Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-09
There should be n Ieb

INOy dl odhlIS GOWOOl WV
100 Wall ST.. N. v.
There should be n rebate from sale of ma
chinUry, etc. probably of about SljO.
The contract Tor the bridge called for
rubble work on the sides and parapet walls
1t was seen as the structure went ON that thls
would damage the appearance OF the WORK
and cheaper its value very materially, ana
through Mr.. George Hammond ! made
proposition to the selectmPn that il they
would pay halt | would pay the other half
necessary to procure dimension stone from
Isle La Motto for sides aud ptrapet walls
instead OF rubbe or smaller and uneven
stone. Mr.. Hammond reported from Mr..
Mathews that he thought the change very
desirable, and would favor the payment OF
$500 by the town, il that would accomplish
IL.
| At this nOint 1t was suggested by Gov stew
art that the matter had better come before
| the town meeting, which he thought would
sanction the suggestion, but doubted the
authority Ot the selectmen to act. several
other citizens present acqliescing in TINS
view, the stone were ordered mt II cost of
about $l400. My own feeling has been
thar my offer To pay hall was under the
circumstances enough, but II the 5000 sug
gested by Mr.. Mathews, AS reported by Mr..
Geo. Hammond, Is paid by the town, it VIII
be satisfactory, to the subscriber This
amount under the circumstances | consider
justly my due and hope will be promptly
paid. II will leave the sub .criptIon OF my
father and myself about $4,000, perhaps a
'''''' ''' JOSEPH BATTELL.
MIR. Bliss went on to explain the mat
ters set forth by Mr.. Battell in detail i,
and moved that the selectmen be direct
ed to draw an order for $500 in favor of
Mr.. Battell for part of the extra eX-
pense incurred by him in substituting a
better stone than the contract called for
in the side walls and parapets.
Messrs. j. w. Stewart, f.. j. Mathews
and George Hammond agreed that Mr..
Battel's statement of the facts was ac-
curate, and each of them urged the pay
ment of the money as fair thug under
the circumstances. Mr.. Tupper was
also in favor of the payment. Judge
Slade doubted whether the town could
legally pay the money, a contention
that Mr.. Bliss did not agree with. After
remarks by b. S. Beckwith, G. Nj. Wilds,
Darius Severance and j. w. Martin, Mr..
Bliss motion was carried.
Next, the tax rate was fixed at 20 per
cent, on motion of Judge Slade.
Fifty dollars for the village Grand
Army post and $25 for the East Middle
bury post, TO be expended in Memorial
day observances, was voted on motion
of Judge Slade.
Then came the election of officers.
Prof. Boyce was again elected member
of the county board of education 10y ac-
clamaton. For road commissioner three
candidates were named-George Ham
mond, Philo s. Severance and |. l.. Rog-
crs. f. A. Bond, p. F. Chapman and
w. IL. Brewster were appointed te!lers
and the voting began. There were lS4
votes cast, making 93 necessary to a
choice. Mr.. Severance had 1l5. MIR.
Hammond 30 and Mr.. Rogers 10. The
old board of selectmen-E. j. Mathews,
Edgar Piper and l.. B. Boardman-was
reelected by acclamation. Mr.. Math-
ews thanked his friends for their eXpIes-
sion of confidence, but asked to be eX-
cused for the reasons that he had had the
place long enough and that his health
did not make it wise for him to continue
i'm office. 1t was voted TO excuse him,
and eX-Postmaster j. III. Stewart was
chosen 10 fill the vacancy. Z. e. Pin
ney was reelected treasurer and trustee
of the surplus fund. A ballot was needed
to settle the question of who should be
overseer of the poor. Just 100 ballots
were cast, As of which were for the in
cumbent, O. +. Comstock, 81 for Allan
Calhoun, II for Horace Gorham and
for j. w. Martin. Mr.. Comstock was
then chosen by acclamation. NJ. A
Munroe was reelected constable and
w. ). Tisdale second constable by ac-
camation and both were given jurisdic'
ton of the State for The service of pro-
cess. The rest of the list of officials
went in by acclamation, as follows
Listers, Oliver Severance, Allan h
FOote, G. w. Matthews; auditors, James
NJ. Sade, b. 5. Beckwith, George Ham
mond fence-viewers, f. r. Stone, John
Higgins, p. b. Cloyes; town grand jur-
ors, James NJ. Slade, w. III. Button, w
W. Turner; inspector of leather, Il
Kidder; pound keeper. Gardner Duncan
Inspector of lumber, wood, etc., L. NJ
Chapman; agent, c. NJ. Wilds.
The liYeliest debate of the day wa:
over the method of collecting taxes. Il
NJ. Chapman set the thing going by say
ing that it cost too much by far to col
lect the taxes under the present method
According to figures which he gave thu
total cost last year was about $500, anC
] he asserted that it did not take ovel
100 days annually to do the work. II'
moved that the taxes should be paid di
rect to the treasurer IN conformity will
D the general law governing the matter
Messrs. Stewart and Bliss debated tn,
} point whether the meeting could act
D in the matter, no notice that the sub
, ject would come up having been givel
in the warning. Moderator Wilds salt
he did not know whether it was cOmpe
O tent for the meeting to act or not, Du
1 for the purpose of giving the voters
, chance to decide for themselves he rulet
that it might act. Mr.. Bliss appeale'
from the moderator's ruling, and tn
house sustained the appeal; so tn
0 question of how the tax should be col
lected was left undecided, or, rather. tn
: work of collecting was left in Mr.. Nun
q q roe's hands. A discount of 8 per cen
o was voted on all taxes paid on or befor
Sept. /.
Q Willis N. Cady, VIM. Thomas, +.
; Cushman. G. NJ. Remele and Jame