Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-12-15
WILL INVESTIGATE
ABANDONING DRAW
BRIDGE OVER LAKE
Orwell Citizens Hold Mass
Meeting And Appoint
Committee of Three to
Work With Shoreham
And Whiting in Matter

There was a large attendance at the
public meeting which was held at the
Orwell town hall on Monday evening
to discuss the proposal on the part of
the Railroad companies owning and
operating the Addison branch of the
Rutland railroad to abandon the use
of the draw bridge at Larrabees Point.
L. b. Needham was elected as Chair
man of the meeting and L. i. Lille
SeC'y.
J, E. Conway W. B. French, and ID.
l. Wells were then elected to serve as
committee from Orwell At a sim
liar meeting held in Whiting Saturday
evening, A. G.. Freegard Fred Need
ham and Henry Wells were chosen to
serve as committee from Whiting,
who we're present at the Orwell meet
ing.
The following resolutions were
adopted at the Orwell meeting Mon
day:
WHEREAS, it has come to our
| knowledge that at hearing before re-
representatives. of the Interstate Com
merCe Commission, the New York
State Public Service Commission and
the Vermont Public Service Commits
sion, held at Rutland on the 18th day
of October last, the railroad companies
now owning and operating the Addison
Branch of the Rutland railroad, made
application for permission to discon-
tinue and permanently abandon the
bridge crossing Lake Champlan at
Larrabees Point.
AND WHEREAS information of
said hearing was not obtained by us
in season to admit of any definite or
concerted action on the part of our
community; and we were not heard
from nor represented at that hearing:
AND WHEREAS we deem the mat
ter to be one of vital interest and
serious concern to us as residents and
real estate owners in the territory
served by said Railroad:
AND WHEREAS we deem it desir-
able and eXpedient to have the various
aspects of the matter examined in
order that we may know the legal
status of the case to the end that aC-
ton, if any, may be taken advisably:
AND WHEREAS it is proposed that
meetings shall be held at Shoreham
and Whiting at which similar action
to that taken here shall be had and
committees elected for like purposes;
NOW THEREFORE,, BE 1T RE
SOLVED, that this meeting proceed to
elect a committee of three who shall
| be requested to work jointly with the
committees from Shoreham and Whit
ing; all of whom shall serve without
compensation for personal service; but
whose expenses including the expense
of legal and other technical advice and
counsel, together with any other eX-
pense deemed necessary by said joint
committee, shall be paid from the fund
provided by the subscription or guar
anty papers circulated for the purpose
That said joint committee be re-
quested to investigate or cause to be
investigated any or all legal or other
questions involved in the matter. and
to that end to employ such legal or
other technical advice or counsel as to
them shall seem wise:
That said Joint committee be re-
quested if IN their judgment it shall
seem eXpedient, to arrange for a hear
ing or hearings before the Vermont
Public Service Commission, or any
other tribunal of competent jurisdic-
ton; and to take any other action with
respect to said matter, that to
majority of said joint committee
shall seem most desirable The
objects sought are, that said Rail
road bridge with its connection
to Ticonderoga and points in New
York State may be preserved and the
railroad be made of greater service to
the communities along its line, it be-
ing our houe that some ground of
mutual interest may be found that
shall result to the advantage of both