Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08
MlDDLEBURY VILLAGE.
WHAT WAS SAID AND DONE AT THE
ANNUAL MEETING.

p WHAT WAS SAID AND DONE AT THE
ANNUAL MEETING.
There was good representation of the
voters of the village present at the annu-
al meeting, which was held at the town
hall on Wednesday afternoon. The Off
GERS chosen were: Moderator, L. ID. El-
dredge; clerk, ii. L. Sheldon; treasurer,
c. f. Pinney; collector, M. A. Munroe;
auditors, b. S. Beckwith, G.. f. Marshall;
water commissioner, Justus Cobb; trus-
tees, James NJ. Slade, A. A. Fletcher, Lu-
ther Farnsworth, Thad NJ. Chapman,
A. J. Marshall l.. ID. Eldredge and j. B.
Benedict.
The meeting was called to order at 80
o'clock by the clerk, Henry l.. Sheldon,
who read the warning. L. d. Eldredge
was chosen moderator and Mr.. Sheldon
reelected clerk. James NJ. Slade, chair
man of the board, read the report of the
trustees, as follows:
TRUSTEES REPORT.
The trustees of the village of Middlebury
herewith submit their report for the year end
ing January 6, A. ID. 1856. The orders drawn
the past year exceed those of the previous
year in amount sl33675 Included therein are
the following:
j. j. r. Randall 100000
Jesse Stearns 1000
These were to pay the expenses of the water
survey made in 1884. An order for $35O.OO was
drawn for firemens uniforms as per vote of
the village at a special meeting held August /,
1885. An order was drawn in favor of Geo.
Ayres for $50 for tpolice services in 1883 and
1884. An order was drawn in favor of Orrin
Abbey for stone furnished in 1884, in amount
SO. In addition to the above, and after the
matter had been called to the attention of the
taxpayers ut the special meeting of August
lst last, it was deemed best to construct Il sub
stantial stone culvcrt on the corner near the
residence of Dea. Crane to carry Off the
water which flowed in large quantities from
! the hill road to the gravel pit, and from Mr..
Munroe's residence east. This corner has for
many years been bad place, as the sand
was washed down by every n-fall, and the
small sluces so chokcd as to throw the water
across the road. There is now an excellent
and ample escape proviced for the water and
ii may wei be deemed permanent and use
! ful improvement, The total cost of the same,
! including graveling and grading the road in
the immediate locality was, about $2O6.
The matter of proper sewerage is one that
is demanding and receiving the intelligent
consideration of all thinking men. No more
important subject can engage the attention OF
any person who lives in village of any size.
The health and lives of us all are greatly en-.
dangered by the malaria of standing stagnant
waters. Our beautiful village, so admirably
located for perfect drainage, will never be
free from fevers and sickness that arises from
malarial gases, until Il perfect system of drain.
age is constructed. During the past year quite
II number of our cntcrprsing citizens, aware
of this fact, and being conveniently located to
drain their premises to the river have done
so. This is commendable, As Mr.. Darwin Ri.
der and Mr. G. 5. Wainwright had dug n trench
for their drain to the river lit was thought that
if permission could be obtained of them il
would be good time to lay pipe from the
steam pump near O'Connors bakery to the
reservoir on the hill near the Addison House,
thereby atfording the village IA supply of water
in that reservoir Mt all times Their consent
was obtained and pipe laid in their ditch
without expense to the village of digging, to a
point near where the new watering trough ow
stands; from that point to the reservoir a
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A return pipe was laid to the new watering
trough, which was built about midway of the
hill, which is convenient and useful These
are improvements that have often been sug.
gested but never acted upon until the past
year. Your board are confident that the work
done by them will meetwith the approval of
the taxpayers. The total cost was about $685.
In the fall the selectmen, together with the
trustees, laid out a highway from the foot OF
the street east of the freight depot to Paper.
mill or Seymour street. This was done upon
the petition of numerous tax. payers The
| town bears the expense of the land damages
and the village grayelled the same and con.
structed crossings across the railroad tracks.
The total cost to the village for the work was
| sll6.s7. Deducting these items, which may
properly be called extraordinary expenses,
and the excess of orders drawn the past year
exceed those of the year previous by the sum
of $l5s.sS.
| HghUdys-The unusual amount of rain fall
the past season has necessitated the expendi.
ture in this department of more money than
usual. The bitches and crossings were fire.
quently cleaned out and Off, and the gravel
and work done on the roads less enduring.
! Still there has been done substantial and
necessary work the past year. The following
streets have been thoroughly repaired and re
gravelled; Weybridge street, entire; South
street, entire cross street from Court to
Pleasant entire; PaperInill street, in part
the street leading past Henry 5. Foote'S resi-
dence; the road from the dry bridge to the
foot of the hill near the Catholic parsonage
the new road laid out to Seymour street be-
fore mentioned also the new road to the Cath
Ollie cemetery; and many other places wheI