The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-07-23

mig nus VI the hOdo 10 " Tic
point. Auto drivers are no excep-
ton to the rule. Autos have no
more rights to the roads than 9th
er vehicles, but it is we'll to re-
: member that they probably have
the same rights. For the most
part drivers of automobiles do not
wish to infringe upon the rights
of teams, although there are auto
mobile hogs as well as team hogs,
The decent drivers of both We
hicles suffer for the deeds of the
hogs. The Clipper says:
"In these days of steam and gas
cars running on the highways at
any speed up to Sc miles an hour
it is well to get down to first prin-
ciples and inquire what rights, if
any, people on foot have on the
highways and streets.
"By statute and common law; by
the decisions of the courts from
time immemorial every person has
an equal right to go with safety
upon any highway or road.
at is the business of drivers of
do not forget this fact.
an cities and villages, where
sidewalks are provided for the
safety of pedestrians they are sup
posed to use these instead of the
streets, but they do not lose their
right to use the streets thereby.
"In cities and villages, where
crossings are provided, at street
corners and elsewhere, the drivers
of all vehicles are required to re-
spect the right of pedestrians on
them.
"Any team running down per-
son on any crossing is held to be
liable by law and the courts for
heavy damages.
Automobiles have clearly no
rights other than those of other
vehicles drawn by horses.
THAT is all the American Auto
mobile League claims. 1t is time
that the people stood up for their
rights on the highway. Auto
drivers will do well to heed this
warning if they wish to use the
highways on equal terms with 9TH
er vehicles"
The fire did not consume and
turn to ashes the public spirit of
Plymouth when it burned the Pemi-
gewasset House, for, although the
Boston & Maine has not been NOV
ed to reconstruct that historic
hosiery, the people of the town,
through a Board of Trade, have
decided to rebuild their hotel. The
new house will not be as large as
the old one, but it will be design
ed to meet the needs of the loca-
ton and will be located on the old
site, or as much of it as needed,
and as far removed from the tracks
as the site will permit. The new
hotel will lease from the railroad
the stable, stable office and ice
house, which remained after the
fire. The railroad will still main
tain it's restaurant. A hotel at this
point is needed, and one smaller
than the old Pemigewasset will
serve those needs we'll.
January 1st will see the arrange
ments of tracks at White River
Junction much improved, as that |
junction point is to have a sub
way. 1t will cost right around
fifty thousand dollars, but the
travelling public as well as the
citizens of that hustling town will
be safeguarded in a way that they |
have not dreamed of since they /
became proficient in lodging
trains from all directions at the
station.
Five per cent. of the govern
ment clerks in the Department of |
Commerce and Labor have been |
dropped by the Secretary's order
And there was wailing and gnash-
ing of teeth; but reports show
that ten per cent. of. the clerks |
were inefficient. No wonder the |
government needs a tax for reve-
nue. if ten percent. of its working |
force is incompetent, considering |
all the other avenues of leakage. !
DR.. Cook has not been heard |
from for eighteen or twenty !
months, so an expedition has set
out to discover the would-be dis
coverer of the north pole. These
expeditions to discover the discov-
erers are about as important as
any of the operation in the frozen
north.
Middlebury is to be congratu-
lated over it's building record. Six
houses and three business blocks
makes the college town a hustling
place this summer. And the best
of it is that more building is ex-
pected.
We should think that the vari-
Gus college presidents would be
afraid they would mislay some of
those college degrees which the
commencement season has given
them for decoration.
Miss Betty Alden, of Middleboro,
Macs, was married recently. Evil
IDENTIFY her sutton remembered the
advice given the young lady's
grandfather, ten times removed,
on a similar occasion.
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