Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12
wNDHAM couNY REFoRER FRIDAY AUGUST ~ 1904

The opening attraction III tno
auditorium this season viii be VIII
liam H. Vests big minstrel company
Sept, g
Are you going TO Lake Sunapee
on the excursion Aug. 81 via the Bos-
ton & Maine railroad, The round
trip rate from here Is $l.5O.
The local stores viii be closed to-
morrow morning when the funeral
procession Of the late Father Cum
nlngham passes through Main street
Cars will be waiting at Walnut
street tomorrow morning at the close
of the funeral services of Father
Cunningham so that all persons who
wish viii be able to go to the ceme-
terry.
On account of necessary changes
in the power plant of the electric
street railway the cars will not start
on time sunday morning; but by
working an night saturday the man
agement hopes to have them IN run
ming order by Sunday noon.
The baseball team Of Company |
/ is anxious to arrange a game with
The regular Brattleboro team TO take
place next Saturday. The militiamen
will use a local battery If the town
team win agree to do so, or will Sc
cure A battery from out of town.
John Calvin has received notice
this week from Johnson & Johnson
patent solicitors at Washington OF
! the granting of a patent on
ian automatic fire eXtinguish-
ing apparatus upon which he
has been experimenting for several
months past. The device consists of
metal coil filled with a chemical
fluid which is converted by heat into
gas. The expansion thus caused
/ blows out a plug in the lower side of
/ the coil. and a mixture of the fluid
and gas is expelled with great force,
extinguishing the fire instantly. Mr..
/ Calvin has had the idea in mind for
some time, and while south this past
winter spent a great deal of time in
! perfecting it. His application for
patent was fled June = and granted
/ Aug. S, which shows that the idea is
something new and entirely different
{ from OlneE tNllIibuA9ltNlS = thi' 49,
win intends to begin the manufacture
! of these extinguishers within a short
time, ana he is advised by his attor-
Ineys to secure foreign patents at once.
The petition Of Bratt]eboro, Put
ney and Bellows Falls residents TO
have the afternoon south-bound ex-
press which arrives here at 4:2S make
stop ut Putney as formerly and for
the north bound mail train leaving
here at 1906 a. m. to make a stop at
East Putney has been refused by the
state board Of railroad commission
ers who claim that they only have the
right 10 regulate local trains and that
as long as the trains mentioned by
the petitioners are Interstate trains
the commissioners have no power
over them. The hearing on this petit
ton took place about three weeks
ago In the Brooks house, w p. G.
stlckney representing the Boston &
Maine railroad and c. c. Fits, ana O.
Fl. Ryder of Bellows Falls the petit
TONERS. Evidence produced at that
time showed clearly that the failure
Of these trains to stop at Putney and
East Putney was the source of great
inconvenience TO the residents OF
those villages, and that these stops
could be made and still allow the
trains sufficient time for their con-
nections at Springfield, Mass and
Wells River. If the power of the
state railroad commission is limited
to such an extent that body Wiz
prove of very little use. as there are
+ few trains running in Vermont that
do not leave the state and are there
fore interstate" trains.