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THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS AND TIMES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1916. 11 THE FATHERLESS CHILDREN OF TRANGE BURLINGTON'S NEW PASSENGER STATION IS READY FOR USE OPEN TO-MORROW. Society, Composed of Most Prominent People of French Republic, Has Been Formed to Care For and Fit Them For Future Responsibilities the committee H. S. Howard was added The new union passenger station, for Handsome and Well-Appointed Structure at Foot of Main Street Represents Years of Effort on the Part of the City and an Expenditure of More Than $125,000 by the Two Railroad Companies Interested First Train Stops There Sunday Morning.

follow each child's course at school note its tastes and aptitudes and de-j cide with the mother on the career best suited for it, and have the chil-, dren brought up in the religion of theiti parents. No greater work can be done for! France than to give these children tna chance of which their" fathers death, has deprived them. Their plight is aa emergency which must be met ixnme laid from Main to King streets on Bat pared petitions to be circulated and then to be presented to the railroads asking for a new station, At a meeting of the hoard of aldermen held in June, 1909, J. B. Burke, then mayor, recommended in a message that a committee be appointed to confer with the public service commission in respect to the elimination of the grade crossing at the foot of King street.

The committee, composed of Aldermen, Barnes, Murphy and Cowles. conferred with the commission on June 24, and when they reported back to the board at the July meeting, they recommended that a movement be started for a new passenger station, and that the Commercial club be asked to Join In the project. On August 9 the aldermanic committee, composed of Aldermen M. J. Barnes, A.

S. Drew, J. W. Coffey. Dr J.

M. Clarke and C. P. Cowles, and the members of the Commercial club' a committee on transportation, met with the mayor and was resolved to make the mayor ex-ofiTclo Poster Mada For Orphelinat des Armee Frank Brangwyn, A. R.

A. chairman of the Joint committee, and he was given power to appoint five citizens to be added to the committee. The mem bers of the famous "committee of besides the mayor and the five above named aldermen, were C. S. Isham, A.

C. Whiting, William E. Burt, Gardner Brew er and E. E. Clarkson from the Commercial club, and John J.

Whalen, W. B. Greene, Joseph Auld. H. W.

Allen and F. F. Barrows, the last five named being those citizens appointed by the mayor. The petitions prepared by the Commer- V' No duty created by the terrible European war is greater or more urgent than that of caring for and developing the fatherless children of France. These children of today will be the men and women of tomorrow; upon their shoulders must rest the great responsibility of reconstructing the New Bepublie and shaping its destinies.

They must be properly trained for. this all Important work. In order that these orphans may be cared for as they should, there has been organized In France the Society for the Education of the Fatherless Children of France, under the name of Orphelinat des Armees. The great est names, socially, politically and intellectually, of the French Republic are included on Its honorary, active and administrative committees. Among its supporters are such Important persons as President Poincare, M.

Briand, the Prime Minister; M. Viviani, Ex Prime Minister; Henri Berg-son, the philosopher of "Creative Jules Cambon; Charles Richet of the Institute and the Faculty of Medicine; Alfred Crolset, Doyen de la Faculte de Lettres; and Henri Marcel, Director of the National Museums. The President of the ladies' committee is la Marquise de Ganay, and the Honorary President Madam Jules Siegfried. Presidente du Counseil National des Femmes Francaises. All parties in France are working side by side to save the children, and, through them, to save France.

The work of the Central Committee is carried out by local committees in every town and village. The local committees appoint guardians for the fatherless children. These committees will enquire into the circumstances of the 'orphans in each district, supplement jthe small state allowance when it is In sufficient, to enable mothers to keep the tomes together, appoint a guardian foods to follow United States law; the employers liability act. the Claytc. act, -and the Mann act are familiar lustrations of this "free use of functions first defined by Marshall.

Justice Hughes thinks that it is significant that no party controversy has arisen over any of the extensions. All parties have been willing to forget contentions over United States powers that were very hot in the first quarter-century after the National Constitution went into effect. He reasons thus: Abounding activities and facilities of intercourse have been producing their' natural legislative reactions, and when the people have determined to exercise governmental control, they are disposed to utilize freely whatever power they find at their immediate command, caring little for former divergencies of political theory. As might have been expected from the father of New York's Public Service Commissions, the address strongly defends the necessity of leaving wide discretion to such bodies in the nation, as in the State. The Justice alludes to "the impotency of legislatures with re- spect to some of the most important de- partments of law-making." He sees that the nation is using its full powers, in that the States are using their full powers in regulating interstate and in tra state transportation, yet in any rail- road system intrastate and interstate freight is handled in the same way, by the same men.

