Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06
Tho Village Votes to Build One Sec.
ton of q Sewer System.

Tho Village Votes to Build One Sec.
ton Of q Sewer System.
Interest in the sewer proposition
filled the court room, where the an
nual village meeting was held, Mon.
day evening. Judge Seaver was
chairman. The taxpayers turned
out we'll in spite of the storm and
though most of them were ready to
succumb to the dense air of the i'll.
ventilated room they stayed through
the tedious literary exercises of the
evening with courageous persist
ence. 1t was long two hours for
the gasping audience. The court
room ought to be indicted as a
menace to human life.
The meeting voted to make be
ginning on sewer system, though
the vote was not reached without
considerable discussion. For about
an hour the voters fused around in
the dark with paper and pencil elect
ing a board of trustees for "the year
ensuing" and the result was the con-
tinuance in office of the present
highly efficient members of the city
council. BY the time this operation
was over the meeting was worried
and hot but patiently listened to the
discussion pro and con on the sewer
business.
Hon. VIM. E. Johnson introduced
the subject. He thought the village
hardl. needed the whole system as
mapped by Engineer Cairnes now,
but favored the building of the
South Branch section, including the
houses from the foot Of Church hill
down to the Inn, South street,
School street, Court an;l High
streets an! the Boulevard 10 Daniels
addition, ilerc Il sewer was most
needed and it would do away with
present dangers to Il great extent.
10 build this section would cost
about 5000, and Mr.. Johnson
moved that the trustees I've author
lied to build it.
Judge II. o. Seaver thought the
matter should he further considered
before amy decisive step was taken,
though he recognized the need of IL
sewer system. He moved that a
committee of three, of which Mr..
Johnson should be chairman, be ap.
pointed to investigate the matter,
examine further plans to be submit
ted by the engineer, and make re-
port at meeting to be called in
four weeks from this date.
Hon. w. Z. French strongly OPP.
posed the whole proposition on ac-
count of the expense it would entail.
He thought it unnecessary and I'M
wise and too heavy bun den for
many taxpayers. 6. w. Harvey
also spoke against it .
]. S. Eaton said legitimate taxes
were not burden. If any town
needed sewerage, Woodstock did;
if any one section needed sewerage,
the South Branch did. He thought
the village should 20 ahead and
make beginning.
A vote was taken and Judge Sea.
vcr's motion was lost. Mr.. Johnson
allowed that he wouldn't serve on
any such committee anyway. Then
MIR. Johnson put his motion again.
He thought the matter might as
we'll be submitted to the trustees
and that there was no use in calling
another meeting. His motion was
adopted.
The questions of raising money
for village expenses and for build
ing the sewer were considered to.
gether Mr.. Johnson proposed tax
of SO cents. Mr.. Eaton and &. F.
Chapman favored a 5o-cent tax.
Mr.. Johnson assented-though he
remarked after the meeting that the
boys ought to have stood by him
and the 5o-cent was voted.
The meeting then adjourned for
fresh air.
The village officers:
TIT stees-George Aitken, Horace
G. Lockwood, Frederick Chapman.
F. II. Reed, III. p. Clark.
Treasurer-ilarold S. Dana.
Audito's-C. F. Chapman, II. c.
Gushing.
Collector-Eugenc A. Thomas.
Clerk-Joseph L. Dana.
Fire Wardens-Fred Delano, S.
J. Winslow, James Leonard, Har-
old S. Dana, w. E. View. Hermon
Howes, Henry Simser, Chas. r.
Marcy.
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