Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-02-10

commission recently appointed by tn
/ governor to revise the banking laws o
the state and propose such changes a
may seem desirable, viii meet at Wood
stock on the 10th and il is hoped hat b,
members OF the com mission, Messrs
Rowland, Merrill and Harrington, viii
attend the meeting OF the association tn;
following day. positive interest in
this new organization Of bankers has de-
yeloped among the members Of the pro.
fession throughout the state and this first
annual meeting will doubtless be largely
attended.
The general store of Arnold W. Ed
munds, which contained the postoffice at
Troy, was burned to the ground Jan. "a,
with loss Of about s12, 900, aud the CEN
trail portion OF the village was saved from
destruction only by a heavy blanket of
snow and the strenuous work OF the
crowd that gathered. The fire started in
terrific explosion at 10 O'Clock 10 the
evening The cause OF this is unknown
but it is supposed that fire from the fur
mace in some way communicated with -
basement. A lodge meeting was in SEES
sion Of the village and the members i'm
mGdiately rushed to the scene, but their
efforts we're without avail, as the block
vas a mass OF flames. The block was in
sured for q, 500 and the stock for from
$4,000 to $1,000. The mail in the post
Office was a total loss. temporary post
office has been arranged in the store for
merly occupied by William Hodsden. Mr..
Edmunds is OF the opinion that he will
not rebuild.
The engineers department OF the Rut-
land railroad is making plans for additions
to the present repair shops at Rutland
which will cost, with their equipment,
100000. The plans call for new boiler
shop lao by so feet to be built OF either
steel and cement or steel and brick at a
cost of 100000, and $40, 900 will he laid
out for machinery. The company have
four new passenger engines and
four new freight engines. The new loco
motives are of the heaviest pattern that
the Canadian Pacific will allow to be run
on the portion of its tracks which the
Rutland uses. The officials have been
authorized to spend $1l,O0 for tools for |
the present machine and blacksmith |
shops so that over S100,000 will be ex-
pended by the Rutland in lettering its
equipment during 1910. The plan is to /
the new shop by next fall. The |
object of the Improvement in the shops Is 4
10 give the road equipment to handle all 4
the repairs Of the system in that city, it /
being necessary at present to have lot 4
Of work done elsew here.
The case OF q. F. BrownelI v. Robert A.
Hill, in which the plaintiff claimed $50 /
Tor damages caused TO himself, a sleigh,
horse, and whip by the alleged negligence
Of the defendant in driving his motor car,
was tried last week in Burlington court
The jury returned a verdict that the
plaintiff had proven his case and should
recover this full amount. Mr.. Brownell
testified that Dec. 81 be was jogging one
Of his mares south along North Willard
street, when the automobile with Mr.. Hill
irving, dashed upon him like fash,
throwing him out Of the sleigh. The
leigh was damaged and Mr.. Brownell was
dragged for some distance. Since then the
lilly, valued at 1900, has been afraid of
automobiles, thereby causing the animal
% decrease in market value to the extent
II $50. Mr.. BrownelI suffered also some
caused ~ physical injury.
Mr.. Hill testified that he was running
his machine at a slow speed, as did two
'ther witnesses. After noticing the horse
ne slackened the speed Of the machine
Ind put on the reverse to avoid accident.
In the supreme court decisions rendered
asst week was one in the Franklin county
ase of Ernest s. Miner VS.. the Vermont
lower q Manufacturing Co. and the
franklin County Telephone Co. ia which
he judgment OF IS, 900 given in the lower
curt was affirmed by the supreme court.
his was an action by Miner, a lineman
mployed by the telephone company, to
ecover damages for injuries received
Ihile in the discharge OF his duties. The
ccident occurred in July, 1907, in st.
lbans, and Miner was so severely burned r
hat be will probably be crippled for life. :
he telephone company soug ut to escape {
he judgment on the grounds that the a
greement which had at one time existed
ct ween it and the power company as to
le use of the same poles had been an
ulled and that il was not responsible.
the decision IL was stated that the
aintiff was in the proper discharge OF
Is duties when he was on the power COM a
lny's pole, that he knew nothing OF the 1,
.reement, that il Was not his duty to in -
rm himself OF IL, and that the defendant
lephone company could not escape re-
onsibility by using property belonging Z
some one else to " hich It had no right.
GOOD BYE TO INDIGESTION.