This condition leads to throwine on the courts a tremendous burden of definition and construction. This burden is increased by legislation throwing functions virtually administrative on the Judges. This, it is held, is the wrong way to produce the right result." On the other hand, there is mucn legislation suggested denying to Judges the powers needed for the efficient dis charge of judicial duty. "The difficulties In the way of needed improvements In the administration of Justice will not be overcome by tying the hands of those most competent to deal with them." We regard this analysis of the evlis now existent and this outlining of pos- sfble evolutionary remedies as an int mertse service rendered by Governor Facsimile of by I I I THE BRIDGE AMD TRAI.V SHED. which Burlington has pleaded and petitioned for several years, is now a reality.

It will be opened for pifblic service at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and thereafter aJl passenger trains of the Central Vermont Railway and Rutland Railroad companies will arrive ai and depart from the new building-. Any honor that may attach to the first train to use the station will belong to the crew of the train from Rutland due at 9:30 o'ciock. The railroad companies have responded to tha will of the public service commis-j elon and the supreme tourt of the State es cheerfully as could be expected, and, with the help of $15,000 of the city's money, have given Burlington a station which should meet all requirements for many years. i FINEST IN NORTHERN NEW ENG LAND. The new building, which is probably the finest railroad station in northern New England, stands at the foot of Main atreet, about 200 feet west of Battery street and facing the latter thoroughfare.

The building, which Is a a attractive architectural achievement, is two stories high, and has a frontage of about 136 feet. It is built of a rough texture of buff brick, with trimmings and ornamentations of limestone. The front of the station is adorned with symbolical representations of Mercury, the messenger of the gods, signifying swiftness, on either side of the main entrances, and directly in the center is a large clock. two main entrances to the station are on the Main street level and lead through vestibules into the spacious main waiting room, which 1h one story above the track level. Access to the trains is obtained by passing through the waiting room and through a covered bridge, from which separate stairways lead to the different train platforms This method of reaching the trains, which is carried out by all railroads In new station work, eliminates the crossing of tracks and affords a more complete protection to the public.

MARBLE AND OAK WAITING ROOM. The waiting room is SO by 75 feet in size and is attractively finished in quarter white oak, the wells being of Ver- Bl KLI.XiTOM'S mont marble for a height of 16 feet, above which a plaster is used, being blocked off in imitation stone. The ceiling is of ornamental plaster and studded with electric I lights, which give a be.iutiful effect when (illuminated. The floor is of Vermont mar-jble. Four large seats hae been placed at either end of the room, and additional seating capacity is obtained in the four-! alcoves along the sides.

From the west twindows a fine view cf Lake Champlain' and the Adirondacks may be had, and 'passengers waiting for a delayed train may find some solace in the fact that no railroad station in the country provides anything finer in the way of scenery. The ticket office 13 located in the center of the waiting room, between the two I main entrances to the station and directly opposite the entrance and exit to the (bridge. The exterior of the office is of jlbronze and the interior is finished in. birch. Three ticket windows have been conBtructed and over each is a small electric sign, which vill indicate by its illumination which window is open for jlbusiness.

The interior of the office con- tains the most modern equipment for facilitating the transaction of all busi-jnees. With the opening of the new station the i tip-town ticket offices of the two roads, Ithe Central Vermont at 170 College street land the Rutland at ISO Main strpet, will be abolished. At the center of th- north end of the waiting room is the bagage and parcel check room, where hand baggage ard parcels may be stored and where all jhaggage will be checked. This room is (Connected with the ain baggage room jat the track level below by a baggage ele-jvator. To the right cf this room is the men's room, which has a marble wainscot jwith plastered walls, finished in imita-jtion stone, with a Rot of Welsh quarry I tile.

This room may 1 used as a smok-ing room and adjoins a toilet which is jfenilt of marble, with a white tile floor. The women's room li at the left of the parcel checking room, and is attractively finished in marble ard plaster panelled walls. The floor is of compressed cork. waiKJng sunace. mis room contains many piece of handf-ome woven willow furniture, finished in silver grey and upholstered with blue velvet.

