Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-24
BRIDGE FORMALLY ACCEPTED.
Commissioners Met Representatives
of Company Saturday.

OF SorHpdHJ SATURDAY.
The new steel bridge across the Con-
necticut river was accepted formally
Saturday by the Brattleboro and Hins-
dale commissioners who met represen-
tatives of the United Construction Co,
of Albany, n. Y, and made the final
arrangements for releasing the con-
Germ from its bond. Those present at
the conference were J. H. Hoff, A. HI.
Kittredge, James r. Watt and w. r.
Marden representing the United Con-
struction Co., e. Stebbins, F. A. Davis,
and James O'Brien, the Hinsdale COM
missioners, w. III. Vinton, James L.
Martin and George w. Pierce, the Brat
tleboro representatives, and H. F. Lis
com of Hinsdale who has aided the
commissioners greatly through his
thorough knowledge of bridge build
ing. The party took dinner at the
Brooks House and went through the
formalities of acceptance afterward.
The cost of the new bridge is about
$4,000 which is about $4,000 in excess
of the combined appropriations of the
towns of Brattleboro and Hinsdale.
The additional expense was due to the
cost of moving the old toll house and
the increased amount of filling and
stone work which was found to be
necessary. The bridge company's or
iginal contract was for $4,000 but the
additional stone work found to be
necessary amounted to nearly $1,000.
Brattleboro's share of the increased
expense will be in round numbers be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 which the COM
missioners will borrow to pay the
,-ty f,
appropriate at the next town meeting
There will be no opposition to this in
all probability for the reason that the
commissioners have succeeded in get
ting the towns Joined by one of the
most substantial bridges in New Eng
land. The remainder of the central
pier has not yet been removed but the
company has promised to comply with
the contract in this respect.
The license commissioners of Under
hill have revoked the license granted
to Amos Humphrey. Mr.. Humphrey
was tried and found guilty of selling
liquor Sunday.
William ]. Bryan was received in
audience by Gear Nicholas of r. Ia at
ST. Petersburg Monday. The czar ex-
pressed friendship and deep interest in
the United Stat,
The governor of Alexandretta has
formally apologized to U. S. Consul
Davis for the indignities suffered by
the consul and Attarian, the natural
lied American citizen, has been 1iber-
ated.
Considerable excitement has been
caused in Pottsville, Pa, by the discov-
cry of grea. beds of pure anthracite
coal, beyond the limits of what has
heretofore been considered the south
ern boundary of the hard coal region
in Pennsylvania.
For 60 consecutive years the Middle
bury Historical society has celebrated
Forefathers day and Monday the 2SSd
anniversary If the landing of the pill
grims was bserved there. President
Charles o. ~ of the Andover Theo-
logical seminary. Andover Mass, was
the principal speaker.
Bolivia has formally abandoned her
claim to Acre, the United States aiding
in peaceful negotiations. Bolivia gives
up most of her territory to Brazil and
gets s10O0O,00O in cash. Brazil is to
build a railroad around She great falls
of the Madeira and to Civ, Bolivia per-
petual free transit down the Madeira
and Amazon rivers; and to cede port
on the Paraguay river. Brazil in Acre
has great Amazonian forest the rich
est rubber producer in the world. The
enormous increase in demand for rub
ber in recent years makes the rub
ber forests of incalcuable value.
Charles NJ. Schwab makes sweep
ing denial of the charges duplicating
him in the U. S. shipbuilding COM
pany scandal. He says he was de-
ceived, that both he and ]. P. Morgan
& Co. placed implicit confidence in a
prospectus that grossly overstated the
company's assets. The shipbuilding
trust. he says, was not his scheme but
that of Dresser and Nixon. He denies
collusion with the reorganizers to
wreck the concern. He admits that he
holds about s27,000.0O0 of the COM
pany's bonds and stock but he is will
ing to return all securities and to res
cind the whole transaction