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The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-25
THRUM'S ANNUAL
MAINTAINS HIGH
STANDARDOFYEARS

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The forty-frst volume Of Thrum Is
Hawaiian Annual for 1915 maintains
the high standard Of excellence which
has marked the preceding volumes
This volume contains sO3 pages of yaiu
able information. and twenty-six pages
Of advertising, besides many illustra-
tons
The book should find its way to the
libraries and book shelves Of every one
who wishes a concise and complete
compedium and ready reference to an
things Hawaiian.
Rich in Facts df rd Earahfsa., al
The statistical portion of the volume
prints ffty.fye pages of facts and fy-
ures, concerning the calendar, eclipses,
rainfall and climate, Island floral EN-.
blems, distance by sea and, land, ele-
vations, population and vital statistics,
schools, exports and imports, domestic
and foreign commerce, insurance bust
ness, number of vessels, their value and
tonnage, number and nationality of pas
sengers to Island ports, annual trade
balances, the cost of government,
assessed property valuations, taxes by
counties, number and nationality OF
plantation laborers, number and capi-
talization of Hawaiian corporations,
sugar output and a register and diree.
tory. a
Legendary and Historical
The descriptive portion of the volume
contains editorial articles by Thomas
G. Thrum on the towering trees Of Ho.
nolulu; Honolulu sixty years ago; com
memoratiOn Of good King, Kane
hameha III; Hawaiian pageants; Homo
lulu harbor extension llans; a world
tour for Hawaii Is benefit; Uni Is neck.
lace war; how Pele located Ha-
waii; frontage tax; Indian visitors to
Hawaii, and retrospect for 1914, a his
tory of Hawaiian progress for the year.
Special articles on topics ofsiocal in
terest are contributed by G.. H. Fitch,
Two Great Sights in Honolulu;
Hawaii at Panama. by A. p Tay-
lor; Investigation of Hawaii's
Water Sources, by G. X Larrison;
f. Hawaii and the Marconi Genius, = by
d. l.. MacKaye; |" Science in Our Island
Sociology, by Arthur tombstone;
= Wrecks to the Northwest, and nThe
Vanishing Knleana'' by J. NJ. Lydgate;
/" Beneficial Insects, Y by O. II. Swezey,
and ''story of King ola,o by A. +.
Knudsen.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-25
MRS. LYDIA COAN
WILL CELEBRATE
6OTH BIRTHDAY
ANRs, LYDIA COAN. ONE or
M the veteran kamaainas Of Iia-

FRS, LYDIA COAN. ONE or
MI the veteran kanaafnas OF Ia-
wall, viii today celebrate her
leightieth birthday and tomorrow will
be the guest Of honor az reception to
be given by the Cousins Society. this
event to take place at the Mission
House, King street, within the walls Of
which Mrs. Coan was born and where
her first years were passed.
The history of this venerable lady Il
the history Of the missionary work ~
Hawaii from the day when the first
results were beginning 20 show.
MrE. Coan Is the daughter Of Hiram
bingham the First, the pioneer mis-
sionafy Of Oahu, who came to Honolulu
in the brig Thaddeus in 1880. -Four.
teen years after the landing of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bingham, their daughter was born,
and the advent Of this white girl child
was an event Of the hveliest iinport.
ance in the grass.hut village OF Homo
lulu, on the outskirts of which stood
the Mission House.
While still a baby, FIVE and half
years old, Mrs Coan was taken to New
England, there TO grow up to woman.
hood. She received her education IN
New Haven, attending the Yale lee
lures &C q part of her preparation for
her life 5 work, and returned to Homo
lulu when thirty-one years old, to be.
come the FIRST principal Of the Kawaia.
hao Seminary, the fftieth anniversary
of which was recently celebrated. She
had secured practical training as a
teacher in the East, having been prin-
eipal Of seminary on the mainland at
nineteen
In Honolulu she was wed TO the Rev.
Titus Coan, her home soon afterwards
being in Hilo, where she spent ten
yeara Returning to Honolulu, this has
been her home since.
On this, the eigthieth anniversary Of
her birthday, Mrs. Coan will have the
sincere congratulations and heartfelt
aloha Of those many who consider
themselves fortunate in being num-
bered among her friends, eongratula.
tions and aloha in which The Adver.
tiser pleasurably joins.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-25

