The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-24
NEW STATION AND ovERPASs.
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mont Railway Co.. VIM. b. G.. Stickney /,
Of Rutland, attorney for the Boston &
Maine Railroad Co.; the Brattleboro Sc
lectmen, j Edgar Mellen, w E. Stell-
man and A. T. Merrill; and a. Y. ID. Il
Piper of Brattleboro, states attorney for
Vermont The order, dated April %, was
signed by Chairman Bacon and was sent
last night to Chester, where it was signed
by Park I'll. Pollard,a member of the pub
lie service commission. The other mem
Der of the commission, William +. Warner
of Vergennes. did not attend the recent
hearing on the question of abolishing the
grade crossing, so it was not considered
necessary to wait for his signature before
ordering the work done.
The order is directed against the Cen |
trail Vermont road, which owns the cross
ing, and one paragraph says: The work |
herein ordered shall be commenced forth |
with and shall be completed on or before
January 1, 1915, and shall be done to the
satisfaction of the commission Every
reasonable effort shall be made during the
progress of the work to provide passage
for foot passengers on said Bridge street"
Auuortionment of Cost
Continuing, the order says: within
three weeks after the completion of the
work herein ordered, the Central Yer
mont Railway company shall file with the
commission, in triplicate and with vouch-
ers, an itemiZed sworn statement of the
expenses hereby incurred. All expenses
I properly incurred in fulfilling this order,
including the payment of any land dam
ages, shall be borne by the Central Yer
mont Railway company, the Boston &
Maine Railroad company, the town of
Brattleboro and the state Of Vermont as
lfollows;
"Twenty-fve per cent but not in any
event more than $13,125 by the state Of
Vermont; and the remainder by the Cen
trail Vermont Railway company, the Bos-
ton & Maine railroad and the town Of
Brattleboro in accordance with the pro
visions of said contract of May Sth, 1913,
La copy of which is on file with this com
mission.
And further, it appearing that GER
tain. moneys have been expended by both
of said companies in construction work
including the work in Vernon street all
= of which will be available under the pres
ent modification Of the original order, II
is further ordered that the sum so eX-
pended, less $3.50 to be deducted from
, the amount expended by the Central Yer
mont Railway company, shall. be ascer-
tanned by proper vouchers and the same
shall be apportioned between the Central
/ Vermont Railway company and the Bos
. ton 4 Maine railroad, share and share
9 alike; the commission finding that such
> work is required and necessary to the per
a Torrance of the order as presently modl
l. fed.
1T was represented that an arrange
l., ment had been made between the RAILROAD
. companies, the town of Bratteboro ant
the town OF Hnsdale, New Hampshire
} with reference to raising the highwa,
bridge across the Connecticut river IN tn
state of New Hampshire 10 conform witt
- this order. Accordingly, this order
drawn with the understanding that sue
arrangements shall be carried out
Under, the agreement referred to in In
foregoing paragraph the roadway Of tn
Connecticut river bridge will bd raised a
the Brattleboro end to meet the east en-
Of the overpasS and will descend on
five per cent grade to the highway o
the New Hampshire side Of the rive
The roadway at the New Hampshire en-
of the bridge will be slightly higher tina
it is now, but not enough to interior
with the Island Park property The sid
walk on the bridge will have to be movc'
| but whether it will be placed on II
| north side or south side remains to /
determined. That Is not a question IL
/ the public service commission TO decid
| BrattIeboro's Share.
/ Brattleboro's share of the expense
| the improvements viii be $4,000,
1 voted in town meeting. 1t is expecte
i that $1,000 viii be demanded shortl
1 The improvements will be made by Il
4 Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins corporatio
contractors, who built the Boston
Maine road from Hinsdale to this tow
ey' and did the big excavation job on We
non street, now practically completed.
eth The document cmbodying the order /
ert gins by naming the appearances and ps
ar ties represented at the hearing Dec. :
I'm, 1913. and Jan. ,, 1914, and then gives t
main facts set forth in a petition OF t
in selectmen and railroad committee Of t
of town filed Feb. II, 1911, and petit
ab- supplemental thereto filed April II, 191
er- This petition. goes into the history of t
case. setting forth the order of the form
av- public service commission dated Sept.
one 1910 which was for an overpass sol
the 500 feet south of Bridge street. The pc
zee, ton asked for an order vacating, amer
ire ing, modifying or suspending the Origin
order. The supplemental petition
forth the pendency of the first petit
ana luflhef represented tllaI the leglS
ture of 1912 passed AN act to abol
the grade crossing at Bridge street
NOT the village of Brattleboro,' the act prov
ao, ing for an overpass on Bridge street W
-. such clearance between the top of
ors rails to the lowest portion of the overp
80 structure as the commission should def
90" =, mine would best protect all persons Fl
danger of injury, but not to be less Il
IS feet. The supplemental petition rel
scented that the safety of the public
quired that the clearance be not m
than Is feet and asked the commission
chit. determine the height of the clearance
The commission finds that on May
hHT nnNG