Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-04-12
All these reports were unanimously ac-

All these reports were unanimously ac-
cepted.
G. L. Stlckney. for the committee on
nominations, presented the following list:
For directors. c. q. Robbins. G. L. Dun
ham, c. f. GRAHAM l.. +. Adams, John
Calvin, ]. G. Estey, NJ. Austin. ir. NJ j.
Moran, II. p. Wellman, A. d. Wyatt,
A. p. Simonds, f. r. Vaughan. J. II.
Burke. f. L. Hildreth; clerk George E
Fox; auditor, Fred c. Adams. The nom
nations were approved and the clerk was
instructed to cast one ballot for the cleo
ton of the ticket.
The completion of the formal business
of the meeting was followed by attention
for an hour and a half to unfinished
business" the time being devoted to a
free, general and informal discussion of
the work of the board and of the essen
tial things which relate to the growth.
| betterment and future welfare of Brat
tleboro.
In answer to the call of the president
Martin Austin, ir., lei with verbal re-
port of the work of the committee on new
I industries. Mr.. Austin said i'm substance
that while no new manufacturing enter
prise had been brought to Brattleboro
during the year the committee had been
active and had examined numerous propo-
stions. Three were especially noted. The
first of these, the Peerless Manufacture
ing company, makers of womens under
] established
a factory in Brattleboro had 1t not been
/ that the overall company was already To-
! Gated here, employing the help of all the
! girls and young women who are available
| The second was a tap and die concern
| which had promising possibilities The
/ third, and probably the best one of all is
! that of man now in business who would
! like to contract for machines to be built
/ in Brattleboro and who would guarantee
$4,000 worth of business on the manufac-
| ture OF one machine as a side line of the
! industry If established here
! Mr.. Austin said it had not been the
| policy of the committee to encourage any
| enterprise which asked for bonus or for
tax exemption or other extraordinary con-
cessions. Much interest was shown in Mr.
| Austin's report and his suggestions were
| taken up and discussed when he finished
as well as at intervals during the evening
1t was evidently the unanimous sentiment
| OF those present that good machine
shop or machine making industry would
be very valuable adjunct to our manu-
| featuring interests. The remarkable
growth and prosperity of such an indus
try, as seen in Springfield this state, was
| especially commented upon
+. X. Vaughan chairman of the public
improvements committee, spoke of the
work that was done last year in coniunc-
ton with the Woman's club in the way of
ornamentation by plants and flowers. and
especially commended the suggestion
made by George w. Cable in his address
mere IN regard to the prize gardens which
are a leading feature of such work in
Northampton, and thought the idea might
be taken up successfully here. Mr.
Vaughan expressed the decided opinion,
however, that in future 1t would be the
wiser way to separate the work of the
Woman's club and of the board, leaving
the Woman's club to attend to the details.
toly
up he thought 1t might be advisable for
the board to furnish the prizes
A. d. Wyatt, for the committee on pos
tai telephone and telegraph service, spoke
of the efforts that had been made to Sc
cure the placing of a public telephone
booth in the railroad station at Brattle-
boro. The Central Vermont company, he
said. had made demands on the telephone
company for the establishment of booths
and free railroad service at stations on
the West river road which the telephone
company could not meet. but it was now
though that the booth at our station may
soon be installed. following the recent in
stallation of such booth in the station
at White River Junction.
A. P. Simonds spoke briefly of the work
which has been done by the committee on
printing and publicity and said that more
actlVe work In this line was in sight for
the near future.
Mr.. Fox, the secretary. cited as an in
stance of the marked benefit of having
a working organization like the board of
trade, telegraph request he had recently
received to meet at the railroad station a
representative of the Lowell Scale works,
who said he had heard that there was a
building In Brattleboro (the Williams car
riage shop which might be available for
their use and he wished for full details
about. j. E. Mellen said he knew this to
be good company and urged the advan-
tage which would result from bringing to
town concern like this or like the ma
chine building industry which Mr.. Aus
tin had spoken of.
Mr. Mellen also mentioned the need of
a waiting room, with the necessary toilet
conveniences, where women may be made
welcome when in Brattleboro for shopping