Planning Mill, stated yesterday that he
mad ali arrangements made to press the
work to a speedy Conclusion. He esti.
mates that il will take less than ak
months to complete the Job.
Storing Coal Under Water
The plan of storing coal under water
is one that has been practieed for the
past ten years, but only ON a limited
scale, and this plant being erected by
the United States navy department "a
the largest ever built. 1t consists of
a reinforced concrete tank, situated en-.
tirely above ground, some twenty feet
IN height and covering an area Of APP
proximately seven acres. 1t win have
a capacity Of over lO0,O 900 tons Of coal.
The object of storing coal under
water ia TO prevent ,disintegration OF
the coal and the evaporation OF the
valuable fuel elements. soft coal, stored
ia the open air, especially. for long
time, disintegrates and loses efficiency;
whereas II it is stored under water II
disintegrates praetieaily not at all.
The plant now being erected at Pearl
Harbor was dosigned by Lieutenant
samuel Gayier aud the erection Is be-
ing carried on under the supervision Of
Lieutenant Ernest r, Gordon OF the
nj engineering department Of the
navy. r
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-25
.MAGOON AND OTHERS
SCORE AGAIN IN COURT

j. Alfred Magoon and his eo-petition-
ers have scored another victory in the
supreme court in the injunction suit
brought by them against the Lord
Young Engineering Company and the
superintendent Of public works in re-
gard to the reclamation work which
was being carried out in Kewalo, this
city.
In memorandum opinion handed
down in the supreme court yesterday
the court denies the petition Of the
respondents for a rehearing of the ease.
''All the grounds set forth III the
petitions have been considered and
found TO be without merits,' ~ says the
opinion, g The petitions are denied un-
der Rule g. The concluding paragraph
Of the opinion was not intended 60 au-
thorize an injunction against the fill,
Ing of the streets within the district
referred 10, nor TO restrict the superin.
tendent Of public works TO proceed
ing solely under II. L. Chap. SO, nor TO
/ rcvent him from proceeding in any
other lawful manner. These matters
may be adjusted in the decree. p
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-25
THROUGH A GLASS pARKLY

Peace earth, good will toward #se III
This day the anniversary Of the Christ Child the
of batteheds Redeemed with the slain
anger and dotted with the muaed bodies and
the writing forms of the wounded. j
This day the blood lust of nations overhms broherly
love that the Son Of Man brought into the world and daily
hate of toward increases until the whole world is tainted
Yet from the reek and the groans of the battlefield
good This must be believed otherwise there would
ground for todays reocngs One look through
with the of faith and watch for sunrise beyond
Peace earth, good will toward men
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-25

The that the final stage the establishment Of the navy
coang plant Pearl Harbo has been entered upon published
The Advertiser this morning welcome Christmas present
Honolulu. 1870 E-a&slt ta4
the coal is being done in which, while entirely
is large scale being carried Pearl Habor
reinforced concrete tank twenty feet high and covering APP
proxmatey acress enough in itself stamp the
prise as gigantic ..2letS
Taken together with the mechanical handling plant for eeyat
ing the coal from ship storage storage war
vessels as they require the same makes this enterprise remark
able feature in the industrial well in the naval world
Both Hawaii and the navy department congratulated
that within the month the completion Of this great coang
plant Pearl Habor has been begun and big
gest drydock in the United States has been resumed.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-25
Che ghephsrd's lDondtsas Gale

