Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-12-23

best in the state. Their plea Is not Tor /
a license which permits them To do a
liquor business, bat one which permits !
them to furnish reasonable aud restrict
ed accommodations TO the actual bona
fde guests.
On "Wednesday evening thee MAS a
long aud h"ily contested hearing on the
granting of a charter To the Fifteen
Mile Power Co. which proposes To erect
several million dollars plant near
Waterfront ou the Connecticut River.
This is contested hy the Van Dyke IN
terests aud it is indeed refreshing
sight TO see "a great aud powerful in-
terests at war here. 1t is a usual thing
for great company tn he here asking
for the right ui eminent domain as
against some poor farmer whose mead
ow is about To I've flooded but in this
case it is hard to pick out the under
dog. The Chace aud Harmon Co. who
built the great dam at Bratlleboro wish
to erect similar plant at Waterford
and furnish power for st Johnsbury
and in fact for the whole of Northern
Vermont. They estimate that they
will produce 27,0O0 Horse power and
that every bit of it if necessary may he
used in Northern VernPipt. They also
are willing to come under the power OF
the Public Service Commission as &c
rates and service. II the Charter il
granted things will brighten up ii
Northern Vermont as they have already
in Brattleboro.
The Weights and Measures bill hal
been waited back aud forth between thu
House and Senate several times thl
week and has now been passed, signec
by the Governor aud commissioner ha
been elected. The bill went to tn
Governor ia imperfect shape but tn
Governor signed it upon the promls
that the slight clerical error would b
o remedied when the Legislature meet
s again early in January. The Bill ha
t been in the hands of the Governor bu
. a few hours when it Was followed by
resolution providing for joint assembl
| to elect a Commissioner. The Legisla
, ture acted with undue haste in this ma
> ter as the Governor might well hav
vetoed the bill because of the app'rer
. defect but the Governor kindly signe
i the bill and the resolution at the sam
e time so that the Legislature could 6
V on with its election. Six candidate
presented themselves for the positiO
/ and four ballots were necessary befol
: the winner was declared. The luck
: man is Hugh Henry, Jr., of Cheste
y Mr.. Henry is at present the Executi'
Clerk in the Governors Office and it
pretty generally believed that he won
have been appointed to the position
the appointment had been left with Il
Governor as was intended in the orig
nal bill. The only difference has bee
that it would have cost the state not
ing if the Governor had appointed al
his election has cost the state more thu
$1,000. Other candidates for the pc,
ton were Carl Fletcher of Swanton,
+. Hamblett of Barton, A. j. Croft
Enosburg, Mr., Mason of Pawlet,
member of the House, and Senator Nc
ton of Chittenden County. Ex-Senat
Croft and Mr.. Hamblett both ma
good showings considering their hanc
cap. Mr. Croft ran his campaign
proxy and Mr.. Hamblet reached he
only few hours before the electio
The field had been thoroughly canvass
! and while they both poIed respectful
:. votes they were practically out of t
:. running. Mr.. Fletcher is popul
=, member of the "press gang" at t
State House but like the Legislature
1908 the one of 1910 has not much Il
b., for newspaper men.
lis The Central Normal Schoo. bill W
to given public hearing on Wednesd
Ia evening and before the hearing "
lis over quite bit of dirty linen had be
il hung out to dry. The Normal Scho'
Oh we're represented in force and the thin
they said about present conditions
Ter the Department of Education must ha
he had its effect upon the large number
90 members present. | have been cri
nd cised some because reported tt
by there was fight on between the N,
be. nal Schools and the Superintendent
n Education but ] thought at the til
IN that | was reporting the facts. Now
m. know it. And we may as well rep,
nut now that as far as the Normal scho
nd are concerned the fight is in the opt
nd There was no gum shoe work about t
IN attitude of the Normal schools last we
la and their manner indicates that tn
on are after the scalp of the present Sup
intendent of Education. Unless the
a partment of Education changes its t;
Ii tics somebody will lose their sea
a Everybody else knew weeks ago ii
ers there was scheme to abolish the pr