Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-01-11
NEWS OF VERMONT.
More Important Events Grouped for
Free Press NcaJcrs--Wiii Not re-
NuiId I'OwnaI Factory.

a leading Iuancier OF tho town OF
Iownal and one VINO stands close to
The officials OF the Wright llsalth Tn
'lerwcar company, whose mill in that
place was burned December Is. entail
Ing II loss of over S}OU0. SAYS he con-
si1orS there is no chance whatever for
the company TO rebuild in that village
The company owns one of the best
water powers in Vermont, but there
are DISADVANTAGES which offset that. ur
says there Is no prospect that the plant
viii bc built in North Adams. The com
pany has n mill IN CohOcs and one IN
Troy y. ", and ii will probably con
tor its business at those plants, which
an he enlarged at any time necessary.
should the company not rebuild il Will
sc a great blow to pownal rs IT was the
only industry that the place had, and
had been located there over 80 years.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE IN YER
MONT
DR.. VI. j.. IIolton Of Brattlcboro. Soc
rotary of the state board of health. has
compiled by counties information regard
ing the number OF eases Of contagious
diseases during 1893. as returned to the
board. I he rcport shows Il total ut CON
taglous diseases reported from the whole
state, as follows: Diphtocriu and Group,
W: measles 1854; meningitis. 10. scarlet
fever. A.; typhoid fever 3Hl; whoopinG
cough, ?si; smallpox. = Tho whole num-
bcr of diseases reported was ".JSl ThCi"
were ISL cases of measles III Bennington.
1N in Sunderland, To- in Colchester. ~
~ Grand Isle, 800 in Swanton l72 IN Fair
Haven, 40 in Rutland city. 109 In North
iicld 30 In Brittlcboro. rs in Rocking
liam and III in Ludlow. There were loi
c,.scs Of whooplng cough in Randolph.
rho complete report of deaths Tor 1905 has
not bccn received. During tho first six
months three cvntcndraus died aged. 70
Succtivolv. 700 i0j and rs. The number
for 1901 was 49,. OF this number more
liam half vas under five years or over
seventy. The secretary of thc board has
travelled during the year in the dis
rh1trc or his duties a123 miles 10y rail
and 80 by team, ana has written a.n9G
'ettcrs.
WANT 80 FIRE PROTECTION.
~ special adjourned meeting in Plain
6old Tuesday Jan. = Tia" report of the
special ,oNuittoc appointed to- invcsti-
tatc TN" tIatt"r Of water supply for
fire protection was tabled and thu pro-
lcct is abandoned for til" present. \
meeting OF tho voters was held at which !
The uunrotr, ted condition of the villa GO
IN respect Ia tho fire danger was dis |
.ussod. At this meeting a special COM !
uitteo consisting Of Ezekiel skinner. j. !
:. Chamberlain and D.. W. Moses was |
appointed 1" inv"Stigat" the matter and !
report. IT was this report that was laid |
on the tablc on Tuesday evening. Ac-
COrdinc To- the estimates submitted by |
The coInmtt," an ad"Quat" reservoir |
could be constructed and tho town pro- |
trctcd at an expense ot Sl1.N'o. But the |
voters vetoed the project on Tuesday.
RAILROAD SUES pIrTSFIEID. (
The White River Valley Railroad COM
pauN has brought suit against the town |
of Iittslcld to recover 5000 alleged to |
have hccu voted 10y the town August 13 |
l'"\ for part Of the expense of con- |
structmg the road. Tho case will prob |
abby bc tried at the March term of Rut- !
land county court L. l.. Waterman and
United states District Attorney j. l.. /
M1"tin Of Hrattl"horu are counsel COR IN" |.
plaintiff. Tho railroad * now in III. !
hands Of a receiver. Frank T.. Paige. of /
Hrockliu" Mass. The railroad WAS grant |
ed charter by the LEGISLATURE of 1896 |
IL h.uld its lin" from Rochester through /
the towns of Ti,tsfcI ana Stockbridgo
to Bethel. Tn" capital stock WAS $..,.-
Co". Construction work was begun as