The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-12
The MeddLer


~ intrnrsi, and not onU II them aas md
Impressed Aiih the unusual natural al
ahlascs the i0an POSSESSES, une thing
hnAuNrF, nhith caused some nniasnfAtls
, comment land which wlli continue 70 d.
- a. long It lastsl Nas the condition
~ our highways. Superintendent 81
sirpvta Hogan IT uouFss took particular
! nsle u our highways aud he did no, hrsi'
! tate "a say that they were pmiiY poof,
Indeed there was no Irason for hesitation
almost every body Ia town Is aNaN II the
Tact, And Tor that Yey reason something
ought a. h. done az onre toward bring
lng about a Udiral improvement, Com
missioner j. 4, Nichols, oi whom Tho
Meddler had hopes last Manh, docsn I
seem 10 b. doing any better than In pre-.
deoessor The strrsts IA the village aud
the roads leading oui Of the town were
never IA any wone shape than they are
today.
There Is no measuring the extent Of
the benefit that would come from the con,
4 slmcllon 81 system Of permanent high
ways ia Bratllvboro and the surrounding
i territory. Not alone would such 49,
7 tenn H. ana advantage 10 the users OF an'
I iomubilrs aud teams, II would increase
I the valuation az all adjacent property aud
/ render accessible Tor summer homes sites
whose scenic advantages ate now known
only 90 few people who arr willing 20
traverse uIls aud gulllcs Ia search Of a
slightly place IN which 70 rcsiicaio through
the summer months, There are within a
few miles OF Bnttlcboro scores Of loca'
iions whose views aW almost matches,
but how many outsiders know Of thcmg
Hardly a one, and for the very simple
reason that the places are isolated by that
most effective OF barfier, the bad road.
People who are seriously interested IN
the bigger, better, buster Braitleboro idea
can well give considerable thought 20 the
question Of broader better, buster high
ways.
The Meddler has no intention Of appear.
ing in the slightest degree opposed 10 the
open.air services on the common when he
makes the suggestion that hereafter the
meetings and the Sunday afternoon band
concerts be kept separate. The number OF
people who turned out last Sunday alter
noon shows that the concerts Will become
very popular; the success OF the opcn'air
meetings has been a fact for two seasons
or more. The program should be so ar
ranged hereafter that people who wish 20
hear the concert and do not care TO attend |
the service may be accommodated. Tn
the common Sunday afternoon were /
scores OF young children who had been /
brought there by their parents TO hear the 4
music. IL was unreasonable to expect 4
these youngsters TO keep quiet during the 1
reading OF the scripture IN the hope that
there would be some more music later
on. They should have been given the OPP /
portunity TO hear the concert and then
90 home. Let the band give its regular
concert program and then let the open
air service begin. Such an arrangement
will be satisfactory to all.
lie stood close beside her on the run.
ming board as the car stopped at the end
OF the line in West Brattleboro the other
evening. She leaned toward him slightly
nd-just then the conductor pulled down
the trolley to reverse IT and darkness COW
cred almost everything. When the cur
rent came on again she was sitting alone
and he had disappeared up the street. II
was all executed SO neatly that The Med
der is willing TO wager he was the only
one on the car who saw what happened.
Our odoriferous old friend the sewer
mas made its appearance off the mouth {
IF Milestone brook again. lis sweet to .
hink how nice twill be when the water /
his nuisance, much sweeter in fact than [
he perfume which comes through our
windows ever and anon.
'
The Meddler has been asked to call
he attention of the travelling public to .
he provision which requires all baggage :
o be checked to be at the railroad sta
ion at least five minutes before train
ime. This rule is apparently unknown d
o most travellers, for hardly day passes n
,hen one or more persons do not arrive b
{ the local station minute or two be- u
ore train time with anywhere from one /
0 a halfdozen trunks to be checked 1t p
unreasonable to suppose that this bag
age can be handled in so short time, 5
nd the officials at the local station can o
OF be blamed for enforcing the tve-min- e.
te rule. o.
"
In a communication published elsewhere p
ne manager of the local division of the
win State Gas and Electric company h
likes exceptions to the statement made by N
he Meddler last week about the policy p'
that concern. The Meddler said in eff Il
ct that the lighting company was not &c
was not pulling with the
,wn in its efforts to grow bigger, better W
i'd busier-in short, was clog in the Ell
heel of progress. The manager of the III
cal division calls attention to the large da
mount Of money the company has spent at
ere during the past year and says 1t Is ne
illing to do anything in its power to
,neft to the community. The Meddler is m
ad to be able to record this promise from h,
e local manager, and from time to time I,
i'll call attention to things which will Iaa
owe of benefit to the community and ov
hich are within the power of the com ca
my to do. But he is still to be convinced dj
at the Twin State company is awake IN
d alive to its opportunities in this town.
thoroughly up-to-date public service :
rporation would give careful considera-
N to the matter of rates in a town pc !
liarly well situated to take up the NUM-
,al ownership problem; it would not al
" itself to become the object of investi -
ton by the board of trade but would ola
Their strive to be concern to which WI
at organization could point with pride Wi
an example of corporate cooperation; no
would not antagoniZe the very people nv
10 control an enormous water power de- Wi
opment from which unusually, cheap ing
wer is soon to be available. The Med az
r has a method in calling attention to inc
, shortcomings of the local lighting rea
npany. 1t is his belief that a public the
vice corporation conducted as it should sue
would be Just as valuable an asset to
town as plant owned by the NUM- as
ality. The Meddler. att
v. R. Sargent & Son, who have con- pre-
tied manufacturing business in Garlic son
for Is years, will move next fall to two
ndolph. The reason given for the y,
= nd