Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-10
THE MEDDLER.
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J. The condition of Brattleboro's wat
: supply at present is pretty good eV
2 dence that the village will soon De OF
G liged to take this matter into It's oW
!. hands unless radical changes are mae
on the part of the owners OF the sy'
[ TEN. The Meddler took occasion TO II
5 spect the Chestnut hill reservoir tues
J day and was astounded at the eN
, tremely small quantity of water Una
J II contained. 1t looked much MOI
like dlsused watering-trough
mammoth proportions than recep'
acle supposed to contain suff1cien
water to supply the needs of a vlllas
! the size of this In case of fire. IN
sunken ice showed how rapidly u
water must have dropped recent!
and the frozen pipes indicated IN
lack of anything like a proper supply
In fact the only water to be seen wa
a small stream trickling in from tn
pine which connects with the pump
ing station at West river just nov
much water there was in the reservoir
it was impossible to tell on account 0
the thick coating of ice which covered
1t completely, yet The Meddler dis
liked to think how quickly this que3
ton would be answered If one o.
more MIGRANTS were called into use
This dangerous and alarming stat
of affairs Is no doubt due TO seVeTa
reasons, among them the low CONDITION
of the springs and the resultant freez-
| ing of the supply pipes on account oil
low pressure, the overworked cohdi-
| ton of the pump at the West river
station and the large amount of water
that is wasted by people who leave
their faucets running all night 10
prevent freezing. There is no reason
however, for the village. being depend
ent upon water supply which can
be so vitally affected by such com
bination of circumstances. No doubt
we shall get through this time without
an extraordinary call upon the re-
sources of the reservoir, but whether
we do or do not it is time some action
was taken to prevent the recurrence
of such a dangerous condition.
There is no doubt that the majority
of the people in Brattleboro wish TO
try a year of no-license under the
local option law; the vote at Tuesdays
town meeting was strongly indicative
Of this fact. Whether the results Will
justify the wisdom of this course is
question that time alone will settle,
but It is safe to say that the town will
see a period of absolute prohibition,
as far as sales within its limits are
state of affairs that viii
be entirely new to most of us Now
that this decision has been made The
Meddler hopes that nothing will be
done to prevent an absolutely fair trial
under no-license. The retention of
the day police will help to keep tabs !
on the actual conditions.
One Of the first results of the mer |
chants combine against program and |
booklet advertising is a nip in the |
,ud to the high school pupils plan
or school paper. Whether the
wording of this agreement can be
to prevent patronizing such 1
publication is open to doubt, but
lumber of the local business men seem
o think so and consequently the idea
las been given up. Without intend
ng to find fault with any merchant
or signing the agreement The Med
Ter is sorry that such a commendable
roject as a school paper should have
0 be abandoned. It's publication
'ould be good training for the pupils
nd source of interest 10 alumni,
A local amateur photographer with
keen eye for the unusual recently
ent to some friends in the south
icture showing Canal street blocked |
18th snowdrifts from eight to 10 feet
Ugh 1t was really a wonderful view
nd calculated to impress almost any
he with the severity of the past win
r in Vermont. 1t showed the street II
lilroad winding between drifts that
ached the tops of the cars, and made I
lie wonder what sort of a pillow was
'cessary to cope with such noun
nous piles. And the best part of J
is story is that the local photograph
did not realize he had been fakin
It'll the warm weather of last week
posed Road Commissioner Eames's
avel heaps. 1
The Meddler has been asked by a
end to get after" the fish-peddlers
10 scatter the heads and tails of
cir goods about the streets. Now
at the year has so far advanced
1T we may expect warm weather
y time it would be a good plan to r.
I out this practice. In appearance n
hsh's head is not a savory article. -
d when the temperature is high it 4
IN becomes worse than bad-looking.
have enough dead things on our
always without adding fish to the
The Meddler. IA