Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-04-26
Public Ownership of Water Supply in
North Walpole.


North WalpoIe.
The village of North Walpole held
a special meeting Tuesday evening
and voted to purchase the property OF
the North Walpole aqueduct company,
paving therefor $4,000. This COM
pany was the successor of the late
Nathaniel Monroe in the ownership
and control of practically all the wa
ter rights in North Walpole. Its
property has been enlarged and eX-
tended from year to year as the
growth of the village has required.
The active managers of the corpora
ton have been Patrick E. Griffin and
Charles ]. O'Neil. Its service eX-
tends to practically every dwelling in
the village. The supply is pure
spring water coming from high up on
the side of Mt. Kilburn, and is ample
to supply the village for some years
to come. The time has come when
the voters feel the village should own
their village water supply, and so be
able to extend and improve the fire
protection. The meeting also voted
to purchase a lot and erect village
building, containing a hall for meet
ings and a headquarters for the hre
companies. \ committee consisting
of Dan Conner, c. j. O'Neil. j. j. Fitz
gerald and John Carol was chosen
to buy the lot and act as building
committee Further action upon the
details of improved fire protection will
be taken later.
Mrs. ]. w. Narramore. with her two
children. is visiting her mother, Mrs
f. p. Ball.
Rev. d. L. Sanford will preach il
Brattleboro Sunday in exchange will
Rev. Edward T. Mathison.
Salaries of post Office clerks have
been increased to take effect the frs
of July as follows: w. A. Mcdonald
mailing clerk from $500 to $500
Charles F. Tulley, stamper, from 500
to $500.
Lowell H. Stearns, after being con
nected with Osgood & Barker anC
their successors, the Bellows Falls
Machine company, for nearly 20 years
as bookkeeper, finished work there
last Saturday.
The Commercial House has beer
leased by H. H. Graves who will TAX,
possession next Monday. Mr.. Grave
is an experienced landlord and pro
poses to put the house on basis will
other good hotels.
DR.. NJ. d. Kneeland, representing
the New England Sabbath Protective
league, will speak at the Congrega
tional church Sunday morning. Il
the evening he will address a uniol
meeting at the Baptist church.
Communication tickets between Be
lows Falls and BrattleborO are bein
sold by the Boston & Maine railroad
under certain restrictions, whereof
persons who travel enough betwee
the two places can do so at the e>
tremely low price of % cents pc
trip.
The Bellows Falls Gun club held it
annual meeting Tuesday evening an
the following officers were elected
II. II. Russell president; DR.. E. W
Knight, vice president; Z. A. Norwood
treasurer; c. H. Gibson, secretary
c. e. Capron, lst captain; E. Nj. Ur
derhill, I'd captain; NJ. H. Ray, II.
Fassett and c. H. Shepardson, eXC
cutiVe committee The first shoe
of the season is this afternoon.
The village bailiffs are discussin
with the Bellows Falls Canal compan
the best method for remedying a 81
rious defect in the banks of the cana
at the west end of the iron bridge o
Canal street, leading to the railroa
station. Sewers from that stree
empty into the canal at that point, an
the bank for the last year or two ha
been sliding off into the canal, unde
mining and taking into it portions {
the concrete sidewalk. This ha
been specifically repaired each yea
but the remedy is not permanen
The bailiffs have asked the canal con
pany to put in a permanent retainin
wall at that point, which will prob
bly, be done the present season. TIL
job will be an expensive one as til
wall will be almost wholly below tn
surface of the canal. The place hf
been an unsightly one, and has ofte
raised the question of safety in I'll
minds of pedestrians. The sidewal
at that point is one much used {
practically all the passing to and fro
the passenger station and North Wa