Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-01-27

cial club in 1907 were produced ny Mr..
lshsm and circulated at large and on
August 30 were forwarded to the two
railroad companies. the Champlain Trans
nortation company and the public service
commission. requesting an informal con-
ference. This was held on September in
this city and resulted in the Central Yer
mont company agreeing to submit at an
adjourned meeting plans of what they
were willing to do in the way of fixing
up the old station, the committee of fifteen
being requested to prepare plans of what
they thought the citys needs were A
subcommittee composed of j. j. Whalen
w. +. Greene and G. p. Cowles was an
pointed to draw up tentative plans for n
| new station which would contain n general
outline of what was considered to be the
| city's needs. In general features the
plans of that committee and the plans for
the present new station are practically
| the same.
TIONS.
Informal conferences and communica =
tlons with the railroad companies and
public service commission followed with
a
petition was filed with the public service
commission on June Is. 1910. After hear
'ngs were held it was decided to ask the
Legislature for an act which would give
'he public service commission more au-
monty, II appearing tina, under the gem
| eral law the commission did not have au-
| thority over the two roads to order a
| union station. An act was drafted and
| was finally passed in a modified form
| ana on April IS, 1911, petition to the
| pubnc service commission was filed under
the now act. Many meetings of the COM
| mlttee of fifteen followed and As many
| hearings with the public service commits
| SION were had. The Rutland engineers
brought in plans under which grade cross
| inss at College and King streets would
be eliminated by overpasses and the Cen
| trail Vermont entered plans which would
eliminate all of the grade crossing at the
| root or the streets by an elevation of the
tracks The committee of fifteen entered
the so-called Sinclair plan, which would
eliminate the grade crossings by bring
! ing the tracks close to the embankment
! along Battery street. passing under Co!
| leee and King streets. II seemed to be
| the consensus of opinion that the station
Itself should he located about where the
new station is now. the only differences
being as how best to dispose of the mat
ter or grade crossings The solution of
that problem has been left to some flu
ture date. and one Of the above methods
VIII no doubt have to he worked out at a
time not very far distant.
APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT.
On December @, 1912, the public service
commission ordered the adoption OF the
Central Vermont plan which was the plan
of elevating the tracks with structure
work in the vicinity of the station. This
was most expensive plan and the Rut-
land railroad appealed to the supreme
| court.
| the matter was pending in supreme
court when Mayor Burke, who was re-
elected to office in 1913 gave his message
To the board of aldermen. In his message
he recommended that "a committee he APP
pointed which would he made mp OF three
members Of the board, three citizens and
the mayor At the organization or me
board the same evening such "A committee
was appointed and was composed or Mayor
burke, chairman, with A, ;. Drew, H. =
1'rane ana e, Il. Dion the three members
from the board and Gardner Brewer, w.
r. Burt and John j. Whalen, three of the
members Of the old committee of hf-
ieen,' as the three appointed to repre-
lsent the citizens, At the first meeting OF