The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-15
Resolution as to Clerks
Records in Putney
Defeated
PECULIAR STORY
OF STREET LIGHTS
Special Town Meeting Held, but Ar
ticle Was Dismissed as Necessity for
Action Under it Had Been Removed
after Call Was Issued.
Especial to The Reformer)
PUTNEY "a /


PUTNEY, Feb. Is.
full house and verbal sparks were
features of the special town meeting
in the town hall Saturday afternoon,
and the conduct of the town clerk Of
nee came in for criticism. The meet
ing was held to consider matters per-
tanning to street lighting, but so far
as that particular subject was concern
ed no business was transacted, because
the necessity for it had been removed
since the meeting was called.
Some time ago the town voted to put
in % electric street lights. taking the
current from the line running between
Bellows Falls and Brattleboro Poles
were set, but they did not extend as
far either north or south as was con
templated and certain citizens who had
been figuring on having electric lights
found that under the then existing con-
ditions they were to be disappointed
John l.. Howard took the most ac-
| tive part in undertaking to remedy
conditions, and on authority of the
electrical company three more poles
were set on the north end Of the line
and one more on the south end beyond
| the point where the selectmen had re-
fused to 60.
| Then the wiring was done, bnt in
lstringing the wires the additional poles
were left out. Mr.. Howard then made
up his mind to put the matter up to
the voters and circulated petition for
special town meeting, which was
signed by John L. Howard, Henry G..
Warren, Theodore Lord, w. y. Wilbur,
tGeorge L. Pierce, Frank A. Burdett,
lGeorge 7. Williams, Charles Earring
ton, Fred f. Robertson, B. F. How
lard, Irving Ketchum, Frank Ketchum,
10. B. Newcomb, f. f. Blood. ". II.
Dickinson, Frank Clark, Frank H. Har-
ris, Rufus Jacobs, John Underwo ood,
Harry Little and Fred Martin
The meeting was set for Saturday.
but before it was held wires were
strung on the additional poles. There
being no further cause for action, y
motion was made in the meeting to
dismiss the article, which was readily
: aSsented TO by those who brought the
meeting about.
This disposition of the matter was
followed by a speech by Mr.. Howard
on another subject. which was rather
unusual in its nature He said he
t wanted to introduce 4 resolution and
was moved TO do so because Of what
he termed the slack methods in force
, in the town clerk : Office, where, he
Sa1u- documents were lost ana mufu
trouble caused His speech. In which
he said the conditions We're known to
I ''those on the right of me, and those
en- the left of me and those behind
e me- - reminded one of the old poem
Charge of the Light Brigade. His
resolution was as follows:
BE it resolved that the seleetmeu
are requested to insert in the warrant
: for the coming March meeting the fol
! lowing article:
article l. To see if the town vii
vote to instruct the seleetmen to have
all the town records kept in the safe y
the town hall. If the present safe j:
not suitable for the same, to secure one
that is, or build a vault TO be use,
i for the purpose.
The vote on the resolution was by
division of the house, and the resolu
tion was lost by large majority.