Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-02-17

The annual statement of the town audit
ors. which was completed last Saturday and
went to the printer ON Monday, shows u
reduction in the total Indebtedness Of the
town during the year Of $500, the total
liabilities year ago, including bonded debt,
being SAB, 500, against $40, 900 at the pres
ent time The summary Of expenditures
for the year shows the following items
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE
Paid ON town debt $500 "
Paid interest. EUi, -
Total cost Of highways v,UJ' 10
Free library appropriation l9O D
Services Of town officers seectmcn, list
clerk, collector, etc, l,1a2 %
Total cost of soldiers monument, JOYS u
Miscellaneous orders on the treasury, 2,S}3 "
Attachments 2i5 %
Public school money paid to the several .....
districts. J,2l2 10
Total cost Of the poor at the poor farm, Gl1 ~
Cost Of tue poor not un the farm, UJl u
Paid for liquors, 3,j2g 70
S81.G2O VI
These figures are not entirely complete,
and the footing therefore does not show the
exact amount Of expenditures, but the
main items are presented in form which
shows at a glance how the money has been
expended. 1t should be said that in the
item of miscellaneous orders is included
the sum Of $1,000 paid for the town hall
steam heating apparatus. The actual cost
to the town of the soldiers monument was
| 50, 0SO.S1, the Grand Army post and Won
ans Relief corps turning in $3.50 from their
| treasury toward the sum of So OBS 81 which
represents the total cost Of the monument
The total cost of the highways, as stated
was 80. 091.lj. Of this sum the highway
tax of 10 per cent raised 81, 1856 o. and the
balance Of s., 13l % was paid by the select
men out of the town treasury. In this
! item of So 73l % was included SGG1 IS
| paid for the new iron bridge on the Brook
road $23l 10 for planking and work on
that bridge, and Sl6jS3 paid for stating
the roof of the Loomis bridge which went
down on the 9TH inst. There were 50 many
ways for the highway money to be- used
| during the year that the promised exten-
sion of the village system Of concrete side
walks was not made. The expenditure for
/ sidewalks amounts u only few dollars for
/ patchwork here aud there
We learn that there wa, "A disagreement,
/ amounting 10 some $1,000. between the ac-
/ count of highway expenditures rs kept by
/ Mr.. Allen, chairman of the board Of road
/ commissioners, and that of Mr.. Stockwell
! The intention of Mr.. Allen was to keep ii
| daily account Of the work done throughout
/ the town. including the men and teams EN-
! ployed 10y Mr. Stockwell but the auditors
| found that, according to the showing made
! by Mr.. Stockwell from his books, Mr. Allen
had not got at II complete record of the men
employed and the work done There was
no way to harmonic the apparent discrep-
ancy, and Mr.. Stockwell's account was al
| lowed as rendered
The cost Of the repairs made ON the town
hall building, including the new floor of the
hall and the Encouragement and reiitting of
the rooms ON the first floor, appears to have
| been about $1,000, not including the cost of
the steam heating apparatus, $1,000.
| The total amount of sales at town liquor
| agency was 81, jlS. IS, and the amount of
/ profit was $500. y.
The statement of the liabilities of the
| town, above referred to, consists Of only
two items-SjOOO for the last one Of the
! Brattleboro x Whitehall railroad bonds, and
| SD. 900 Of bonded debt which bears inter
est at per cent.
The following statement is presented Of