Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-06-20
BRATTLEB0RO AGAIN SAYS NO


To the Wilmington Railroad Project.
Tho special town meeting held on Mon
day afternoon to take another vote upon the
question OF bonding the town in aid Of the
Brattleboro q Bennington rnilroad called out
large attendance Of voters, AZ well az con-
siderable number of people from other towns
interested in the project. s. N Herrick act
cd as moderator. On the reading of the war
rant by the town clerk, Z. W. Stoddard. Eco.
presented the following resolutions, accom-
panied by some remarks advocating their
adoption
Resolved, That the town Of BrattleJoro VIII aid
IN the construction OF the Brattleboro a Bennlng-
ton railroad, and that the amount OF such aid IL
hereby nXed at sos Co., which shall be furnished by
subscription 10 the capital stock OF said railroad
company TO be made for and In behalf of said town
by the commissioners hereinafter named; provIi-
ed, however, that no part OF said sum so subscr,-
ed, except hvc per cent thereof 10 procure locat-
ing survey, shall DC due aud PAYABLE or binding up
on said town until ut least $4,000, including said
f65 900, shall have been bona de subscribed by re-
spOnsule parties, nor until contract shall have
been entered into with responsible parties, with
gooh ana humclent bonds, to the satisfaction OF
said commissioners, for the completion Of said
road as far west from Bratteboro as the village If
Wilmington, with suitable equipment for the sum
50 subscribed and such further sum IN inc siSct
and bonds OF said company as may be agreed upon.
and that James NJ. Tyler, George w. Hooker and
George j. BROOKS are hereby appointed commits
soners 70 carry he foregoing vote OF aid 10 said
railroad into effect according TO the provisions Of
an act OF the legislature Of the state OF Vermont
Bennington railroad company, approved November
H. lsS2 aud Of chapter 1882 Of the revised laws of
the state of Vermont. And to enable said commits
soners to pay for said S6J 900 OF STOCK they are
hereby authorized to borrow the sum OF sg5 100 in
inc name amt on The credit Of the town, which said
sum snail be paid 10y said town as fOllows the in
terest annually, and 5000 OF the principal Feb l.
lssS aud the interest aud $500 OF the principal on
the nrst day OF February annually thereafter, until
the whole sum is paid.
George Higby offered a motion that speak.
ing upon the resolutions be- limited to TWEEN
~ minutes for each side. An amendment.
limiting the time to ten minutes for each
speaker, offered by Geo. Salisbury, was lost,
and the vote upon the original motion of Mr..
Highly was so equally balanced, though twice
taken viva yoce, that the chairman did not
declare the vote passed, but permitted all
who desired to have their say. j. G. Eddy
took the lead in opposing the resolutions,
other opposing speakers being T. r. Stowe
w. III. Alexander, q. b. Kirwan and Rey
Lewis Grout. Remarks in favor of the reso.
lutions were offered by L. K Fuller c..
Thompson, B. D. Harris and II. T. Smith
The discussion was conducted in good tenn.
per and lasted about an hour and a half
when the vote was taken, the polls remain
ing open one hour. The result of the vote
was as follows. those fsvoring Mr. Stoddard's
resolution voting YES" and those opposing
'No"
Whole No. ballots cast $50
Necessary for a majority AIS
Yes 957
NO 47S
On announcement Of tho vote the meeting
adjourned sine die
comparison of this vote with those given
at the meetings held in the early part OF 1888
will be OF interest At the special meeting
held in February of last year a resolution to
aid the road was passed by the following
vote:
Whole No. ballots cast ISL
Necessary for a majority POI
Yes All
NO 27O
AT the following March meeting Col Has
kinss resolution to dismiss the article in the
warrant resembling the previous vote-where-
IN the test came, so far as it was O test,
many friends of the road not voting failed
by the following vote:
Whole No. ballots cast bS5
Necessary for majority 293
Yes OIL
NO 1874