From the Spanish Of GoNGoRA
~ WAS the vcsy noon of night the stars ADORE the
I fold A6t
Hore sufs mar clock chiparg ben the ho~ Of mid
When from the hedvens there came toice ind forms
1, seen to shine,
stu The music Nth Iigt ana lore
WITH tore dieine The song began; there shone liat
IA i serene. 80. 80
on seho hath heard ,ohdt hare heard, or.seon achat
haze secns ys sNe9tg
on neer could ni0htingdic at darn salute the rising
WITH Sweetness like TINT bird of song IN MS ipnor
tai tag: tnte l}
0hneett0ers ieoodnotes heard at b. banks Nth
So thrilling as the concert s,eect 6g hearniy harp
For lore dipine h each chord, and flled each
on leho hath heard .chat hare heard or seen ,ohat
hare seen?
reused ne at the piercing strain, bat shrank as
OF summer lightning; al around bright the splcn
ky8N dor lar
For Oh Il mastered sight and sense to see that glory
shine.
TO hear that minstrel in the clouds cho sang Of Lore
W Dieinc,
10 sec that form Nth birdlke ,oings, o more than
on scho hath heard achat hare heard, iuhat
When once the happy trance scas past that so my
sense did bind,
lett my sheep 10 Him Whose care scqs in the tcest
tcind; ts
left them for instead of snotc 4 trod on blade and
fOtCer,
Andice dissolred il STARRY rays Of mornings grac
iOus hour
Reoealing schere earth the steps OF Lore Dirinc
had been.
o. ,s4o hath heard ,ohat hare heard, seen tchd
hare seen? saass5 "a
ofodf Jaa ~
And bored before the lotcly rack scere Lore DiUne
iCdS laid: ss
A nc,c-born Babe, IKE tender Lamb, NTH Lions
strength there smiled s1 800
For Liom's strength, Immortal might icGs In that
aas ResU- born Child; fgySe s .g. @ sl Is.as 81
Gss been: 8
Oh, se4o hath heard tolat hare heard, ohqt
hare seen?
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-25
THE SAILORS or THE oE1ER

1t is said that somebody is Directing sailors OF the in
termed German warship Geer having shore liberty
If this be there is somebody in Honolulu who
the size of peanut and mighty small peanut that
The sailors the Geer lot Of clean young gentle
They have committed wrong BY the
guests for the term Of the present conflict.
There why they should be any other
manner guests subject only their staying for the
which will be decided by their government and the Allies
Go away sit Somebody and try and think
Of something pleasant during this Christmas season
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-15

\. b. Greenwood They are staying at H.
: kidder's
William BoutelIe and family, who have
been living for some time in the vicinity
OF Boston, have recently returned to their
former home on the George Boutelle farm.
Miss Carrie Mason of Bellows Falls,
after spending part of her vacation in
Wilmington and Brattleboro. Is at her
mother $. Mrs. \. a. Mason :. for Il
week : visit
The Dorcas Guilds annual fair will be
held on the park Friday, August u, if it
Is pleasant; if not, in the church vestry.
Fancy work, home made candy, ice-cream,
etc, will be on sale.
Miss Ruth Barry slipped on the wet
doorstep Tuesday night and fell, striking
the back of her head so violently as to
render her unconscious for several min
utes and making severe bruise.
Mrs. Ada Pierce was called recently to
Mortified, Mass, to aid in caring for
her grandchild, who had been injured by
severe burns. Her daughter, Mrs. Olive
Leach, and baby. returned home with her.
The funeral of Asa B. Greenwood,
! which was held at his home Thursday
! afternoon was conducted by W. NJ.
| Sparks, and we'll attended by the
/ neighbors and friends. Rev r. II. Bos-
worth spoke words of hope and com
| fort, two beautiful solos were given
| by Mrs. Guy Powers and IL. j. Heath
! \ profusion Of flowers covered the cas-
ket. Among those from out of town
ut the funeral were Mr. and Mrs JohT
| Greenwood and Mary Greenwood
/ Of Chester. Robert Greenwood of Lud
low, Miss Pearl and Miss Belle Green
wood of Dover and Mrs. Bingram OF
| South Newfane. Burial was in Oak
| wood cemetery.
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JAMAICA.