A large mirror, the full height of the room, is conveniently situated, and a toilet finished in marble with a white tile floor adjoins the room. Both the women's and men's rooms contain drinking fountains of the latest i models. RESTAURANT IN MARBL.E. At the center of south end of the waiting room is placed the train an nouncement bulletin board, on which will be indicated the arrival and departure of all trains. At the ft of the bulletin board Is the entraner from the waiting room to the restaxtra at.

The restaurant is finished in marble th panelled plastered walls and ornamer tal ceiling, and" the floor is of Welsh querry tile. A marble I lunch counter, the ful! length of one side of the room, has ben Installed with a seating capacity for "2 persons, and the room also contains ght marble topped tables at which 36 people may be seated. The adjoining kitchen and pantry have walls and floors of vhite tile, and the plaster work of the ails and ceiling is of white enamel. The equipment Is of the newest and most up-to-date sort and the cooking apparatus will be operated by gas and steam-power. Large glass lined refrigerators have been Installed in the pantry for the storage of all meats land vegetables.

At the right of the bulletin board are located two sound prt of telephone booths and opposite the tickt office and at the left of the bridge entrance is the news Etand, which will con Ain the latest peri- y( ls of to their number as secretary. It was the work of this committee which brought about an understanding between all parties and resulted in the modified plans for a station. The committee asked the railroads to provide an up-to-date modern station, leaving the trackage principles and the matter of grading to the railroads. A stipulation was drawn up for a station under modified plans, signed by the citizen petitioners, the railroads, the city and attorney-general and filed with the supreme court on April 2, 1914. As a result of this stipulation the supreme court Issued the order which made the station a reality and work was begun on the foundation in the fall of 1314.

THE SUPREME COURT ORDER. The essential parts of the order as is sued by the court follow; It is ordered, adjudged and decreed that said railroad companies shall begin during the spring of 1914, and complete before the first day of January, 1915, or as soon thereafter as may be reasonably practicable, the construction of a suitable union station in the city of Burlington, costing about $65,000, and also provide platforms, canopies, tracks and other station facilities for use in connection with said station substantially as shown on tho plan attached hereto and made a part hereof; said station to be two stories, built of brick or other suitable material, platforms to be concrete, canopies of permanent construction, and paving to be of brick or other suitable material, and convey to the city of Burlington an easement In land to be used as a street oonecting Lake and Main streets, as shown on said plan, and do the grading work on Lake and Main streets made necessary by said change. "And said city of Burlington shall pay to each of the said companies $7,500, one-half of said sum to be paid each company when said station building it half built and the remainder when it Is completed, and immediately vacate and discontinue Main street west of a line parallel to and 176.97 feet west of the cen ter line of Battery street; provided, how ever, that any claims which the city yviv? 4 may have to land west of a line parallel to and 664.95 feet west of the center line of Battery street within the lines of Alain street extended to the lake shall not be prejudiced by so vacating and discontinuing Main street, and shall also Immediately vacate and discontinue Lake street south of a straight line running from a point in the westerly line of Lake street, said point being distant 187.31 feet south of the center line of College street, measured along said west line of Lake street, to a point in the easterly line of Lake Btreet, said point being 284.33 feet south of the center line of College street, measured along said easterly line of Lake street "The carrying out of this order by said railroad companies i9 conditional upon the payment by said city of Burlington of said sum of money and the discontinuance of streets as aforesaid by said city of Burlington." The order was signed by Judges George M. Powers, Loveland Munson. John H.

Watson and William H. Taylor. OCR NETWORK OF LAWS. (From the Brooklyn Eag-le. When a great lawyer, a member of our highest American court, speaks to 1,600 other lawyers, aa Mr.

Justice Hughes did at the dinner given in his honor by the New York State Bar association, he must use language cautiously, accurately, coldly, calmly. Rhetorical skill, useful elsewhere, must give way to polemical skill. What he advocates must appeal to the intellect not to the feelings of auditors. The Hughes address is to be read, and to be commented on, with full regard to this consideration. "Too much law" is a common cry.

