Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-10

Martin then said that he thought II
, l., Waterman, Mr.. Fits and himself
would be willing TO do 1t. j. G. Staf-
ford, the towns perennial vendor OF
;, warm atmosphere, sided with Mr.
y Roel and cautioned people against al
lowing sentiment to blind them In
the matter From the top of settee
lin the rear of the hall C. r. Crosby
cried out vehemently against the
towns refusing to make the appropria-
tion, saying such an action would be
1 a lasting disgrace and that he should
' be ashamed OF the voters II they took
II. L. u. Taylor Joined his voice with
Mr. Crosby In wall of protest
against any such narrow minded and
niggardy course l.. i. Adams
stated that he was In a position TO
realize the value of the hospital and
thought that an appropriation of $3.50
was little enough to make In return
for what the town had received
through the beneficence of the Thomp-
sons In reply to Mr.. Martin Mr.. Fits
said he would join with the members
of that firm in a Thompson testimo-
NAL from the lawyers but he thought
the town as a whole ought to give one
in addition. G.. l.. Dunham was Of
the opinion that the appropriation
ought to come from the town
and said that IT, in the event
Iof litigation. the supreme court
! decided against its legality he
would pay the amount himself. Mr..
Martin then said that he hadn't the
slightest objection to the appropria-
tion but had doubted the towns right |
to make it. In view of the personal /
guarantee. however, he was willing to I
withdraw his opposition Two votes
| by acclamation were then taken with
out reaching a decision and the chair
called for division of the house. Be-
fore this was done Mr.. Fits arose to
say that If any taxpayer made legal
objection he and Mr.. Durham would
go down into their own pockets for
the full amount. In answer to this
Mr. Martin crawled a little more and
advised that opposition to the appro
priation be withdrawn. The vote was
then taken for the third time and
the ayes were in the great majority. ,
Article 13 in regard to exempting
the taxes of the White River Chair
company for a period of 10 years
drew from G. L. Dunham a brief his
tory of the Souto company since its
location here and the good that had
resulted for the town. He then Of
fered a resolution that the property I
and estate of the white River Chair t
be exempt from taxation I
for a period Of 10 years, w. H. Vim y
ton interrogated Mr.. Fits in regard I
to the new property which the con- t
Germ would build and objected to the n
10 years exemption on the grounds U
Of establishing a bad precedent, +
the resolution to read five l
instead of ten years. In this form 1t {
was passed without opposition. q
Article 14-to see If the town will II
rebate to the Brattleboro Street Rail- d
way company the bill which it holds
against the said company for rails a
lsed in Main street bridge-was taken t
,are Of after a short discussion. Mr.. C
Titts as counsel for the railway COM Fl
)any said that his client was not ask N
ng favor but rather that the contro- tc
,ersy between the company and the n
own be settled by vote of the town. r
The disputed fact, he said. was as to S
ract on the part of the railway COM ci
ANY to pay for the rails which were m
f different kind than those recon- r
nended Mr. Martin stated that the
electmen had found it essential in To
ooring the bridge to put in girder Ii,
ails and that the superintendent of
he road had concurred He then -
1oved that the selectmen be author Is
.ed to make settlement by paying n,
alf of the amount. Mr.. vinton said 10,
nat Superintendent Jones had made g.
distinct bargain with the selectmen -
, have the rails put in but that he d,
as willing to have the matter settled
to Mr. Martins suggestion.
was voted. ~
There was no opposition to the h br
WINS accepting the piece of land ~ ~
)on which the Fort Dummer marker W
ands. decided by f. H. Putnam. and nu
so the piece of land upon which ."
onument to mark the old camp soi
ound is to be erected from the VAL
Y Fair association
Article 16, relative to grading South hd
ain street hill and fencing the town l
was laid on the table after ren
me discussion. On being interro- the
ted by G.. w. Pierce Mr.. vinton wa
We surveyors estimate which liqt
ICED the expense Of the whole piece cen
work at s1.126.S0. c. F. Thompson Ne'
wed that the article be dismissed ing
the ground that the expense was peo
tirely unnecessary and the majority tleh
the voters were of the same opin- lutte
. tion
Under the head of ANY other busi- tlial
IS" ]. G. Stafford harangued at n iiai
9Th about the purity of the water pid
the Chestnut Hill reservoir COM rune
ly's southern source, claiming also 70
t the company was encroaching mas
the highway at that point DR. no
lton advised him to file a written hy
eotion with tbe local hoord Of sary
lth The ,naetine then ,d,o,,r,,oa such
il o'clock, the intervening time Is a.
1g estimated necessary for count Iuiis
tbe vote won
-, -, band
nen '"e auJouineu nee'ins was Of b
80 o,uei a uIiocA .ne nan liquo
-, .,. i,o'n ms an ques
,sa ,ho o,,,oo,,,r ,,,;,,,r ho;Io,s ,,.,,,, Th
,ifestations Of iov ON the mari Of of
prohibitionists. He then went on tam
cad the result of the vote for town a o
ers, which showed that it would heNe
to ballot again for II 4
q member of the board of select piac
T. on motion of ]. L. Martin the 'he
tralian system was done away VIII
aithOuph of course the check LIST cnarl