Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-06-06

functions Of town to vote IN aid Of a put5i.
prise like this7 That he said, was quss,i,, ehig
courts 10 decide and they have repeatedly ssIt h
is not. Measures similar ir priucpIe ar' 'u tlat
every year aud Boo many ways lie CONNECTS! du
on gNns town aid TO- railroads regarded from pAt
point Of view with the law under which M q .sA
furnished volunteers 10 hll their quotas 5r,t towns
war; also with the custom adopted by mans tius hl
appropriatng money for the proper ,oNus O
to object. II these things are Just aud dcfsns' Of
urged how much more 30 Is Il TO give publirs,, Do
enterprise which iH conceded 10 be q great n,iI 1l
eft The scrupca against bonding he rcg,li' ltl
really matters OF principle hut Of education 'uf
Mr.. T. 4. stowe said that when The VAIN,
Massachusetts, railroad was built BIO spbsr,,noli
and lost II but when the BrattlebOr0 q Wbits tbg
was built the town was bonded for IT, In M rad
the methods 10 the two cases ought TO bs,a Opuhl
verscd. II lie had voted for the Brattleb5ro s, , h.
hall road, however, aud for the Wilmington c ll-
thought that the special advocates Of tbe n,al Oh
road should make generous contribution F''p"e
In reply to Mr.. stoves Observations Mr. "a,
stated that private subscriptions would be b,yo,g
in addition to the sum asked by the town, snJ4p
$4,000 had already been so subscribed SUI we
Mr.. 2. T. Perry expressed himself a. orr,..,.
bonding the town on principle Il was one NM %
apt to lead to oxtrayagant expenditure and h. "a
dens II imposed be regarded as unequal and by, uli
He would be glad TO sec the road built but iIlytl
ts benefits would chiefly accrue TO the peaus uJusN
east village; that 1t would not help the firuar " Tue
Col. j. J. Estey said What benefits nv is,.,,
benefits me, not only indirectly but directly. f,T
greater his tax the smaller will mine be uf6r , 'le
ately. by bringing more business into trs5f ''lNl
body here will be benefited. Not oue.tbIrj ,'.3'
business Of the towns on the line Of the pro, lAe
road now comes to Brattleboro. Alludi6g Nv NJ
stoves remarks, he said that the sum which IL 4L
appropriated for the road must be regarded az W y
and gift only Nobody expects 10 get direfi 80 gI'
from the money invested, and therefore nobody is
ing TO put in money TO any large amount. ~ ~
must bond or no road will be built. 'O"h
Mr.. @. T. Thompson said that "a sinred cat st
the are, and Il any had ever been slppsd aIl
In his efforts to secure the construction Of ue W.
River railroad; but he still believed all tb.t b. NY
ever claimed for that road, aud he believed In ,l
Wilmington road as thoroughly When the ham,
Whitehall road was built, our towns subscrifts-
Of $50, 900 supplemented by private subss,,ttA
TO the amount Of g. 900 or $4,000 more and tba -
method would have to be adopted In the present ~
lie never had claimed that the subscription 49,,
be regarded as anything bnt gift In the case "a ~
other road, and the same should be understood in
gard to the Wilmington road Mr.. Thompson 49,
gave some interesting figures showing The greater go
paratiye increase In the grand lists Of the West Hy
towns during the past four years as compared vi9
those on the proposed Wilmington line. The a,g,s
gate increase in Wilmington, Whitlngham Usi'.
and Marlboro was about 81 per cent, aud IN Lopdaa
derry, Jamaica, Townshend and Newiaue abon, =.
per cent. Except for the railroad here ia no atr
reason why the four latter towns should show 4 H..
er percentage Of gain than the former The excess a.
gain shown amounts to t2i4 900, or more than dom,
the amount contributed by those towns 10 AID of Az
Brettleboro Whitehall railroads. fair rate ~ ~
crease, surely in four yearsl II we not copcern
in the material growth and prosperity Of our neigh
boring towns, this means little to Bralteboro. n ~
are, 1t means good deal, aud should have the stis,
ton Of thinking men. Mr.. Thompson then aIudeJt
the charge that town tax would bear unequally abs
TO the question, Why don't you put Jur hands In yr,
own pockets and pay for the road ? He knew u NJ
more equal way Of adjusting the burden than bv,
town tax It is the propertvhoders who bear morid
the load. We going TO put our hands in opr AN
pockets, he said aud as to the poor women who ba5
been commiserated, they better afford to usy tb
proportion Of the expense than to 90 without Inc ro5
Mr. A. W. stowe said that be hadn't s4OO to give n,
this road as his father had done for the Vermont
Massachusetts, road but be had figured out that tbs
town voted aid proposed II would cost him f3O ana
he felt assured that an enterprise which involved An
outlay OF $500 900 would be at least $50 benefit to him
Dr. o. r. Post had looked for objections to the foJ
but had failed to hnd any Of real and snbstaptb'
character. He considered that Bratteb0ro had bsgf
largely indebted for her own prosperity 10 the town
which now call for this road The business Of ts
towns IN the West River valley had been doubled And
trebed by the building Of their railroad, aud 40 II
would be in the present instance But the question
Of obtaining reduced freight rates TO the south be 10
garded as one Of essential importance to the Brattl
boro people, and be wanted to zee such reduction -,
sure6 aud also such conditions embodied IN the v1s
to aid the Wilmington road will guard against All
danger Of the money being squandered or addition,
appropriations called for With these bars put upite
appropriation proposed cannot but prove good ID.
yestment.