No one denies or thinks of denying that in multiplicity of statutes there is a possibly grave peril to human liberty and to individual initiative. That in the dual federal and State control of transportation systems the trend has been toward paralyzing many legitimate activities, is strongly asserted. On this broad subject the views of a former governor of the greatest State in the Union a governor whose name is identified with much of constructive statesmanship would be important, even If he were not an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Justice Hughes feels that within each State the remedy lies with the people of the State. By constitutional amendments they may check the number of private and local bills now made into law.

Even without such amendments, Legislatures may systematize their action, and adhere to reasonable consistency. The speaker is confident that the local communities can develop the sense of civil responsibility and be intrusted, each, "with the care of its purely local affairs, under rules of its own making." He hopes, from legislative self-restraint, that matters of general concern may come to be handled through uniform laws, kept uniform in logic and trend by wholesome public opinion. He expects much also from a simpler Judicial procedure, which would be best secured by leaving broad discretion to the court themselves. As to the gradual extension of federal functions, Justice Hughes points out that "the content of the federal authority over commerce has not been enlarged since the beginning, and, to un derstand its scope, we refer to the classic decisions of Marshall; but there has been a profound change in the disposition to use that authority." This Is apparent even to the lay mind. The Interstate Commerce law, the Anti-Trust law, have been followed by federal restrictions on the inspection of meat, by the attempt to compel the dealers In drugs and odicals and newspapers, as well as candy and cigars.

A space has been provided at the right of the bridge entrance for the installation of a telegraph office. BRIDGE OVER THE TRACKS. The bridge leading from the waiting room to all trains spans the main line of both railroads. It is built of structural iron and re-enforced concrete and is entirely enclosed with glass walls. The floor the 'bridge is of domestic red tile.

Separate stairways lead directly from the bridge to platforms between the four through railroad tracks. The train platforms are approximately 800 feet long and are composed of concrete, being sheltered for practically their entire length by overhead canopies of steel with wooden roofs, covered with a roofing composition. Each platform will be well lighted with electric lights between each of the supporting columns. As the arrival and departure of all trains will be announced within the waiting room, or passengers may await their arrival from the bridge from where they may be plainly seen, they will not have to wait upon the train platforms while the passengers are alighting from the train. BAGGAGE, MAIL AND EXPRESS.

The rooms on the track level below the waiting room, to which entrance is gained by a separate stairway from the bridge, are devoted to the handling of baggage. mail and express. The baggage room is situated at the north end of the station 101 STATION. and is reached by a new driveway from College street and also by one from the new Lake street extension. Baggage may be unloaded directly on to a raised platform the height of a wagon and then wheeled directly on to baggage trucks.

All baggage will be weighed upon a two-ton automatic scale. The dimensions of this room are 38 by 48 feet. The express and mall room are at the south end of the building and may be reached by a recently constructed driveway from King street. These rooms have the same facilities for handling express and mail as has the baggage room. The express room Is of praotlcally the same dimensions as the baggage room.

A room 20 by 30 feet has been provided in the southwest corner of the station for the handling and storage of mail. This room also contains a toilet. The railroad telegraph office with in struments and equipment for three oper- jators the conductorg. registry, and th office of the station master are located in the center of the station at this level. Quarters have also been provided for the conductors and trainmen, containing steel lockers and toilet facilities.

The ticket office, railroad telegraph office, baggage, mail and express rooms are connected with each other through a system of intercommunicating telephones, which will prove a great aid in the transaction of business. The station also contains a large number of handsome directing signs, with large black and gold letters on a grey background, which will help the traveler to find the stairway leading to his train, or to reach a certain office in the station with the least possible delay. Before each of the bridge stairways Is a sign giving the destination of the train which is waiting at that particular platform. HEATED BY STEAM. The heating plant, which contains a low pressure boiler for the heating of the station and a high pressure boiler for the heating of cars and the restaurant cooking apparatus, is also located on this level.

The station will be heated by steam and all of the radiators at the waiting room level have been concealed in the walls and back of and underneath the seats. Registers have been provided for the circulation of air around these at the bottom and top of the seats. This plant will maintain a temperature of 70 degrees in the coldest weather. The coal bin with a capacity for 40 tons is located off the boiler room. Cars of coal may be run in on the south si3ur track and unloaded by means of a swinging crane, which will handle the coal directly from the cars.

