The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-02
MONTPELIER
Central Vermont Railroad Experienced
Many Difficulties.

Central Vermont Railroad Experienced
Many Difficulties.
The breaking of journal Saturday
AFTERNOON on the milk train when il
was approaching North Duxbury sta
tion tied up traffic on the Central Ner-,
mont railway until midnight. II will
take the company two or three days to
get the freight traffic Strengthened out,
although passenger traffic was well
back in shape Sunday afternoon. The
wrecking equipment was called from
st. Adams TO remove the broken tender
of the train so that traffic could be re-
sumed. The train, excepting the engine
and tender, was pulled back to Water
bury. The northbound afternoon pas
senger trains were held at Waterbury,
while north of the accidentSw three
passenger trains before affairs were
straightened out The southbound milk
train. which is due in Montpelier at
$40 .. m, did not arrive until 4:40
o'clock Sunday morning, which made IT
equally late into White River Junction.
The cold weather also affected the work
OF the wreckng crew, who could not
accomplish as much as they would have
under normal conditions, making the
work very slow but they did well to
ret traffic resumed as quickly as they
did Sunday the trains were late all
day. the trouble being due to the cold
weather. The northbound trains from
Boston. seemed to be later than the
others.
Mrs. George Molla Of Barre gave her
friends in the telephone office y Mont
pelier surprise on Sunday evening,
when she called one OF them and in
formed her that she and Mr.. Molla had
"put one over" on her companions and
that instead Of being married a week
ago Saturday they were married July
% by Justice of Peace James Mackay
al his home IN Barre Mrs. Molla, then
Lena Piciolli, continued to work with
the other telephone operators, 50 that
II was not until Sunday evening that
they were advised Of the joke on them.
Later in the evening Mrs. Molla adj
mitted 10 representative of The Times
that they were married last July
Srpt. L. A. Witham Of the street de-
partment Saturday checked up his ils
ures. showing the amount Of granite
that was crushed in 1919, which was
used in road construction, total OF
/. 100 tons against about LOGO tons that
were crushed and used in 1918.
Charles Jerd and family were in
Randolph Sunday TO attend the fu-
neral Of Julius Jerd, his brother
Sunday morning was the coolest
morning with one exception this winter.
while Saturday was the worst day Of
the winter Mercury stood at - de-
erees below Saturday morning but at
noon il had only risen TO Is degrees be-
| low and did not improve any during
the afternoon. During the evening i
heavy wind blew and Sunday morning
/ the mercury ranged from 30 TO 81 de-
grces below zero. Sunday it moderat-
cd so il was about Is above zero in the
evening.
r. K. Davis has settled his final ac-
count as administrator of the estate
Of Monual Diego. late OF Barre.
Charles Ducatt has been offered the
position Of manager of the work for the
Standard Oil company in Windsor, but
mas NOT YET AfNiAEA AhNhi4NA ~ +" -
accept the position.
| George Kew has gone to his home IN
| Waitsfeld. after a visit with Oryllle
Kew, his son.
| John Donnolly. foreman in the Mont
peller water department, is i'll with
grip.
So many persons kept their water
faucets open Saturday night. to pre-.
vent freezing. that the pressure dropped
, 70 from 1860 to $40 pounds.
| John William Gordon, -. a farmer
living in the Jones brook section Of
| Moretown, built his kitchen fire at >
| Saturday morning aud then sat down
/ in his chair. He was found dead 10
minutes later by his SON Mr.. Gordon
] was member Of 20. c, lst Vermont
cavalry. in the Civil war. He escaped
from Ardersonville prison, where he
was confined almost year, was tracked
by bloodhounls. shot his pursuers and
got inside the Union lines.
K. s. Going was called to Quincy
Mass. this morning, his father. who
vas very III last week, having suffered
relapse.
The southbouud morning mail train
was over an hour late this morning ow-
ing 10 delay al Essex Junction, caused
/ bv the Rutland railroad trains having
to operate over the Central Vermont
iron. This is because Of the accident
last Saturday morning near Grand Isle,