Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-03-08
local and State Items.
Rutland Annual Town Report


The report of the Selectmen and other
officers of the Town of Rutland for the
past year exhibits some interesting facts.
From the Selectmens report we learn
what Rutland has done for the war
The town furnished 920 men for the mil
itary and naval service, and paid COM
mutation for % men, which left to the
town credit Of two men over all calls.
Among the 920 men furnished AIS were
volunteers for three years; 156 volun-
teers for nine months, and about 100 for
three months; 161 volunteers re-enlist-
ed, anG 33 were credited to the Naval
service. The total amount paid for
bounties and expenses Of recruiting is
S2l7,676 "a. The Selectmen say:
ave have paid, so far as called for,
two installments of the bounty voted to
Veterans at the last annual meeting.
Nearly all of these men are now out Of
the service, and many OF them are leav-
ing the State or going into business,
and need their money to nsa and are
willing to make quite sacrifice to OBJ
tain it, and unless the town make some
provision they will sell their claim to
private parties. Wethink many of them
would take $500, payable July Is, 1866,
in lieu Of payment by installments, and
this will give the town 20 per cent. in
terest on the amount so paid. We pre-
sent the matter to your consideration,
and suggest that if any such action -
taken, it should be with a proviso allow
inc the Selectmen in their discr"L Cion to
retain the bounty and expenr. the same
for the su,,port Of the soldiers family.
Tbare are - :. w soldiers who were en-
titled to $500 bo,, ,uty, and have not been
paid in full and SON. OF Lnese nave lor, ;,
leited the balance unpaiu ny "eseEVioh'
IMPROVEMENTS.
The following improvements nave
been made during the past year
eve have built dam, at an expense
of $500, to turn and keep East Greek in
its old channel at the Lester bridge, and
thus save the necessity Of building an
other bridge, and have partially rebuilt
one Of the abutmentS.
We have laid q road connecting Eve
lyn street with Merchants Row, and
also in extension of Merchants Row to
! the Moulthrop road. The road has been
/ travelled across the railroad grounds,
| but had never been laid, and by making
certain improvements in the road we
| could secure it to the town, and save
| the payment OF land damage and eX-
penses of moving buildings on the line
of the road, and we judged it to be true
economy to accept so liberal an offer.
We have expended $3.50 on the road,
! which is much less than the amount
that would be appraised as land DANA
ges. Three hundred dollars of this
amount was for Strengthening, widening
and cutting down the rock south OF the
bakery.
We have laid a road at West Rutland,
near the Quarres, and appraised the
land damage at Sl97 70, from which Mr..
Barnes has taken an appeal"
IAN unusual number Of the bridges
iu town have been newly planked dur
ing the year, and we know of no large
outlay required for highways and
bridges the present season. We have
settled the suit OF David Daily and wife
against the town for damages for land
taken for the road back Of Nathan
Pierce's store, on Main street; and also
settled by arbitration the case of Mi.
chael Quinn against the town for DANA
ges to his lot on Center street, by wash.
ing, caused, as alleged, by defect In the
gutter and drain by the roadside. Beth
of these suits were 50 small in amount
that the costs would soon have exceeded
the damages"
Petit ons for New Town Hal, and fol
holding all freemen's meetings ana town
meetings in the East village have been
presented. Also for laying roads-one
for d road and bridge across Otter Greek
connecting Nebraska with the Kelly
road and the Selectmen have been noti-
fed that a petition would be presented
for road across, near the Western Ver-
mont and R. g. W. car house, from Mad
ison to River street, but too late for
their consideration. II laid by the next
Board of selectmen, the expense will
not be large. t-
REcArrrULArros or gxYENsss.
The total amount Of expenses for