The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
BELLOWS FALLS
IMPORTANT TOWN MEETING.
Unanimous Vote in Favor of the Arm
DRY Project-W. D. Bowen Chosen
a School Director.


Much interest centercd in a number
of important articles in the warrant for
the town meeting on Tuesday. The
board of town officers nominated at the
caucus held two weeks ago, a list Of
whom was given in this column that
week, were elected without opposition.
with the exception of the candidate for
school director for three wears The
caucus nominee was John f. Piddock Of
Saxtons River. DIR. Windsor d. Bowen
of that village was the director whose
term expired, and he later filed nomina-
ton papers. Considerable warmth was
exhibited between the ditfernt factions
OF SaXtons River village who We're
mere at the meeting in force. Dr.
Bowen won his reelection by Il ma oritv
OF 1872 in the total vote. The vote upou
the different constitutional amend
ments varied little from an average of
325 yes and 50 no. and none of them
showed a great difference from the
others.
The ordinary articles OF the call were
passed upon and appropriations made
as usual The town voted $1,000 in
addition to the amount required bv
law to be expended upon highways to
lake advantage Of the state aid law;
company from taxation for five wears:
authorized the school directors to dis
pose of any surplus school furniture
that might be on hand when the parish
school is established next September
for which the town has leased the old
nigh school building to the Catholic
church. 1t was voted to furnish trans
pOrtatiOn to high school pupils living
more than three miles from the high
school
The article taking most interest was
the one regarding the purchase Of the
Mary c. Bancroft property on West
Minister street for an armorv site The
matter was thoroughly discussed in all
It's phases, and the town voted unani-
mously to appropriate an amount for
the purpose. \ committee consisting
of Frederick II. Babbitt. Z. l., Walker
and \. L. Miner was chosen to rpnre-
sent the town in connection with the
state armory board to purchase the lot
The lot has Il frontage of 800 feet on
Westminster street, next south of the
library building, and 344 feet deep. ex-
tending back to South street. with A
large dwelling and barn thereon, which
VIII be capable of being remodelied for
any other purpose that may be deemed
ADVISABLE, there being plenty of room
IN the rear of the lot No opposition
to the movement came to the surface
from any source.
The closest vote of the dav was ON
the question of instructing the select
men to at once carry out the general
provisions voted in 1911 for the cutting
down Of the grade on School and Church
streets at the head of the School street
stairs. Much discussion took place and
some feeling was exhibited upon both
sides When it came to vote. the
VIVe VOce expression, the raised hands
ana the rising in voting was tried with
d the result in all eases was so close that
the moderator called for a ballot, which
resulted IN giving positive instruction,
to the selectmen by vote of 50 to 81
Some talk has been heard since regard
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of calling specia
town meeting for the purpose of see
ing if the vote could be rescinded. TC
say the least, the close division OF
sentiment is very unfortunate in so i'm
pOrtant an affair.
The total tax voted aggregated 81. so
which added to the corporation tax OF
IS cents makes the tax rate of boil
the town and village aggregate 81 50
as compared with $500 in 1912.
resolution was unanimously adopt
ed naming committee to investigate
the question of management and ex
penses of the town poor department
and another committee for the invest
cation OF the question of unpaid take
in our town during the past ten years.