Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-08
MR.. oALvlN's SIDE.
says the Statements Of Mr.. Jones Do
Not Agree with the Faet..

To the Editor OF The Reformer:
II Is with a great deal OF reluctance
mat ! send this communication 10 ,he
Neiormer, but the conspicuous head
ing ana the erroneous statements Civ
en- w your report OF the trolley road
meeting compel me In justice to myself
20 say word. will not submit or al
low any such falsehoods TO go uncon-
tradicted when j know the source from
Whence they come. Mr.. Jones's state
ment that he had been unable un TO
Monday afternoon TO have his accounts
AUDITED is absolutely and unqualified
~ raise he never asked or offered me
MS accounts TO audit. Monday, the
2Sth, when on my way from dinner,
MI Jones got of car In front of the
vermont National bank and had start
ed In that direction when hailed him
and asked II he had any books or ac-
counts that were ready to be audited
He said II wanted them he would
send them down. which he did about
half- past two. II was not my business
TO chase around after any of the ac-
counts. II was his business TO notify
me when they We're ready; this he did
not do.
| There is nothing In Mr.. Jones's ac-
counts to audit. simply few clerical
errors to correct ON the conductors
slips. and for the following reasons:
Mr. Jones has the key to the car reg
listers. the conductors turn In the car
slips and the cash to Mr.. Jones. Mr..
Jones settles the cash with the car
registers. and when this is done. turns
over the cash to the treasurer. II Is
simply folly and waste of time and
money to 90 over l.i00 or 1900 car
m hA
ductors should turn over the cash to
the treasurer and the ear slips to Mr..
Jones, or, better yet. to the auditor,
and then there would be something to
audit. When one man has the whole
combination how Is the other fellow
going to get in?
| Eight years ago Mr.. Jones. without
any experience, took the management
of the road. At that time two divi-
dends had been paid. and another de-
clared. and the stock was worth about
lS5. Today It would be necessary to
get out search warrant to find some
! one who would be willing to pay any
thing for it, Every annual meeting
has brought forth glowing promises of
what would be done the coming year.
After eight years of lit was an un-
usually cold winter. lots of snow to
and summers" isn't II about time to
drop such excuses? The income of
$4,000 year ought to run two cars,
keep the road in first class repair, pay
all the expense of running the Center
willie Folly, and leave snug little bal
ance. The past year shows that the
II road went s1,700 in the hole. How
much of this. aside from the expense
/ of paving Main street hill. was used
| for other than necessary repairs. Inc
contract with the town is that the eN,
lpense of maintaining the roadbed anu
| for distance of two feet outside OF
each rail shall be borne by the railroad
company If the proverbal CHAP VINO
| is looking for place where the stones
are loose and the dogs tied down,
should visit Main street hill ne wouia
| find ample protection, Who knows pu.
| in a year or so the town VIII be askeu
| to nav a part of the paving expense
as they did on the Main street bridge !;
| a radical change is needed If the roau
| is 10 be kept out of the hands OF the
bondholders.
Here ends chapter l.
Respectfully.
JOHN CALVIN.
Rrattleboro. Sept. 6, 1903.