The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-18
PLAN
IS MODIFIED
Order Issued That Work Be
Begun Now Overpass
Postponed
ROCK PRECTPICE
TO BE CUT BACK

Town Will Pay $4,000 Toward Sta
tion Work-Balance Of $4,000 Ap-
preparation Not Payable Until over
pass Is Constructed.
At last Il plan for the new railroad
station for Brattleboro has been ap-
proved by every official, railroad, state
and town who or which in any way
has the right to approve or disapproveI
/ Of arrangements, construction, materials
or design An order recently was Is
sued from the office of the Vermont
public service commission requiring
| the completion of the new station py
! Oct. /, but it is understood that this
| time may be extended without penalty
if. in the opinion OF the commission
actual efforts have been made to com
plcte the work by that time and it is
not then completed.
The detailed plans in possession of.
the public service commission, which
were finally agreed upon yesterday af-
tcrnoon, cali Tor a station of mountain
stone, green slate roof tile floors in
waiting rooms and lavatories and
marble trim in the public rooms, front
ing lsS feet ON Vernon street and 55
feet on Bridge street, with a covered
corridor from the station proper over
the railroad tracks and with stairways
leading 70 both Central Vermont and
Boston & Maine tracks.
The difference between these accept
ed plans and those which were describ-
ed at length in The Reformer OF March
II lies in the shifting Of the baggage
and express rooms from along the cor
ridor ever the tracks to a front on
I Vernon street. Now that the construc-
tIon of an overpass has been passed
oyer for the present the location Of the
baggage and express rooms over the
railroad track would leave them mae
cessible for teams.
Description of Building.
Tho proposed building has an eIeva-
tion Of one story along Vernon street,
two stories on the upper part of
Bridge street and three stories at the
low point of the street and on the
track or east side of the building
The main entrance over which is q
+ ehain-hung porte cochere fronts the
I site of the old BrattIeboro house and
F., goes directly into the main waiting
r room. This IS over 30 feet in width
= east to west, and over twice as long
r. provided with ample long seats From
?. the south end Of this room is the wo
k mon S smaller waiting room an lava
o tory, and the men s smoking room ant
l. ldvatOTy is entered from the genera
waiting room through doors near tn,
It southern end of the cast wall of tht
IS general room. The men S lavatorie
n are off the smoking room.
Directly east across the genera
waiting room are five marble step
of this hall is the ticket Office aInpl
, in size and well lighted by windows a
q the ncTth and east and with window
opening into the general waiting room
On the south side of this hall is
place for the newsstand and Just east o
that the window of the baggage clerl
From this hall to the east extend
the covered corridor ont over tn
ed tracks with stairways leading down f
ne the tracks and beyond the tracks
n another stairway leading to til
ne ground, by means of which the track
he may be crossed, avoiding the grad
nd crossing.
er. South of the women 5 waiting roo
he are the baggage and express room
ut with ample doors for the handling
baggage and express matter fro
teams There is chute in thes
rooms by which baggage may be sli
down to the platforms and large ell
p+ vator for the purpose of elevating
the street floor incoming baggage az
express matter. At the extren
- southeast corner of the building is Il
pts express office with an entrance fro
"a the south.
,rd Immediately below the ticket offic
adj on the mezzanine floor, is the telegraI
office with bay window giving the or
rhe rator a view of all tracks in both
te- rections and with other windows
ay Bridge street. West of this, frontil
avs on Bridge street, are two rooms f
is trainmen.
Tn the basement, reached both
stairways from the interior of the ST
tion and from the station platform
the east side, besides the boiler roo
are lavatories for trainmen, an inn
day grants room and lavatories and ste
rooms.
The order, issued by the public s.
nan vice commission, calls for the remoN
TO- of such portions of the ledge at
mer corner of Vernon and Hudson stree
ted as will permit of suitable approa
sup to the station and will also give
view down Vernon street which is n
cut off by the projecting ledge.
The plans have been approved
Robert c. Bacon, chairman of the pl
lie service commission; w E. st,
day man, A. f. Merrill and A. w. j. "
kins. selectmen of Brattleboro; G.
Robbins. i. E. Holden and NJ J. \
The ran, railroad committee of Brattlebo
to- President J. Fl. Hustis, Chief Engin
va A. G. Corthell, General Manager b.
Pollock and Division Superintendent