The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-07
MONTPELIER
State Appeals from Appraisals on Tele-
phone Companies.


State Treasurer L. II. Deayitt has
fIed in behalf of the state an appeal
from the appraisals OF ss telephone
companies as made out by Tax Commits
sioner Charles s. Plumley and filed with
the state treasurer Dec 81. Mr. Deavitt
forwarded the appeal TO Frank u. Howe.
chairman of the board of appeals, and
lit is expected the matter will be con-
sidered next month The appraisal
gives the valuation of the properties,
rights and franchises OF the companies
as S3,36l ,325. The treasurer asserts
that the real value OF the companies
holdings is in excess OF the amount
given by the commissioner The tax
accruing to the state under the appraisal
amounts to S45,39l.60 payable in
amounts of S22,695.97 each six months.
The states income under the new law
and appraisal is nearly doubled this year
by virtue of the change in taxation
methods. Following is list OF the
taxes received from the companies each
wear since 1906 under the old law: 1913,
N@O,30l.DDs A1A-i W--suui'olS i"iis Nt1f7
72I.7s; 1910. SlS,947.3s; 1909. slT,-
COSBY; 1908, Sl7,34s7l; 1907, S2l,-
s0s.27 1906, sl5,2i3.63. The hearing be-
fore the board win be the first since the
hearing on the railroad tax, APPEALED in
1912,
Oyerseer OF the Poor w. c. Lanphier
has turned in his annual report to the
mayor and board OF aldermen, in which
it is shown that S7.790.46 was spent in
the care of the poor during the past
year, including both that of nine in
mates at the city farm and ga families
not at the farm There is about 81 ,ls5
worth OF personal property belonging TO
the poor department Mr.. Lanphier rec
ommends that the city sell its present
poor farm. buy piece of land and erect
thereon building fitted for the need of
those dependent, with a hospital ward
and from 20 to % rooms, suitably
equipped. He asserts that in this way
the poor could be cared for more eco
nomically than at present, when some
have to be sent To the hospital and
otherwise disposed Of. John $. W. Dur
kee has also handed in his annual re-
port, which shows that of 100 arrests in
the year. so were for intoxication and
breach OF the peace, and that of the run
dred ~ paid fines or were committed to
Jail. The number of arrests was small
Ter than for five years, but the net cost
of the department is the highest for
that same period The different causes
of arrest for the year We're: Intoxica
ton 81; breach OF peace, %; larceny,
9; selling, 5 furnishing, 3; tramp,
shooting deer, / short trout, l libel |;
non-support. ] peddler, ].
Virginia Restelli has settled her ac-
count as Administrative of the estate of
Andrea Restell of Barre and Mrs. Min
ME +. Allen has settled her accounts as
exeeutrix OF the estate of A. w. Allen
of the same city.
Mrs. Nancy j. Bruce, widow of the
late DR.. NJ f.. Bruce of Brattleboro and
mother of Mrs. Guy c. Lamson, with
whom she lived in this city while DR..
Lamson was pastor of the Baptist
church. died Tuesday in Germantown,
Pa, after brief illness. Although suf-
fering from a cold since about Thanks
giving time, she seemed improving un-
til the night before her death, when she
was seized with heart attack. She was
spending the winter with her daughter,
who now lives in Germantown. Mrs.
Bruce was born January 27. 1914,
and was married 10 Dr. Bruce Jan.
/. 1874. living most of the time there
after in Brattlcboro Dr. Bruce died
June Z, 1913. Mrs. Bruce's funeral was
held in Germantown and then her body
was cremated, at her own request, as
was also her husbands at his death.
She left no children except Mrs. Lam
son.