Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-03-06
S50,773 As

Your auditors would recommend the
town to vote a tax of 100 cents on the
dollar or to authorize the selectmeu to
borrow twenty thousand dollars, one
half payable in 1881, and the balance in
1882, giving town orders for the same,
with coupons attached, the rate of inter
est not to exceed Z per cent, payable
semi-annually, and to vote tax of fifty
cents on the dollar.
Your auditors would also state they
have examined the building account of
your selectman, John Cain, ESQ, and
find he has vouchers for an expenditure
of 500, 1881 excepting the amount of
81, 1919. 70, which was expended princi-
pally for labor, grading and laying side
walks around the building.
REPORT OF JOHN CAIN ON EXPENSE OF
BUILDING THE TOWN HALL.
In experimenting the building of the
new town hall, | consider it my duty to
inform you the amount of its cost, where
and how the money was raised, and to
whom, and for what it was expended.
The money to pay for all the labor, and
most of the material, was raised on Sc
lectmen's orders to the Rutland banks,
and others. Such orders were given to
the banks as would be notes for discount,
for one, two, three and four months, and
drawn out at various times, in various
sums, as required, by checks from the
undersigned.
From the Rutland Co. National
Bank, | received 80, 900 90
From National Bank of Rutland 1, 200 90
Baxter National Bank 13, 900 90
Making Cless discount ST., 100 90
From Mr.. Julius Lord 1000 90
Town Treasurer 600 90
Money for use of Town Hail 1870 90
In all, the sum of S18,890 90
The remainder of the expense of con-
struction was paid for in town orders, as
shown in the following pages.
The whole amount, in money
and in orders received and
paid out by me is 500, 10 81
Deducting from the above the expense
of furnace, gas pipes, gas fixtures and
labor. chairs and other furniture, coal,
grading, fencing, marble walks. paving,
&c, &c, and the sum total of the cost
of the town portion of the town hall
building is about $4,000.
Our townspeople are aware, however,
that the village corporation, under their
contract with the town, have expended
on the lower story of the building, some
sixteen thousand dollars, so that the cost
of the whole building, proper, including
fencing, grading, marble walks, heating.
lighting, furniture and everything else,
as it stands to-day, with the exception
of the fire engines and the accoutcr-
ments belonging to the fire department,
is about fOrty-tive thousand dollars.
| need not here add, that when the
town voted to build this town hall the
sum proposed tobe expended, was twenty
thousand dollars, and money could have
been made by any contractor, in building
such a structure as was then proposed.
But gentlemen who did not vote for the
construction of the hall at that time came
forward like men, and said they would
back up the selectmen in building an ed
itice that none need be ashamed of and
that would be worthy of the place
As this communication and report is
for information to our fellow townspeo-
pie, the subscriber will be ready and
willing to answer any questions that may
be submitted TO him at the town meeting
on Tuesday next.
With many thanks to Mr.. Billings and
Mr.. Gilmore, my associates on the board
of selectmen, for their willing and gen
erous aid, and valuable advice, and to
our townspeople generally, for their pa
tience in waiting until the present time,
for report of where and how their
money has been expended, / submit the
whole matter to you, who are entitled to
know everything connected with our
town affairs