Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-02-01
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.
THE VILLAGE MEETING.

Jerry Keefe Chosen Superintendent Of
Streets by Majority of 1-other
Officials Elected and Business
Transacted.
The village corporation meeting,
which was held Monday evening, was
largely attended, and considerable in
terest centred in some parts of it,.
The principal contention was over the
Office of superintendent of streets and
sewers, and the largest ballot was
cast for that office.
Last years incumbent, II. w. Keene,
was candidate again, and Jerry
Keefe, who was superintendent in
1899, had many followers. The re-
suit of the ballot was the election OF
Mr.. Keefe, by a majority of one vote,
1877 to 1913. Both men are capable
and efficient officials and the conten-
ton was largely by personal friends.
The other officers elected were.
Moderator, George A. Weston; clerk,
+. A. Bolles bailiffs, L. A. Norwood,
d. H. Cray, and DR.. George II. Cor
ham; fire wardens, G. /. Wheeler,
John H. Gately and John II. Church,
water commissioners, H. w. keene,
Arthur Coolidge and Fred n. Young
treasurer, c. E. Capron; collector,
]. w. Buemond; auditors, q. H. ALI
bee, ]. E. Byrne and H. d. Ryder.
The officers, except the entire board
of bailiffs and the superintendent of
streets, were nearly all reflections
nj last years officials.
'>~,,,, questions regarding furnishing
a.stgf for street sprinkiing and the
t matGt n ice f~nm MInarGs pond were
both left with the water commissloh
ers and bailitfs at their own disere'
ton. 1t is understood a new ice COM
pany is being organized to furnish ice
the coming year, the principal parties
interested being Geo. H. Tasker ana
his wife's father, Mr.. Williams who
lives on the Webb Terrace, just out
side the limits of the corporation.
The usual $500 was voted to assist
the Bellows Falls band the coming
season, for which a series of outdoor
concerts will be given.
The matter of the village owning
or controlling an electric light plant
In its corporate capacity was left to
a committee consisting of Geo. A
Weston, j. c. Day, j. T. Moore, E. c..
Fairbank and H. d. Ryder, to report
ment of a committee to take charge
of and distribute to the poor the in
come from the Sarah Burr Howard
memorial fund, it being the annual
income from $4,000 permanently in
vested, was left to the moderator
clerk and board of bailiffs. A tax
of 25 cents was voted, in the place
of the 80 cents recommended by the
old board of bailiffs, the collection OF
which was left with the treasurer as
in former years.
The Indebtedness of the village is
now SAG ,473.oo, of which S40,5O0 is
funded. The street department
spent in 1900, s7,327.33; the water de-
partment costing for ordinary eX-
penses $1594.6O and in the bringing
into the pond of the Ellis brook
S433713. The extension of the pipe
along Saxtons kiver street to the car
barn cost $24957. The receipts Of
the department from the users of wa
,- 4r.---7,er s461S5O. For the fire de-
partment S23,L74 was paid; police
$983.1O; lights S35S5.61; health $S715;
and miscellaneous S7S5.S7 The to-
tai expenses for the year amounted
to $21,374.7O and the treasury shows
a balance on hand of Sl403.3S. The
general feeling expressed was that of
satisfaction with the results of the
past year and less than the ordinary
amount of thoughtless criticism was
expressed.