St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-01-11
THE VILLAGE MEETING.
A Light Vote, but Plenty of Bus
iness.-A New Bylaw Regu-
lating all Kinds of Shows.


than one-tenth, or lit, cast their ballot
for the list of officers that had been pre-
/ viously nominated. The folio wing Off
GERS were elected for the year ensuing:
President, Charles w. Steele
| Clerk, Preston E. May.
/ Treasurer Charles 6. Braley.
First trustee, George A. Burbank.
| Second trustee, Fred c. Mayo.
| Third trustee. Guy P. Metcalf.
| Auditors, John F. Pufer, Frank Fl.
| Philbert, Harry M. Nelson.
Fire Wardens. John N. Gale, Guy P.
| Metcalf. w. L. Heath, John M. Perham,
Fred L. Woodbury., Henry E. Byron.
John Finlay.
Collector of taxes, Preston E. May.
/ The usual business of the meeting was
| taken up after dinner and more than the
usual business was transacted in the
hour given up to this part of the
| meeting.
Article was disposed of by appro-
| priating the following specific amounts
| for the year ensuing, Chairman Mayo of
| the board of trustees announcing that
this was the same amount that was
/ appropriated last year:
/ Highways, $4,000; macadam, $500;
street lighting, $500; fire, $4,000; wa
ter works, $500; general, $4,000; po-
lice, $4,000; sewer, 1900; park, $500;
| hydrants, $3.50; arrears, $4,000; stable.
/ $500; sidewalks, $25OO.
Article 3 was disposed of by the
| passage of three motions. 1t was first
voted that whatever amount be appro-
priated for band concerts be divided
equally between the ST. Johnsbury Band
| and Harmony Band. It was then voted
that $500 be appropriated for outdoor
concerts, $50 less than last year. 1t
was then voted that each band give
eight concerts during the coming year.
| Article 4 was disposed of by voting
| that the sum of 500 be paid Harmony
Band for the four outdoor concerts they
had given in 1910.
Article 5 was disposed of by voting
that the village adopt the Australian
| ballot at the next village meeting.
Article 6 was disposed of by voting
| that the sum of 65 cents on the dollar be
raised on the grand list to pay the bills
the coming year. This sum was recon-,
mended by the board of trustees, and
while less than last year the voters were
reminded that the amount received
would be as large owing to the increased
| grand list.
Article z in relation to building a
| sewer for the Pillsbury Baldwin Com
'pany and the National Flooring Com
| pany created the most discussion and
/ both sides of the question were presented
| by Charles w. Steele, George w. Cald-
beck, Matthew J. Caldbeck, and several
Others The chairman of the board of
! trustees said he thought the sewer could
| be built for $40O, but said that the Bos-
ton & Maine would want; an annual
rental of Sc for crossing their property,
| and that the trustees hesitated about
| building a private sewer without a vote
| from the village. Mr.. Steele urged the
passage of the article on the ground
| that the two new industries had asked
! for no special favors and would pay the
| taxes assessed on their respective
properties. He thought that the
municipality ought to provide sewers for
any industries. George Caldbeck called
attention to the fact that there was so
little fall from the property of the two
| factories to the Passumpsic river that
! the village might have to expend con-
siderable money to prevent backwater
| from the river. He favored having the
| village pay for the sewer and having the
| two manufacturing corporations assume
| the expense of annual rental and main
| tenance. On motion of Mr. Steele the
! village trustees were authorized to con-
struct the sewer. Inasmuch as the trus-
tees were authorized to build the sewer
| the president ruled that Mr.. Caldbeck's S
| amendment to have the other two
corporations pay for its maintenance
| was out of order.
| Article in reference to taxing shows
was adopted by the passage of TIE
! following village bylaw introduced =
| Harry Blodgett:
| Article 3S. Any person or persons,
| desiring to exhibit show of any kind
| within the limits of the Village of St.
| Johnsbury shall be required to take out
| a license therefor, before opening any
such show to the public; there shall be
paid by the owner, or owners, of each
| and every show exhibited within the
limits of the Village of ST. Johnsbury.
| license fee of not less than two dollars nor
| more than fifty dollars, which sum so to
| be paid shall be fixed by the trustees of
the Village of St. Johnshury, and shall
| be paid to the treasurer of the Village of
| St. Johnsburv before any exhibition
| thereof shall be allowed to take place.
Any person, or persons, violating the
provision OF the foregoing article shall
forfeit and pay to the Village of st. |
| Johnsburv for each offence the sum of |
twenty dollars and costs of prosecution, |
to be recovered in an action of debt IN
the name of the Village of St. Johnsbury. |
Mr. Blodgett explained that this by |
law closely followed the one adopted by |
the city of Burlington and be said that |
it had worked we'll there and he believed |
that it would work well in st. Johnsbury. |
Under unfinished business Rev. George |
w. c. Hill spoke a good word for the /
work of the district nurse in the village |
during three months of last winter, and |
wished it were possible to appropriate |
$3.50 from the village treasury to help |
the churches in this work He was in
formed by the president that no motion
to appropriate money could be enter
tanned unless it had been previously I
inserted in the warning and the matter
was dropped though several heartily