The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-24
BIENNIAL
ATTACK ONSTATE
CAPITAL
Program Of Festivities Will Be-
gin This Evening
MANY SOCIETY FUNCTIONS
Legislators Have, Important Work
Planned But II is Not Likely
to Receive Much Attention

Montpelier, Oct. 24-The members
of the legislature which resumes its
sessions today, the house at 2 o'clock
this afternoon and the senate this
evening, will labor in a distracting
atmosphere this week on account of
the numerous meetings and functions
that will be in progress. Additions
have been made to the original plans
for ladies' week until 1t now looks as
though the lawmakers are to become
the hub Of a grand whirl of festivi-
ties.
The Red Cross society, the Colon
iaI Danes, the Daughters Of the Am
erican Revolution, the Daughters of
the War Of 1912, the State Federation
of Womens clubs all have stunts"
on the program which will wind up
with the governors ball on Thursday
evening.
The legislature has considerable
important business ticketed for the
next five days and will make an eff
fort to carry IT cut In spite of the at
fractions afforded by the sideshows.
The statement published in some
napers that former Governor J. w.
Stewart had offered 10000 acres Of
land to Middlebury College was a
mistake. The offer was made by
Joseph Battell, of Midi bury the
largest land owner in the state His
purpose is to give half this land for
park and the remainder for the use
~ a school of forestry 10 be estab-
lished az the college. Mr.. Rattell
has already given one park to the
state. he has offered valuable tract
to the United States government. has
offered to give 200 acres adjoining
the Morgan stock farm at Wevbridge
for an arboretnm. and is willing Il
give the summit Of Cancels Hump SOC
acres, much OF II heavily timhered. to
The state, II the state in return will
bui'd two roads to the summit.
II is pretty certain that there is tC
be serious ATTEMPT at this session
OF the legislature to make a better
regulation Of division Of road tax IT
towns that have INCORPORATED village,
within their limits. This now varie:
greatlv according to the charters O.
the different villages and in some ca
ses where the bulk of the taxable
nroDertv upon which the road tax Il
raised is located within the villag,
the division works q severe hardship
upon the town. In some villages I
Is said that the charter. gives then
so much OF the highway money tha
they have hard work to spend II an,
that II Is used for fountains in parks
sewers and MANY other things beside
the streets and sidewalks where
was intended It should he spent.
Although most OF the incorporate
villages are pretty we'll off as to tn
amount ~ ronev thai have 10 snen
for highways u Is said that some q
the worst roads In tho state are 4
be found in these villages In fac
the roads IN many instances do NO
begin to compare with those in IN
town outside lust how the chang
viii be made Is not now certain hu
II Is In the air and the highway con
mittees have already had II hinte
NJ In their discussions. Hlghwa
Commissioners Gates has been
Montpelier for the pGst few DAYS an
hos kent the hiehwavs committees o
the mmn considering the bills the
are before them.
There we're two lone sessions {
the house committee and the resu
was apnarent in the House Friday n
ternoou when two bills were renor
ed adversely by the committee m
KILLED. They were the bills intr
duced bv Mr. Pittridee ~ Leiceste
| calculated TO make the office of stnl
HIGHWAY commissioner elective h
/ Stead OF aDnointlve Althouoh NJ
/ PiiiridTe made a good anneal for h
, bills and 10 some thev appeared
/ nave merit. the reverse renort W,
! 100 much for them. esnecially who
many OF the members were abse,
. nnd the rect al imnntient 10 adiour
, The highway legislation M this 90
. sion is certain IN he among tho mo
imnortant considered and Commit
sloner Gates is endeavorlng with h
usual tact. 10 keen everything Ia
monious and 10 shane n go that
VIII result in hotter roads. lie
J. getting along famouslv so far n,
even Mr.. Pittrldge whose views ,
!. making the Office an elective ono a
|. not coincide with those Of the col
= missioner paid him hirh complh
= ent IN MS remarks saying that he a
4 not want TO have so good an ofpcI
!. at the mercy ~ the governor n,
I. would like to nv II so the state con
L DC sure Of retaining his services
n There was a hesitancv abont n
I week o"d ad'"~~----Nn ~, how
q the criticism NJ not attending N n,
n mess which followed last weeks !
" iournment from Friday until Tue.d
v had had lts effect. n iolnt reso
3. ton had originated IN either DO
providing for such an adjournme