The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-17

SUIT HAS Deen DrOuRnJ by tne LamDer-
ton Gas Gasoline Engine Company of
Lamberton, Ind, against General Stephen
Thomas, in his capacity of director of the
North Haverill Granite Company. Two
notes. each with the signatures Of the di.
rectors of this granite company, constitute
the matter in dispute and Manager j. II.
Watson OF Bradford, attorney for the plant.
i'll company, claims that the notes were |
signed jointly and severally, making Gen. !
eral Thomas Individually liable for their |
payment. This Is emphatically denied by |
George W. Wing, counsel for General |
Thomas, and the case has been indefinitely |
postponed.
A SPECIAL meeting of the city council
was held last evening for the purpose OF
discussing building bridge across the
north branch at the foundry. 1t was found
that the cost to the city of building steel
bridge at this point would be about
SO 300 besides the 81 600 which 9. p. Pitkin
offered to pay toward it. Alderman Eaton
moved that the city build such steel
bridge opposite the lower end Of the shops,
vote the motion was lost by tie Alder.
man Eaton, Jangraw and Whean voted
yes" and Mayor Guernsey and Alderman
Richardson and Perrin ono" On motion
OF Alderman Richardson it was voted that
the city build wooden bridge on the old
| site. This was vigorously opposed by AL
| derman Jangraw. A bill for So in favor of
| Il. ID. Benson for pin fastener was ordered
| pau. ". >. 11uDDaru was BTduJeu u HCeuS6
| to run the Exchange Hotel. On motion of
| Alderman Eaton, superintendent of water
works was instructed to at once comply
with section five of chapter one of the city
ordinances. This refers to shutting off
| water from water rent delinquents of which
there are about thirty in the city.
AN unsealed package containing 81 40 in
currency addressed " Heaton Hospital,
Montpelier, Vermont" was delivered at the
hospital by the mail carrier last Friday
evening. The package was mailed at the
| Montpelier post-office during the afternoon
of November 12 The address as given
above, was the only mark upon the package,
and there was no letter explaining this most
munifcent gift or any other marks or evil
dence by which the generous donor could
| be identified. There were fifteen packages
OF money, and all contained 800 each ex-
cept two, in one of which there was $50 and
in the other 800. The directors Of the hos
pital desire to express to this unknown
giver their most sincere and hearty thanks,
with the assurance that the same will be
devoted to the purposes and uses for which
the hospital was created, which is 10 a large
extent charitable No doubt that the gen.
eral public is unaware OF the works of
charity and mercy that the directors
are every day called upon to grant,
This gift comes at most opportune time,
when the demand upon the charitable work
of the hospital is very great and always in
creasing.
A SPECIAL meeting of the city council was
held on Monday evening and the question
of bridge across the North Branch, near
the works OF the Lane Manufacturing Com
pany was discussed. G. p. Pitkin, mana
ger OF that company, was present and re-
newed his offer of 81 900 toward building a
steel bridge at that point. The matter was
left open and another special meeting was
called for Tuesday evening. On motion of
Alderman Whelan the board voted to call a
special city meeting in Armory Hall. Mon
day evening, November 20, at half past sew
en- O'Clock, to see if the city would instruct
, the council to build highway bridge in
stead of foot. bridge between Montpelier
and Berlin at the much-talked OF foot OF
} Charles street. The mayor and aldermen
did not feel warranted in doing this without
specific instructions from the voters Of the
} city. Permission was given for coasting in
the highways on the following streets in
side The city limits: North, Hubbard, Mid
dlesex, North Franklin, Bailey Avenue,
Winter, East Liberty and Sibley Avenue.
Notices will be posted on these streets and
in other parts OF the city, but this privilege
does not include coasting on the sidewalks.
REGARDING the admission of newsps per
reporters to the sessions OF the city council,
OF which mention is made elsewhere, the
WATERMAN has never believed that this
, was wise or necessary. Montpelier has a
city clerk who is ready at any time to drop
| his own work and put himself out to &C.
commodate newspaper man or any one
, else, and he is always ready, the next morn
ing after the council meets, to read ID news
| paper reporters, either collectively or in
dividually, his official report of the council
/ proceedings. The city council always has
, before 1t more or less unfinished business,
that Is not legitimate news until final &C.
. ton on such matters has been taken. The
, report OF the last city meeting published in
one Of the Montpelier dailies contained
some things which should never have been
, allowed to 60 outside of the council
chamber, and must have caused the mayor
and aldermen no little annoyance and en-
,, barrassment. However, if invitations to
! attend the meetings of the city council are
to be sent to the repor ters Of the daily pa.
, pers the city council should surely let the
7 bars clear down and invite every newspa-
per reporter and newspaper representative
in Montpelier, of which there are enough al
present to found small colony, to sit al
the council board and report as much OF
little OF the proceedings as they see fit,
, even II such a course should necessitate, as
1t surely would, the enlargement Of the
council chamber.
The Vermont Society, Sons of the Ameri-
,, can Revolution, held its annual meeting on
; Monday afternoon in the supreme court
room at the State House, with twenty mem.
bers present, and Ex-Governor w. p. Dill
bingham, president Of the association, in the
chair. Hon. Hiram Carleton, Col. e A.
: Chttenden and Hon. G. w. Brownell were
/,
the constitution that it shall conform with
, that Of the national organization. The fol-
! lowing officers were elected: President, r.
!, J. Kimball Randolph; vice-president, d.
d. Ranlett, 81. Adams; secretary, Col. @. s.
Forbes of st Adams; treasurer, Clarence
/, l.. Smith, Burlington; registrar, III. L. Still
son, Bennington; historian, G. G. Benedict,
} Burlington; chaplain, Rev. Norman Seaver,
ID. D., Montpelier; board of managers, L.
} Bart Cross, Montpelier; Albert Tutte Fair
Haven; w. III. Dubois, Randolph; Sydney
johnson, Newbury; William e. Hawks,
Bennington; O. w. Brownell, Burlington;
, Horace b. McLeary, Windsor. Fourteen
new members we're admitted, among them
o. j. Dodge of Barre and A. w. Ferrin of
J Montpelier A committee consisting of
Hon. w. H, Dubois of Randolph, Hon. G.
G. Benedict of Burlington and Col. @. s.
Forbes OF St. Adams were appointed to pre-
pare appropriate resolutions on the deaths of
j. w. Hobart and Judge Waterman. The
report of the treasurer showed balance OF
S237 on hand. The following resolution,
introduced by Judge Hiram Carleton, was
unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the
Vermont Society of the Sons of the Amer-
can Revolution in annual meetir at Mont
peler, Vt, on the fifteenth day of Novem-
Der, A. D., 1897 hereby ratities the plan of