Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31
THE STATE HOUSE FENCE
Causing the Good People of Montpelier
Considerable Anxiety Railroad Rates
Not satisfactorily Arranged.

Montpclicr. Aug 25-Thc committee ap-
pointed by Mayor Sentcr to act with tho
state committee in arranging for the re-
certion to Admiral Dewey held an i'm
portant meeting Thursday evening IN tho
office of the Exchange Hotel. &. p Pit
kin, a. J. Sibcy and j. G. Brown were
APPOINTED on the fireworks and decoration
committee. This committee will have full
charge of decoration of public buildings
and will urge upon the owners Of private
houses, especially along the route of the
procession, the desirabiity of proper dec
orations.
y committee on entertainment WAS also
appointed whose duty it shall hc to soc
that adequate provision is made for feed
ing tho multitudcs This committee. which
is composed of II. a. Huse - l.. Fifeld
II. W. Kemp. Rev w. J. O'Sul.van. r.
wcll, has fun power to appoin, suh-com-
mittc"S. or to increase its own mem = T.
ship. Among its duties will bc to see that
strangers are not imposed upon ny eXo'-
hitant rates, and also TO ascertain how
many can he fed and lodged in private
houses. This will probably he done by adj
Vtrtising in some public way. At its next
meeting this committee will elect chair
man.
The Legislature of 1898 passed a law ati-
thorlzing ScrGcant-at-Alm phinncv to Ic-
move the State House fence, provided that
'nouGh can be realized from the sale of
the iron and granite to pay for its removal
and for grading the grounds. The doslra-
hiity of having this fence out of The way
holor" Dewey day is apparent to every
member of III" city committee. \ special
committee composed Of II. w kcmp t.
Bart Cross. George Atkins, Fred rlanch-
ara ana \. j. Sihley was appointed to con-
Ter with Mr. Phnney in regard to the
matter. L. Bart Cross offered to h. one of
ia
cN II the fence is at once removed. Alder
man j. q. Brown stated that the city il
III need Of granite for curhing. and in his
opinion Il market for most Of the. granite
in the fence can be found here in Montpel-
Ter. The great crush ON Dewey day will
be in and around the State House grounds
and with the fence out of the way no oh
*tructions will be offered
The question Of railroad transportation
wa discussed at length. \ fare and one
third for the round trip is the best rate tina [
has yet been offered by the Central YER
mont This would make a round-trip tick
ct from Rutland $40, from Bennirgton g.,
WIN proportonately high rates from al
distant points in the State The matter
of transportation is H. the hands of the
state committee and the city committee
considered it disCourteous to take any ac-
ton but several members of the
city committee expressed themselves
in favor of abandoning the State celcbra-
tloh' II no lower railroad rates can he Sc
cured and make Admiral Dewey's rcccp-
ion local affair, with n banquet recap-
tloA, etc. In comparison, with cXcur-
SION rates from all points i'm Vermont
/ That have been IN force during this mont h
ana which are still advertised. a round
tllp rate OF fare and a third to Montpo-
li"r for Dewey day seems to both state
and city committee to be needlessly high.