St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-01-22
Extra Session The Reform School
goes to Vergennes

The legislature convened in cNtIl
session. in accordance with the Govern
III, prncllmati"n. on "Wednesday. Jan
18th. at 10 o'clock Il. IN. The "rganiI-
alton OF each branch WAS soon perfect
cd.lic rules and standing committees of
the last session being ..duptcd a. those
OF this session. 1t MAS At once voted
thai no business should Ice taken ny
save wi hat related t" the Reform school
or what might h, recommended hN ihc
t'uNrIuuI III special message. Several
bills we've introduced pertaining To the
Reform school aud referred To Il special
committee CONFUSED ri one from each
county. j. W. Currirr "f Troy WAS
chosen H. Il member of said committee
from Orleans County. ON Thursday
the legislature visited NcigcmiIc> To cN-
amino the Champaign Arsenal property
The Arsenal property Nd> thoroughly
examined and the party returned To- the
Capital. stopping 10y the way at Water
bury To take, Il look ut the reform school
boys III their new quarters. \ session
waS held in the evening and the work
commenced.
Ii was soon apparent there Were
about four parties on the question of
location of the new buildings il large
majority i'll favor of NcrgcnncS. some
in favor of Waterbury, IL few III favor
of leaving the III liter until the next
regular session and Il few for alolishinu
the institution and repeating all laws
relating thereto. The last two classes.
however. were very small. 1t was al
most the unanimous opinion that the
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under the existing circumstances il
should he located where the buildings
could he erected with the least expense
to the state. and that some desirable
changes should he made in the law re-
latIng to sentences to the school. The
action throughout WAS very harmonious
and we think the results reached vii.
be generally satisfactory.
After IL pretty thorough hearing be
fore the committee and IL general dis
ctISsion in both Houses il was decided
tu locate at NcrgcnnrS by Il vote of LIZ
to Il III the House, and II to 10 in the
Senate. The appropriation for the
buildings Is S:}O,OOO la add1i ion to the
bricks, boilers and tubing saved from
the tire that may he available for Use III
the new buildings, and the proceeds
from the sale of the real estate ut Wa
terhury, which may be sold for $4,000
or SlO.OW. The governor is authorized
to purchase the arsenal property a
Nergrnne> at IL price not exceeding
: 900. This comprises some - acres
of land and some seven buildings of
different sizes, all of which can he con-
venicntly fitted up for the purposes OF
the school. He is also authorized to
purchase ii farm adjoining. said to he IL
very fine farm of some 100 acres OF
more at Il price not to exceed $1,000.
The appropriation asked to rebuild ut
Waterbury was S55,OO0; SO that by
building at Nergennes it is estimated
the State will save from $l5,UOO to
S2O,OOW. This seemed to be Il strong
argument against Waterbury. Another
thing had great Influence against them.
During the session of last fall, Mr.
Fairbank, superintendent of the school
at Waterbury, did ii great amount OF
/ lobbying III his own behalf.
! The Legislature also voted to estab-