Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-01

BETHEL HOME NEW ;.
Arrival and Departure of Trains.
South Bound.
Morning Mail, lo:So
Afternoon Express, ~ ~
Evening Accommodation, 'ou
Night Express, @io
North Bound.
NIGHT Mail. :39
Morning Accommodation, S;W
Afternoon Mail, %. -.
Afternoon Express, o;zo
The south bound afternoon and night
express trains do not stop here except Tor
passengers to and from connecting ROADS.
THE HERALD gives its White River Val
lev subscribers this week a big supple
ment containing a full report of the fair
at Woodstock through the kindness OF
the Woodstock Standard which gives the
fullest report of any paper. We intend
our subscribers shall have the best OF eV-
erything.-ED.
There has been some question in the
minds of some as to whether the hre AIS
trict would have power to sell water rig nus
to individuals for other than fire purpos-
es. as for domestic purposes. The law In
this point seems to be that fire district
would not have the right to bring water
for any other than fire purposes, but that
when once brought that they would have
the right to sell any surplus water not
needed for fire purposes. Ia the case OF
Greenbank VS.. Boutwell, "a Gaysville casel
it was held that the school district could
build a hall or loft over the schoolroom
and rent it to concert companies, exhlbl-
tons, etc.
We give below rough estimate Of what
the cost would be of bringing the water
supply to the village. The present hy--
drants cost S25 a piece and there would
probably be needed about ten more. The
reservoir at West Randolph cost 5000 ana
ours would not cost more certainly Their
iron pipe cost S25 ton and the same pipe
can be bought now for s34. Under 225 II.
head foot of eight inch pipe weighs AZ
pounds OF six inch pipe 80 pounds and OF
four inch pipe 10 IL pounds. AT the very
outside we would not need more than a
thousand feet of eight inch and thous-
and feet OF six inch pipe. The remainder
would be four inch pipe and with about
1000 feet water could be brought from
either Cleveland brook or the springs on
Christian hill. Then the total cost would
be:
10 hvdrants. s25O.OO
Reservoir 10000
1000 feet eight inch pipe, $1,000
1000 feet six inchpipe, $4,000
1000 feet four inch pipe, 23SO.0O
Laying pipe, g a rod, two miles, 12SO.OO
two miles 22o.OO
s6125.00
We have made all the above estimates
high and think that the cost will fall be-
low rather than above the estimate.
Last Friday noon some men working in
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ing out OF the roof OF the Sylvester block
and quickly gave the alarm of fire. 1t
was full quarter of an hour from the
time the first alarm was given before wa
ter was played on the roof. Luckily the
fire had not made much Roadway or the
delay in getting the pump to work and
the air blown out OF the pipe and the word
passed to and fro from the pump to the
place OF the fire, would have proved disas
trous. This gives added proof to what we
said in a recent issue, that Bethel must
have more adequate protection from fire.
The pump Is good as lar as 1t goes but 1t
is altogether too precarious hope upon
which to base the security of property.
delay of ten or fifteen minutes might be
pretty costly under different Circumstance
es. 1t seems that last Friday the chimney
was burning out and some of the burning
SCOT fell upon the roof and was seen as 1t
fell, but suppose that had fallen there and
no one had seen il for half an hour. The
whole roof was like finder box; no rain
for long time and a hot burning sun
We give this only as an example of dan
gers from fire that surround us all the
time. here was no more danger from
this perhaps than from a great many 9th
er accidents and incidents that are occur
ring every day perhaps, but this was
strongly brought to our minds. Then too,
there is the constant liability of the pump
to be out of order The least disarrange
ment in its machinery would place tue
village utterly powerless. There is not
hardly an insurance man that comes here
but says that fire will surely take off this
village unless something is done and it
has more than once been intimated by
Capt. w. G. Fitch, chairman OF the Wind
sor County Rating Board we might ex
pect to have our rates raised % per cent.
at any time unless some more reliable pro-
lection was procured and that the risk
was all out of proportion to the rate. An
addition of 25 cents to the rates of
each man in this village would take out
from seven TO eight hundred dollars per |
year more than now for insurance taxes. |
Let the business men ponder on all these |
things and think whether it will be prof |
liable to lay aside a fund of SO 900 to |
meet this added insurance rate or to put |
the same amount into reservoir, pipes |
and good protection. We say that good |
system can be put in for from $1,000 to |
5000 and will give the figures soon.
F. B. Markham began work On his DWELL /
ing house the first of the week.
Daniel Davis has in his possession ball /
card for ball that took place in 1897 at |
what is now the Bascom House in this
village, of which Mr.. Davis was the first
manager. Mr.. Davis and Mrs. Joel Day are
the only persons who attended the ball,
known to be living at the present time.
There has been a reduction on some
grades of Elgin and Waltham watches
and X. 5. Adams the first man to give his
customers the benefit OF such reductions,
would like to have you call if you are look
ing for a watch.
Miss May Spaulding who has been
spending the summer at Saxton's River
returned to her home in this village on
Friday.
large number of people attended /,
Woodstock fair last week.
DR.. c. G. Perry has disposed of his prac-
tice to Or. S. W. Clough OF n. H. DR..
Clough is graduate of U. V. NJ, receiv-
ing second honors in his class. He stud
1nd me dfrsr, Il H. -