St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
TOWN AFFAIRS.
Saturdays Caucus-O Official Ticket
The Town Report-A Word about
Road Commissioner.

Saturdays Caucus-OfficiaI Ticket
The Town Report-A Word about
Road Commissioner.
About 800 citizens attended the caucus
at the Town Hall last Saturday after
noon and placed in nomination officers
to be elected at the March meeting. The
call was read by F. A. Pierce, chairman
oi the republican town committee, and
the caucus was organized by choosing
Arthur F. Stone chairman and Herbert
W. Blodgett clerk. The following officers
were then nominated
Moderator, Alexander Dunnett.
Town clerk, E. d Blodgett.
Selectmen, L. B. Hartshorn, E. P.
Potter, Curtis c. Follansby.
Town treasurer, E. d. Blodgett.
Overseer of the poor, Lorenzo Suloway.
First constable, George X. Crosby.
Collector Of taxes, George X. Crosby.
Listers, d. M. Bacon, Orrin S. Abbott,
w. S. Russell
Auditors, William T. Horton, Josiah
B. Gage. Philip H. Stone.
Trustee of public money, E. d. Blod-
gett.
Road commissioner, Horace Jackson.
Town agent, to prosecute and defend
suits, l.. P. Slack.
Inspector OF leather, Henry F. Girls
wold.
Town grand jurors, w. S. Boynton,
John c. Clark, James Richie.
Fence viewers, E. P. Potter, L. B.
Hartshorn, Curtis Follansby.
Pound keepers, E. P. Potter, L. B.
Hartshorn, Curtis Follansbv.
Surveyors OF wood and inspectors OF
lumber and shingles, L. d. Stiles, ]. W.
Webster, VIM. Wetherbee, Sas Randall
A. l.. Bragg, Daniel Carpenter, w. P
Stafford, Daniel Streeter, Alexander
Dunnett.
Town school director for three years
Truman c. Fletcher
Ballots were taken for overseer of the
poor betwee Lorenzo Sulloway and 7
M. Rickaby; for 21 lister between Orrir
S. Abbott and w. S. Russell and fol
school director between Truman c
Fletcher, HI. Fl. Carr and George Ranney
The official ticket consists of the above
list of candidates with the name o
Thomas Rickaby added for overseer o
the poor. Another ticket was circulated
Monday bearing the title, "The Young
Mems Economic and Temperance Nomi
nees," which had different officers iol
every place, but as this was not sworr
| to it will not appear as part OF th'
official ticket.
The town reports were circulated a
the caucus and were pretty careful,
examined by the voters. The net expens
of the overseer of the poor was $5462. .6S
The town liquor agency returned a prof
of 1912 16. and liquor was sold during
| the year to the amount of $9004.17
The highways and bridges cost the towr
$131S IS. and he road commissioner
paid out 7.3S, with credits amount
ing to $675 rs. The funded debt OF thu
town is $75, 900.
William Higgins was nominated in th'
caucus against Horace Jackson, but Mr.
Higgins Immediately withdrew his name
Mr. Higgins said he was not candidate
for any office, but did not relish the
inference in the town report that the
present road commissioner had saved
the town more money than his prede
cessor.
The CALIFORNIAN has been looking back
to see the expense of this department and
finds that the average for the five year:
that Mr.. Higgins held the office was
$2436 6S. By years the expense ha:
been as follows: 1894 10 months
$1956 AT; 1895, $2312 21; 1896
$2352 %; 1897. $2737 So 1898
$2794 63; 1899 no months) $2570.10
1899 (12 monlhs) $3102, 40. We do not
question but that Mr.. Jackson has made
good roads Tor St. Johnsbury, but ths
expense of this department, even at the
figures given in the report, is more thar
the average for the five years which i:
represented by Mr.. Higgins manage
ment.
The warning for the March meeting
has been posted and contains besides the
usual articles only one other which is as
follows: ITO see if the town will author
ze the selectmen to provide and con
tract for heating the Town Hall at the
expense of the town."