Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-08-18
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
GROWS RAPIDLY
Yards to be Enlarged to Handle
Increase and South Yard
Used for Transfer
INCREASE FROM s25O,000
TO $4,000, eco A MONTH
Put Into Solid Through Trains
and Quick Shipment Made
to Western Points =

But very few Newport people
have any conception ofthe magni-
tude of business that is being trans
acted through the Newport criminal
OF the Botson & Maine and C. p. rail-
roads
Large shippers are enjoying ship
ment facilities ct the Newport ter
minal that many large cities In the
state do not have and with such ac-
commodations it should De big
drawing card for factories TO locate
IN Newport :
Large quantities OF freight arrive
here every day, transferred into Solid
ears sealed and go direct 10 Chicago,
ST. Louis and other western points In
three days time
The business that passes through
this treminal has increased from
S250,O00 to $1,000, 900 per month.
with prospects OF much larger IN
crease IN the near future
The haRdling of this great busl-
ness under the conditions that pre-
vail III the yards, has become great
problem to E W Savage, the local
station agent The sidetracks in all
the yards are continually being kept
iammed full OF freight ears IN spite
of the local men who are continually
transferring and keeping the rails
hot with trains IN every direction
Not only Is the freight faffic =
I! problem but the passenger service al
So Enter the passenger station any
day bfore the departure of any OF the
trains and you find q line of people
waiting 70 get tickest, that viii make
you think that yiu are In some large
| city station
No one can have the charge of
handling of all the trains that are
| required TO MOVE this great amount
Of traffic without seriously interior
ing with the street traffic that has
cross the tracks IN going and coming
20 our city
The situation has becJ-ns so crItI-
cal that the meeting OF the c. P. and
B. G NJ officials was held IN our city
Friday for the purpose OF mapping
| out some changes whereby the ter
rinal might be enlarged 70 help care
for the increased traffic
The officials present at this gath
ering were: 3. r Pollock, vice
president and general manager Of the
b. & M; Garritt Fort, vice presl-
dent OF the B. s. NJ, both Of Boston
4 z Folsom, Of Lyndonyille. genera
/ superintendent, also J. A. Ahern, %
| Lyndcnville- superintendent Frank
| Z. Sampson of St JohnSbury and
/ Frank A. Merrill Of Boston OF tbs
/ engineering department. were ais
! present Among the C P official!
i present were a Price, general man
Il ager, J. " r Fairburn, chief engin
eer; A Mackensie, engineer OF main
tenance; J. r Savage, superintend
\ ent all of Montreal; A Williams, ST.
/ perintendent, of Farnham, Que.
4 II was decided 20 enlarge the pres
\ ent transfer station, work which wil
\ be started at once, more sidinRz ar,
to De laid, ground being broken fol
an extension Of side track betweer
the freight depot and the Sherman
mill was begun Friday It is IN
r,ored that extensive changes are be
ing worked out whereby the transfel
work viii be done In the south yard
where the Boston 4 Maine have plen
ty Of land that they purchased few
years ago With this change al
freizhts from the C. p instead Of be
ing backed into the north yard
would run into the south yard Thi
change would prevent q lot Of traf
fc passing over the crossing whicl
has held Up the auto and team traf
fc-
III Another change which Il reportes
as beng considered, il moving tn.
local transfer work into the nortl
yard These changes are to be de
cTded Upon later