Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-11-30

| reported that the number of men employed
| Ill the various shops at different tcrnine Is
on the system will be greatly decreased next
| month
The electric car service on the depot line
| of the street railway as now arranged is
very convenient. A car meets every outgo-
| ing and incoming train in seasonable hours
ana the way the people pass by the hackmpn
| TO ride uptown ON the electrics has caused
| three owners of accommodation vehicles TO
| quit this part Of the business. and indica-
| tons are that others will do the same in the
| immediate future.
At the electric station at the poroa Tuos
| day the water was let into one fume and
| one of the three water wheels four feet in
! diameter, with 81 inch face, came into mo-
| tion. It's setting was so perfectly construct
! ed that when the wheel was in oueration n
| person standing three feet away could not
hear it, so smoothly did it run. Tho driv-
ing belts which connect the wheels with the
main shaft weigh 1900 pounds each.
The Berean church held their annual
! parish gathering Tcsday cveningand after n
/ social hour at the tea table the party adj
| 1oulncd to the audience room above and
held a business meeting. 1t may be of in
tercst to the friends of the church to know
that the estimated expenses for the cnsuiur
year were all mad" mp by liberal subscrip-
tionS The success of the meeting seems to
forctell pleasant year for the church.
y young man Of the city had an exasper-
atlng experience the other evening He
was going home rather late and lust rs he
passed by the corner of block n pust of
wind blow his hat Off. 1t was one of those
evenings when the moon is supposed to shine.
but il did not and the street Hohts
We're not burning. He hunted. or rather
felt around for fully half an hom. until
finally the clouds separated and the moon
shone enough for him to look about and find
his lost apparel across the street
The members of the Pauline Hall Opera
company drove about the city Sunday and
We're very enthusiastic over its beauties
Some of them announced their determine
ton to spend portion of their next sum
mer's vacation on Lake Champlain. Miss
Hall pronounced the view of the Green and
Adirondack mountains, with the valley and
lake between. as seen from Prospect street.
superior to anything She had ever seen in
Switzerland or elsewhere.
The case of john Prue against McKannon
Bros. a Co.. was begun in CITY Court Sat
urdaN Irue seek, to recover $50 as com
mission on four pianos he claims to have
sold for the firm and a further amount as
pay for moving some pianos from Howard
park to the firms store. The firm deny
that he was hired to sell any pianos on com
mission and say hi, work in moving the
pianos Wa more than balanced by the dam
age ne did them The case was continued
for two weeks.
meeting of the commissioners of the
Military Post Street Railway company was
held at the office of T. s. Peck Saturday af-
ternoon. In the absence of Edward Wells.
chairman of the commissioners. f. G. Ken
ncdy was made chairman pro tem and Cen.
T. ;. Peck clerk. The books for receiving
the subscriptions to the capital stock were
opened and in short time the full amount
CFlJ. 0OOl, was subscribed and the books
closed, most OF the shares having been taken
by the commissioners. 1t was voted that a
meeting OF the stockholders should be held
in the same place on the afternoon of De
cember /. for the election of directors. and
such other busincs as should come before
them.
The annual election of officers and inspec-
ton OF Stannard post No. >. g. \. R.. will
occur Friday evening. At its last meeting
these nominations We're made: Commander.
Joel II. HoltOn; senior vice-commander
Comrades Vincent. Gotta. f. y. Peck. Wal
dron and Woodbury.: Junior vicc-commander
Gotta, Waldron. Van Stienberg. William
smith +. ~ Peck; quartermaster. Com
rades McGafiey, Derby and Wilkins: chap
lain, Rev. F. w. Olmstcd. Comrades Wal
dron. Thompson and Freeman: surgeon.
Comrades ScIlly and Vincent; officers of the
day. Comrades Wilkins BrocEnev Tbou,,,