The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-10

did not believe that amount was enough
to carry out the work OF his department
and do what ought to be done TO the side.
walks. Referring TO the allotment of
live per cent Of the road money last year
to sidewalks he said that he hoped that
four per cent would be set aside this year
for sidewalks and the same amount for
permanent road improvement, Mr. Perry
referred TO Western avenue, Main and Flat
streets as needing attention this year and
said that something must be done in the
way OF work on the West river road. lie
said that he had been making excuses to
the state highway commissioner for some.
time in regard TO the West river road and
could do so no longer. II was voted TO
appropriated the eight per cent special
tax as recommended by Mr., Perry, the
four per cent for permanent work being
in addition to the regular tax in conformity
with the recent enactment OF the legsla.
ture which calls for an appropriation OF
not less than one-fifth of the grand list
of town for road purposes
DIR. Henry ID. Holton, Rev. ID. H. Trout
and +. h. Barrows were elected trustees
of the Bratteboro library for term OF
three years. The usual sum of 81 600 was
appropriated for the support OF the library
and 800, the usual sum, was set apart for
the observance of Memorial day. For
the care of the common and burial grounds
$3.50 was appropriated. 1t was voted to
pay the town officers the same salaries as
last year. George Bishop moved to appro
pirate S4O0 for the care OF the trees of the
town but the motion was tabled upon mo-
ton OF John KANE. The sum of $3.50 was
voted for permanent highways as required
by Act. No. 12I of the last legislature, in
order to secure the aid of the state for per-
manent road work. Mr. Calvin explained
that the voting of this amount did not in
crease the AZ cent tax as the $3.50 had
been accounted for in the estimates of the
selectmen The members OF Western En-
CINE company OF West Bratteboro were
exempted from paying poll tax.
With regard to article II, to see what
instructions the town would give the Sc
lectmen relative to the petition made to
the public service commission concerning
the suspension or other disposition of the
commissions order in the railroad matter
in this town the following resolution was
presented by T.. w. Gibson:
Resolved by the legal voters of
the town of Brattleboro in annual
meeting assembled, that the selectmen
and railroad committee are hereby
instructed and directed to secure
either a vacation, modification, suspen.
sion or amendment of the order OF
the public service commission here
tofore entered in relation to the abol-
ishment of the Bridge street crossing
as in their judgment will serve the in
terests of the people OF the town"
The resolution was adopted unanimously.
Article IS relative to instructing the Sc
lectmen to take legal action to prevent the
Central Vermont from carrying out, Its
plans to construct an overpass and to
abolish the Bridge street grade crossing
was disposed of by tabling on motion of
Mr.. Gibson.
Article II, to see what other action the
town would take in relation to the abolish
ment of the crossing in question and IN
regard to the railroad situation generally
brought forward two resolutions both of
which were unanimously adopted. The
first from f. w. Gibson was as follows :
"Be it resolved by the legal voters
of the town of Brattleboro, In annual
meeting assembled, that We hereby at
firm and ratify our vote taken at the
special town meeting on the fourteenth
day of Feb. 1911, resembling the vote
of July 2, 1910, which said vote OF
july 2. 1910, appropriated $4,000 to
be expended in relation to the abolish
ment Of the Bridge street crossing and
the building of new station.
George l.. Durham presented the other
which was as follows
Resolved: That the people OF Brat.
tleboro in town meeting assembled
hereby request Charles S. Mellen, pres
ident of the Boston & Maine railroad,
to build the proposed extension OF the
Vermont Valley railroad in Vermont.
We hereby pledge to the Boston x
Maine railroad our earnest efforts to
secure such concessions as are neces-
sary and our hearty support OF any
honorable move which may make II
possible to build such extension IN
Vermont"
E. w. Gibson said that the railroad
committee and counsel ought to be REIN,
bursed for their expenses to and from ana
at Montpeiler and moved that they be
maid He also thought the selectmen
Should be recompensed, and moved that
they be paid. 1t was so voted. Article
IS relative to holding town district
school meetings at such times and places
as the school directors may designate was
disnosed of by the adoption Of the follow
inc resolution presented by +. ID. T..
Stowe:
"There shall be held on the fourth
Monday of May of each year a town
meeting for the election of school dl-
rectors and for other school purposes
for town school district OF brattie-
boro"
Probably the Goth article in the warrant
was of more interest to the members Oh
Company I and their friends than almost
any of the 10 others which preceded IL.
n was to see if the town OF BrattleDoro
would make an attempt to secure an az.
mory in this town under the PROVISIONS
of the act passed by, the late iegislatureett
Col. j. G. Estey explained briefly now IT.
might be possible, to secure al aInuS
for Brattleboro, that, 1t was neeuea anu anu
that ;f tbe town would appropriate sum
tnward the building of such building he
would use his influence to secure such an
armory. He presented the following reso'
lutions :.
Resolved: % That the sum OF
s1n mn Is hereby appropriated for
contribution toward the cost OF an ar,
morv To he purchased and constructed
in Rrattleboro for the use and occu-
nancy Of companies and band OF the
First Regiment Infantry, Vermont
National Guard. u.
10 hereby authorized, empowered ana
directed TO borrow on the credit OF the
town the sum appropriated by this res
oI,,t;on and to pay over the same for
the nnrposes of this resolution, when
the hoard of armory commissioners
established under Act No; l1z OF tne
Acts of 1910, shall have located s9cl
an armory in Brattleboroo,, proviasso
that the amount to be PAID IRON .me
general appropriation, Tor tne lfi'is sucb
department toward !, t me cos' VI
10y The foregoing resolutions are
VIZ - tho+ M loan made by the