The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-02
Special Village Meeting Will
Be Held Friday Night
of Next Week
NEW PLAN WILL
BE WORKED OUT
idea Is to Assess Certain Part of Tx
pense Against Abutting Owners -
Facts Gathered from Vermont and
Massachusetts, Cities.

Iuasmuch as the village failed TO do
anything in the last special village
meeting looking toward laying the dust
ON the streets another special meeting
has been caliea especially TO consider
this question. A petition signed by
voters ON Western avenue, Canal.
Brook, Chaplin, Green, High, North,
North Main, Spruce and Walnut
streets was presented to the village
commissioners last night and they have
called a meeting on Friday night, Ju-
Iy II, at 2. m.
The first article is TO see if the
Village viii amend section IA OF chap
ter / OF the bylaws adopted June -.
As the section now stands the question
rau be considered only at the annual
meetings,
The next article is to see if the
village will instruct the commission
crs or the road commissioners to ar
range for laying the dust on certain
streets and assess such a part OF the
expense as may be voted against the
abutdug landowners. 1t is hoped that
some plan may be worked out so that
the dust may be laid ON streets petit
.
certain proportion OF the expense.
The other article Is to see ii the
voters viii raise additional money for
/ expenses, but it is not expected that
/ amy more money than already has been
voted will De necessary. The article
I is inserted to cover contingencies that
may arise.
With view ia ascertaiuing the Gus
fy.r-. q ..I.
Simouds and Village Attorney 0. b.
Hughes wrote TO several places in Yer
mont and Massachusetts. and the re
plies they have received are interest
ing. A letter TO Mr. Simouds from
the superintendent OF the department
OF streets and engineering in Spring
field, Mass, says;
=. lit is customary i'm this city to as
se-s one-third Of the estimated cost of
street watering on each siIe of the
street, The street railway company
under agreement pays 800 per mile On
all streets having ear tracks towards
the cost OF Watering
81 might add that in other cities
i'm Massachusetts the entire cost is as
ses>ed to the abutters.'
George L. Green of Springfield,
-NtaS--- enc iG@t'i To AII. F~liNohtlS MS tftA
bill showing that his street watering
tax on one lot was $50 and on
another &I25. He wrote, in part, as
follows:
''If a resident here, ON n street that
is not sprinkled. wishes to have the
city do it he goes around among his
ucighbors on the same street with a
petition to the city government to have
1t done. When the petition is received
it Is referred to tine regular street de
partmept. The matter Is then looked
up and if the department approves It
is referred back to the council, who as
rule at once order the work done
The cost is then assessed to the OWE
ers Of the ahutting property and
charged in the regular tax bill.
The Burlington city clerk writes Mr.
Hughes rs follows: - Page 80 of the
charter gives the process whereby We
make the street sprinkiiug assessment
Our collections for year amount It
about $4,000. and this leaves about @4ot
or $500 unpaid. Some contend that it
is not legal charge and refuse tc
pay, and the matter never has beer
tried out The charge here is three
cents a linear foot for each side OF
the residence streets and five cents fol
the business section.