.,,EG s. Robinson is spending his va
cation at lest Mortified.
L G W&tyen and son of Ceda
Grove, n. y, were in town Thursday
Miss Fa1rie Ballard went to Castle
ton. VI, Monday for visit with rels,
tiN'i'.
MIS-, Il. L. qilden and daughter, Mss
+, clyn IIlGcs went to Peru Frida &c
i end few days.
Rev W2iiiam White of Sturbridge,
Mass, viii preach at the Congregations
al church On Sunday, Aug. %.
TIL llaver meeting at the Congrega
tional church was held Wednesday
night because of the absence of the
pastor on Thursday.
The J.,mlIca and Townshend b;!l
tHa2rs layed at South Londonderry
with the South Londonderry team on
= ..'s,!;,,. TIE score was II to s II
faNrr cf the Londonderry nine.
MIR. and Mrs. Webster Jaquitt, ii
:rolidrncc, r. /, speu+ Friday nigh.
and Saturday with Mrs. Ella Robin
son s family. They were on their way
to visit relatives in South Londonderry.
T. ". rraty has sold his farm acI
ia Jamaica to f. o. Wtttyen Of Coda;
G'Cvr, \. Y. for the ho,,se and mill At
NinhHli Station. known as the Charlie
t:,stlc Il"cr. AIR. Proutl : family VII
Move, Immediately to their new hp-tr,
AID Mir W-ttyeu 5 family will ak"
possession o. their property here hi.
+ /
Rev. 4 i. iIartwell went to East
Norhheld Thursday morning to spend
a few days at the conference. Mrs
HartWcl went last Saturday. There
VIII be 40 preaching service at the Con
ercgational church next Sunday but all
are asked to worship with the Baptist
! pco|lc.
The annual district union SUNDAY
school picnic will he held in Selfor,
grove on Tuesday, Aug. Is, if tn,
weather is pleasant II not, on tn,
first pleasant day following This is ;
basket 81 .air. I,e-crcam will be OF
sale There will be program of songs
reeitations, music etc, races and TIVE
bah games, All are invited.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-15
STRATTON.

Miss Pausy Nose returned home with
her aunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jared Sage of Whining
ton were in town recently.
The Boy Scouts Of North Wardsboro
are camping at the Grout pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Pike and daugh-
ter, Wilma, returned home Saturday.
Leon Bills of Wardsboro is at Grouts
mills, cutting hay owned by the En-
porium Lumber company.
Miss Grace Payne of West Wards
boro visited Mrs. f. 4. Eddy at the
Johnson farm Friday and Saturday.
John Davidson has moved from Viii
miugton to the house formerly occupied
by Charles styles and owned by Mel
vim Austin Of Weston.
Amer 2. Eddy of West Brattleboro
came with IL. f. Eddy, Saturday night,
to visit his brother. +. \. Eddy, and
family over Sunday.
Charles Russell of IIoosick Falls, n.
Y, came by automobile Saturday for
his wife and son. Mrs. Russell, who is
very i'll with tubercuIar trouble, has
spent the summer with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. \. Allen.
But few Of the members Of the
|tratton Mountain club attended the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-15
WEST DOVER.

Mr. and Mrs. Hager Of Athol, Mass.
are visiting at j, \. Davis s.
Mrs. J. J. Snow visited ut B. NJ
Leonard s in Wilmington recently.
Harry Whidden has been here from
East Dover, for few days calling on
friends.
There will be 4 social dance at the
school house hall, Saturday evening
Aug. %
Mrs Warren Sturgis has been enter
tanning her mother, Mrs. Barnes, Of
LenoX, Mass.
Harry Harvey and Bion Shippee are
drawing lumber from lIager S saw mill
to Wilmington.
Roy Capcn of Wilmington was a
guest of NJ. L. French at Camp Avon
one day last week.
Miss Geneva Haskell Of Brattleboro
was a weekend guest Of her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Titus.
The next meeting of the Ladies Aid
society will be held Wednesday after
noon, Aug. 10, with Mrs. Sarah Corse
Mr.. ed Mrs. j. }. Snow are enter
tanning their nephew Bert Snow with
liz wife j 4 son, Lawrence, lately Iro'A
Ch.e;,eo.
Miss Abbie Palmer, former teach
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-15
TOWNSHEND.

