Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-11-15
INCREASE IN BANK DEPOSITS IN
THE PAST YEAR

and erect more cattle stalls.
INCREASE IN BANK DEPOSITS IN
THE PAST YEAR
The report of the State Inspector OF
finance, Luther A. Cobb, shows that the
savings institutions ard trust companies
have deposits of So, oS7 ,699.0s. an increase
of &,7i7.7lo40 over 1907. With one cxcep-
ton this is the largest gain in deposits
in any one year since the department
was organized. The number of deposit
tors have increased 7.022 and now are
l5l. $50 Nearly one-half the people in the
State are depoetors in the banks. The
resources of the bank have increased
80 ll3, CJ6.76 during the past year. The
surplus and profits amount to $3.43s 3Sl.73,
or & 3-5 per cent. of the deposits. Tho
taxes paid were s34s.5o7.l9, am increase of
SIG. 045.47. The dividends to depositors
were s. COZ, 1896, an increase OF 100000
over for the year. The inspector recon-
mends a reduction of the rate of taxation
on money loaned within the State, the
removal of tax on deposits. also exam
nations of banks other than those made
regularly.
WANT NEW LOCATION FOR DEPOT.
Representatives of the Central Vermont
railway have been in Richford in con-
ference with a committee from the Bust
ness Mems club, composed OF Messrs.
George f. Read, II. c. Comings and II.
A. Puffer. regarding the location of a
new passenger station at that place.
They propose to build a good building,
one that will be n credit to the place.
and will locate it on the Sears property
near the American House. providing it
can be purchased and a certain amount
to be raised by the village or town to as
s'st them in this work. new depot
located at this point would better &C
commodatc the townspeople and the
travelling public as well.
WAS IN HER 1o0TH YEAR.
Mrs. Addison Brown of Brattleboro
aged 20, died Wednesday November :.
She was the Oldest person in Bratteboro
and the widow of the first Unitarian
minister in town. Her maiden name was
| Anna Elizabeth Weatherbe and she was
born in Boston. August 26 1891. She was
ma rried to the Rev. Addison Brown in
New Ipswich, y. H., in 1s32. and Mr.
Brown was called to Brattleboro the
of exceptional intellectual ana literary
| attachments. She leaves Il son Charles
w. Brown, of Rockford, H.. and 4
daughter Mary H. wife OF Col. A. 7
Dunton of Brattleboro. Her husband
who subsequent to his ministry was SUI
perintendent Of schools and editor of tbs
Vermont Phoenix, died in 1879.
WANT AVENUE PAST MONUMENT
Congressman Eittredge Haskins OF
Brattleboro and l.. W. Bush of Brook.
line, committee representing the Six.
tenth Vermont Regtmental association
have gone to Washington to make an ef-
Tort to have an avenue laid out past The
reginental monument on the Gettysburg
battlefield. If they are unable to do this
they will have the monument moved to
a point near one of the present avenues
and mark tho site with a tablet
Y. NJ. c. 4. CONVENTION.
At the second annual convention or tho
Franklin Young Mems Christian associa
ton which closed In Richford Tuesday
the following officers were elected
chairman, q. f, Ladd OF Richford; vice
president, NJ. ID. Chittenden of Fairfax,
| 'NNiSfstly, cueIOOn H. fbOTlRll
or Richford; assistant secretary, Oscar
DOW or Montgomery Committee were ap-
pointed by the chairman as follows
Prudential committee, G. c. Manuel OF
Richford. A. NJ. Aseltine of Enosburgt
rails Fred Brown Of Sheldon: committee
on resolutions, G. r, Smith o. Swanton
Richard Smith of West Enosburgh. Man
Sutton of East Berkshire. At the banquet
held at the American House F. A. Manue
OF Richford of the county committee, read
the second annual report of that com
mlttee for the year ending October /. 1896
he said in part: About one year age
wsen our first annual convention wa,
l'e!d in Swanton, and retrospective
view was taken OF the FIRST year:
work OF the Young Mems Christian as
insociation in Franklin county, it wa.
conceded that the effort had been wortl
the, while, and that the investment hac
yielded enduring dividends. AS We look
ed out upon the year then just begin
ming the demand for the work of tn,
Young Mems Christian association seem
cd great and the task before the count,
secretary was no easy one. but with tn,
blessing OF Almighty God accompanyin,