Connecticut western news., 1909-12-02
TOWN CALLED A
 SPECIAL MEETING
TO ACT ON REsClssIoN OF VOTE
After the Motion Was Put Before the Meeting and Discussed at Length a Rising Vote Was Cast, 27 for it and 76 Against it.

Rising Vote Was Cast, 27 for it
 and 76 Against it.
 Saturday afternoon there was special town meeting called at the town hall and the attendance was unusually large as all the farmers from the suburbs of the village were present, and they made the other voters aware of the fact that they were there.
 The meeting was called to order by Town Clerk Norton at 2:15 o'clock and J. B. Reed was immediately nominated and elected moderator. After some little discussion es to how the motion should be put to the voters, MT. Reed read it and it was to see whether or not the to VII would rescind the vote made at the fall election in regard to accept ing money appropriated by the state. Just after the motion was put to the voters of the town MT. Roberts stated that he thought Mir. Fuller made a m tion at the fall election to the effect
  pcned, No record of this could be found in the books and it therefore had no effect on the meeting.
 Mir Roberts talked very strongly III favor of rescinding the vote, and, the the town was already greatly in debt and that he thought that they should not cut their own heads off now by turning down the offer made by accept It and leave it with the selectmen to state when the road or roads should be built and how much was to be paid for the construction of them. Mir. Roberts also made it appear that if the town did not accept the money now, MT. Macdonald, who is the head man, would not treat North Canaan we'll and would not let them have any more money with which to build roads, consequently all of the money would be divided up among tine other towns. The question was, however, asked MT. Roberts if the state did not, every two years, approp- the town. Of course Mr. Roberts had to admit it did. Then the person who asked him the question said it dld not look very much as if the town would ever have a chance again to accept all appropriation and this rather settled that argument of MT. Roberts. It was said that Mcdonald spoke of trunk road coming through this town and it's share of the cost. l.. F. Bronson then took the floor and stated that he knew of no law that would force the town to do this and as no law books were out. MT. Bronson also said that he did not believe it would Se advisable for the town to accept the road if tEe state would build it (as MT. Roberts had pre- viously stated it would dol for the ex- pense of keeping the road would be so great that it would bankrupt the town. That was laying it on pretty hard. From other statements that were made it seems as if the town had lost consider able in the past by not having good business management. This Is shown, when it was said yesterday by one of the voters, that MT. VanDeusen, who was connected in building the road, asserted that the state would pay the usual per centage toward cutting away the corner on the road near the Bennett Hill cross ing, but as is definitely found out now, and consequently the town will have to pay more for the state road than was figured.
 After this discussion rising vote was made and 27 favored the rescission but 76 were against it. The following are figures which are approximately correct. and, from them one can see how much the town lost by not knowing definitely whether or not the state would pay for the cutting away of the road at this point. When the last town report was issued the town had expended $0,00l.27 and, since tbat time it has paid out $1 ,439.7O but still has to pay to the state as refund on state appropriations or money advanced for the town by the state, the sum of Sl,137.50. The total charge for the state roads during the past year is sI1.458.47. The contract given the town by the state was for S4, 300 and the state was to pay B, ,362. 50 or quarters of the contract price, and it will undoubtedly live up to it's agreement, but, at this rate It cost the town about 5000 for state roads the past year. or nearly three times as much as it did tie sgate which Was t7 pay