St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-10-07

Special Village Meeting To Consider
improvements At Electric Plant
New Playground Equipment.

New Playground Equipment.
A special village meeting is called
| for this Wednesday evening to con-
slider the advisability of making
changes in the electric light system
which will bring the equipment up
to date and make it more efficient.
This system was built in 1895. There
was no idea then of the increasing
demand upon the plant both for light
and power, which, with the present
equipment, it is wholly unable to
FILL An expert electrician, who has
made thorough examination Of the
plant, says that by furnishing it with
a modern, up to date, 60-cycle equip
ment the village has power enough
to satisfy all the demands for light
and heat. The electric plant has
been a good paying proposition.
There are still outstanding $32, 800
in bonds, which are more than offset
by the amount which has been taken
from the electric light plant income
and used for other purposes. To
build a new power house of brick
and cement and install two new units.
modern water wheels and generators
direct on the same shaft is estimated
to cost about $4,000. All the pres
ent equipment could be used outside
the power house except the motors.
By having two units there would be
no loss of time in case of an accident
to one. 1t will be of interest to
learn that West Burke wants electric
lights and will give this village the
first chance to supply them. If we
are unable to do so she may seek
them from st. Johnsbury in which
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might be led to relinquish her lights
also in favor of another system.
The ladies of the Congregational
Aid Society will have a supper in the
vestry Friday evening of this week.
The Republican town caucus for
the nomination of a candidate for
representative will be held next Mon
day evening.
Miss Helen Mccartney of Littleton,
N. H., was a guest of her sister, Mrs.
Edward Reilly, last week.
Misses Fairbanks and Charlotte
Mcfarland of West Burke, students
at Lyndon Institute, have a room at
M. b. Ladd's.
The funeral of George McPhee,
who died last week in the ST. Johns
bury hospital, from heart disease,
was held at his late home in Lyndon
Center on Saturday. The Masonic
Lodge had charge of the services, go
ing from here in a body.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Graves of Chi
cagO are guests of his sister-in-law
Mrs. Philo B. Graves, and her son,
Henry.
The October meeting Of the Lyn-
don Union Club will be on Oct. %,
and will take the form of an organ
recital, in the Universalist church
The club-year books are nearly com
pleted.
Albert Ruggles and family took a
motor trip Sunday to the Glencliff
Sanatarium, where their son Homer
is having treatment for tuberculo-
sis
Mrs. George burlington of East
Burke is stopping with her daughter,
Mrs. o. X. Lang.
Mrs. James KenneY, who has been
with Mr.. Kenney at the Pleasant View
House for three weeks, returned the
first of the week to ST. Johnsbury,
where she is with her daughter, Mrs.
S. A. Moore.
Mrs. Moulton and two sons and
her sister, Miss Batchelder, from
Charleston, visited in town last week.
A new play ground equipment is
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of the graded school, and the child
rem are anticipating it with pleasure.
At the annual school meeting $IOO
was voted for this purpose and Prin-
cipal Jameson has expended SIS of
this under the direction of his friend,
A. r. Payton, in charge of the public
play grounds in Princeton, N. J.
There is to be an athletic slide, a
vaulting outfit, medicine ball, a vol
ley ball game, and soft balls for pas
sing. There are 244 pupils in the
graded school this year, both the
ninth and the first grades being I'M
usually small, but some of the others
making up in numbers.
Miss May Wheeler of Barton Wis
tied Miss Susan Cunningham last
week
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Batchelder
have been spending his vacation with
his parents in Kirby.
Mrs. Jennie Redlands of Groveton,
n. H., has been a recent guest of her
daughter, Mrs. w. A. Heath.
Estelle Gronberg spent last week
in Boston.
Mrs. A. L. R. Smith has been on the
sick list for a few days.
Mrs. Janet Wilmot has been spend
ing SlA WEEKS WITH ueT DTOIueT, ~.
B. Shattuck, in Derby.
r. J. Cusson and son have been
spending a few days in Boston.
DR.. c. G. Waller is in Rutland this
week attending the annual meeting
of the Vermont Medical Association.
Mrs. L. E. Wiley, who has been
with her son, Frank Wiley, for the
past two months, has returned to
her home in Mortified.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donold Green have
gone to housekeeping in a tenement
in the Ruggles block.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. S. Clark have been
spending the past week in Hyde Park
and Jacksonville on a hunting ex-
petition.
Mrs. S. NJ. Folsom, who has been
spending the summer in this vicinity,
left last week for her home in Los
Angeles, Cal. She will visit her
nephew, Donald Mcintyre, and family
in Windsor and other relatives, en-
route.
1t has been found necessary to