The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-21

TOWN MEETING
Warrant Contains Many
Interesting Articles
NEW STATION PERHAPS
Central Vermont Says II Will Build
One II Vernon Street Grade Is Re.
dueed-ouestion OF New West River
Bridge Important.

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Question OF New West River
Bridge Important
The warrant for the annual town
meeting Tuesday, March 3, has been
posted this week. II is Of unusual
length, containing % articles, and
brings before the voters an unusual
amount of important business. The
meeting will be called TO order at o a.
m. in Festival hall and the articles
will be taken up in their order. Not'
crs should bear in mind that the Aus
tralian ballot was rclegated to the
rear nj the last meeting so that the
nomination of officers will take place
! from the floor without a caucus or the
filing of nomination papers. The Ii.
cense question will be voted upon by
ballot and the check list will of course
be used. The boxes will be open from
a. m. until 3 p. m.
The first article pertains to the H.
cense question and there is no reason
to expect anything but a safe major.
ity in favor of nolicense. Article
calls for the election Of all officers re-
quired by law and in addition tree
warden. Whether fight will be made
on the question of town officers is as
vet matter of conjecture. but rumors
have been afloat TO the effect that an
entirely new board would be put up.
IL is unlikely. however that any new
ticket can down the present officers
who are willing TO stand for re-elec.
tion. On question of road commission.
er there is likely to be some discussion
since it is understood that p. 5. Eames
will not be candidate again this
year. The town has never had tree
warden but there is wide belief that
such an officer would be Of valuable
assistance in caring for the shade
trees and watching for any encroach-
ment Of the various moth pests that
have made their appearance in nearby
towns. A. W. Roel has been men.
toned as man well equipped to hold
this office.
Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, Z, s, o and 10 deal
with routine matters such as acting
upon the auditors report, choosing
three library trustees. for term OF
three years, approprating money for
the care and maintenance of the IL
brary, the commons and burial
grounds and the observance of Me-
mortal day. deciding what salaries
shall be paid the town officers the com
ing year and the exemption from taxa
tion of the polls of members of West
ern Engine company No. ! of West
Brattleboro.
Article IL is "to see if the town
will vote to grade the hill and the side
walk on the east side of the highway
known as Cemetery hill and If so
raise money to defray the expense of
the same. - This is a matter which has
come up at previous meetings ana
been thoroughly discussed. Article Il
which relates to improving Vernon
street by cutting down the hill and
regarding it toward the south will
arouse unusual interest because of the
verbal statement of the Central Yer
mont railroad officials that if the town
will cut the street to the level Of the
railroad track they will take away
the stone and construct new station
on this side of the tracks at the cor
ner of Depot and Vernon streets, pro-
yided the town will be responsible for
whatever damages might accrue to
the houses located on the crest of Yer
non street hill. These houses are
mostly on land owned by the railroad
company and would be left high' in
the air if the street were cut to the
level of the tracks. What the amount
of damages would be is difficult to es-
innate but it would certainly be a
great advantage to have new sta
ton on this side of the tracks. An
other reason for reducing the grade is
the possibility that an electric rail-
road will be constructed southward
from this town. Such a road would
naturally extend down Vernon street.
Furthermore, Brattleboro's industrial
growth must be in southerly direc-
ton, and reduction of the Vernon |
street grade would greatly enhance the
accessibility of the land in that sec
tion.
Articles 13 and IA relate to changes /
in the bylaws of the Brattleboro free
library as outlined briefly in The Re.
former last week. The question OF
exempting the Lowell Scale works
from taxation for a period of five
wears is embodied in article Is. When
this concern moved to Brattleboro last
fall there was an understanding that
such application should be made to
the voters. Considering the fact that
the company asked for hardly any bo-
nus when it came here and is steadily
increasing its business there is no like
lihood that the exemption will not be
granted.
Article 16 brings up the question
whether the town will vote to raise
sum of money, in addition to the
amount now required by law for high
way work, to take advantage OF sec
tion s, act Ill of 1906, relative to state
aid for permanent highway work. Ar.
ticle II has to do with the question OF
ventilation and additional fire escapes
for the town building, as outlined by
the board of health in communication
printed elsewhere in this paper. The
question of allowing the town school
district to hold its meetings at such a
time and place as the board sees mt IS
embodied in article Is.
What the town will do in regard to
new bridge across West river is the
question that will come up when arti-
lie 10 is reached. The plans and spe-