| May 1911, No. 159 | The Railway and Marine World (Toronto) | Page 431, col. 2 |
G.T.R. betterments, construction, etc.
Vermont-Rhode Island Plans.—Tenders have been asked for the construction of the first section of the proposed Southern New England Ry., and the developments on the other portions of the Central Vermont Ry., connected with it. This section will be 25 miles long, and will extend from the C.V.R. tracks at Windsor, to the Rutland Rd. yards at Bellows Falls, Vt. A second section for which tenders will be asked later on, will start from the Rutland Rd. yards at Bellows Falls, extend to Dummerston, Vt., and will enter Brattleboro, Vt., over the lines of the West River Rd., a subsidiary of the C.V. Ry.
The Southern New England Rd., is asking the Rhode Island Legislature for authority to cross New York, New Haven and Hartford Rd. tracks at grade in Providence, with a view of reaching a site for a terminal dock on the west shore of Narragansett Bay. The Providence city council approves of the crossing, and suggests that the Legislature permit the use of the N.Y., N.H. and H. Rd. tracks in the city as well. It is reported that the company has secured 2,300 ft. of water frontage at Fields Point, adjoining a large area which the State Government proposes to acquire. The U.S. Government is spending a large sum in dredging the river so as to permit of the entrance of the largest ocean going steamers.