Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-28
NEWS OF VERMONT
More Important Evsnts Grouped for
Free Press Rcndcrs-AnnunI Meet.
Ing of 81. J. Il l.. e. ROnd.

The annuai meeting Of tho stockhoid-
ers of tho st. Johnslury & Lake Cham
plain railroad was held Thursday
and these directors elected for the CIT
suing year: Carroll s. Page Hyde Park;
Henry RlodSett, ST. Johnsburv; u. H..
Folsom. Lyndonvillc; George w. Ilondce.
Morrisvilc; Samrol G. Lawrence, Med
ford Mass Alvah subway Franklin,
y. IT,. I.ucius Tuttle. Boston, II. \. lur-
ncr. st. Johnsbury. These arc the same
directors as last year with the exception
Of Mr.. Sulloway. who succeeds ,l'nry
Il. Reed of Boston. deceased. inc di-
rcc;orS elected tn" same hoard of officers
rs follows: president and superintendent,
VI. T.. Folsom. ViCe-prcsident. ". n. TNr-
rer; secretary, treasurer and assistant
superintendent, George W. cree of ST.
Johnsbury. Tho annual report Of the year
ending June go presents some interesting
figures. The gross earnings were $316.s34.-
~. an increase of about $4,000 over the
past year. almost I'll tho increase was in
froight which earned tho road s23o, ~ 80
The operating expenses We're Sig per
cent. of tho income and III" net earnings
s;,."l2 A.. as against s31, ia 80 the year prc-
vious. But there is 4 net deficit of Si9.-
2T,.;3 because of e7i,iH3S interest on
notes and bonds There is sizanlc IN
crease in the gross earnings per mile and
u decrease in operating expenses per
mile, but tho road can hardly 10 called
a paving investment when II balance is
struck on The general balance sheet by
charging sl,6!oN9.62 to profit and loss
account. There are 100 miles on the MAN
line and ll1a miles on the Victory branch.
WORKING FOR SUMMER HOTEL.
At a meeting At the town halt in Dan
vile September 1G to take action on
the matter Of II new summer hotel, an or
ganization was effected by the election
of Harvey Burbank as chairman and
Aaron Wcsson as secretary. Marcy =
Dole, F.. r. Badger and Aaron Wesson
acting as a committee, selected Col. Mel
son A. Dole. Charles w. Thurber, w. G..
Heath. Capt. stephen Waterman and
Judge stephen L. Morse 70 Investigate
and report later Ten thousand dollars
from outside parties has been offered
toward stock for the corporation which
builds the hotel.
BURGLARY AT CRAFTSBURY.
y,
store of Sawyer e. Uric of t'raftsbury
WAS broker into and a sun. of money.
about 500. was taken. No trace of the
burglar could be found. hut after few
days suspicion pointed to Bernie r. Cole,
youth of about 90 living at that place.
Last Saturday. just week after the
theft. tho boy evidently became uneasy
and in the early morning Of Sunday he
tramped over the mountain to Woloott.
where ne hired a man to carry him to
Hyde Park. At that place he took dinner
ana WIS carried &c Johnson. where he
remained until Monday morning, when
ne took the train, buying n mileage Uc
tried to usa the same on the i. e l..
rood and it was through this that track
of him was obtained. He talked with the
conductor about going to Plattshuryh.
Monday morning. Mr.. Sawyer, who is n
deputy sheriff, started after him and
went I" Hyde Park, where he engaged
the services of a. d. Robbins They went
TO Johnson and there learned the above
facts. They traced the boy to Burl,ngtur
but did not find him and their conclusion
was that he took the train for ALBANY
at that place. The young man was i'm
piicated in q scrape exactly like this
ABOUT year ago. when the same store
WAS entered and the same amount taken.
HIS parents fixed up the matter and h,
was placed on probation. The general
supposition il that the man will drift,
homeward after his money IL gone and
soon be In the tolls.
DARTMOUTH STUDENT DROWNED
AT WILDER.
One of the saddest drowning accidents
that has visited Dartmouth College in rc.
cent years, and there have been seyera,
OF them, took place near Wilder Thurs
day. Alfred d. Gere of the class OF 1877
of Northampton, Mass, was drowne,,
while on short trip down the Connecti-
cut. and Frank p. Riley, CO. OF Boston,
was saved only by the heroic work OF
Arthur White. II years old. Burton X.
Murdoch. 10. and Hugh Gee. II. students
at the Hartford high school. Gere and
Riley started from Hanover. and had Just
carried their canoe around tho Wilder
falls and were shooting the rapids knowf
ms the Tower falls when their canoe was
caught between cOnverRing currents, turn.
ed sideways and instantly capsized. Both