The Newtown bee., 1894-10-05

= ,6ad on Mon.
 tho n 'e2sant weathe.
 tbina to do with it, and a.
 there was ome talk of selling
 buildino. Sh, rtly after l o'clock Ia. afternoon tbe ain ewalks were black wil.- the Clown fathers, making their way to the Town hall. By tn eame William c. Johnson, who was mode. >aaSr or the day, and Town Clerk Houlihan b, sd taken their places on the platform, the h. Ni was rair- ly well filled and they kept coming in until there was good sized audiel,ce. AS is always the custom at town meeting, there was considerable misunderstand- ing and unnecessary talk, but taken as whole the meeting of this year will go on record as one of the best the old town has ever held, if the intent of the mo- tions that were passed are carried out. For instance,
 THE ROAD QUESTION
 has at last got started for it's proper des- tination. No more farming out of the roads to everybody and everyone, but the selectmen are made responsible to see that they are kept in shape. The motion to sell the Brick building and remove the offices of town clerk and judge of probate to the Town hall was lost on a close vote but it is sure to come, and that before | long. Shortly after l o'clock MT John son rose and called for order. The first I business was the acceptance of the select mems, school visitors and town audi l tors reports. It didn't take long to dis pose ofthem for T. J. Corbett moved to have the reading of them dispensed with as they were printed in pamphlet form ] and they were ordered put on record in a \ short time. MT Beeeher asked for some Information regarding tine expenditures of some of the school moneys, which was satisfactorily explained. The town treas l urer's report and the report of the tieas- | urer and agent of the deposit fund of the town was given by Treasurer Charles H. Northrop. A few inquiries from those who did not quite understand some of the items strengthened matters out all right so that the report was ordered to follow the others to the file, and the treasurer and agent of the deposit fund was in- structed in the future to publish sched- ule and rates of interest drawn by the moneys invested by this fund.
 THE LAYING OF THE TAX
 caused spirited discussion. T. J. Cor l bett called on Selectman Glover to state what he thought would carry the town through the year. MT Glover thought perhaps 10 mills w3nld do it and Lawyer Beecher, to get the matter before the house, moved for 10anill tax. c. Fl Peck wanted the selectmen to state more definitely the towns financial status and Lawyer Beecher also had something tC say about it. Treasurer No-throI thought 10 mills would not be suffioian to carry the town through the year. Nil Beecher said that if 10 mills WAS not suf ficient, make it more. It was his opinion that it was better business policy to la. enough tax SC as not to have to bocroy money and pay larger percentage tha
 was received on investments. Ther seemed to be some misunderstanding re garding some of the investments but af
 ter short wordy war, all hands came t
 the opinion that it was better to hay
 enough than to fall short and II mil l tax was voted, though some still though | it should not be zaore than TO- The tow 7 \ roads next came before the meeting an tproyed the most exciting business of tn o,ay- G. W. Bradley moved that the SC lect' 'men hire men to keep the roads in Tt pair ather than to stfarm them out," a has bee,1 the custom. William N. North TOD wanted the selectmen to tell the Haeei ing sonnet, ,Nng about the roads an thought the
 ROADS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO cAPABLl to work. Lawyer Beecher argued strong fly for better roads and said st was la mentable fact that you coult start man blindfolded iron the liberty pole in the Street. a either direction and he could tell by tn condition of the roads when he had cross ed the line into another town. T. J. Cor bett wanted to amend the motion by thii year taking hold of the main roads run ming north to Hawleyville, west to Dan bury, south to Monroe and east to South bury land Oxford, but his amendment didn't seem to be popular, flor it was lost lG. W. Bradley thought such an amend ment would cause great deal of trouble Lawyer Beecher rather favored MT Cor bett's amendment from an economic poin of view. Aaron Sanford was for having all the roads worked on the same basis After a considerable longer discussion, Ii which many took part, the amendmen was lost by vote of 54 to 37 and thel the original motion was amended by limising the amount to be expende, by the selectmen for roads to s4500. Tn resolution as passed was as follows: Resolved, That the highways in tn town of Newtown be worked by the SC
 lectmen according to their best judge
 ment, by employing men for that pun
 pose, for one year from date and that th
 present contract system is hereby abo
 ished; also that the cost shall not @
 ceed $45OO.
 Next m the warning was the
 iouEsTIoN OF SELLING THE BRICK BULL
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 and lookup and removing the offices !. town clerk and judge of probate to th YT~,v. ho1l a,