Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-09-17
ACCOMMODATION ron LEGIsIA-

While our friends OF Montpelier
tention to preparations for the com
plete and adequate lodging of MEM
bers of the Legislature. the old ten
dency to wonder whether It will be
necessary for any of our lawmakers
to store their trunks in the museum
of the state House continues to mani
fest itself 1t would bc an easy mat
ter to provide cots for use In the
| those sections of the Capitol where
| the atmosphere Is found most con-
ducive to siccp. although there might
| be some conflict of opinion as to
which House Is more productive Of
| somniferous Influences. 1t would at
least be possible for tho Legislature
| to ape the national Congress and
provide restaurant where cold tea
and other light refreshments might
be had by members unable to secure
satisfactory accommodations in the
| city OF laws however, some OF our
| contemporaries have other practical
suggestions. rs will appear from a
torial on the subject by the Barre
Times:
An ingenious suggestion is pre-
scented by the Waterbury Record to
members Of the Legislature who may
fail to find satisfactory lodging ac-
comrnodations In Montpelier; It is, to
go to Waterbury for just the kind Of
| accommodations they wish for. Tho
proposal is not at all impracticable
! in spite of the seeming difficulties,
and IT would not be surprising If some
| members of the Legislature should
take up with the idea. Waterbury
has a commodious and comfortable
inn. under guidance of hospitable
| landlord Moreover, the railroad
timetab'c1 are fairly wen arranged
to suit the convenience of tho subur-
banites. morning train carrying
passengers into Montpelier In season
| for the prayers at the state House
and an evening train leaving the cap
| ital city at a time when the day =
session Is generally closed. If the
| faithful and Industrious committed
| men really desired to attend night
committee meetings, they could get
back to Waterbury by tho midnight
train. Thus mt the risk of appearing
| disloyal t. Montpelier, we have map
ped out a not lnattractive schedule
for some of the 24O odd Vermonters
who will come UP to Montpelier for
the next two months. Possibly. even,
| Montpelier herself may be gratifed
| that she has been assisted out of a
biennial still hunt for lodging places.
| Barre. which Is six miles nearer
Montpelier than Waterbury and with
| half-hourly street cars. has enter
tanned some OF the hosts IN years past
and will be pleased to do so again
this year.
We would venture to suggest in
this connection that burlington would
be willing to undertake to care for
the legislative overflow from Mont
pclier and Waterbury. Inasmuch as
the Central Vermont railroad kindly
provides n legislative special running
|
during the session It would be an
easy matter for legislators eager to
bask In the Lake Chnmplain atmos-
phere to become commuters. This
could be done without IN the slight
est degree giving cause for suspicion
that Burlington had designs on the
capitol. Indeed It would remove the
cause which periodically manifests It.
self In favor of a change In the To-
cation OF tho state House. The cap
itol is so securely nailed down thai
II will probably never shake the dus
of Montpelier from Its founda tor
stones. but there Is nothing to pre-
vent Legislators from boarding round
in more or less adjacent cities and
thus relieving the crush IN the cap
ital city.