The current for the lighting of the new station is to be furnished by" the Burlington Light Power company, the main switchboard being placed adjacent to the boiler room. The most modern lighting fixtures have been installed throughout the building, and the exterior and the entrance marquees have been wired so that they may be illuminated, as well as the exterior clock. OFFICES ON SECOND FLOOR. The second floor of the station has been finished off into offices for future use, one of which will be used as a counting room by the railroad companies. Access to this floor is gained from the overhead walkways at the north and south ends of the station.

A space has been provided in front of the building near the south end as a for carriages and cabs. The Burlington Traction company has announced that within a day or so after the opening of the station they wilt resume a regular car service to the depot. The tracks on Main street from Pine street to Battery street wil be uncovered and. In the summer, the cars will be run to the station and then to the dock at King street on the spur track, which was tery street in the fall of 1915. THE CONTRACTORS AND OFFICIALS.

The new union station was erected by the W. Shelton Swallow company, of New York, under the direction of Clement H. Noble, of New York, as superintendent of construction, the work of building being begun on November 4, 1914. Alfred Fellheimer, of New York, was the arehi-test and was represented in Burlington by Charles A. Schutz, of New York, as supervising architect.

The station will be operated jointly by the Rutland and Central Vermont railroads and a list of the officials, so far as they have been appointed, who will be in charge Is as follows: Albert M. Prentiss, of Rutland, station master; Frank L. Roberts, of Burlington, ticket agent; Mrs. V. G.

Vayo, of Burlington, and N. C. Baninster, of St, Albans, assistant ticket agents; Frank II. Tupper, of Montpelier, baggage checker and assistant station master; Harry Monroe, H. W.

Perry and A. J. St. Jean, telegraph operators. The baggage room will be in charge of F.

W. Warner and EPmerv McGee during the day. while the night baggage force will be A. P. Warner, Alfred Coursey and Thomas Keefe.

The restaurant and news stand is controlled by the Union News company, of New. York, who are represented by William Gleason, and Eugene Fontaine of Burlington Is the chief engineer In charge of the heating plant. It is reported that the Central Vermont Railway company will remove a portion of the westerly side of the old station and the train shed in the spring, retaining the remainder of the building for offices, it is also probable that a freight station will be built there, doing eway with the present crossing of the railroad tracks by teams with loads of freight. BAGGAGE CHECKING SYSTEM. The railroad companies have made some suggestions for the checking of baggage, in keeping with the up-to-date appointments of the station, and the co-operation, of the traveling public should prevent eon-fusion and the possible loss of baggage before it is checked.

The suggestions are as follows: Baggage should be delivered At the station at least 30 minutes prior to the de parture of trains. With a view of facilitating the checking of baggage a baggage checking booth is located on the upper level. Outward fttouad passengers departing with baggage are respectfully requested to obtain an Identification check from the head porters of hotels, from carriage, express and transfer drivers, for each piece of baggage delivered Into their custody, for transfer to the station. When baggage unaccompanied by passengers is delivered at the station by private conveyances a station identification check for each piece will toe issued to the driver. On presentation of proper ticket transportation and surrender of the identifica- tion checks to the baggage man on duty on the upper level, railroad checks to destination will be Issued.

The co-operation of all concerned in the use of identification checks in the foregoing manner will render unnecessary the descending and ascending of stairways for the purpose1 of Identifying baggage on the lower level. On presentation of proper ticket transportation, hand baga, suit cases, carried by hand, will be checked on the upper level on application. Inward bound passengers will obtain their hand baggage on surrender of their railroad checks to the baggageman on the upper level. Safety first demands that crossing and re-crossing of the tracks as a "short cut" between the baggage room and the trains cannot be countenanced. By following the foregoing suggestions (baggage will be handled promptly, the comfort and convenience of our patrons will be very greatly enhanced, there will be no retracing of steps, and every step taken will make for progress and afety.

J. W. ITAXLET, General Passenger Agent. Central Vermont St. Albans.

Vt. F. T. GRANT. General Passenger Agent, Rutland Railroad, Rutland Vt.

STORY OF THE STATION. fpmniiry of Step Taken for IffO.OOO Structure. The of obtaining Burlington's new station is one which if told In detail would cover many pages of a newspaper. There were so many parties concerned in its erection that difficulties without number had to be overcome before all interests could be brought together and the actual building of the station begun. But the result has been that for which the progressive men of the city worked for years, Burlington having obtained a station costing between $150,000 and $200,000.

