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

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mcmhcr. gathered to transact, the busi'
ness oi elcriing the officers and TO llsien
ta the various reports. President Dcnni'
.on Cowles called the meeting 90 order At
: o'clock. Secretary George T., Fox read
the minute. oi the last annual meeting
which were adopted President towles
submitted hi report which was a. tot
lows:
Members Of the Braiile-
boro Board of Trade:
When | attended the last annual
meeting of the board of trade ! did
not expect 10 bc the presiding officer
here tonight, but having assumed this
Office | suppose IL IL incumbent upon
me 10 give a general review of the
work of the organization for the past
l3 months. Al the very outset ! found
opposition 10 the board Of trade, but
| feel that has been overcome 10 a
great extent by cooperation with our
village officers and assuring the people
that the board of trade as body has
no interest in the political Affairs OF
the town, and ! believe the majority
of our citizens now are convinced OF
this and realize that the members OF
this organization are banded together
TO promote all matters which tend TO
advance the best interests of the com
munity. While il is understood that
the board of trade has not the power
10 saw lust what shall and what shall
not be done, still il is through such
medium, by its advocacy that many
matters of a beneficial interest are ear
ried to realization.
In bringing 10 your notice various
things accomplished, ! will give brief
statement of what has been done for
the good of the village. Through the
Investigations of our insurance and
taxation committee the matter OF in
sufficient fire protection was called TO
the notice of the citizens and while
we cndeavored to authorize the village
bailiffs TO install % new hydrants, II
they deemed il necessary, tins called
forth petition from over 100 citizens
asking for fire protection on the high
er levels. and because of this investlga,
tion the village voted to install %
new hydrants. Through the investlga'
tions of this same committee there mas
been readjustment of insurance rates
in Brattleboro which is beneficial to
he property owners IN our business
district,
Your directors authorized the expen'
dture of a sum of money to advertise
Brattleboro as a summer resort ana as
n result of expending a very smali
amount of the sum appropriated we
found ourselves absolutely unable to
provide quarters for the many appilca'
tions which we received from people
desirous of visiting our town during
the summer months. This led to the
procuring of charter for new hotel,
but as yet suitable site is not avall.
able, although | trust the time is not
far distant when our hopes may De
brought to a realization.
One of the most satisfactory accom-
plishments was that of the committee
on mercantile affairs in procuring an
express delivery on the train arriving
here at S.53 in the morning from
Springfield. This was OF great beneht
TO our merchants handling fruits and
vegetables as heretofore all vegetables
and fruits, such as berries, etc, arrived
foo late for delivery before noon.
The chairman of the postal, tele,
phone, and telegraph committee was
authorized to consult with the bailiffs
relative to securing the services of an
expert engineer to make us a report on
boro relative to what we ought to pay
for commercial lighting and the village
lighting, we to cooperate with the VII
LACE bailiffs by paying half of the
eynensa Of such report, This report
has been received and our committee
has asked the local company. to submit
a fat rate for commercial lighting. |
will quote herewith from letter from
the Twin State corporation under date
of March 81:
1.-THE Secretary of the Board of Trade;
Brattleboro, Vt.
'sDear sir:-We are in receipt of
communication from your committee
under date of March 10, signed by
Horton d. Walker and l.. +. Holden,
regarding our rates for commercial
lighting, and with reference thereto
win say that carrying cut our original
intention wheR we started reducing our
rates January l, 1910, 6dt rates will
be- for current consumed after Aprll l,
1910, as follows: First so XIV. hrs. per
moSth, 10 cents per XVIII; second 90
XIV. ms per month, 8 cents per XVIII;
all current over 100 XIV. hrs. per month,
6 cents per XVIII
Respectfully yours,
l.
''E. M. Adds, Mgr"
(Mr. Cowles t4iei read the conclusions of
Mr.. Adams which, are printed elsewhere
You will notice tkat the price made
by the local company does not con-
form with the recommendations of Mr..
Adams, although the company claims
it proposed to make this reduction vol
1t assumes that the board
Of trade has no authority to demand
while we feel that we have
asked nothing but what the humblest
,itizen of the town would be justified
N demanding. Whatever may be the
income for lighting from the citizens
If Brattleboro, the members OF the
board of trade no doubt pay the great
n part of it. The grand list of the
Village of Brattleboro is $46,990.19.
The members of the board of trade pay |
axes on $l6,925.S6, or more than one.
bird of the entire grand list. Should |
he question come before the citizens |
If Brattleboro as to whether or not |
We should have municipal lighting |
liant the members of the board of |
rade will have upon them the burden
# taxation.
The report of Mr.. Adams has not |
,een published for distribution on ac-
cunt of some delay in the local COM
ANY making satisfactory prices to the
,oard of baiIiffs for village lighting,
nut I understand that it is soon to be
laced before the voters of the entire
-illage for their consideration and it is
or the board of trade to take some ac
ion tonight as to whether they will