The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-07
Village Meeting.

The village meeting Monday evening was
delightfully."- chaotic. St. Augustine's fair
had the right of way in Capital hall until
last evening, but village meeting was not
thought of at the time the hall was rented.
The result was that both institutions, fair
and meeting, tried to do business stimuli
taneously, and both lost money. To con-
venience the people of the village Father
Sullivan agreed to have the meeting assem-
BILE with the understanding that only few
minutes should be spent in organizing, and
that recess would be taken. The voters
gathered in the center of the hall, sur
rounded by booths and bunting, and inside
of five minutes no one knew definitely
" where he was at" George w. Wing,
Esq, was elected "mayor."
There was scrap in every ward over
the election of trustee. Ballots were or
dered and taken under difficulty. A con-
test was made over the election of assistant
engineers which the president decided by
o'clock Father Sullivan put in a large re-
monstrance, and the meeting took recess
until seven o'clock this evening. In the
" ballots" and divisions" referred to
above poyse the following officers were elected;
ward l, Frank A. Sherburne; ward 2, Lynn
b. Brooks ward 3, Peter Badord; ward 4,
A. b. Grant; clerk, James I. Sabin treas
urer, f. l.. Eaton; collector of taxes, K. NJ.
Irish; chief engineer, o. d. Clark; first as
olSJdul, COuu w. ItCh, StCOuu ASSISTANT,
L. j. Keegan. There was no election OF
trustee in ward 8, as about every man in
the ward had been nominated for the office.
On the ballot j. G. Brown led, with George
.. Stratton an exciting second. All the
deposed village officials looked happy.
TREAsURER's REPORT.
The trustees have drawn orders aggregat-
ing $27 ,52l61. The expense is divided as
follows;
wata
Fire department. $500 81
Street lights. 3is2 07
Highways and 1855 a
sMSsSiadks Mscsilansons SsS sH
The receipts for village hall are 1854
with $50 due-of doubtful availability.
The bonded debt of the village is S34 900;
floating debt $4,000; trustees orders out
standing $50 50. The sinking fund is S90S 80;
total assets 81 .3667S, of which sum 81 800 is
due on sidewalk and sewer assessments and
S5,44l,45 from ID. p. Clark, collector of
taxes. The estimates to March, 1894, are
SIS, SO. The trustees have paid orders of
the former board amounting to S1,037 o.
land damages 1851, which with number
OF other items OF similar character, not
part OF the current expenses of the year.
will materially reduce the aggregate of or
ders chargeable to the account of the year
just ended
In respect of Superintendent Roberts
o.
it is true that so large a number of the tax
payers never before enjoyed individually
the comfort derived from the expenditure
of the public money. The sidewalks have
been we'll and promptly cleared of snow in
winter; in summer the cutters have been
kept clean and wholesome and in rainy
weather the crossings have been made pass
able for pedestrians Mr.. Roberts has done
very large amount of work in laying
new street crossings-some twenty-five of
these-in putting down nearly two miles of
plank sidewalks in laying tile under drive
ways and some 5000 feet of sewers, drawing
some =, 800 loads of filling and replanking
several bridges. For the expenditure in his
department the tax payers have had COM
forts under foot in fair weather and foul and
the stranger within our gates has observed
and praised the orderly condition of things.
Superintendent Fosters report of the con-
dition of affairs in the water department is
highly satisfactory. The total net cost of
the water works to date is S121, ,195. 10.
During the past year ,767 feet of new pipe
has been laid, making the aggregate length
nearly eighteen miles. The amount of
water collections for the year is Sl1 424 40;
merchandise sold and miscellaneous re-
ceipts, S6oO.93; total receipls, Sl2 l05 ~.
The total cost of maintenance has been
S405i.52, leaving handsome net income.
Appended TO the superintendents report
Is a complete list of water rates charged
consumers.
Inc report OF George A. hlmOall, the eN-
pert employed TO investigate the sewerage
system of the village, closes the trustees
report. The document is before the voters,
and they can read, mark aud inwardly di-
gest the experts diagnosis of the defects in
the sewerage system and the remedy pro-
posed.
ACCORDING to reports from northern New
England the present season is an unusually
good one for hunters. Small game is
abundant in Vermont, Maine and New
Hampshire, while deer are more numerous