Mr.. D. s. Pratt said that be had always taken con,
Sentative view Of the enterprise. He was more inter
ested in the subject Of obtaining better freight faa
tes-a matter which nearly concerns Us all. He sas
no reason why Brattleboro people should be required
to pay higher freight rates from BOrton OF other es
tern points than those Of Shelburne Falls for IL.
stance whereas, in a case which had recently come %
his knowledge discrimination Of over 40 per cent
was made against BrattlebOro He beieved there vli
no need Of second line to South Vernon IN order %
secure lower rates. but in one way or another tLsy
must be secured He bad lately taken some pains q
acquaint himself with the resources Of the towns %
the line Of the proposed Wilmington railroad and s
extent Of those resources was great aud agreeable
surprise to him. These towns now have a good Thrift
~ and intelligent population while their natural r.
sources were, 10 his judgment superior to those q
the towns along the West River valley. when TIE
question Of bonding the town in aid OF the Wilmuf.
road came up before he neither voted in favor a
It nor against 1t, but If by 30 bonding at tie
same time bring about satisfactory solution Of TIE
freight question, he would be in favor OF bonding
Mr.. NJ. 7. Van Doom remarked that one uf tie
strongest argum euts for the road had yet ben
touched upon namely the effect which It would have
pletiOn Of the back towns-a movement which IL nov
robbing them Of their best elements. The people Of
the West River towns are now conteuted their young
men don't talk so much about going West aud the Il.
feet Of the Wilmington road would be the same
The closing remarks were made by President eros.
by, who expressed his attachment for Bratteboro a.
his native town and the scenes Of his early strupels
and lifelong activities. He had known well VIA,
hard work WAS, and lie sympathiZed with working
men. The building Of the Wilmington railroad vasa
movement In the interest Of this class. II prop
er to ask the public to build school house. 10 con.
struct road 10 the house Of a man who builds At
distance from the highway, then Il is proper 10 al
the public TO aid in building q railroad like the one
proposed. He did not look upon it as 4 very great
honor to be the president Of dead or unbuili rsL
road neither was he anxious to get hold Of the pe
pies money; he only desired to see the Wiluiugt dn
road built because he regarded il as measure c.J,u.
lated TO be Of great bcncht to present and future cu
erauonsi both in Bratleboro and all the other towns
interested. Much sympathy had been expressed b.
some for the poor widows and others whose taxes in
case Of town aid would be burdensome but be stood
ready TO pay the taxes Of such poor women on aprl.
cation, and also in the OF poor men, provided
they persons who did not use into1icsiiBr
drinks. Abiding TO the question of cheaper freghs
he said that the several railroad companies in this
section had now settled their grievances, and be had
good reason to believe that rates would soon be ad
luded on a satisfactory basis whether the road %
Wilmington was built or not he also stated that Brat
ueOoro would not be asked 70 vote aid except under
the town.
The meeting was then adjourned.
ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES AT GLENwooD.
The exercises began on Sunday, June lst, al p
NJ, when large ngreration assembled in the Con.
gregatonal church TO listen TO the address 70 the
NOR clAss-boh churches very kindly giving M their
regular services On this occasion. After reading Ct
the scriptures by Rev. Mr.. Merrill, prayer was offered
by Rev. Mr. Powers who touchinaly alluded 10 tboss
20 soon TO 60 out from the institution The address
TO the eSss was then given BY the principal Mr. shaV
preceded and followed by singing. From to l2AM,
Monday, class examinations were held, which were
close and well sustained. At p. NJ there were eref.
cises at the class tree followed BY class dinner which
was largely attended aud much enjoyed by students
and Alumni At 1880 p. ~ occurred the junior e1hi-
billion Al Academy hall, in which all participants SC.
quilted themselves well. Tuesday forenoon was de-
voted TO examinations, and, while all the classes did
Well special mention may be made of those in Latin
ana Greek the class in Latin primer exhibiting nots-
Die familiarity with the first principles Of the language
the evening the exercises Of the graduating class
took place at the Congregational church, which was
MED TO overlooking. Tho various essays and oratons
were above the average Of such papers in merit and
were IN accordance with the following pregnant
SAlutAtory, C. II. CurTan
Essay, The Pen and Piano. Helen Warren
grafton, The Progress OF Century" Curtis Field
Essay, "Our Resources" Ida NJ. CARPENTER
oraton' Man the architect OF his own greatness
ChAs. II. Currln
Slass CHRONICLES. Helen NJ. Warren
Essay, Writers as Fighters" with ysiedictory "a
dresst Mary J. Carpenter
The principals reception at $3.50 called togstherI
large number Of alumni, friends and patrons Of the