The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
TRAIN TO ARRIVE
FROM SOUTH 8.45
Telegram Today from Bos-
ton & Maine General
Passenger Agent
NO REPLY FROM
CENTRAL VERMONT
Efforts of BrattIeborO People Appear to
BE Bearing Fruit-WiII Try to Induce
Central Vermont Not to Change After
noon Train at 40.

Efforts of the people of Brattleboro
and vicinity to prevent the adoption of
train schedules which they consider in
imical to the interests of the travelling
public seem to be bearing fruit. There
is no intention. however, on the part of
those interested to cease their efforts un-
til they have convinced officials of the
Boston & Maine and Central Vermont
railroads that business concerns here
abOuts must be given reasonable consid-
Grafton in any proposed change of sery-
ice Sept. %.
President G. S. Hopkins of the Brat
tleborO Chamber of Commerce received
the following telegram from General
Passenger Agent F. T. Grant of the
Boston x Maine railroad this morning:
First morning train will leave
Springfield at $50 a. m, arrive
Brattleboro $40 a. m. This is earl
lest we can leave Springfield and Sc
cure mail and papers, which do not
arrive from New Haven road until
6.40 a. M, leaving only ten minutes
for transfer at Springfield. Win
this not be satisfactory?
To this Mr.. Hopkins replied that S45
o. IN. would be Il satisfactory arrival hour
for the Springfield train, but that the
public insisted on a southbound train
about p. m. He further suggested that
the matter might be arranged by inducing
| the Central Vermont not to change the
| leaving time Of It's 10 afternoon train.
provided the Boston & Maine would pro-
! vide suitable connections with this train
/ at East Mortified for points on the Ash
uelot division and at MilIers Falls for
| Boston.
| Up to noon President Hopkins had re-
ceived no reply from the wire he sent yes
{ for +n T
w. Hanley of the Central Vermont. This
message said:
! Please advise me by wire of proposed
] schedule changes on West River
/ road and southern division. Business
/ interests of Brattleboro and West
! river towns planning monster pro-
test IN case intimatedz changes are
/ being seriously considered. Plans
under way for taking matter before
/ public service commission.
! Neil d. Clawson of the public service
| commission said this morning that the
! Central Vermont had not yet filed with
/ the commission any proposed changes. as
( in effect.
/ In case these changes should actually
contemplate curtailment of the West
/ RGFer service to one morning train out
! of Brattleb0rO and an afternoon train
from South Londonderry steps will be
:
Efforts also will be made to induce the
: Central Vermont not to change the leav.
/ ing time of the present 40 p. IN. train
! for New London
The more people consider the effects
| of the Intimated changes on the West
I River road the more indignant they be-
come. at the thought of them. With no
morning southbound train or train at
night II would be impossible for pupils
from any of the valley towns to attend
the Brattleboro high school. or for per-
sons to come here to transact business
without remaining over night The new
cooperative milk plant. which gets sew
eral hundred quarts of milk from West
River producers every morning. would be
practically cut off from this source of
supply. In fact there is hardly a busi-
ness concern between here and South
Londonderry that would not suffer ma
| teriaily, while the road itself could
hardly expect anything like the traffic it
otherwise would get