Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-02
Mt PHOENIX, FARMER FRIDAY, MARCH 1888

the FIRST marriage Of native Swodes which has
occurred here.
The annual meeting Of the Brattleboro
A. whitehall railroad company was held At the
brooks House on Wednesday. There was a
GOOD attendance Of stockholders, over lfOO
of the 1000 shares of stock being represented.
A report of last years business, as received
from the Central Vermont management, snow,
ed the earnings to have been Sil, 2Sj. 30, and
the expenses l4,25l.72. considerable
norton Of this gross sum Of expenses is charge
able TO construction account. The old board
of officers was reelected. II was voted to call
a special meeting in order TO change the by.
laws so that the annual meeting may be held
later in the season, when more detailed anu
Ineligible financial statement OF each year,
business may be obtained than is possible
when the annual meeting occurs 80 soon after
the close Of the financial year az is now the
case.
The bids for the construction Of the new
school building were opened last Saturday
but none of them were such that the com
mitteo felt authorized to award the contract.
Six Parties in all put in bids for part or the
whole of the work Amaziah Mayo Of Spring
field, Mass and Butler & Harris and Pellet
Bros. of this place made proposals for the
whole work, Mcguire d Daley bid for the
brick work, and Geo. T.. Lyon aud David
Downer each bid for the foundation and
basement No figures as to the amount OF
any Of the bids are given by the committee
We do not understand, however, that any
or all Of them were considered excessive, but
simply that il was found that the building
could not be erected the heating apparatus
put in, the grounds graded aud the whole
work completed for the sum OF 10000 au-
thorzed by the district. 1t was therefore
decided to await further developments or
further instructions from the district. I'm
less some Of the bids are so modified as
as to warrant the work being done within
the appropriation, no further step will be
taken until after the annual schoolmeeting.
The article in the March meeting war
rant, to see if the town will cause the removal
of the sheds and other buildings on its land
in the rear Of the town hall and have the
grounds put in tidy and proper condition
should have careful consideration. 1t has
often been urged that these buildings, from
their peculiarly infammable nature are
constant menace to the safety Of the town
hall building but now that the public library
has been located in the rear part Of the build
ing, overlooking these sheds, and the place
has thus become a constant resort of all the
people Of this town, there is an additional
reason why these grounds should be cleared
up. With these distractions removed and
the grounds neatly arranged, the view from
the east windows Of the library and reading
room would be delightful, whereas it is now
the reverse of this Moreover, it is a fact
that during tho warm weather last fall, after
the library was opened the odors and plague
of flies coming in from the surroundings
amounted TO a positive nuisance We learn
that New York gentleman, who retains his
interest in Brattleboro affairs, promises to
give 500 in cash to the library if the town
will make this improvement. The offer is a
generous one and the town will do well to &C.
cept it. 1t will be said, Of course, that these
sheds are a convenience to people driving in
from outside the village, but when il is con-
sidered that the stalls are only four in number
it will be seen that this objection is not
strong one-hardly enough to offset the fact
that the premises are u constant resort for
tramps. We may add 10 this that we, with
many other citizens are decidedly Of opinion
that this spot should not be made the only
point of attack but that ii should be only the
beginning of general clearing up of the bank
above the railroad which should be insisted
on by the village authorities with the opening
of the coming season. From the town prop
erty all the way down to the bridge the bank
is in disgraceful, unwholesome positively
dangerous condition so far as the public
health is concerned 1t is the one blot on
our otherwise exceptionally tidy and we'll
kept town and public sentiment demands its
correction.