Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-11-18

New York expense paid GOV. Grout, =, 100
Militia to New York, 1927 % |
Coincident with the trip to New York |
was this bill of Gen. Il. S. Peck, dated |
May 10, 1897
To stretcher U. 5. army, messengers,
porters, meals, soldiers carrying
flags and orderly duty, 8 1850
Hacks and car fares, ll.50 |
Telegraph and telephone in New York, 7.76 |
Special delivery stamp, 10
Jennie A. Wood, stenographer. 6O00 |
Maple sugar, $50
f. IT, Chapman (hospitaD, 4.25
Retta Ellis, stenographer 4.7j |
Geo. H. Bond, telegraphing and tele-
-phoning, 4.25
l.. NJ. Foote, 1000 |
Postal Telegraph Co., 2l.i6
n. e. Tel. Co., 40 80 |
Western Union, 2l.5i
C. NJ. Brownell, telephoning and tele-
Accident ticket, sleeping car fare to
Car fare in New York city and Wash.
ington, 3.75
Fare from New York to Washington
and return, 1000
PRrlOr car expenses, %
1852. II
Total for New York trip was S2,7I6.s3
Accident policy deducted by the auditor
Here is the stateme MT of the Nashville
unket:
Two tickets at sos each, : 10000
" 40 " 5000
Forty-nine tick cts at $50 each. 2,45O 90
Three - 80" 1850
New London to New York and return
fares and state room, 1000
Carriage at Nashville, "a On
Carriage at Richmond, $3.50
Room at Richmond, 800
Carriage Mt Washington, $50
Telephone and telegraph, 1000
s2,sSOOO
The Washington trip to help inaugu-
rate Mckinley cost the state as follows:
Seventeen saddle horses, $1,000
Express bill, one horse, 1905
Freight and express on equipage, II 30
Carriage for Gen. Peck and Tutherly, SOS
Parlor, eight days, 1G0 90
Carriages, 5000
Expense account paid GOV. Grout for
Washington trip $3.50
Gen. Peck's bill for the Washington
trip was this:
Expense to and from Washington from
Feb. p, 1897, to March s, 1897
Railroad transportation, 500
Hotel expenses, carriages and baggage, 1919
kilograms and messengers, 1866
slaaAo
Total, s62s 9s
The summary of the three iunkets was
as follows:
Nashville iunket, 80, $4,000
New York junket, 2,7l8 So
Washington iunket, CPS rs
Total s6,2Oj 81
With these figures to consider, who
wouldn't like to be governor, or adjutant-
general? GrOut can do no more harm,
but Peck has been reelected for another
term. It's a fair question if ne isn't too
expensive a luxury. And a bill is al
ready in to increase his salary from
81 900 to 81 800.
The Montpelier Argus cites an instance
This is another sample of the way the
legislature is trying to be buncoed. The
bill may be an honest one, but state
ments beside what is at present contained
will be required to make the legislature
think so.
The bill is numbered House bill 345,
and is entitled "An act to reimburse the
members of the Vermont National Guard
for the sum therein named"
The bill purports to be alleged eX-
penses incurred by the captains and
members of the companies during the
junkets of Gov. Grout, the first being
McKinley's inaugural March 4, 81, and
the second, Grants memorial parade in
New orK, April ~, ".
Look at 'em and ponder:
WASHINGTON TRIP, MARCH 4, '97.
Capt. Dyer, Co. A, Rutland, $37s.0O
Capt. Esley, Co. |, Brattleboro, SOL 20
Capt. fillmore, Co. H. Bennington, 97.75
Capt. Brownell Co. NJ, Burlington, s3S.25
$2,l6O.20
GRANTS MEMORIAL, NEW YORK. APRIL 90, '97.
Capt. Greene, Co. B, st. Adams, $685.
Capt. Carr Co. C, Brandon, 374.0O
Capt. Bennett, Co. d, st. Johnsbury, 2O9.96
Capt. Bisbee. Co. f, Barre, 1925
Capt. Howe, Co. f. Northfeld, 276.OO
Capt. Johnson, Co. G, Bradford, 1872 90
Capt. fillmore, Co. X, Bennington, lO4.OO
Capt. Lambert, Co. L, Newport, 2i545
Capt. Brownell, Co. NJ, Burlington, 356.5S
$2,l62.40
Grand total, 1892 SO
This bill hasn't yet been paid.
Here is the summary for the Washing
ton trip:
Gov. Grout and staff, S44s.0s
GOV. CIRCUITS expenses, 47.50
Gen. Peck's bill (miscellaneous), 1890
$62S.9s