The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
BUYS SCHOOL SIGHT

Vote.
The City Council held a meeting
last evening There is nothing par
ticularly startling about that state
ment, but thereon hang tale. All
members of the Board were present
and His Honor, the Mayor, was very
much in evidence. SO much so, in
fact, that he made a few heated re-
marks, some of which made those
concerned forget about the discovery
of the North Pole and remember
warmer regions. On account of what
took place at the meeting and not
withstanding the temperature, the
Mayor was probably the warmest
member of this community last night
1t all started over that somewhat
Anticipated subject the desirability of
the city's buying the Loomis street
property selected sometime ago at a
special meeting of the voters, as
good place on which to build the
!
cording to the action taken at last
evenings meeting of the Council,
that is where the building is to
stand. The figures submitted by the
property owners were accepted.
When the Council went into ses-
sion, Attorney w. N. Theriault repre-
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pany, and the Ptkin and Bixby land
interests, the sites the city decided to
obtain some time ago, spoke and
spoke convincingly. At least, he
seemed so pleased when the vote was
announced that, unsuccessful in at
tempting to suppress his merriment,
he Immediately left the council
chamber.
| Attorney Theriault announced that
the Lane Manufacturing Company
would sell it's interest in the property
to the city for $4,000, the Bixby own
ers would sell for the same amount,
and reserve the right to retain pos
session of the buildings located there
on, while the managers of the Pitkin
estate were willing to dispose of their
property for the sum of $3.50 The
attorney for the land owners talked at
considerable length and wound up by
automatically requesting (who was
the member who called it de
manding"?) that the Board take some
action.
IF the figures are not accepted"
concluded the attorney, "of course,
we can prepare for legal action"
Alderman Fitzgerald moved to
accept the figures named by Mr..
Theriault and the Mayor called for
the yeas and nays. The vote resulted
as follows
Yes, Lang, Ward /; Fitzgerald,
Ward 8; Smith, Ward 5; Deadly,
Ward 6. No, Taft, Ward 2; Butler,
Ward, 4.
The Mayor called the roll by
wards on this proposition, all MEM
bers answering Eyes" or mo" until
the name of Alderman Deadly was
reached. He informed the Mayor and
his fellow members of the Board
that he had special reasons for vot-
ing as he intended to, announcing that
his conscience prompted him to vote
affirmatively. A matter of a few
hundred dollars, he said, in the price
of a parcel or a few parcels of land
should not be allowed to interfere
when the public welfare was, OF
should be, recognized. The citizens OF
Montpelier, he explained, had al
ready expressed their preference fol
the LOOMS street site and that theiI
wishes should command cbnsidera.
ton. The schools were now over
crowded, he insisted, and something
should be done to relieve the situa'
ton, and he reminded his fellow mem
bers of the Board that delays were
dangerous His peroration con
sisted of few words, to the effec
that he was in favor of accepting thu
terms named by the landowners at
torney.
you mean that you intend to vot
yes? asked Clerk Merrill.
Certainly-precisely the rea
sons already enumerated" answers
Alderman Deadly.
Alderman Deady's action was tn
, signal for pyrotechnical display
not altogether unpleasant verbosit
, on the part of His Honor, the Mayor
Unpleasant for his cabinet, probably
but good material for the reporters
The Mayor said:
well, If that isn't squandering tn
, peoples money, I'd like to know tn
: proper name for it. I've heard some
thing about casting pearls befor
swine. l wish / could sell some =
my property in the same way tina
these people have shouldered their
on the city. Your action tonight, ger
= tlemen, has greatly benefited fe'
. men who want to get rid of som
property for which they have absc
lutely no use. And the price? Wei
the price is very satisfactory-to tn
Lane-Pitkin people, ct al"
While Alderman Fitzgerald's me