The order from the supreme court called for a station costing tout in rough figures a total expenditure of about $125,000 was put into the building alone, the contract to the Swallow company being for about $143,000. The railroads had other expenditures in moving their tracks and like work which will swell the total cost. The old passenger station was built in is2 by the Vermont Central Railroad company for the use of its Burlington-Essex Junction "shuttle" trains only. Some yars later the Vermont Central leased the Rutland A Burlington railroad and Its trains ran into the station. In 1899 the Rutland-Canadian road was built and the through trains of that line ran through the station.

The only great change made in the building since Its erection was the moving of the waiting rooms from the west side of the tracks to the east side, where they were placed in the "lean-to," built on that side of the station In 1S35. THE PRELIMINARY STEPS. There was talk for many years of the great need for a new station, the old one being in a particularly unsanitary condition and having no accommodations for the longer trains which were used in the improved system of railroading. The first movement of the citteens was started in 1907 by the Commercial club, when the committee on transportation, with the late Calvin S. Isham as chairman, pro- diately; for neglect during one or two years of the physical, mental moral welfare of the child cannot ba repaired later.

And the help to be effective, must be given at once and for a period of two years. One hundred years ago France came to the assistance of the young American Republic; today the Republic of France calls to America through the voice of each of her sons, dying in the cause of freedom: "I give my life. Will you help my little ones?" Won't you help these children? Won't you make a generous contribution that may be used for them? It will mean-not only life and its necessities, but the development and future usefulness of little child of France. Checks for the Orphelinat des Armees should be sent to J. F.

Morgan 23 Wall StreetNew York City. LIVE HIGH IN THE AIR A inter Above and Summer IlelOYV Pro-pie of Quito, Ecuador. i Quito, in Ecuador, lifted nearly two i miles into thin air, has always boast- ed its "perpetual spring," but in sooth It would be just as fair to call Its climate "perpetual autumn," says the New York Tribune. With a temperature- that hovers about sixty degrees in the shade, the Quitonian passes his life in early April or late October. He escapes the winter, to be sure, but misses the vernal miracle mat.

reaeerna the higher latitude. But, whether he feels chilled or baked, he can always turn his eye toward comfort. Out across the plain, about three miles the north, tho road drops S.000 feet a stupendous ravine, and from the high places of Quito one can peer down into a semitropical valley, its coffee trees and cane field dancing In the heat waves. On the other hand, when the overhead sun scorches, there are a score of snow peaks to refresh the eye. As you study through a field glass the huge drifts and wild snowstorms on Antisana.

which, looks out over the rank forests of the "Orlente," you realize that it Is easier (and safer to get from -where you ar to Greenland than to reach these polar solitudes only a dozen miles away, Groves of eucalyptus in the environs of Quito agreeably relieve the majesty of the scenery, and it is said that this province has a third of a million of theso trees. President Moreno introduced them from Australia half a century ago, and it wag a saying among even the enemies of Moreno that on the day ol Judgment he will escape the penalty of his misdeeds with the plea "I gave Ecuador the eucalyptus." EV ORDER OP DISTIXCTIOX. Kansas, which gave'to the world "Sock- ess jetry" Simpson and other notables, p(rajn a claimant for notice. It has es- avitBhed a "Society of Obstinate Men" irioh should Iiftve large membershJp. tr ne charterers, without considering the rznts or miallflcatiorrs of persons in other bears the name of Smith Cemtcr.

Last fail one of the nominees becara angry over the price corn buskers asked for their services vowed that he would allow his crop to rot before ho would yield to their demands. He hai kept his word. About 2,000 bushels of grain remain -angthered in his fields. The second member is a neighbor of the first. He husked LGOO bushels of corn, stored it in an uncovered etHb ard proclaimed was going to remain thre until he got 73 cents a bushel for it.

The rains have fallen and the corn has rotted. The price of corn hasn't advanced enough, to induce him to sell. He gets angry with anyone who speaks to him about It, i He and member number one of the Or- Ider of Obstinate Men have not been on speaking terms for years. Bach Is wait-iing for the other to apologize. Thero arc.

possibilities of growth to an association of this character but there is one objection to it. It should not be exclusive. These arc days of equal rights. Strike "Men" out of the name of the society. Commerce and Flaanot.

RICHFORD. The Pev. Thomas Hall of Island Pond was the guest at the home of Rev. and Mrs. E.

