St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-03-06
TOWN MEETING.
New Bridge across the Passumpsic
River Voted.

River Voted.
The town meeting in the Opera
house Tuesday forenoon was attend
ed by over 400 voters. All but two
officers were elected by acclama ton
and the only article that was debat-
ed at length was the one opening
Eastern avenue to Passumpsic river
and building bridge across the river.
The call was read by Alexander
Dunnett, who was subsequently
chosen moderator E. d. BlOdgett
was nominated for town clerk and
elected by acclamation. Daniel Car
penter and Charles Cobb were elect
ed first and second selectmen by ac-
clama ton.
A ballot was called when the office
of third selectman was reached re-
suIting as follows: Whole number
of votes cast, 2S2; necessary for
choice, 142. Of these Jerry Leighton
had I, J. G. Hovey I, E. l.. Hovey
1S, Lambert Packard 19, 0. P. Ben
nett 253. Mr.. Bennett was declared
elected and the board stands the
same as last year.
When it came to overseer of the
poor Sias Randall, the present in
cumbent, and Albert Harris were
put in nomination. A ballot was
taken with the following result ::
Whole number votes cast, 4O7, neces-
sary for choice, 2O4 Of these there
were 1S scattering, Albert Harris
had 40 and Sias Randall 279. Mr.
Randall was declared elected.
These officers were elected by ac-
clamation: Town treasurer, E. ID.
Blodgett; first constable and collec-
tor, A. D. Pike; listers, George Ran
ney, E. L. Hovey, Henry Severance;
auditors, c. A. Sylvester, Harry
Blodgett, Jacob Hovey; trustees Of
public money, the selectmen; fence
viewers, the selectmen; grand jurors,
Cyrus Sargent, Harry Blodgett;
inspector of leather, Eugene Corri-
veau; surveyors of wood and lumber,
Daniel Carpenter, L. D. Stiles, A. l..
Bragg, Joseph Webster, NJ. ]. Cald-
beck, Sias Randall, Oliver K. McCos
co; agent to prosecute and defend
suits, w. P. Stafford; member coun-
ty board education, c. E. Putney;
names to draw for grand jury, l. H.
Frost, William E. Peck, P L. Pierce,
Ira G. Smith; names to draw for
petit jury, A. c. Harvey, D. A. Chase,
Willard Goss, George Babcock Jr.,
F. w. Carr, A. F. Lawrence, E. T.
Ide, James c. Moore, Carl M. Spen-
Ger, William Daniels, L. D. Stiles, H.
D. Pierce.
The board of listers last year con-
sisted of five and on motion of E. E.
Sargent the new board was increas-
ed to four and E. 6. Humphrey
nominated. He declined to serve and
L. B. Hartshorn was elected by ac-
clamation. The old board were
George Ranney, Henry Severance, L.
B. Hartshorn, Elisha May, A. P.
Taft
Article 2 in the warrant was quick
ly disposed of by passing the follow
ing resolution, introduced by E. D.
Blodgett: Resolved that when this
meeting adjourns it be to Aug. Goth
next at 2 p. m. and that article 2 be
considered al said meeting. The arti-
Gle was in reference to raising the
necessary funds for the year.
Article 3 provided for an appropri-
alton for Decoration day, and it was
voted that $50 be appropriated
the same as last year.
Article 4 authorized the selectmen
to open Eastern avenue to the river,
and erect a bridge to Summerville
This article was not reached until
after ~, so that about half the
voters had gone to dinner.
w. P. Stafford offered the following
resolution: Resolved, That it be the
sense of this meeting that Eastern
avenue ought to be extended to the
river Mr. Stafford cited the law in
reference to crossing the railroad at
grade, said there were over 100 men
working in shops beyond the railroad
tracks; that the railroad had always
fought the project and always would;
that A. L. Bragg had stated that he
had lost 500 in time the past year
because of delays when cars were
being shifted on the tracks.
Judge Ross thought the town meet
ing was a pretty poor place to decide
this question, as the law leaves such
courts.
Mr. Stafford reminded the audience
that Judge Ross was director in
the Carrick Brothers Granite COM
pany, which corporation was stren-
uous in opposing this project. This
had been for eight years a fight be-
tween the people and a corporation.
H. {. Bates appeared for the Car
rick Brothers Granite company and
said that the bridge would be 80
feet long; cost from $4,000 to S1O,-
600; would only accommodate three
or four men who worked across the
river and about a dozen families, and
all these crossed on the ice in winter