Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-25
MONTPELIER.

Superintendent of water works, Joel Eos
ter, has thoroughly cleaned out the Berlin
reservoir, so our village people can be as
sured of good clean water hereafter. He
employed from 81 to b men on the job for
nine days, built a sluice way 81 rods long
of two inch plank requiring $4,000 feet OF
lumber, to carry water from the upper dam
through the reservoir to the water MAINS
then drained the reservoir, which covers
4 80 100 acres of land, and cleared out
from four to IS inches of refuse matter
from its bottom. He has placed new strain
ers over the pipes, built a new dam at the
basin, and another for n settling basin near
the reservoir, and everything is now nearly
completed. Mirror Lake, from which the
water first comes, covers 30 acres In the
village of Montpelier alone there are now
using this water, 1870 families, 81 stores and
and Offices, 3S motors, five boarding houses,
six churches, three hotels three schools,
four livery stables, two tauneries, two rail
roads, two watering troughs, two Gene
teres. three hose houses, and 10 public and
State places. \ four inch pipe will be
placed in the new National Life building, a
large pipe into the res .dence and grounds
of Prof Burgess, and streams into several
other new buildings now in course Of con
struction.
Clarence G. Mitchell and wife, who were
arrested Monday night, appeared before
Justice c. W. Wing, Tuesday afternoon,
to answer for drunkenness aud lighting.
He was assessed Sl00l, and she Sll.O9.
John G. Wing for State, John II. Senter
| for respondents.
Perry &, DeMerritt are preparing to man
ufacture new automatic machine for gran
| lite quarrying.
G. &. Poor has built a new boat house
and landing on Mirror lake, near the Cedar
Spring camp grounds and purchased sever
new row boats.
The military band held an out of door
concert Tuesday evening at the schoo
house stand and will hold another at the
Pavilion stand Friday evening. The banC
Went Thursday, with the excursion t
Highgate Springs.
ON Monday evening Fred Hayes assaulted
j. Percy Sanford and on Tuesday evening
he pleaded guilty and was fined 81 an'
costs.
Willard Holden and wife will start thi
Thursday morning for a week vacation il
Arlington.
The Montpelier and Wells River Railroad
company will proceed with the construction
of the bank wall in the Winooski river anC
assume all risks in regard to damage by ic
in the spring on Berlin street.
Mrs. c. ". Porter, Mrs. \. u. FarweN
Anna Chandler and Gertrude Dewey hav
been appointed a sub committee. by the eN
ecutive committee, TO canvass for member
and subscriptions for the new Nillaga In
provclnent association.
Gatherings The non-partisan ". G.
L. met al Trinity pnrlors Wednesday az
ternoon. Rev. Calvin Stebbins Of Won
ccster, Mass, will supply the Unitaria
pulpit Sunday morning The evening mi.
sion meetings in the tent at the corner {
Main and Jay streets are well attended. -
The w c. 7. l.. will meet at p. m, nel
7 Tuesday in Bethany parior'.
Personals. Rev. and Mrs. j. Elwar
Wright arc at keunebuukport, Me Olive
iatenode has succeeded Joseph Fi:z- sra.
: as night porter at the Pavilion Hot.l-Wl
bur Lowe is in Chelsea. Thomas Lynch
the Stafford, Lynch a Co. granite worl
has gone a trip West Clarence Whttl
and family and Mrs. w. f. Harlow are
{ Malletts Bay A. c. Brown and wife 4
e bert ,ohonnott and wife, Mrs Colin
t Blaliely and Elizabeth Wing will 20 on A
p gust TO the Ocean Wave House, Mort
Rye beach, y. H., and return on SepteI
Der /. With two exceptions MIR. and Mr.
, Brown have been there every August for
5 years