The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-01
EuuE VILLAGE MEETING.

There was something very remarkable i'll
the drcctncss with which the people leg
islated yesterday upon all the compiled
tions that have arisen in our village affairs
There was IA determination to shun any in
crease of debt; to pay off with rcasona-
bic rapdity the floating debt, and to OBJ
serve close economy for the current year
There were good speakers who said scnsi-
bic things, but there seemed to be little
attention. There was 50 much independent
talking. noise and confusion that one could
hardly imagine that the voters knew what
was going on yet Objectionable measures
were laid ON the table or rejected, and the
best things adopted with admirable accur-
acy. The boldncss with which invcs-
tigatiOn was proposed and carried, and the
right men chosen to put it through with II
lew of calling officers to account if they
mad betrayed trusts or acted illegally was
very different from the management often
observed in public affairs where invcstiga-
tiOns are smotlercd debts funded ""'
then treated as if
new measures of
greed launched.
built next winter
| frozen cement to cl
| stone that should !
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appear later.
We shall expect much better attention
| to the duties of Street Commissioner now
that he is obliged to he chosen outside of
the board He will look for places really
needing work, in order that his diligence,
competence and industry may he rewarded
| by continuance in Office. He will have
no fellow trustees to trade influence with,
while he rests on constructive per diem
and discovers holes in the street by acct
dent.
1t is IL pity that the debt was made with
out giving more satisfaction. This is II
growing village. 1t has right to put for
| ward considerable prctcnsions. 1t has Il
| good future, and wants to he made invit-
ing to strangers. People who live here,
also, like to be comfortable, to enjoy good
health, and to have before them pleasant
views. 1t is necessary that our streets
should be neat it is essential to health
and comfort that there should be good
sewerage system. We may well hope for
an increase of population. The marble
| business will continue to invite manufac-
turcrs, with the consequent advancement
of our prosperity. We shall have sculp-
| tors located here, sending their work all
over the United States besides an incrcas-
ing business of manufacturing for the
various purposes of household adornment
and cemetery memorials. For all these
the demand is enormous and widely eX-
tended. Even the dust of marble has its
uses inviting to manufacturers.
The village should he also made attrac-
tive to summer visitors. We have fine,
healthy air. The mountains surround the
town with Il fresh grandeur very restfnl to
the eyes of citizens of large cities. There
is something new to such strangers in the
way in which our mountain peaks are oc-
casionally obscured by the ragged, drag
ging skirts of clouds. They might see such
things in the Adirondacks, but everybody
does not want to go there, and besides
they have no town able to afford white
marble pavcmcnts and marble street eros
sings.
So it is IA pity the debt is SO large and
must absorb so considerable II proportion of
the taxes for the current year. The peo-
pie of the village will surely he very crate
full to the trustees if they will use careful
management and such rigid economy as to
entirely exclude unnecessary expenses
And after all we may be pleasantly sur
priscd by evidence of the amount that can
be accomplished with small sum of
money when public servants are faithful
and earnest