Miss Betty Whitney is working at the
Townshend Inn.
Raymond Starr is visiting his aunt,
Mrs f. l.. Hastings.
Miss Florence Sanders went Thursday
to Brattleboro for short stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Stark spent the
weekend with their parents in Jamaica.
Mrs Reed of Brattleboro is a guest at
the home Of her cousin, IL. IL. Holbrook
Herbert Benson and Bernard Phillips
went to South Londonderry "Wednesday
to play bali,
Arthur Ripley and friend of New York
city are guests at the home Of his uncle,
Herbert kidder,
Carlos Lowe of Newton, Mass, has
been spending vacation with his father
on their River farm.
IIarIand Barnes of Westminster is at
Earl Knapp's in Simpsonville with his
work team to assist in the having.
Mrs. Olney Moore is entertaining her
little niece and namesake, Miss Omey
Nurse of White River Junction.
Mrs. Charles Willard, with her father
Mr. Cheney, went Monday to BrattleborC
to attend the funeral of George \. Hines
MIS-. BeUldn underwood anu I"o Viii
dren, Beatrice and Elizabeth, of Guilford
are visiting at Mr.. and Mrs, A. D. Ben
son.
Mrs Bingham and Miss Aldine Bing
ham of South Newfane are guests a
the home Of Earl Knapp in Simons
vile.
Superintendent Drew of Poultney ar
rived Wednesday to take. charge Of tn
school examinations to be held here Aug
Il and IA
The selectman have recently appoint
ed H. c. Stratton of West Townshen
to act rs school director in place o
W. II. Taft, resigned.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Toomey, Mis-
, Fitzpatrick and Lucille Cushman return
ed to New York Wednesday, maxim
the trip by automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Giles and mother
Mrs Susan Chandler of Lowell, Mass
: came Thursday to attend the funeral {
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-15

Greenfield. accompanied them home for a
few days visit before going To Raponda
Mr. and Mrs. w. c. Halliday, Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Halliday and three children
visited at Lucien Hunts in Saxtons River
Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Yeaw and daugh-
ter. Ruth, visited Mrs. Neaw's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. {. II. Bemis, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Miss Grace lIcminway returned to her
home in Springfield, Mass, Thursday
after spending ten days with Blanche Hol-
land at Maple Grove farm.
Miss Mile Holden returned to her
home IN Guilford Thursday, after ten
days visit with her aunt. Mrs e. {.
Holland, at Maple Grove farm.
The picnic at James Browns Wednes-
day under the auspices of the ladies aid
society of the Methodist church was Il
VERY successful affair The booths. deco
rated with bunting, made attractive places
! for the sale of candy, ice-cream and
drinks Another booth held fancy and
useful articles and there was a I.arkin
booth The ball game between the East
! Dover nine and a scrub nine in the
/ forenoon and a game in the afternoon be
tween the Willamsvillc and home teams
were watched with much enthusiasm
| The score in the afternoon was > to in
favor of East Dover The sale Melted
about $50 The women extend hearty
thanks to all who in any way helped to
make the day successful.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-15

