The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-10
The Meddler
III The coat fifs yog. put il on

II was a pretty satisfactory town ..
ing after all. To be sure, the mslorb
the voters present disagreed with a
Meddler on the question OF electlug 4
selectman every year, but he is not
much of an egotist as TO say that thga
wrong in this belief or 70 let the vsr.|
ON this particular question inhuens
Judgment OF the rest OF the proceA,1
How much the well.oiled operation q \
machine" had to do with the result a
not be considered at this time. Sufe|
TO say that Mr.. Stafford will doubles
his best 20 serve the town faithfully
three years more. In re-electing RI
Commissioner ID. I. Perry the m1
adopted the wise course OF keeping IN d.
Office a man whose long experience I
wide technical knowledge OF highway q
struetion have proven his value as pgsi
servant in a capacity Of this kind. v
Perry appreciates fully what is neeia
Brattleboro in the way OF street aud u
walk improvement and knows how b
improvement can best be brought aba.
That the voters have confidence in
Judgment and ability was shown by
unanimity with which they adopted
suggestions regarding special taxes.
The voters also showed good Judging
in the way they handled the articles 4
tanning to the local railroad situate
Previous to the meeting fear was e1prs
ed in some quarters that an attempt wsd
be made TO butt into the question but
such disposition was apparent. Practlzl
all of the townspeople realize that The
cal railroad committee is handling
matter tactfully and intelligently, andta
with this committee alone rests hope d
satisfactory solution. Those who do Z
believe this will have an opportunity
change their minds in the course d
short time. The fact that the commltu
does not bulletin every step in the !,
gress of its negotiations does not nd
that any underhanded transactions are !
ing on; it is simply due to retaliation
the truth OF recent statement by
prominent railroad man to the effect IL
negotiations of this kind cannot be q
ried on successfully to the accompanying
of brass band. The announcement
today's Reformer of the organization
the Brattleboro & Vernon railroad v
give some idea of what the committee
doing to get for Brattleboro the railnl
facilities it SO much desires, and as tn
passes will come the announcement OF Of
er developments showing the good sense
the public in allowing the committee Il
its counsel free rein.
The matter of securing a local aHnu'
through taking advantage of the law p
viding for state aid for this purpose "
taken up in a businesslike way, and I
size of the appropriation voted indicst
a very general belief in the idea that vh
is worth doing at all is worth doing We
In view of the price Of real estate in b
town it was out of the question to THU
of appropriating only money enough
connect with what the state can give n
body believes that the purchase OF suit
BILE site and the erection of an ade1ul
building could be accomplished for sli
GOO. But with 500, 000-the total Of wh
the town has voted and what the sta
armory commission can give if it sees fs
it ought to be possible to build on gOt
location an armory that will meet eve
requirement and also become
valuable addition to Brattleboro's pub
buildings.