The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-09
WATERS RESIGNS
POST WITH THE
BOSTON & MAINE
He Will Assume His Now
Duties on Jan. 10, and he
Will Have His Headquar~
ters at the Granite Man
ufacturers' Rooms in the
G. w. Averill Building in
Barre.

The first of number of contemplated
extensions in the work OF tho Barre
| Quarters & Manufacturers association
was announced to-day when it became
known that the Barre district, which
| includes Barre City, Barre Town, Mont
pelicr, Mortified, Waterbury, Viii,
Jamestown and West Berlin, will here.
after enjoy the benefits of an up.to,
date traffic department News of this
addition to the already varied interests
of the association was accompanied by
the announcement that c. D. Waters oi
Montpelier, one of the best known rail.
road men in New England, had resigned
his office with the Boston & Maine rail.
road to accept nm appointment as man.
ager of the new department.
II is believed that the creation OF
traffic department will competcntly
/ solve a good many transportation proSy
lens that have always beset the gran.
itc industry, never more SO than IN the
somewhat chaotic conditions growing
out of the war and the transfer OF the
railroads TO the government. Mr. Wa.
tcrs, rs head of the department, viii
have his office on the third floor of tht
&c. w. Averiil building, which Is occtif
pied wholly by tho Granite Manufac-
turers' association. Ifc expects to Us.
sumo his duties Jan. 10 md latef h.
will transfer his residence from Mont
pelicr to Barre, in order tn be near his
work
All of the duties usnaliv discharged
by traffic manager wi. sDnie within
the scope Of Mr.. Water work. IN ths
association. All Of the q ahers OF ths
Granite Manufacturers s.~,imt.on and
the Barre Quarry Own, association
will have access TO the r,ry.eo provided
by tho department 4 commodioua Of,
flee room, which ls now undergoing
renovation and improvements, viii 10
utilized By the department and at the
outset the manager win have one "a
sistant.
Mr. Waters brings 70 his duties
large knowledge of traffic matters, hnv,
irg devoted nearly .hree-fourths a: his
so wears service tc the transporthN.on
ri freight ~ saii After holding W
rious clerkshiFs. and serving as q sta
..on agent, Nj. Waters. in 1894 took
Charge .. IT,. cas- laf.. district o: The
Grand lriiiI. with territory extending
from Portland. Ale,. to Island Pond
,soon a,tccward he was mace northern
New England agent for the Grand
Trunk, in charge OF all Boston & Maine
territory north OF Nashua, N. a., and
from Springfield, Mass, TO Portsmouth,. .
y. H.
III 1897 he took charge of the terri
tory traversed BY the Quebec Central
railroad. including the territory bc.
tween Shcrbrooke. L. g.. Megantic, f.
O.. and Quebec City. This position he
held until zoos, when he became gem
aral freight and passenger agent of the
NJ. & w. X. railroad, an Office which ha
retained until the federal merger can.
,eled 1t. Since the government assumed
control of the railroads, MIR. WatcrE
has had charge OF the u. & NJ. territory
north Of White River Junction, which
the St. J. & L. c. and the
Barre & Chelsea railroads.
During the war he was the govern
ncnt's representative to the sdjutant
general and in that capacity had charge
VI all troop movements in Vermont.
Mr.. Waters qualifications as freight
,xpcrt were recognized through his 10
-ear membership in the New England
Freight association, an organization OF
reight officials which, until the govern
nent merger. passed ON all freight rates
Elective in New England. When the
aiIroads became federalized, the asso-
iatiou automatically ceased TO func-
ion. but during the years of his men,
'ership Mr.. Waters belonged to many
f its most important committees