Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-21
CALVIN DOESN'T CONCUR
WITH OTHER BAlLlFFS ON THE
QUESTION OF DAY POLICE.
And Files Minority Report Regarding
the Matter-What the Various Viii
lage Officers Have to Say Relative
to Past and Future.

i 'd9e OWeeTs 'aNo W Gay Hc'"t'N
| to Past and Future.
| The annual financial exhibit of ,h'
| village of Brattleboro will be read,
for distribution this week. The pam.
phlet also contains reports from th'
bailiffs, chief engineer. chief of po'
lice and board OF health, which ar,
given in full or in part below.
Bailiffs' Report.
To the Citizens of the Village OF
Brattleboro:
Your bailiffs report that during the
past year they have laid one new
sewer, called the Clark Avenue ex-
tension, at an expense of ,hree hun
dred and thirty-five dollars ts335)
this being rendered necessary by the
CONSTRUCTION of several houses on the
extension. They have renovated and
put In good repair the house Of
Company of the fire department
at an expense of about five hundred
and twenty-five dollars (s525). These
items of expenditure We're unforeseen
at the time of making last years es-
innate.
Your bailiffs, at their February
meeting. appointed +. $. Hall chief of
police, in pursuance with the recent
act of the legislature and put on a
regular day policeman, assigning E.
S. Hall for that duty and Ellis G.
Worden as night policeman in his
place. This was done after careful
deliberation and in response TO what
your bailiffs believe to be the senti-
ment of a majority of the voters of
the village.
Since the appointment of the day
police, there has been noticeable
decrease in the number of arrests.
which can be directly attributed to
this appointment The increased eX-
pense of a day policeman is consid
erably offset by doing away with the
necessity of extra day employment of
the police, which existed heretofore.
During the past year, from April !,
1904. to February l. 1905 the extra
police work for which the village paid
amounted to about three hundred and
fifty dollars (s350). From February
| to April !, 1905, this extra expense
was nothing. Under the new ar
rangement all fees received by the
police go into the village treasury,
the receipts from this source during
the past year being about three hun
dred and twenty dollars (S320). Thus |
the increased cost to the village of |
the day police Is only about five hun |
dred dollars (s500) a year, and the |
which would be contributed by a per-
son paying taxes on one thousand /
dollars $4,000 would be ten cents. /
and only two cents by person pay
ing a poll tax.
Your bailiffs earnestly recommend
the retention of the day police as con-
1ucive to the best interests and well
fare of the village.
An unforeseen contingency arose
from the lack of water in the reser-
voir last March. This was so serious
that the bailiffs felt ii incumbent to
purchase and install a
new steam pump in the pumping sta
ion. This was done at an expense
1f eight hundred and seventy-two II
lollars ($S72), this amount including |,
he use of the steamers to pump into
he reservoir while the apparatus
vas being installed A contract was
entered into with the Chestnut Hill |,
Reservoir company whereby this
lmount is TO be refunded to the viii i
age in four quarterly instalments
rom the hydrant rentals coming due !
rom the village to the Reservoir
company. ,
Your bailiffs would recommend the
election of committee, with the
power vested in them to employ
engineer to investigate
md report at some future village Q
Meeting concerning the water supply |
# the village of Brattleboro. t
Your bailiffs We're able to meet all !
hese unforeseen expenses, including
he instalment of the pump, from the !
urrent funds, and have on hand a I
'alance of three hundred and thirty a
Iollars and forty-six cents in cash. r
which, together with the balance due $
N pump account and sewer assess /
nents, leaves assets at the end Of t
he village year amounting to $1,S7S.
6.
Your bailiffs We're able to apply
$50 toward extinguishing the YER :.
ION street water main debt, this :
mount having been received from :
he Reservoir company and water !,
entails. =
FOR COMING YEAR. d
ire department 6,500.00 e
trppt lighting 700 90 | 20