The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-18


and reach their business Monday forenoon.
We know OF no sound reason in morals why a
Sunday night train should not run out of Ver-
mont for the convenience of the public with
as much propriety as train runs into Ver-
mont every Sunday morning. Yer
mont is full of places that ought to be and
would be thronged with city visitors all sum-
mer, IL we encouraged their coming by afford
ing them, as far as possible, the same facili-
ties for travel Sunday night that are obtained |
in all the leading cities of the land" After il |
has been demonstrated that it is not an offense |
against morals, the next question is, Would such |
a train pay? In our opinion it would have |
been put on long ago, If that question could be
favoraby answered.
THE main building Of the Vermont Shade
Roller Manufacturing company, in Vergennes,
was totally destroyed by fire Saturday night
The fire originated in the furnace room in the
basement, and is believed to have resulted
from back draught from the fire under the
boilers. The fireman made his escape from
the third story of the building and was some
what burned He failed to put in operation
any Of the appliances provided for such an
emergency, and nothing whatever was saved
except piece OF betting valued at $50. From
the main building the flames ran to the COM
pany's two shavings houses and the barn, and
these were destroyed, with their contents.
large quantity of valuable lumber was also
burned. The flames also communicated with
a store and dwelling, and a tenement house, and
destroyed them both. The Shade Roller Com
t....r ,,aI
| about $4,000 and the insurance is 800 100.
The building was Of WOOD 130x60 feet and
three stories high. 1t was only four years old,
having been built in 1879 to replace the former
building, which was also destroyed by fire in
April Of that year.
| THE fourteenth annual meeting of the Yer
mont Editors and Publishers Association was
held at Newport last Tuesday and Wednesday.
The following papers were represented: Bar
ton Monitor, Montpelier Messenger, Lyndon
Union, St. Johnsbury Cdledonidn, st. Albans
Messenger, Woodstock Age, Bradford Opinion,
Bellows Falls Times Barre Enterprise, SPRING
field Reporter, Manchester Journal, Montpelier
Freeman, Northfield NerS, Poultney Journal
Morrisville Ne,os and Citizen, st. Johnsbury
Inder Fairhaven Era, Windsor Journal, and
the Newport Express. There were also pres
ent G. S. Forbes, Vermont manager Boston
Journal; D. Leonard of Bratteboro; W. H.
Tucker; and L. w Rowell OF St. Johnsbury.
The meeting on Tuesday evening was called to
order by A. N. Swain, Esq, president Mr..
c. NJ Stone, the treasurer, made report
showing $50 AZ on hand and the annual dues
for the current year were remitted. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President, A. N.
Swain; vice presidents, D. NJ. Camp, G. M.
Chase, G. Fl. Blake recording secretary, H. E.
Parker; corresponding secretary, d. III. Camp
treasurer, G. NJ. Stone. Wednesday afternoon
the association went by steamer to Owls Head
and Magog, and had very enjoyable trip.
The arrangements for the meeting and the ex-
cursion were made by Mr.. Camp of the En
press. Only about one-thrd of the papers in
the state were represented at the meeting.
In the case of the Lycoming Fire Insurance
company against NJ Wright & Sons of Mont
pelier aud same against j. S. Wheeock of Ber
court in this county, the court has handed
down its opinion The plaintiff was Pennsyl
= vania mutual fire insurance company and wa
licensed to do and did business in this stat,
: from 1874 to 1879. The defendants becam,
insured in this company in 1876 for five years
In 1880 and while the premium notes, given b.
the defendant were in force, the company be
came insolvent, and under the provisions o
o the statutes of Pennsylvania was dissolved, ant
: receiver appointed with powers prescribe,
by the Pennsylvania statutes, to collect tn
J. | da1,tu nd ~ tba ~
or otherwise. These suits were brought to re
+ cover assessments made by the company upo
the premium notes given by defendants. The
o pleaded that the assessments were not collects
y BILE. First because the company was not rt
sponsible for the acts and neglects of its agent
y in accordance with the provisions of Sectio
q 3618 of the Revised Laws, and second, becaus
% the company had not filed copy of its bylaw
in the Secretary of States office as required b
4, Section $40 of the Revised Laws. To thes
'f pleas the plaintiff demurred. The suprem
:: court has held that the suit was brought in tn
y name of the company and that the receiver ha
IN power to collect the assests Of the company
D. this state, no creditor having interviewed to pr
le vent it, or to claim the assets as agan
Id the receiver and that as the statutes
Of this state declared it to be unlawful for a
IS insurance company to do business in tn
or state without having obtained license fro
OF the commissioners so to do, the obtaniI
ne Of such license was condition precedent to
er right of the company to contract or enforce !
q contracts here, and that the declaration shoul
IL have alleged that the plaintiff obtained SUI
n a license and that the admission in the plea
I'd having obtained license was not sufficient
us direct to cure the failure OF allegation in IL
as declaration. As to the allegations in Il
's- other pleas that the plaintiff had not filed
D. copy OF its bylaws, or become responsible f
the acts and neglects of its agents, the cou
n said that the claim made that license is eY
he dence that the plaintiff had done all that W
of necessary to his right to it, need not be consi
rs cred because it did not appear upon the de
an laration that a license had been obtaine
a That the general rule was that a contract pr
of hibited by law was illegal and not enforcibl
~ That the legislature can determine the cond
es- tions upon which foreign corporations IN,
transact business here and that all busne
to transactions and contracts entered into
IA them without compliance with such condition
to were illegal and not enforcible That the who
in statute must be examined to discover wheth
ks the legislature intended to prevent the euforC