Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-10

Col. Hooker, chairman OF the board ~ hailins,
presided. After the call h. order and the reading
" the warrant, Col Haskins moved the accept
Of the reports Of the bailiffs, treasurer and
chief engineer, and the motion was carried, thus
bringing the reports before the meeting for dis
cusson. motion To adopt the reports was OPP
pysed by Deacon Estey who called for the read.
ing Of the hailhs IMPORT i contained matter, be
said, which the voters ought b. understand before
they acted upon Il The clerk read the report.
after which Dea. Estey addressed the meeting,
saying be thought the report ought not to h.
adopted, especially that part calling for the intro
ductiOn " ten more hydrants. He could not un-
derstand what the bailiffs were thinking or or
what the people wanted Of these hydrants IN Is
teyville or on Cemetery hill, where they would b.
u no earthly use We get little neft he said.
from those already la. and these on the higher
ground will never h. of any Use A hydrant ON
Flat street might do some god but he did not h.
! leye there was force enough to throw water over
! the buildings there. There was no need " ny
drant at the corner " Canal and Birge streets,
recommended. there were reservoirs near by that
| We're ample To pay so apiece Tor hydrants Oh
| the higher land would D. money thrown away.
! for they would never H. Ot any Use To show
| that he knew what he vas talking about. be would
/ give figures of elevations taken by Mr. Hines
/ be would, that Is. unless as un time once be
| fore. he couldn't read his own writing Mr. Is
tey then read figures showing that on Washington
! street Cemetery hill. the elevation WAS only q
| feet l,ss than the CroMeh reservoir; at Frank
| Marshals Il was only q feet less and in Estey
lille - feet less beu E~tey s remarks were very
] pointed and direct iu their character. and con.
! tanned several wcll-a'nrd shots which brought
| down the house.
Col Haskins said that the hailifs' report called
! Tor 10 new hydrHutS. while The chief engineer
/ called for ~. rutang an annual cost Of $50 "a
/ $50 The question was As Ia the necessity for
] thrs- bay druuts
! Ia answer to inquiries FROM Col Haskins and
] G.. III. Davenport. Chief Engineer Turner made a
! brief statement He said the hydrant, now ia
] u.s. had proved u great service. He thought
! Ninton building was saved by one Of th-s- lay
drants, which got on a stream before the steamer
could arrive. ON Cemetery hill there We're nov
| two reservoirs, which would last a steamer for
| only an hour and half to two hours each On
oak street there WAS one reservoir. and ON Tyler
| street their was one, both 81 small capacity To
| MI them, II pumped out, would cost gu u Sl2
| each To tll the hill rt-sery oirs would probably
cost 81 each The hydraui near the bakery had
thrown water through lltu feet Of hose up Gene
terry hill, and had then thrown horizontal stream
~ feet II was not expected that hydrants the
MI or IA EsteyNtllc would u aNailabk. to throw
Z water Independently, but there was no doubt that
| With steamer connection" a. called for they
would supply ample water for the Use " a steam
Col Hooker stated Ia behalf NJ the bailiffs that
| the board had made careful investigation of the
subject l-torr agreeing with the " ater company
TOT the by drants and making their recommends
uon. II the hydrants did not do every thing prom
is-d, the village would not have 10 pay dollar
for them. So far as the cost was concerned the,
had found that in 80 New England towns With a.
average population OF g.sj. TIN average cost ui
water s-rNice for fr- PURPOSES was S2i2 Til,
hailns had acted on the principle that the prop
rrty OF man who owned only his modest huu-s
should L. as Well protected a. that u men wh,
l owned factories OF business blocks
! Col Hooker called uu j = Aniet -ju for inf0r
nation about the probable usefulness of the new
| hydrauts. saying that be- had asked him u luuL
the matter up. Mr. Anderson said that with
-iN-inch main the pressure un Cemetery hill al
lowing for friction, would h.. y 10 ~ pounds vi
| square inch. lie was informed that one of Ia,
steamers delivered about ~ gallons minute
udrr a pressure uf - pounds. a SiN inch pip
would deliver lp.uu gallons minute.
Hon. b Harri, said tins a. not a matter o
sentiment, but a question NJ business which con
,,-rned the who'll village.
Col Haskins insisted ou the right ~ the voter,
70 have tull Information uu subjects brought L.
furr them IL was th-ir right to question the on
,s-rs reports and not swallow them whole "
+ G Crosby asked whether the water COMPANY
Z would charg- the same prics- Tor hydrants wheth
] -r much or little Wa us.-d Col Hooker answer
'-i that Il =" a. the custom a. charge a uniform
1 prcr.
G. ,. Thompson mentioned. as showing tn,
need u bitter water SERVER the fact that hri
the iire ran over the hank 10 th, rear ~ tn. Epis
copal rectOry. short time ago. Of the steam
en- pumIE-i the yler street Reservoir dry Ia thr,-
] quarters ~ an hour
] D-a Estry questioned the bailiffs sharply A. t.
whether they had all signed the report, and ex
pressed surpri-- that they had all given il thei
approval He had understood that all the mrul
t--rs did not agrt.. in the recommendations. an,
hal been told by the chef engineer that he con
,idrrtsd only two new hydrants necessary
The discussion CLOSED with short SPEECH from
Allen, 10 which be said that the thing to b
done Wa 10 vote for the protection u prop-rt,
and the good Of the village aud not let I-.tty I-.r
The question Of the adoption II the balffs NJ
port, including the hydrant recommendation
bring then put, It was carried by a PRACTICAL
/ unanimous vote. The adoption Of the treasurer
and chief engineer reports followed
ON proceeding t. the choice. u officers the fO
lowing board was elected.
tirrk and treasurer g. VI Highly
Baillns. q. W. Hooker. b VI Clay. " Child,
d. W. Perry. : ; Hunt
chief Engineer, G.. G. Turner
Auditor, c. A Harris
Collector. II +. TAYLOR
4 &. Davenport as nominated for clerk bl
withdrew, leaving the field a. Mr. HIgby Geo "
] Fuller was reelected SECOND hailiff but decline.
to S.rve, Several candidates were nominated ~
third balif Mr. kirNan declined a rreltct ion
the Others withdrew and Mr. Chds Was agree,
, upon a. comprumi-. candidate
, Article 3, IN regard % the sale u hand rugiu
No .. was passed over with the underStandin
that the machine il a. be- loaned Ia the Crutrryil
district, provided a company is organiz,7i 10 ma
u and carr for il.
Article I, Ia regard tu the erection Of a uei
- Hook and Ladder huus.- or the arrangement ~
suitable quarters in a building u b.. erected b
Mr Cruwel. As also passed over. The dilap
dated condition OF the present building &C
? united, but II was the s-is- II the meeting. ev
IDENTIFY, that II would h. better 10 CONVEX the sit
10 MI CroWel, receiving m return pernaneH
accommodations Ia "A building To IT. erected b
him, than Tor the village 10 build a new one Nj
Crowrll hoped 10 h. ready TO put up such a bull,
fore deferred
tax ut - cents ON a dollar II the grand Ii,
Was voted and the meeting adjourned
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