The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-01-22

AZ u t annual meeting OF the Corpora
ton Of the Village Of Middcbury. held
January II, 1867. .he following officer,
were elected for the year ensuing, viz:
Noirr0jU-John W. Stewart.
C5,&-Jed 5. Bushnell.
7iwStG-John W. Stewart, Harmon
\. Sheldon, Iu-ius Cobb Edwin Nallettr.
Roswell ilArrls .jr, Geo. c. Chapman
AMI Geo. {. dams.
I,~EWey-John H. Simmons.
(Ohcciyr-. Jacob Dewey
hmitJr~- b. Suilh Beckwith anl
James NJ Shade.
And Il lax of % cents on the dollar,
IN the list Of 1866, WAS assessed
The Trustees reported as follows
For the information OF the meeting tie
Trustees beg leave to report
hat III pursuance of the plan of im-
pr v1mants adopted 10y them, they have
,iL, n - lease Of the stone quarry uwne &
uy Nj James, in Wcybrldge. Tor the
Term OF five years, with the riaht OF quar-
rYlng all the stone they may require for
pubic Use 4 ring that time, AMI for which
they are l. pay AT the rate OF l. c,nis
per perch lOr all the Stone - qutrrrd. that
uny be suitable for & .g.in. or buling
purposes.
At an expense OF about 1915, tine
Gnarly has been % thoroughly opened th.,t
no farther expense OF that kind will need
be incurred during the tcrm OF the lease
At a further esp n>c OF about 1888.
some 80 perch, by estimate. OF sup.rior
iiG-Ing s'one have been quarricd, loo
perch Of which have been drawn N and
Laid in walks, crossings and coverings o.
culvers, and the remainIcr- POO
perch, are piled at the quarry, convenient
10 load Tor hauling iii and distributing at
such places as they may be required, 50
soon as The sleighing i, sutii.irnIly good
I91 feet Of walks and crossings, NJ
such points as seemed most impcralively
/ TO require them, have been put down the
/ past season, at Il cost Of IN, or 93 cen 5
per foot, lnrluIing therein the expen,e OF
stone purchased from Mr. Lath OPP, a.
mounting TO 81, and the estimated cost
Of quarrying those from our own ledge
These walks, II i, hoped, may ne *.
tended in the eprlnG, and the good w,lk
/ be pushed on "lih such NIgur that the
men OF the present generation m - r,~c
auo,e the stigma AMI the mud. whlch his
80 long and 80 prroi>trtly clung 10 us.
BY the report oi your Auditors, it via
b. seen that The expenditures during lnr
/ past year have somewhat exceeded the APP
! prop ialionS In thus running ahead ul
the mean, Il, their Gl>po,al, the Trustee
have been gui4ci 10y tn slrlrtes sense OF
ecunomy-judglng it for your aud th,lr
/ interest as tax payers, that the quarry
saould be thoroughly op.n-l at the outset
-;ha> while all the requisites for quarry
ing were on the ground, sufficient guam
uly Of stone should be taken out TO an
-wer all anticipated requirements Tor the
coming year; and that they mighr he in
readiness to haul in ON The eno~, when
the work can be done vastly cheaper than
at other seasons Of the year,
The stone now in readiness, winch are
OF very superior quality, it is estimated
will lay from 200O to II 70 feet of walks,
and should i be your pleasure to have
them thus used the coming season, will re-
qurc an appropriation of say Slj0O.
The heavy expense of tie enterprise,
having been already incurred, and the ex,
periencc gained, it is believe that the
work may be prosecuted more cheaply
hereafter
The commcniable pride in the pros
perity and improvement Of our beautiful
village which is now prevailing, and rap
idly increasing among rs, induces us 10
the bclet that you will not withhold the
means of vigorously prosecuting the work
thus happily begun,
BY THE TRUsrEEs.
Al the meeting OF the Trustees, held
January lQth, 1867, Justus Cobb wa.
elected chairman.
Calvin G.. Iilden, William ii Parker,
Lucius =. Champion, Brainerd Kellogg,
David Piper, George =. Adams d. Is.