The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-08
VILLAGE WILL PAY
ITS employees
EACH WEEK
Arrangements Made at Last
Evenings Trustee Meeting
MANY WANT SIDEWALKS
Long List Of Applications Received
Fauley-Brazil Case Given
Final Hearing

The village board of trustees met
in regular monthly session last even
| ing and held one of the longest meet
ings in the history of the board. I'll
was after midnight when an adjourn
ment was reached
All of the members of the board
were present, President Ward was in
the chair and Clerk w. p Hogan
and Corporation Counsel Charles A.
Maurer we're in attendance.
Arrangements were made whereby
the employees will hereafter receive
their wages weekly instead of month
~ as has been the custom heretofore.
The board voted to buy a new boiler
| for the stone crusher and new road
scraper. 1t held continued hearing
in the case of Thomas w. Fauley VS..
| Chief of Police Patrick Brazil and
transacted a large amount of routine
business
During the auditing Of the bills
small charge for work on the village
dumping ground was the subject Of
considerable discussion. The bill
was ordered paid but it was voted
that in the future the necessity Of
such work should be called to the
attention Of the trustees.
The biggest bunch of sidewalk Pc
titions in the recent history of the
board meetings was presented.
There was also a typewriter sheet
OF applications for individual sec
tons OF sidewalk The petitions
were for Grove street between Gage
and County, for curb and gutter on
Main from the south corner OF Main
and Branch to the easterly line OF
, the lockwood property, for North
street, Park street and Gage st. The
+ applicants for Individual sidewalks
r were Col Thomas Harmon. South
Y street. A. f. HOLSTER, South street;
+ c. c. Kimball, Union street; Harry
J., Daley. GuidebOard; Harry j. Cole
e North street; Seymour F. Wood
+ North street; William J. Meagher
North street; +. S. Pratt pleasant
i street; Il. l.. Bates. Pleasant street
e Perry b. Gardner. West Main street
r John II. Norton. Main street: Georg'
d w. Williams. Elm street; Harry Ro
u sier Elm street. All application
n were referred to the sidewalk com
S mittee.
S John p Mulligan appeared befor,
E. the board and applied for a. sewer oil
o Convent avenue. The application
l. was referred
n An application for a fire alarm boz
a at the corner OF Weeks and Putnam
streets was referred to the fire com
e mittee.
t. The application for a permit to OF
S crate a popcorn and peanut WACO
h received from II. l.. Baker OF Glen
Al Falls. n. Y, was laid on the tabl
D. in order that further informatio
Il might be obtained.
Applications for electric lights a
oil Allendale park. on Park street an
N on Imperial avenue. were referre
n. to the light committee.
n The complaint Of Thomas w Eau
II ey that he was roughly handled b
81 Chief Of Police Patrick Brazil. whic
d, was partially heard at a preyiou
Of meeting was taken up. Mr. Faule
stated that while waiting in line
attend the Whitney moving pictur
theatre on North street. he was sci
ed by the collar and jerked acros
err the sidewalk to the curbing.
Chief Brazil asked Mr. Fauley
q, there was not a request to move b
"a fore he was forcbly moved.
i, Mr.. Fauley stated that he did n,
20 see the chief until after he felt Il
nv officers hand on his shoulder.
~ William Bailey appeared as n vi
~ ness in behalf of Mr.. Fauley and h
- description OF the occurrence W,
MI similar to that OF Mr.. Fauley. Que
ed toned by the officer in relation 10
la request to move. Mr. Bailey stat,
~ that he heard nothing OF the kind.
90 Mr.. Fauley introduced John Denl,
n as witness ito prove that Mr.. Bra
~ II was In the habit OF treating 9th
people as he did me-" Mr.. Denl,
stated that while waiting In front
the Burns cigar store while his wi
- secured tickets for the Whitney the
ire one evening about year ago,
was pushed away by Chief Brazil.
'at officer Richard Hurley stated IN
Is ne was endeavoring to keep ord
RS. on North street on the evening
'er question, that he had lined the CROW
Is IN front OF the theatre as well az nc
slble, that Chief Brazil came throu,
re- the crowd In an effort to clear
ng passage for pedestrians and that
ire moved Mr.. Fauley. The chief. OF
Ger Hurley said. was not aware
be the TACT that the people were alrea,
he in line for the reason that he n
Fly preached through the crowd.
Chief Brazil stated that in oleariI
away In front OF the theatre no a
what he supposed was his duty. ii
nd duty for which he was paid by n
70. trustees and that this was the AR
nv complaint OF the kind that had be,
"a made during his many years Of Sc
~ vice. ''
- AT the close Of the discussion n
u case was laid on the table for furth
consideration. ~
ID. There was long session wi
three representatives OF boiler ro,
>" roller aud road soraper manufaoh
ers The board decided TO purcha
. an Acme boiler for the stone orus
err at an expense OF $3.50 and
champion road scraper M n coat
ph 1925. " 0VS'
ar The question OF weekly paymen
10 Tor employees Of the street dana,
ment was adjusted by a resolntI,