M. Fuller Thursday and Friday. lira. Winfietd S. Thayer has returned home from a visit with friend In East Franklin Mrn.

Merritt Billings is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Bowen. In Eeikshlre.

William S. Thibbetts and Miss Mabel E. Vrouty of Knowlton, were married January 19 at the Methodist parsonage by the Rev. P. G.

Guest. The Careful Circle of the King's Daughters have made and sent to the Kurn Hattin Home In Saxtons River three quilts and six flannel shirts to be used by the boys who ape being cared for in that institution. I Hughes to the cause of sar.e thought in states, have nominated two Kansans to America. He has no sympathy with the head the roil. Both of these men are res-notion of smashing things.

He Is abso- jdents of that classic community which cial club in 1907 were produced by Mr. Isham and circulated at large and on August 30 were forwarded to the two railroad companies, the Champlain Transportation company and the public servlco commission, requesting an informal conference. This was held on September 3 in this city and resulted in the Central Vermont company agreeing to submit at am adjourned meeting plans of what they were willing to do in the way of fixing up the old station, the committee of fifteen being requested to prepare plans of what they thought the city's needs were. A sub-committee, composed of J. J.

Whalen, VT. H. Greene and C. P. Cowles was ap pointed to draw up tentative plans for a new station which would contain a general outline of what was considered to be the city's needs.

In general features the plans of that committee and the plans for the present new station are practically the same. CONFERENCES AND COMMUNICA TIONS. Informal conferences and communications with the railroad companies and public service commission followed without satisfactory results until a formal petition was filed with the public service commission on June 15, 1910. After hearings were held it was decided to ask the Legislature for an act which would give the public service commission more authority, it appearing that under the general law the commision did not have authority over the two roads to order a union station. An act was drafted ind was finally passed in a modified form and on April 18, 1911, a petition to the public service commission was filed under the new act.

Many meetings of the committee of fifteen followed and aa many hearings with the public service commission were had. The Rutland engineers brought in plans under which gTade crossings at College and King streets would be eliminated by overpasses and the Central Vermont entered plans which would eliminate all of the grade crossing at the foot of the streets by an elevation of the tracks. The committee of fifteen entered the so-called Sinclair plan, which would eliminate the grade crossings by bringing the tracks close to the embankment along Battery street, passing under College and King streets. It seemed to be the consensus of opinion that the station itself should be located about where the new station is now, the only differences being as how best to dispose of the matter of grade crossings. The solution of that problem has been left toome fu ture date, and one of the above methods will no doubt have to be worked out at a time not very far distant.

APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT. On December 23, 1912, the public service commission ordered the adoption of the Central Vermont plan which was the plan of elevating the tracks with structure work in the vicinity of the station. This was a most expensive plan and the Rutland railroad appealed to the supreme court. The matter was pending in supreme court when Mayor Burke, who was reelected to office In 1913, gave his message to the board of aldermen. In his message he recommended that a committee be appointed which would be made up of three members of the board, three citizens and the mayor.

At the organization of the board the same evening such a committee was appointed and was composed of Mayor Burke, chairman, with A. S. Drew, H. S. Crane and C.

P. Dion the three members from the board, and Gardner Brewer, W. E. Burt and John J. Whalen, three of the members of the old "committee of fifteen," as the three appointed to repre-, sent the citizens.

At the first meeting of lutely at odds with all Rooseveltianiem. Yet the Colonel himself never made a clearer statement of present conditions or a fuller recognition of the desirability of gradual and intelligently conceived reforms within the field of our Jurisprudence. TUB HOMESTEAD. Here we came when lova was young. Now that love is old.

Shall we leave the floor unswept And the hearth acold? Here the hill wind in the dusk. Wandering to and fro. Moves the moor.flowers, like a ghost Of the long ago. Here from every doorway looks A remembered face. Every sill and panel wears A familiar grace.

Let the windows smile again To the morning light, And the door stand open wide When the moon is bright. Let the breeze of twilight blow Through the silent hall. And the dreaming rafters hear How the thrushes call. Oh. be merciful and fond To the house that save All its best to shelter love.

Built when love was brave! Here we came when love was young. Now that love is old. Never let Its day be lone Nor its heart acold! Bliss Carman in Century. FREE PRESS WANT AXIS. PAY BEST.

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