The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-04
Commissioners Engage Man
ming Co. of Springfield
to Do Work
NEW ORDINANCES
TO BE CARRIED OUT
Manning Co. Will Make No Charge to
Village, Getting Profit from Numbers
Property Owners Who Decline to
Comply are Liable.

The village commissioners at reg
ular meeting last evening decided to
have the II. a. Manning company Of
Springfield, Mass, representatives. Of
whom are here for the purpose of pre-
pairing the new village directory. 10
the street numbering which is required
by the village ordinances.
The ordinances covering the number
ing of the buildings on the street are
as follows:
| Chapter >. Section lit shall be
the duty of the commissioners to assign
a number to all tenements and build
| ings used as dwellings. or parts of
| buildings fronting on street, alley
or public place and shall hereafter on
the acceptance Of amy street, proceed
at once to the assigning Of numbers to
each tenement or building built or TO
| be built thereon. They shall determine
the form. size ana material of such
numbers and the mode, place. success
sion and order Of inscribing and af
fixing them on such houses or such
other buildings.
Section 2:-The numbering shall pro
eeed continuously from the place Of
beginning and each number shall be as
nearly opposite its alternate as may be.
Section 3:-ln all streets running
in northerly and southerlv direction
the numbering OF such streets shall
lcommence at the end OF such street
nearest the town hall. High street and
Western avenue. In all streets gun
ming IN an easterlv and westerly al
rcction. the numbering shall commence
lat the end OF such street nearest North
Main. Main and South Main streets
In all streets running in a northeriy
land southerlv direction the odd mum
bers shall be on the east side Of such
Istrect and the even numbers on the
west side In All streets running ii
an easterlv and westerly direction, tn,
odd numbers shall be on the northerIN
side of such streets and even number.
on the southerlv side.
Section Am owner OF occupant o1
a building or q part OF building wh'
shall neglect or refuse for 90 days t
atfiX to the same the number desig
. mated by the commissioners as provid
, ed by Section / OF this Article or VIII
shall aflix to the same or retain there
on a number contrary to the direction
of said commissioners. shall forfeit no
more than 81 and not less than ! ant
, shall also pay the expense of placln
the proper number on the tenement O
i building by the commissioners or thel
> authorized agent.
II Is upon the above authority tha
the Manning company representative
viii do the work Each of the men WI
: have the numbers with him and eac
number viii be three inches in diane
ter ID will cost. put IN place on II
: building, 10 cents The men viii b
: Iprovided with more expensive number
/. and will place them on the building
{ where desired by the occupants so Ion
= as they coincide with the orders of ii
= commissioners
1t viii bc seen from the ordinanc,
a that failure to comply with them vi
Y. mean action upon the part Of the VI
If lage authorities after go days. TT
- men who will DO the work, in II
event of an owner of a building Il
= cHning at the time TO have the nun
bcrs put on, viii make note of tt
n place, and at the expiration OF 60 da.
I viii return. In the event of a refus
then to comply with the law they W
- report to the commissioners.
8, While there were one or two loc
s. men who sought the contract, the col
n. missioncrs felt it was to the adVantal
- of the village to have it done by t
- Manning company representative
IS who have had experience in the wo
II and who charge nothing for their 5,
,r- vices, taking their pay from whatev
re profit there may be in supplying t
hon aSt1lN-