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Domestic News
August 15, 1922
The Barre Daily Times
Barre, Washington County, Vermont
What is this article about?
Residents of Wilmington unanimously voted to reject a $100,000 offer and steamboat line from the New England Power Company, preferring to keep their railroad despite a planned dam that would flood its tracks.
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TURNS DOWN OFFER.
Wilmington Wants Railroad More than $100,000.
Wilmington, Aug. 15-This town yesterday turned down an offer of $100,000 and a steamboat line and decided to hold on to its railway. Five hundred men and women voted and the verdict was unanimous.
Construction of a great dam on the Deerfield river at Whitingham, 12 miles below this point, will place the tracks of the Hoosac tunnel & Wilmington railroad, 200 feet under water.
President Henry I. Harriman of the New England Power company, owner of the dam and line, offered the residents a cash bonus and a steamboat line as the alternative to relocating the railway.
Wilmington Wants Railroad More than $100,000.
Wilmington, Aug. 15-This town yesterday turned down an offer of $100,000 and a steamboat line and decided to hold on to its railway. Five hundred men and women voted and the verdict was unanimous.
Construction of a great dam on the Deerfield river at Whitingham, 12 miles below this point, will place the tracks of the Hoosac tunnel & Wilmington railroad, 200 feet under water.
President Henry I. Harriman of the New England Power company, owner of the dam and line, offered the residents a cash bonus and a steamboat line as the alternative to relocating the railway.
What sub-type of article is it?
Infrastructure
Economic
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Wilmington Railroad
Dam Construction
Offer Rejected
Deerfield River
New England Power Company
What entities or persons were involved?
Henry I. Harriman
Where did it happen?
Wilmington
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Wilmington
Event Date
Aug. 15
Key Persons
Henry I. Harriman
Outcome
unanimous vote by 500 residents to reject the offer and retain the railway.
Event Details
The town of Wilmington rejected an offer from the New England Power Company to relocate the Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington Railroad, which would be flooded by a dam on the Deerfield River at Whitingham. The offer included $100,000 and a steamboat line.