Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-03-09
TOWN MEETING
INCENSE ADVOCATES WIN BY
IS MAJORITY.
Oh Board of Seiectmen Reelected,
Town to Post East Middiebury
Road Againest Use by
Auto mobiles.


Automobiles.
With weather thatucould not have
been better if it had been made to order
town meeting brought out an average
attendance on Tuesday. The meeting
was utterly devoid of spectacular
features and no contests were recorded
in the election of the various town
officials. While there was a decided
inclination upon the part of several to
question certain town transactions it was
done in 1t friendly spirit and evidently
for no other purpose than purely that of
gaining information. The vote upon the
license question was about the only
matter of vital interest to the Taxpayers
and at three O'Clock when the box was
turned the ballot showed that PAS votes
had been cast for and 233 against and ac-
cordingly the town will be a license one
the coming year. 1t was according to
the official clock 10 a, M, when Moder-
ator f. A. Bond raped for order al
though timepieces other an "otflciaP
showed the hour to be 1920. 1t re-
| quired less than five minutes to re-elect
| Moderator. Bond and Clerk j. NJ. Burke
although the names of John E Weeks
and James B. Donoway were placed in
nomination as Mr.. Bonds successor.
/ Both gentlemen refused to stand the
nomination however.
A letter from Joseph Battell, in regard
to an article in the warrant concerning
the posting of the road between the
Isaac Rogers corner and the Middiebury
-Ripton town line against the use of
automobiles was read
The reports of the various town officers
were accepted and adopted and the
usual appropriation of S75 was made for
Memorial day, S25 of the same to he
devoted to East Middlebury. Upon
mo tion Of Ira II. La Fleur it was voted
to appoint a committee of three to act
with the q. a. r. veterans in arranging
program for Memorial Day.
1t was voted to authorize the select
men to lay a new floor in the town hall
at a cost not TO exceed 5000 and the
original resolution to that effect was
amended to include other necessary
repairs on the building.
The meeting ivoted to authorize the
selectmen to sell and convey, by sufficient
deed, the Lowell property and also voted
to reimburse the committee who had
! loh e . nd
of the Soldiers Monument on last Mem
orial day, for expenses incurred above
the appropriation, said expenses being
S4110. 1t was voted to authorize the
selectmen to make such changes in. and
additions to the bitches and sewers in
East Mlddlebury, as they deem neces-
sary. A tax of 40 cents on the dollar for
the payment of outstanding orders of
the town, for the support of the poor,
and other expenses of the town for the
) ensuing year; also payment of one
thousand dollar bond failing due this
year and accruing interest, and all out
, standing obligations; also to pay state
tax, state school tax, state highway tax
: and county tax was voted.
Hea lth officer, D. c, Noble made hi:
} report and spoke particularly of school
house conditions especially in the out
lying districts his remarks dealing largely
with heating and ventilation. He sug
gested a plan for a better system OF
: ventilation of district school houses. He
/ also said that the school building in this
village had an admirable system OF
ventilation but that its system of heating
} was not satisfactory. The report was
adopted
) Upon motion of A. w. Dickens it wat
voted to prohibit the running of automO
biles upon the main highway between
the Isaac Rogers corner and the Middle
bury-Ripton town line. Considerable
= discussion was had upon this resolution
which was one of the articles in the
= warrant and Judge Bliss and Col. T. NJ
? Chapman supported the resolution
Colonel Chapman offered an amendmen
2 to the resolution empowering the select
1 men to close any other roads agains
1 autos they thought best but it was de
= feated
e Messrs. G. f. Marshall, c. c. Wells, j
t F.. Weeks and F. NJ. Foote were selected
+ as tellers and with n. A. Seymour il
= charge Of the check list the meeting
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