or in The village school came SUNDAY
night 10 visit Mrs William Titus. aud
call on her old pupils and other friends
Mr.. al Mrs. Henry Boyd. 2Ir. and
Mrs. Fred Boyd and two children. III
Wilmington visited at ). N. U-pm.s
ana l.. j. Bartlett 5 Wednesday aI-.s-
ucCi-
Claude Upton and Miss Martha Jones
went t. East Dover Wednesday, after
noon 10 carry Miss Palmer and cali ON
rrm@ds They made the trip by aa.a-
mobile.
Harry Bickford. Of Wilmington was
in town SUNDAY, and Mr.. French. who
has been spending few weeks at his
summer home here, returned with him
on his way 10 his home in Avon. Mass.
Clarenee and Clayton Stafford ii
Gr"Id,ld, who have been camping
with thei" mother in Monroe. Mass..
for he past week came Thursday 81
spend :, few days visiting their aus.
AIRS. :. L. Hill.
MI ana Mrs j. NJ. Upton ANA fam
lily, Miss Martha Jones. also Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Boyd, Mr. aud Mrs. Fred
Boyd and family Of Wilmington. went
by automobile Sunday, and pienicked a.
he Upton and llougAton camp ia STRAIT
ton.
During the thunder shower Tuesday
afternoon the lightning struck the
barn on the Parsons place in the vii
i, lage, making its way into the inside OF
he barn and spiintering some OF the
| boards, stripping off some shingles ami
| leaving other tracks, bat fortunately
the hay or bindings were not set ON
| ire. Otherwise Il large group of build
| ings would have been likely To be de
stroyed.
| About sixty people attended the par
| ty and dance at the barn Of Warren
| Sturgis at Cold Brook road. Tuesday
evening and a general good time is re-
ported, much credit being accorded to
Mr.. and Mrs. Sturgis for their efforts
to entertain in the hospitable way thev
are capable Of showing. J. J. Snow fur
nishcd music for the dance. The barn
was lighted bv Japanese lanterns and
lprettily decorated with flowers, ferns
and evergreen. Icc-cream and cake
and lemonade were served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-15

Ray Fletcher is spending 10 days va
cation at Lake Wimnipesaukee. Mrs.
Fletcher and daughter, Sylvia, are Wis
iting in Keene.
n 0. Blouin has a contract to build
a stone house on the Taft Smith place
for a New York person who recently
bought the farm.
Miss Isabelle Harmon of Westfeld,
Mass, spent Tuesday and Wednesday
with her sisters, Mrs. Maurice Purcell
and Mrs. Mary Smith.
The work of laying the macadam
roadway on the new Depot street bridge
is progressing rapidly. \ steam roller
is being used in the work
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Lamb, Miss
Charlotte Slate and Adeha Barrows
motored to South Deerfeld sunday and
assembled Sugarloaf mountain.
Daniel Purcell returned to Boston
| Friday, after spending Il vacation Of
two weeks at the home Of her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. Maurice Purcell.
Mrs. Charles Pike, who recently
moved here from Worcester, Mass. has
had wide piazza built on t6a front
i Of her house on Brattleboro street.
The foliage of the elm trees i being
| ruined by the elm tree beetle and eff
| forts are being made to prevent fur
Their damage to the shade trees in the
village.
Charles Tcrrill returned to town Wed
day night after spending two weeks
| with his parents iii Stanstead Plains
Cue. lie made the trip by automobile
and made the run back in one day.
4 baseball team comprised Of player,
picked from the Fort Dummer and Brat
tlc5oro Athletic mines will meet the
locals at riverside park Saturday al
teInoon. An interesting game is antici
pated.
Friends here learned with regret Of
thc death of Mrs. Fred Coomhs. former
! " Of this town. in Guiiford Tuesday
Mr. Coombs also had the misfortune t,
have his buildings destroyed hy fire las
Friday.
Prof and Mrs Samuel Derby an,
daughter Of Columbus, Ohio, are visit
inc with Mrs. Derby : brother, +. :
Leonard. The party has been in En-
rope during the past wear and arrive,
in Boston only last Thursday, havin!
left for home before the war broke out
| Mr. and Mrs. A. \. Boldt of Bingham
ton, n. y, ana for many years resident
Of this town. were visiting in German
g, when the war was declared and as Nj
= Boldt, although a citizen of the Unite
States, is a native of that country,
: is feared by his friends here that h
g may have to enter the ranks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-15
HINSDALE, N. Fl.
Question of Damage to Ferry owners.

There was a hearing in the select
men s rooms Monday before the public
service commission on petition of
George Alderman and Elijah Stockwell
both of Vernon, regarding damages
which the petitioners thought due them
from the railroad owing to its inter
fering with the approach to the ferry
near the old River Tavern, Messrs.
Alderman and Stockwcll now being
owners of the ferry rights at this place
Attorney John Benton Of the public
service commission was present and
Joseph Madden represented the petition
ers. Attorney Alexander and stephen
Engmieu, appeared for the railroad
and the selectmen looked after the
town s interest. The facts Of the ease
were discussed at some length, but no
decisions were made