The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-07
VILLAGE Fathers
HAD BUSY
SESSION
Large Amount Of Business
Transacted Last Night
POLE AND TREE CONTROVERSY
Church Society and Electric Light
Company Fall to Agree on
Location
POLE AND TREE CONTROVERSY

A large amount of business was
transacted at the regular monthly
meeting of the village trustees in the
selectmen's room OF the town clerks
Office last evening. The meeting was
not unusually long, but the trustees
got down to work in short order and
soon disposed of number of i'm
portant matters.
An appropriation of $1,000 was
made to defray the expenses of lay
ing a crushed stone road with as
phalt binder on top from the square"
as the junction of North, South and
Main street is commonly called, to
the railroad tracks.
Among some of the other impor-
tant matters acted upon was the pet
ition of N. Noveck to construct
crosswalk in front of the Noveck
store on Main street; the petition to
pay the Bennington City band month
ly, instead of at the end of the season
as has been formerly done petition
for a sewer in part of South street;
and the granting of additional police
men for summer duty and increasing
the authority of the chief OF police
Although not the first to come be-
fore the board, the action on the paw
ing of West Main street is perhaps
the first j importance as it involves
the largest expenditure of money.
The report of the committee which
recently made a tour OF inspection of
the road materials used in Albany
and vicinity was submitted. AS was
stated in the Banner some time ago,
the committee favored the Bermudez
asphalt The report was made by
Trustee John Nash of the street com
mittee That section of West Main
street from the crosswalk connecting
the east sides Of North and South
streets to the railroad track is the
portion for which a new road is
planned. Because of the cost of the
material selected, the road will not
be made of asphalt alone but will be
constructed with an asphalt top over
a foundation of crushed stone.
large quantity of which the village
now has. The section to be covered
is about 700 feet long and SO feet
wide. One gallon of asphalt which
costs 13c per gallon, will cover 1h
square yards. 1t is estimated that
the cost of the material alone will be
from $500 TO 5000 AS ii is planned
to have the railroad stand the cost
for one third, the cost of the material
to the village will be about 1870. The
attitude of the railroad company is
not definitely known and for that rea-
Al nfrAnfn1
to notify the company to appear by
representative before the members OF
the street committee and state its po-
sition, and, if necessary, to sign pa
pers guaranteeing to pay one
third OF the cost The village has
about $4,000 to expend on highways
from now to November LIST. Ar APP
preparation of $1,000 was granted for
West Main street 1t Is thought
that work will be begun in the near
future.
Two petitions for crosswalks were
received by the board. One was
presented by N. Noveck, who asked
permission to construct a crosswalk
in front of his store on Main street.
After little discussion by The trus-
tees. when it was declared that there
were already a number of crosswalks
from the NJ Il. church to the corner
of North and South streets and that
every crosswalk has an injurious eff
feet on the road, as 1t causes an I'M
evenness of the surface, permission
was granted. Upon being permitted
to proceed with the work, Mr.. Nov
eek asked to have the village stand
some of the expense, AS the village
is planning to construct new road
in this section OF Main street in the
near future, it was pointed out to the
petitioner that the village didn't see
it's way clear to pay for the crosswalk
and then tear it all up next year.
Permission to build the walk was
granted, however, and the matter OF
paying for it was referred tothe curb,
sidewalk and gutter committee.
The other petition for crosswalk
was presented by Eugene Stratton,
who asked that the village build and
nav for a crosswalk from Stafford
street to the Bennington Paper BOX
company Mr.. Stratton declared that
since the oil was put on the streets,
the people who cross the streets
track oil into the shop and cause con
siderable damage. A motion that the
petition be referred to the curb, side
walk and gutter committee prevailed
Favorable action was taken on the
request of w. e. Long, manager oil
the Bennington city band, to have
the village pay the band monthly in
stead of at the end of the season as
has been formerly the custom. me
village has appropriated $4OO Tor
concerts. Mr.. Long declared that he
had to pay the musicians after each
concert. An order directing payment
to the band monthly at the rate OF
S25 for every concert was made, the
money to be deducted from the APP
preparation.
A petition from a number OF resi-
dents on South street to extend the
sewer from the corner of Weeks ST,
to Prospect street was referred to A.
Il. HOLSTER, chairman of the sewer
committee. A motion that the first
sewer to be put in this year be con
structed on South street was voted,
the work to be done in the fall. a
petition to open up South Branch
street was also referred, with power
to act, to Mr.. HOLSTER.
Three additional policemen were