The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-03
soosTINe THE TOWN
Boosting and Alleged Boosting and
Some Of the Boosters

Editor of The Banner: Since the
idea has been expressed for the forma-
ton OF Boosting club in this village
/ at the Republican, Citizen and Demo
cratic caucuses this spring, | have
noticed a great deal Of this boosting.
First | see Trustee Holden boosting
up the sidewalk proposition with the
spending OF $1,000 on same, and Peter
Longtin boosting up the back street
sidewalks, also sewer on Grove
street extension. Next ! see Trustee
Nash boosting for the highway along
the trolley line. | wonder II he has
Mill street in mind. God bless him If
he has, even il we don't hear the gen
tie little frogs any more from the mud
holes therein And then, Oh then /
see the general booster, | was going
to say Political Chameleon Booster at
the bowling alley, booster of baseball.
booster at the legislature for the So
called collectors bill, booster for the
pretty girls Of Bennington, although
their fame as such doesn't need the
poor verses of still poorer poet, boos-
ter for Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Lamarre,
booster for a restaurant with a third
class license, Ga pity 1t wasn't grant
ed It probably would have given
him a little pocket money! booster for
Il. ID. Barber's boom, and now but not
least boosting against the clergymen
and politicians. But this boosting
doesn't seem to do much good, II does
MT seem to be general enough, there
fore | would suggest that some one
else join in with some practical boost
ing.
If the trustees would only raise the
highway around Mill street about six
inches, If they would give the grade
on County, from Lincoln to Depot
street II would enable the Rutland
railroad alias New York, New Haven
& Hartford, to do some boosting on
their own account They could then
scatter or level up Il don't know
which, the seventeen loads of coal
ashes and clinkers with the seven
loads of mud which they have ready
to slap on for a sidewalk as soon as
they get the grade.
Clinkers are great for sidewalks es-
pecially the brand which has been put
on Stafford street near the village hose
house. 1t helps the Rubber Trust
wonderfully but we mustn't mind a
little thing like that. ! would also
suggest that County street be boosted
up to grade as being petitioned just
now. There was some work done on
IL last year but during the dry spell
we have Just had it reminded one too
much OF the time Gage street was
(macadamized) and finished with yell
low ochre at the special request OF
property owners on said street. They
had an idea that 1t would save them
a lot OF painting and incidentally FUR
nish their hens with nice dust bath.
A yellow streak doesn't look good any
where. even in the streets and II nVe
or six inches of crushed stone were
put on top of that yellow dirt on
County street il would make the best
street in this village for all the heavy
traffic from the upper mills which Is
now going down Main street There
is a solid bottom and good drainage
on County street, thanks due the Roar
ing Branch and the selectmen in Office
lust before the freshet. would also
say that as there are n good many
more working men and women who
have to go to work at Z a. m. than at
9. if the people who have charge OF
the snow-plowing were boosted out OF
bed a little earlier so as to have the
streets cleared for said working PEG
nile. The trustees who would see that
this was done would get everlasting
gratitude from the pretty girls of Ben
nington and it might be the price for
the votes of the workingmen.
Citizen and a Workingman.