The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-15

whose existence l was not before
aware; aud with the assurance Of
new government building. the prospect
Of new depot, the probability of
parallel railroad from the south, n new
industry Of large magnitude. the Pofsi'
hiliiy of larger hotel accommodations,
the construction Of a irnnk'line high
way from the Massachusetts line
through to the north, running the en-
tire length of Windham county, Brat
tlehoro stands today with better pros
poets of realizing the slogan, "i5,000
la lgl5,' than ever befor. In It's his.
tory; aud In all this Brattlcboro's s
board of trade must play nm important
part.
"Keeping evcrlasiingiy nj II brings
success. and IL the Brattleboro board
Of trade has nothing but optimistic
views aud will adopt this motto. sue
cess must be ours.
Charlie, 4 l,oyden, treasurer, submitted
hi- report which showed that the receipts
FOR the wear had been Al 1852 and that
tic expendtures had amounted 10 q, ia.
az. With s2.5s270. the amount on hand
nt the hrs; of the fiscal year, the amount
now on hand /. ss.s3im The report
was adopted. Secretary Fox made brief
reIntt stating that the report Of Presi.
dent Cowles embraced all that need be
laid along that line. lie said that about
80 meetings had been held by the diree'
tors during the year and referred to the
healthy increase in membership Of l5s
from l5a a wear ago. He said that with
the proiected railroad proposition and the
new industry the board Of trade was
afforded an opportunity to continue its
good work the coming year. He proph'
e.ied that 1900 population for Brattie-
boro in 1915 would not be dream but
reality. The report Of Horton ID. Walker,
chairman Of the postal telephone and tele'
graph committee was submitted. fresi'
dent Cowles read the report which was
enthusiastically applaudod.
The report called attention TO an IN
crease OF about 5000 in postal business
during the year. The telephone merger
has had no material effort upon local ser
vice or rates. Attention was called TO
the new 5Oword night message rate made
by the telegraph companies and the report
stated that such rate had not been taken
advantage of locally perhaps from the iact
that such was not generally known. hei:
erence was made to the cooperation OF
the bailiffs with the board OF trade IN re-
GARD 10 installing an allnight lamp on
Main street. Referring to the arrange.
ment between the bailiffs and the board
Of trade to have a report made by Alton
ID. Adams. the expert electrical engineer,
the committee said that such report
was made upon the basis of the rate OF
sl6 a kilowatt made by the Connecticut
River Power company on the agreed maxi
mum demand. and 7 mills a kilowatt hour
for the power taken as shown by meter.
The committee stated that these hghres
mean a rate OF one and one-tenth cents
nor kilowatt hour for the quantity taken
Tor street lights as recommended by MT.
4 dams in his report. Upon this rate
Mr.. Adams made his estimate and recon,
mended that are lamps be discontinued
and that S0-candle-power tungsten lamps
be substituted. He recommended ina,
IN. number of these lamps be increased
TO $40. 800 of which would be IN the Vli'
Iape limits Mr.. Adams estimated that
the village should pay $40 lamp year
for all.nipht service. A fiat rate OF
cents kilowatt was recommended Tor
commercial lighting. In making his estl-
mate Mr.. Adams took into consideration
the construction of sub-statlon ana
eouipment for distribution OF current.
The committee recommended that COM
mittee he named at the village meeting TO
ohta;n figures as to the cost OF erecting
and eouipping station and building
Iistribution system and to report az
snecial meeting in the near future that
tho matter NAV be closed before August
when the present contract between
tbe village and the Twin State Pas
Electric company expires,
The committees report was adopted
npon motion Of G. J.. Dunham fresl-
Hent Cowles invited discussion upon the
renort Col. j. G. Estey was IN iavor OF
The village taking action as suggested and
fe;; that the present rates paid for cur
rent were too high He said that while
tbe Connecticut River Power company
made a rate of one and one-tenth cents
per kilowatt il was hardly fair to dwell
upon that as the price to iigure upon as
the peak load price makes the price paio
considerably higher L. +. Holden NOV
ed to insert an article IN the village war
rant to investigate the matter as suggest
cd b. Mr.. Walker. and it was so voted.
4. p. Simonds, chairman of the house
md entertainments committee. said that
there was no report forthcoming from ms
oor,mittee. Pres ident Cowles interTogal.
a Road Commissioner David l. ferLy
As to the methods of laying dust IN the
streets with oil, Mr.. Perry salu Una, nr
had had no exrerience IN ine niav,v favor.
though he had heard reports .ba ho.n i"sT ns;ny
able and nnfavora3lG fro" those "s'"s
oil ;.
President Cowles said that Brattlebord
would pyobably have the new textile in
dustry Ihich has been under considera-
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