News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-27
Town Rennrt Nntes.

Overseer Bassett has taken excel
lent care of the towns poor the past
year.
Itcost the town $2O47. .4Oforroads
the past year, as against 2431 10 OF
the year before-quite little saving.
Well, what do you think of the Re-
port? It's "buster," ism t it? But
then the entire work of each officer is
placed before the taxpayers.
r. W. Hulburd completes his three
years as school director. As the
village is entitled to one OF the three
members of the board he will doubt
less be reelected.
Hyde Park isn't the only town
that mails copies of it's annual re-
port to taxpayers. Cambridge in
this county and Poultney do SO, and
it gives excellent satisfaction.
While the indications are that there
will be a fight in several of the
neighboring towns over town clerk,
there will be nothing of the kind
here. Town Clerk Wood is an effici-
ent clerk and will have unanimous
reelection.
One item of considerable moment
in this years school report is that of
text books. 1t cost the town about
5000, but everybody will admit
that it is money well expended and
but few would care to return to
the old method of buying books.
Special attention should be given
to that article in the warning regard
ing joining the Poor Farm Associa-
tiOn with Morristown, Stowe and
johnson. 1t our poor can be given
as good care as they now receive, but
at a less expense, it is for the towns
interest to at least investigate the
matter.
The "sIore court" is having con-
siderable fun over the item in this
years report where the Road Com
missioner has an entry "July 4, paid
Simon May, one nehourshovelings snow,
II cts" Now this may be an error
and it may not. Anyway we will
guarantee that Simon earned the II
cents; whether it was for shoveling
snow last winter and was paid for July
4, or doing other work. Road Com
missioner Whitcomb can give good
account of it.
The report of Liquor Agent Foss
for the last ten months of his admin
lstratiOn is surprise to many.
From the large amount of liquor
sold the town gets profit of only
S1.51; and it is said that it took
considerable figuring to bring even
that result about. The present
agent, W. N. Putnam, shows a profit
OF sos 80 for about six weeks busi-
ness. Perhaps, however, the officials
will explain to the town the cause of
Mr.. Foss' remarkable figures.
The annual report of the town Off
GERS of Hyde Park, printed at the
News AND CITIZEN office, is out and a
copy was mailed to every taxpayer
in town last Saturday, in accordance
with the instructions given Town
Clerk at the last March meeting. The
report is comprised in a pamphlet of
1O6 pages, and shows plainly where
and for what every dollar of the
towns money has been expended.
There is ample opportunity for all
to give the report close inspection be-
fore Tuesday, March 3.
We hope all the taxpayers will read
the report of the Superintendent of
Schools and take particular notice of
his suggestions - most prominent
among which is that of reducing the
number of schools throughout the
town and thereby making the others
all the better. His suggestion as to
transporting scholars from one dis
trict to another is a good one, and
wherever tried has worked success
fully. His remarks about grading
the schools are also timely. The
report is an excellent one, and we
would suggest that it be read by all
and that the taxpayers go to the
town meeting prepared to act intelli-
gently on the report. Too much at
tention cannot be given to educa-
tional matters; yet we must confess
that heretofore suggestions made by
the Superintendent have been ig-
nored. Now that the report has Deen
placed in the hands of all citizens,
we hope this year it will be given the
consideration it demands.