rock from which tn;
n small section was constructed is beir
20 removed it viii be impossible to con
n plete the wall for the rest of the lengt
IN Of Hudson street with the same IN
Ig terial. as there is none other To be o
in tanned except on the site OF Verne
ne street by blasting, and as the gra,
Of has been established more cannot we
ne be obtained.
Is 1t is a question if it would not ha'
It been better to have had the wall la
a the entire length, even though II we
DO necessary to borrow money for the pu
at pose.