Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-03-10

The meeting was called to order
promptly at o'clock by DR.. II. ID. Holton,
moderator About $50 voters were pres
ent, and within five minutes as many
by William $. Newton, town clerk.
DR.. Holton, as secretary of the state
board of health. spoke of the threatened
water famine referred to elsewhere in this
paper and also to the contamination of
the water from the southern source of
one of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir COM
pary's supplies. He advised boiling the
water as a precaution, and urged that
people be as economical as possible in
using water from the Chestnut Hill sys-
TEN.
j. p. Sargent spoke in favor of having
two road commissioners, as he thought
that under the present system the roads
in the back districts were not properly
cared for and that expense was incurred
in having the men at work on the high
ways travel a long distance to and from
their work. Few voted on the viva voce
call, but all were in favor of one COM
missioner save Mr.. Sargent. L. c. Crosby
and S. b. Emerson made brief sugges-
lions in favor of one commissioner. The
voting began promptly and the box for
town officers was kept open until o'clock
and that for the license vote until 3
o'clock.
The articles in the warrant were taken
up for consideration at o'clock, when
several hundred voters were present
Just as the business was beginning a
large delegation from the public schools
filed into the galleries, where the pupils
were interested spectators throughout the
entire proceedings.
On motion of George w. Pierce, the
auditors report was accepted. On mo-
ton of II. p. Chamberlain a tax of 25
cents on the dollar of the grand list
ma va HE on or hefOra Iu1v | voted
DR.. II. ID. Holton, f. X. Barrows and
II. r. Miles were reelected trustees of
the Brattleboro Free library for term
of three years and Rev. NJ. j. Carmody
and E. II. Crane were chosen trustees for
two years, the former to succeed Rev. p
Cunningham, deceased, and the latter to
succeed Rev. r. X. Marvin, removed from
town c. A. Miles spoke of the pressing
need for an enlarged appropriation for
the Free library. pointing out the neces-
sty for repair of books, and the ex-
pense resulting through increased patron
age, over $500 more books having been
taken out the past year than in 1903 His
motion for $500 was unanimously carried
On motion of r. e. Gordon, 800 was
appropriated for Memorial day. c. A.
Miles's motion for $3.50 for care of the
commons and burial ground was voted
without opposition. j. G.. Stafford's mo-
ton that the salaries of the town officers
unanimously. The polls of the members
of the Western engine company No. /,
of West Brattleboro, were exempted ac-
cording to custom.
On taking up the proposition for a $3.50
appropriation for providing suitable
portraits of Thomas Thompson and his
wife, Elizabeth Thompson, to be placed
in the Brattleboro Memorial hospital, Rev
II. r. Miles spoke of the fitness of
recognition which should come as a
token from the whole town in considera-
ton of the $4,000 which had been ex-
pended on the hospital and the large sum
which the town receives annually. j. L.
Martin then raised the question of the
constitutional right of the town to make
such an appropriation, and suggested that
the proper way would be to raise the
money by subscription if the trustees did
not have sufficient funds. c. c. Fits
thought that proper recognition ought to
be made of the beneficent action of
Thomas and Elizabeth Thompson, and
said that the inherent power of the town
to do this would never be questioned. A.