The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03
BANCROFT CITY SHERIFF.
The Result of City Sheriff Vote
Was Bancroft 72l and Doch-
erty AIS. City voted Appro-
priation of So, 900 for Hospital
Other Business Transacted.

After the announcement of the
result of the license vote, Tuesday
afternoon, two no" votes and one
yes" were found from ward which
we're not reckoned into the final
count, thus making the final majority
for license 40 votes instead OF Al.
The number of votes cast for the
other city officers was as follows: f.
M. CORY for mayor, Lilo, scattering
10. By wards as follows: Ward 1,
237; ward 2, 1877, ward 3, 1873; ward
4, 2l0; ward 5, 14S; ward 6, 149.
The only contest of the election
was for city sheriff. The contest
resulted in the election of Bancroft,
his vote being 72l to 47o for Docherty.
/ Scattering l.
The vote for aldermen was as fol-
lows: James Haley, ward A, lar,
scattering i; j.. J. Burgin, ward 8,
l43, scattering, 8; Frank R. Dawley,
ward 6, 1873, scattering 2.
For grand juror, Benjamin Gates
/, l12, scattering A. For school COM
missioners, H. G. Gleason, ward 1,
236; ward q H. j. M. Jones, 201;
ward 3, P. l.. TEN muleton, 176.
For constables, F. H. Tracy, Lip;
john L. Tuttle 1,1l6. For listers, f.
E. Grout /, l08, W. A. Leland LILO.
For city clerk, 7. R. Merrill, l, 145,
treasurer, 1,l39.
For cemetery commissioner. @. P.
Pitkin ,092; for park commissioners,
H. NJ. Cutler 1,076. For auditors,
NJ. E. Smile 1000, A. G.. Eaton
i,104, l.. H. Bixby 1904.
The license contest was hard one
and considerable excitement was man
ifested while the ballot for ward 6
was being counted, as in the first five
wards license had a majority of IA,
and the no license men were figuring
on ward 6 for majority Of 49, The
ward, however, voted 27 majority for
license.
1t was about O'Clock before the
result of the license vote was an
nounced, no city business having
been done until that announcement.
Under the third article in the warn
ing the report of the city officers was
accepted in due form
The fourth article, relating to the
maintenance of Heaton Hospital, was
'To see if the city council will vote
: to authorize the city to make con-
tract with the trustees of the heaton
Hospital for the care of such needy
poor as shall be designated By the city
council and for the general support
of the hospital, and to appropriate a
sum of money to pay for the same. -
John Mooney, president of the trus-
tees of Heaton Hospital, moved that
the city appropriate the sum of So, 600
j. H. Senter was opposed to the ap-
, preparation of more than $4,000. f,
, A. Howland favored the appropriation
of SO, 900. He stated that the hospi-
about 81, 500 a year and that, If the
appropriation was not voted, it meant
the shutting down of the only insti-
, tuition of it's kind in the city and one
, which had done most excellent worl
in a great many cases, A. j. Sibley
spoke in favor of the appropriation
! f. L. Laird favored the-article. DR.
Templeton was opposed to the appro
, priaton on the ground that only Ger
~ tain physicians. on the hospital staff
. could take their patents in needy cir
cumstapces to the hospital to be treat
ed in the general ward at the rate o
81 a week. f. B. Thomas spoke il
behalf of the hospital John j. Eagal
favored the appropriation. j. W
u Brock spoke in behalf of the hospital
+ reviewing the conditions under whicl
" the institution was built He statet
y that he would not be responsible 10
% any further amounts incurred througl
70 the maintenance of the institution
W. A. Lord, the last speaker. spok
l. for the article. The appropriation wa
u carried.
IS Article l2. providing new heatin
y plant at the Union school buildiD
l. and the making OF other additions an
} changes as recommended by the spceia
ID Fl re committee was taken mp. j. q
" Brown stated that he understood tina
'n no estimates on the cost OF the repair
70 had been made by the school commil
6 sioners and he moved that the articl
I'D be refereed back to the school CON
missioners. ]. Fl. Lucia moved thu