Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-12-08


that town Is without a regular hotel.
although there are boarding houses at
which meals can be obtained. but 1t
was feared the unexpected arrival of
so large and so distinguished "A body
of men might cause delay in the
serving OF dinner which would produce
an unfavorablo impression on men
who after a Montpelier boarding house
breakfast had journcyed all the way
to the uttermost corners of the earth.
But any such intentions that Mr..
Amey might have had were frustrated
by the use of the telephone and tele-
graph and the Inhabitants OF the shire
town were notified to begin carly this
morning killing the fatted calf. tur-
keys or anything else on hand and
to he ready with eroaninE tables for
any onslaught of tho committee
The fight over the removal of the
county seat Is an old one and has been
threshcd out ut biennial intervals for
the last IA years. Like most contests
of this nature part of the county
wants it and part is opposed. In this
particular fight the feeling is growing
bitter and before it is over the Legis-
lature is likely to know that Essex
county is really q INrt of Vermont
and not of New Hampshire.
H. w. ALLEN REPORTS.
Col. Ileman w. Allen of Burlington.
who was appointed a commissioner by
Governor Prouty TO represent Vermont at
a conference held October 10 at Phila-
delphia to arrange for the celebration
Gettysburg. has made n report to
Governor Mead Colonel Allen recon-
mends that on this occasion Vermont be
properly represented by a commission and
suggests that joint resolution he
adopted by this session of the Legislature
creating such commission which shall
meet with similar commissions from other
States and from the general government
to urge the propriety OF such n celebra-
ton md to make plans for the >rme
the State commission to report by bill or
otherwise to the next session of the
Legislature. Colonel Aliens report con-
tains a tentative program FOR n celehra-
ton to be held at Gettysburg July l, 3, s
and T. 1917:
Tho Senate and House committee on
municipal corporations gave hearing to-
day on the bill granting an amendment
to the charter of the city of st. Adams to
enable 1t to take water from Fairfield
pond Swanton has recently installed an
expensive water system that takes the
water from this pond and representatives
from that village were present scelSing
to have the right OF ST. Adams to take
water from the pond restricted so that
swnnton's system should not be interfered
with.
st, Adams was represented by a dele
cation composed OF Mayor Greene, City
Attorney Watson, l.. l.. &. Best, G. p.
Twigg, Col. E. A. Chittenden Julius
Barrette, John Roach, l. 7. Beeman, Col
F. l.. Greene, ii. c. Royce. c. f. Soule,
j. NJ. Morrison. F. II, Dewart and John
! Branch. ID. c. Furman and y. l.. Webster
appeared for Swanton. The representa-
: tives from Swanton did not question ST.
| Albanss right to take water from the
pond and only asked that Swanton's
rights be protected.
GOVERNOR WOULD LIKE TO GO. .
Governor Mead has received an ex-
tremely cordial invitation to attend the
| !.eep waterways convention which, If he
! did not have the Legislature on his hands
| he says he should accept
Members of the highways and bridges
committee did a splendid piece OF work
for good roads when they secured the
passage by the House of the bill placing
tie care of the approaches to bridges ir
the Charge OF the road commissioners
The sclectmcn have formerly looked after
, this work and some Of the worst pieces OF
roads have been In the approaches &c
bridges.
The House committee on agriculture l.
going to report substitute for all th'
various dog bills which will fix the license
fec for dogs at 81 and for bitches at So