The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
II. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 1899.

| sJreeJ contemporary was eq1al TO Jne einer-
| gency. On It's FIRST page, with quintuple
head lines. appeared column story Of the
centennial celebration of the First Church at
| Guildhall under date OF September 10, and
the caption Especial to the Evening Ar
gus" The Manchester Union of Friday,
under date OF September IA, contained the
identical story published in the Argus last
evening and the reasonable supposition is
| that some one sent the argus u Especial
copy OF the linton. A gentleman in Mont
| pelier who takes both the Union and the
| Argus quoted last evening sage remark OF
which Abraham Lincoln was the author.
Deputy Sheriff Wedge on Saturday held
| a sherff's sale of the scenery and other ef-
fects Of the Joseph Greene theatrical com
pany which was stranded here last June
aud which was attached by lim to secure
the Argus for a bill of S12 against the com
pauy. K. III. Deavitt, attorney for the Ar.
gus in the matter, was the only bidder and
had to bid S32 in order to get the stuff as
manager q. l.. Blanchard had q bill OF $50
Tor storage since June which had to be
liqnidated The property is worth many
times the amount bid to those who have
any use for It,.
Lieut.. Fred T. Austin, who is conduct
| ing recruiting station for the Forty-sixth
| United States volunteers In the armory, is
meeting with gratifying success in his la
bors. Out OF the thirty applications for ad-
mission to the servics he has received since
|
examined. Nine have been accepted six OF
| whom have already been sworn into the
service. Aside from the two whose enlist
ment has already been recorded in these
columns, are Alvah X. Badger, James h.
| Coughlin and Frank III. Smith OF this city,
and William e. Kingston of Barre.
e. e Dodge, one OF the city truckmau,
and Louis NoImandie, who runs black
smith shop on Berlin street, presented to
the city council bills Of S36 and $40 respect
lively for alleged damages, suffered by them
in their business during the construction OF
the new sewer in ward six. Dodge held
that In running his truck team, to do busi-
ness on that side of The river, he lost vau-
| able time, having to drive his team around
| by the bridge near the Central Vermont
station, or over the Pioneer bridge. Nor
mandie claimed he was practically in
state OF blockade and lost trade because OF
the inconvenience OF getting to his shop.
| The council has instructed the city clerk
| to notify each Of the parties that the city is
in no way liable for any damage caused by
| the construction of the new sewer in ward
six.
superintendent Foster reports that the
water in Berlin Pond at the present time
has reached a point which is about 6ve
inches lower than al any time previous to
| the recent rain fall. The six-inch steam
pump. with an estimated capacity of 800
| gallons minute, has been run fifteen
| hours a day, but has not succeeded in in
| creasng the supply at the reservoir. To-
day the pump was started on a twenty-four
hour schedule and the street sprinklers are
| to be shut off also, as seen by the notice in
another column. The water motors are
again ordered off and the use of Berlin
| water Is TO be restricted solely to domestic
uses. There is talk of putting in another
steam pump to force water from the pond
to the reservoir. Mr.. Foster stated today
that should the supply fail at the present
ratio for the next five days the city would
be in the tolls of water famine
The committee ON water has been in
structed by the city council to investigate
owners of spring water systems in the city
! who are using Berlin water connections
| which the committee is directed TO Cut off.
The committee has discovered that at
| least two proprietors OF spring water sys-
TENS have been working the city and their
customers ss we'll The committee says
sy ystems are connected with the Berlin
water and when the springs become low
| the Berlin water IL turned on supplying
| their customers with Berlin water through
| spring water pipes and also forcing the Ber-
! lin water into the springs, filling them, and
| thus forming reserve supply. The scheme
| is unique and up-to'date, rivaling tho prac-
tice OF lqnor dealers in the 'letting down"
process but the city council does not see
| the funny side of the scheme with the
present water famine staring it in the face
anu proposes 10 put stop 10 IL IN the Iu-
| ture.
General Manager f. II. Fitzhugh OF the
| Central Vermont railway arrived in the
city on Tuesday in the private car "Mans-
field" drawn by the engine "St. Lawrence"
He was accompanied by superintendent f.
| w. Baldwin, Resident Engineer j. M. Nor
rison and General Roadmaster w. z.
Elrod. They met ID. ID. Kanlett and AL
bert Tutte, trustees OF the Langdon estate,
to arrange for the location and construc-
| zion of the side tracks to be laid on the
Langdon meadow to accommodate the ex-
ira trains ON the day of the Dewey celebrs-
tion. Mr.. Fiizhugh during his connection
with the Grand Trunk railway in Canada
was frt quently called upon to handle
crowds of 1000 people which be did most
satisfactorily. He will undoubtedly be
able to take care Of the visitors on Dewey
day with ease. The Langdon estate has
been most magnanimous in its offers OF as
wise for that occasion. This is appreciated
by the committee and by the public.
Admiral Dewey's Montpelier relatives
will go to New York next Monday. Ed
ward Dewey and Mrs. Mary Greeley will
not go because they do not feel able to
stand the fatigue and excitement incident
to the Dewey celebration in that city.
Those who will go are Hon. Charles Dewey
and wife, w. Il. Dewey and son, James, Mr..
and Mrs. II, j. McCueu, II. A. Rowland
aud wife, George p Dewey of Portland,
Me-, Charles Robert Dewey of Bensanhurst,
N. Y, and Mr.. and Mrs James L. Martin OF
| Brattleboro Mrs. Kate Dewey Squire is
already there. These relatives go on the
invitation OF Edward wilkins Dewey, a
member OF the New York committee of in
vitation. They will be quartered at the
private apartments OF George O. Boldt, in
the annex to the Waldorf-Astoria, which
has been reserved for the Admiral and his