The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-08-25
VARIOUS MATTERS DISCUSSED.
Selectmen Find They Must Support
Two Persons at Rutland

The regular meeting of the selectmen
last evening was given up 10 discussing
several communications received by the
board during the week. A letter from
state Highway Commissioner Charles
w. Gates calling attention 10 the cut
| ting of bushes along the sides of the
| highways was read and Selectman j. G..
Stafford explained that he had been
busy for a number of DAYS doing exact.
| " what was suggested in the commits.
sioner letter. He said that he had
started AZ the town line at Guilford and
his men had removed all of the bushes
from the sides of the road for a long
distance toward Brattleboro. All trees
of sufficient size to make shade are left
standing. The commissioner S letter
called attention TO the lack of guide
boards in many towns and suggested
that If such condition prevailed in
Brattleboro il ought To be remedied.
This brought out considerable discus
sion and il was agreed that there is
doubtless a need for guide boards near
the BrattlebOro House and at the June
tion of Linden and North Main streets
as tourists entering the town from the
south are at loss which way TO pro
ceed and are equally without informa.
tion as to directions to take when leay-
ing for the north. II is likely that the
selectmen will place guide boards at
these two points.
A letter received from Attorney Gen.
eral j, q. Sargent that the legal depart
ment of the state ,had advised the
state auditor not to pay the expenses OF
keeping at the house of correction at
Rutland two prisoners sent up from
the Brattleboro municipal court withil
the last six months. was accepted by the
selectmen as IA notice that the town o.
Brattleboro must foot the bill. Chair
man Calvin received word from state
Auditor II. +. Graham that such bills
must be paid by the town. Mr.. Calvin
wanted TO know lust why this was SO
and wrote to the attorney general.
The letter from the legal department
made the matter clear to the seleetmen.
An interesting batch of correspond
epce between 4. Schram, representing
the employees of the White River Chair
company, Road Commissioner David I.
Perry and Chairman Calvin was read
and discussed. Mr.. Schram wrote on
Aug. l6 to Mr. Perry complaining that
the path through the woods of the Morn
ingside Cemetery asssciation. through
which a sewer was laid by the bailiffs.
was not a suitable right of way for the
employees to reach South Main street
and the southern part of the village.
Mr.. Schram referred to frequent AMI
urgent requests that he had made TO
have a pool of water at the foot of the
path removed. On the I7th of the
month Mr.. Perry advised Mr.. Schram
that the matter was not within the
province of the road commissioner as
the path was not regularly laid out
street. He explained that the matter
ought TO be taken up with the select
men. so far as he knew. This letter
stimulated Mr.. Schram to write letter
to Chairman Calvin in which he made
several allusions to an evident lnten-
tion upon the part of the authorities to
evade the matter which had been
brought TO their attention several times.
Mr.. Calvin wrote Mr.. Schram Yesterday
explaining that the employees of the
chair company were evidently laborlng
under misapprehension as regards
their right to use the path in question.
He explained that il was private
path and one in which the town has no
interest. He explained to Mr.. Scbram
that the Fort Dummer Mills CORPORA
ton through two of its local officers, |
had a number of months ago offered the |
use of right of way. four feet IN
width, from a point at the top of the
bluff near the cotton mill to the level of |
the land upon which the chair com
pany S plant is located. Such rightsof |
way would, of course, have to be put III
shape for use at the company S expense
or bv the employees who cared to avail of |
it. Regarding the pool of water Chair
man Calvin suggested that the matter
be referred to the board of bailitfs.
5 A letter was received from Commits |
sioner Gates, in response to one written
bv Chairman Calvin asking the com,
missioner to come to Brattleboro and
advise, the selectmen in regard to
South Main street. The
selectmen are anxious to have expert
advice before starting this work. Mr..
Gates writes that he will try to be in
the second week in Septem-
ber. 1t is likely that this work will be |
held up until he arrives The commits.
sioner said in his letter that he hoped
careful attention would be paid to the
width and grade of the new street and
that he would gladly come to advise in
The matter as soon as he could arrange
to do so. The payment of the usual
batch of bills completed the business of
The meeting