St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-03-05
TOWN 1EETlNG.
The Regular Caucus Nominees Elected
ON the First BaIIOt.-A Resolution ON
the Method of Conducting LiquOr
Agency Passed.

large number of voters, but there was
no excitement. 1t was a characteristic
St. Johnsbury crowd, everyone happy
and good natured. Hon. Alexander Dun
nett presided and Herbert W. Blodgett
acted as clerk. The ballot clerks were
Herbert E. Moore, Fred c. Mayo, w. H.
Ward and Fred E. Potts. The follow
ing were appointed by the board Of civil
authority as assistant clerks, at the
request of the republican and democratic
town committees: e. H. Horton, c. G.
Braley, Albert Harris, Frank A. Hud-
sou, Geo. Asselin, Jos. Drouin, Albert
Desrochers, James Impey, Charles P.
French.
Voting was rather light during the
morning hours but after noon the clerks
were kept busy and the hall was
filled when the ballottiug closed. At
two o'clock the business of the meeting
was taken up and quietly and quickly
disposed of. On motion of c. c. Follens-
by tax of IS per cent on the grand list
was voted for state, state school, state
highway and county taxes, and the
usual town expenses, and II. II. Carr's
motion that SO per cent tax be raised
for the support of schools, was carried.
On motion of Judge W. P. Smith the
usual sum of $3.50 was voted to Cham
berlin Post, 6. A. R., to be used in the
proper observance of Decoration Day.
George H. Cross made few remarks ex-
planatory of the canning factory project
and made a written motion that the
town vote TO exempt Charles T. Good
win & Co. from taxation for ten years,
on canning factory property up to $780,
900 in valuation, providing they locate
within the town of st. Johnsburv. The
motion was carried without debate.
Under article 5, Elisha May presented
the following resolution and made a
brief, candid speech tor its adoption:
The town of St. Johnsbury moves and
directs: That in the purchase of all
liquors for the liquor agency OF said town,
in quantities where the purchase price
exceeds $1,000, the selectmen as a board,
and not singly, shall call for bids from at
least three reputable wholesale liquor
houses for the liquor about to be pur-
chased, and that the bid of the lowest
bidder be accepted IT there is any ques-
tion as to the quality of the liquor
bought. then the selectmen are directed
to cause an analysis to be made oil the
same, at the towns expense. Copies of
letters for bids, and the bids themselves,
are to be kept on file in the selectmen's
Office, aud always open to inspection by
the tax payers.
Where liquors purchased are not in
bottles, then the selectmen are directed
to have the same bottled and sealed with
the seal of the town. No liquor is to be,
at any time, turned over by the select
men to the liquor agent, or sold by him,
an exact account with the liquor agent
is to be kept by the selectmen of bottles
of liquor of every size; and the selectmen
are directed to have the liquor agent
keep an exact account of bottles sold,
their size and kinds of liquor.
The county commissioner is hereby re-
quested to direct the liquor agent of st.
Iohnsbury to keep the names and resi-
dences of each person purchasing liquor,
and at the end of each fiscal year the
liquor agent is TO be directed to report
to the selectmen of St. JOhnsbury the
quantity of liquor sold, and the price
paid for it by the towns.
This resolution to be operative and
binding upon the officers and town of st.
Tohnsbury until rescinded.
There was no further debate but it was
unanimously passed with the most en-
thusiastic vote of the meeting.
sc Todd of st. Johnsbury Center,
then offered a resolution looking to an
immediate move in the direction of safe
guarding the foundations of bridges
within the town, and in employing mod
ern methods and ideas in the work. In
support OF his resolution Mr. Todd re-
ferred to the disaster at the Center Mon
day morning, and urged that more care
was necessary in such construction The
resolution was unanimously adopted
The meeting voted to give the constable
jurisdiction throughout the state.
Following is the restlt Of the ballot
with the vote given each:
Moderator, E. L. Hovey, 664.
Town clerk, E. D. Blodgett, TT.
Selectmen, c. c. Follensbv. 824, H. H.
Carr, 813 Wesley Sargent, S22.
Town Treasurer, E. D. Blodgett, 1853,
Overseer OF Poor, 0. P. Bennett, 803
1st Constable, George R. Crosby, S13.
Collector of Taxes, George R. Crosby
8O2.
Listers, Delos M. Bacon, COB, Orrin S.
Abbot, 668, Dennis E May, 701, Albert
L. Bragg. 383, David Frechette, 259.
School Director, T. c. Fletcher, 767.
Auditors, W. T. Horton, 700; James R.
Stevens, 500; George W. Cree, us.
Trustee of Public Money, E. D. Blodg-
EFT, 703.
Road Commissioner, Horace Jackson,
760.
Town Agent, L. P. Slack, 7O4.
Inspector OF Leather, J. L. Couch, $50
Town Grand Jurors, CYRUS Sargent,
600; Freeman A. Pierce, 6S6; Edwin l..
Hovey, GIG.
Fence Viewers and Pound Keepers,
the Selectmen.
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber, L. D.
Stiles, 673; William Wetherbee, 673; A.
L. Bragg, 677.
The following were elected by accla-
nation; Grand jurors, Albert Harris,
A. P. Taft, ]. T. Richie, L. H. Farnham.
Petit Jurors, w. H. Ward, L. B. Harts.
horn, Geo. W. Young. c. H. Woodbury.,
H. NJ. Knapp, c. D. Benedict, Z. G. Sal
mon, William Wetherbee, w. L. Heath