The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04


vote thai resulted IN increasing The nd
l,esss< majority from ID 10 iA, A nes
read commissioner, David T. Perry, Ma
elected aId tao new listers were ebosst
killfeisr liaskins aud u. i, Henson. Ib
recommendation al a a cent tax Ma
adoptssl aud the town voted la faiso
per cent laN On the grand list, 40 .
Which viii d. devoted Ia permanent high
Ways and III. halanc., which all amour
To s,SDJ on moIe. 10 sidewalks, The appfo
priaiion OF sac ior permanent highway
will he increased Ia a like amount by th'
state, under the law passed IN 1914, Th'
proposition 10 make an appropriation To-
the ns. al the tic. warden was tntnee
down. Hut llttle debai. Was INDUCED y
and barring the election al the road com
missioner aud the efforts Of the noloens'
advocates Ia INCREASE their majority oNei
last wear N. meeting was Of the roniin'
sort, =,
Al . o'clock Moderator Henry u, lioi
ton ealsd the meeting Ia order and rs
sisiani Town Clerk Carl ;, Hopkins acted
a. IN. r,Sorilng aiileer ia the absence o'
Town Clerk William :. Newton, who was
unahl. Ia H. present al the opening OF the
meeting ON account III illness, DIR, Holion
was reelected moderator aud Judge New
ton Mas a. usual reelected clerk. Mr.
HOPKINS. nam. was put forward for clerk
but BE- explained 10 the Noiee that he had
agreed with Judge Newton not 10 be a
eandidai. ior the office,
2, r. at'Fi pia'oH -n'neI ~"
IN nomination To snco'ed himself on tns
board oi seic'lnrh 70, hIoe .aa NJ,
Mr, barber ana ~, I, war; paia Mi, "s,
NIL strong c9inhhhl'h.s iol h's VIA o'
the board and ms erection wa unsn',nou u'
W. II, Bracket wa m'sie,'ea Town tI.ss
nfer, ~ Wa u, =. W.ain.Ihead oNetssc, ~
the poor y W. ~ Mhkins was re.eleo, ed
hrst constable but declined 70 sene anu
ehaunce, l. nhapp wa ei'''eu W We Va
cancy' MI hhabps i"'e as seco,iu '"'
stable was n,led !" the eiee'oh W u
stockwell; W \; Shuin~H wac Ie'eieJ.,
~ tax collector; Mo changes WY niaae
ON The boaid o. lister ~ D. many" ~, ~
lam, VINO was elected ihst year 70 ~ 'ne
vacancy caused b, the res,ghalioh OF Z, ?,
Hall, was reelected T. ". bouselt anu
hitttedge iihshihs were pia,eu w ho,hIIa
ton but Mr.. blodgett Withdrew ms haihe
and Mr.. iiaskins was unanimously e"c'cu'
U. I. Benson was elected ioI one year;
II. u. Chamberlain, I. t. staples ana
Dana stafford were elected AUDITORS, WI
ham = Newton wa CHOSEN rus|e oi
public money. u. bacon ana r " E'
stowe Wti' Ie-'"''cu WV" sta"u J"''.'
Al this point IN the meeting occurred
the first excitement, Inc moderator caled
for nomination Tor road commissioner
and John !. Sargent was gwen the moor
to explain his reasons Tor believing thai
two commissioners instead OF one should
be elected. lie said IT was not only essen
tial but IT would be economy Tor the town
TO have two. He said that he had been
criticised in his administration as road
commissioner, but that he had expended
his appropriation to the best OF his ability.
He said that tax of 20 cents on dollar
of the grand list will not support the high
ways OF the town He called attention to
the surface drainage and sidewalks Of the
village and urged the voters to elect two
commissioners 5. A. Richmond offered a
motion to divide the town into two dis
tricts, such division to be made by the Sc
lectmen. H. G. Barber opposed the propo
sition and said that it wouldn't be econ
omy to have two road commissioners quar-.
reliinp over the question of whose policy
should prevail. j. G.. Stafford went on |
record in the strongest way for one com
missioner and said that one commissioner |
who knew his business could do the work |
better than two as proposed. Mr.. Sargent |