Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-03-12
HINSDALE, N. Il.
The Annual Town Meeting.


Omcers Elected---a Spirited Discussion
on the Vernon Bridge Question, End.
Ing I'm a Vote indefinitely TO POSTPONE
Action.
The annual town meeting held Tuesday
was largely attended and spirited discus
sions marked the proceedings. More in
terest was taken in the election of a road
agent than in that of any other town Off
Ger, 1926 votes being cast This was the
largest vote cast during the day. Manv
that are seldom seen in public except at
town meeting, were present to cast their
votes. The meeting was called to order at
o'clock by Moderator Temple. After the
reading OF the warrant Robert McCaugh-
ern, ST., was elected town clerk by unani-
nous vote of 1SS. Under article second
the report OF the selectmen, auditors and
| town officers was unanimously accepted
and adopted Article third was to choose
all necessary town officers and agents for
the year ensuing. The first under this
head was the selectmen. The whole num-
Der of votes cast for first seectman was
225, Dwight Stearns having this number.
The whole number cast for second select
man was 223, of which Edward Stehbins
had 221, scattering two; for third select
man Oliver Ii. Higgins had 221, scattering
| two. These three men were declared
elected and were sworn into Office. Next
under this head was the election of road
agent. The whole number of votes cast
for road agent was 1926, of which Christie
pher Mason had 210 and Alonzo A.
Bailey had lis, c. S. Fay one. The other
officers are as follows: Game wardens, f.
W. Tilden, Fred A. Buckley, Charles SAT-
ford and Warren Holman health officers,
Arad Gilbert, Z. Bergeron and Newton
Stearns; measurers of wood Arad Gilbert,
Fred A. Buckley and o. b. Tyler; survey
ors of lumber, Arad Gilbert, Fred A. Buck
ley and l.. Frank Liscom; sealer of
weights and measures, Warren Holman.
The collection of taxes was put up by auc-
tion to be sold to the lowest bidder. Charles
Stearns made the first bid of $500 Ralph
Metcalf and Mr.. Stearns bid against each
other until the price got down to $50 and
was struck off to Ralph Metcalf. Charles
b. Hopkins and Edwin Robertson were
elected auditors.
The town raised and appropriated for or
binary town charges $4,000 Support OF
the poor $500, fire department $3.50, High
school S2100, library $3.50, also to insure
the books in the library out of this sum
Memorial day 500 and street lights $500
Under article fifth, to choose a liquor
agent motion was made by Ruel p
Minis to have it left in the hands of the Sc
lectmen, which was carried.
I Article sixth, to see how much the towT
will vote to raise and appropriate for tn,
support of an ice water barrel, George A
Robertson made a motion that $50 be APP
l propriated for this purpose, which was car
9 ried.
Article seventh was u see if the towI
7 will vote to authorize the selectmen Il
borrow, on the credit of the town, a sun
{ of money sufficient to build its share of 1
{ bridge across the Connecticut river to Yer
| non, whenever the seectmen shall arriv,
, | at an agreement with the selectmen o
4 | Vernon, to be based on the relative valua
= ton of each town, or act in any name
thereon. Mr.. Brown, chairman of tn
q board of seectmen of Vernon, explained
n | by permission, what the feeling in Vernon
: | was on this matter. On vote taken a
E the Vernon town meeting, 80 to 10 were il
favor of the bridge. G. j. Amidon tolt
a what a benefit all classes of people woulC
derive from the bridge. Then some yer,
spirited remarks were made by \. Nj
Worden for the bridge and by l.. F. Lis
: com against it. Mr.. Worden estimate,
3 3 the cost to be in round numbers SIP ,00C
u or $13. 900, not counting the roads to b.
II built leading to the bridge. l.. F. Lscon
said we would have enough money to pa
! out on building the road for the electri
u railroad, which we expect the suprem
court will grant. He gave as an exampl
e the town of Dalton, where they built
u bridge similar to this and sunk grea
u amount of money on 1t.
NcX nlya Nf na fVrna
2 benefit which the town of Hinsdale woul
g get from this bridge. He said that in
re few wears he expected that Hinsdale woul
\. be as large as Brattleboro and Greenfield
l. He stated that Vernon was TO pay ont
5. third and Hinsdale two-thirds of the COS
-e but by the article in the warrant it read o
Of the relative valuation of each town. \. n
n Worden gave the valuation of the town {
10 Hinsdale as 5000, 900, that of Vernon
n 1880. 900. According to this Vernon wou
III paw one-quarter and Hinsdale three-fourth
al This was explained by Jason Holman al
70 George A. Robertson, but some OF Il
is voters did not refer to the article and he
that we were topay two-thirds and Verne
~ one-third. After more discussion by Ii
70 com and Worden, motion was made
rv W. n. Pike to indefinitely postpone tn
or article Moderator Temple requested a
at | vision OF the house, Wnen Ine VoIe sVo'
70 no in the affirmative to 81 in the negativ
NJ and the article was indefinitely postpone
70. On this article the discussion BEGAN
NJ livelier than on any other subject for
G. number of years.
n. Under article eighth, to appropria
n. money to lay 300 yards of curbing on Riv
street, c. j. Amidon moved that $3.50
-. appropriated and it was carried. Und
W article nine, to appropriate a suffice
~ sum of money to buy 1900 feet of hose
IS the fire department, C. j. Amidon NOV
IT, that $3.50 be appropriated and it was CT
I'D ried.
n Four new members have Joined the lod
nc of Forresters.
hg All the schools in the village will bes
Gu Monday morning.
' In Business is reported as very dull at
nt j. Amidon's mill.
he Hope Chautauqua circle will meet W
an Mrs. Charles Wood Monday evening
lily The subject Sunday morning at
pal Congregational church is Goods STANDARD
ses A picture of Representative Jeffords
lr. peared recently in an issue of the MI
chester Union.
. The Band of Mercy held its regu