The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-08
West River Railroad Again
Opened and Freight Be-
ing Moved
IMPROVED MAIL
SERVICE PLANNED
west River Morning Train to Be Held
for Train from South if Not Too Late
Traffic Tied Up Since Line Was
Frozen In Jan. IL.

Regular traffic on the West River
branch of the Central Vermont Rail
way company will be resumed Monday.
This is the expectation of Station Agent
Samuel Ashby as conveyed to Postmas-
ter NJ. j. Moran today. Monday will be
Feb. II. 1t was JAM IL, just month
ago, that the last trips were made over
the West River line from Brattleboro
to South Londonderry. That night the
track became frozen in, and since then
men and locomotives and snowplows
have been at work opening up the line.
Meanwhile freight has been aeeumulat-
ing in the different West River stations.
and it is planned to move that freight
today and tomorrow so as to prevent
congestion when the mail and passenger
service is resumed Monday.
Soon after the road became frozen
IN and mail service was INTERRUPTED
Postmaster Moran of Brattleboro bv
authority of d. f. Hunt of White River
Junction. chief clerk of the railway
| mail service for this division, arranged
for the transportation of mail between
Jamaica and Brattleboro by team.
awarding the contract to Liveryman NJ.
NJ. Tucker. Mr.. Tucker has had teams
| running daily between Brattleboro and
Newfane and between Jamaica and
Newfane, the teams meeting at the lat
| ter station. He has also carried pas
sengers and express. When the arrange
ment was made it was expected that
mail service on the West river road
would be resumed in a few DAYS.
| Postmaster Moran has written to Mr..
Hunt of the expected resumption of mail
service on the railroad and has made
some suggestions as to future service.
The morning train for South London
derry is scheduled to leave at 9.O5.
which is l6 minutes before the train
from the south is due in Brattleboro
Mr.. Ashby assures Mr. Moran that the
West River train will be held until the
train from the south arrives, provided
i it is not very late, and Postmaster
Moran has suggested to Mr.. Hunt that
the train from the south pouch direct to
stations on the West River road, so that
the pouches may be transferred at once
to the West River train, thereby avoid
ing the necessity for taking the mail
to the postoffiee to be repouched. Post
master Moran also suggests that sta
! tions ON the West River road pouch di-
rect to the southbound train out of Brat
tleboro at 600 p. m, thereby avoiding
possible failure to make connections
through taking the mail to the postof-
flee.
Since the mail service on the West
River road has been handled by team
patrons have had better service and re-
ceived their mail earlier than before,
, and if the West River train is held as
, promised by Mr.. Ashby and the sugges-
, tions made by Postmaster Moran are
carried out this improved service viii be
: continued.
OF course the service on the West
River road depends to some extent on
weather conditions, but despatch this
| morning from the Hartford, Conn.
E weather bureau states that the presen,
outlook is favorable for a second period
d Iof mild temperature on the Atlantic
| lseaboard beginning Saturday. Mild
, tenn perature has prevailed in Brattle
5 boro the past two days, and the heavy
/, snow blanket is much less solid than il
' was at the beginning of the week.