Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-04-01

many questions OF CIVIC
came up for discussion in the meeting
Of the selectmen last night. The meet
ing opened with a session of the board
OF civil authority to consider the abate-
ment OF taxes. Tax Collector W. a.
Shumway had a long list OF names OF
persons who, for one reason or another,
had not paid their taxes for last year.
Some OF them could not be found, some
were on the list twice some were too
pcor to pay and some objected to the
assessment and would not pay. The
board took up each case separately and
as seemed best Taxes to the amount
OF $232.22 were abated or suspended,
which is the smallest amount in any re-
cent year. Some of this is colectable
still A lively discussion took place over
the abatement OF the tax on the Dr. H.
L. Waterman farm on the Gulford, road,
which was sold for use as a tuberculosis
hospital and an auxiliary TO the Memo
rial hospital The property was decided
to Richards NJ. Bradley and Lawrence
Minot, trustees of the Thomas Thompson
estate, and some Of the board claimed
that it should be subject to a tax, al
though it was used temporarily as a
beneyole institution 1t was voted to
abate the tax.
Road Commissioner David T. Perry
had few matters to bring up. He
called attention to two stretches of
fence, one on Chestnut street and one
on the Marlboro road, which he claimed
were within the highway bounds and
were an obstruction TO the improvement
Of the highway. 1t was decided to take
the matter up with the abutting land
owners to see If they would not set
the fences back out Of the way. On
Mr.. Perry's suggestion he was empow-
IN bq
to rake up and clean the West Brattle-
boro common Mr.. Perry announced
that State Highway Commissioner
Charles w. Gates had sent him a new
type of road machine known as a road
planer for trial. 1t is hoped that it
Will prove a great advance over the old
style. If it proves satisfactory Mr..
Perry will buy another like 1t.
Chairman John Calvin read a commu-
nication from the Twin State Gas and
Electric company regarding a renewal of
the contract for street lighting outside
the village limits The contract with the
town will expire this month, but the
contract with the village will not expire
until August. The prices named by the
company as a basis for a five year con-
tract We're s62.50 for an arc light burn
ing until midnight, for which the town
has been paying S75, the price for an
all-night arc light to be so instead of
| candescent light burning until midnight
| to be SIS instead of $17 and an all-night
| incandescent light of the same power to
| be Sl7 instead Of S24. These prices are
much higher than the ones fixed by
| Alton d. Adams, the Worcester expert.
| as proper for Brattleboro under condi
| tions which exist here. The same prices
| have been submitted to the bailiffs The
| selectmen felt that it would be well to
wait until the bailiffs had come to some
| decision as to what should be done. No
| definite action was taken but the senti-
ment was strong for securing much
A request was received from w. e.
| Cushman asking leave to move house
| through North Main street. The house
in question is the one occupied by Arthur
| f. Robbins and recently sold by Mrs
| II. G. Pearson and Miss Ida Waite OF
| Fltchburg to Mrs. r. H. Chase, since
| deceased The house was bought with
tAe intention of tearing it down or re-
moving it and Mr.. Robbins wishes ia
have the house moved to a lot near H
L. Emerson's new house. The select
men questioned the advisability of al
| lowing North Main street to be blocked
| by the passage of the house, but they
agreed to let the house be moved through
| the street II Mr.. Cushman, who is acting
| Tor Mr.. Robbins, would get permission
10 use the driveway across the Bradley
| estate Whlle the street was blocked.
Petitions signed by all but two of the
physicians OF the town and by las OF
the voters were presented asking that
NTH class licenses be granted to the
druggists this year. The present licenses
hold good until May / and as soon as
the druggists make a formal request for
licenses date for a hearing will be set
The question OF license fees was dis
| cussed, and 1t was the opinion of the
selectmen that the present fee, $50, was
altogether to small. The law makes the
minimum fee $40 and allows full liberty
TO put 1t as high as the selectmen please.
It will be fixed at a considerably higher