The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-03
Cost of the Newfane Jail
improvements Discussed
Today at Montpelier
SHERIFF AND JUDGE
GAVE TESTIMONY
Judge Pier Said if Original Plans of
Board of Health Had Been Carried
Out Expense Would Have Been in
the Neighborhood of $4,000.
Especial to The Reformer.l
MONTPELIER. Feb.

L
At this mornings session the salary
| bill introduced by Mr.. Eaton of Wood
stock, which has been reported favor
ably from committee with amend
mcnts making the pay for the speaker
| Of the house and the president of the
senate a lump sum Of 1920 and for the
members 4 lump sum Of $500, was
taken up.
Mr.. Foster of Calais thought that the
| Legislature should be very careful OF
establishing u precedent and that the
action now taken on the bill would be
carried over for many years. He was
III favor of the original bin and be-
heves today session at an amount
equal to II per day should be about
right. Mr.. Ladd of Roxbury didn t
want to vote to raise the pay beyond
81 per day. Mr.. Hapgood of Peru
thought the bill should be amended to
read ~ per day not to exceed 5000 and
on motion of Mr.. Fairchild Of Fairfield
! the bill was made q special order for
Thursday at 2.30 p. m.
At a meeting of the Windham coun-
ty members held at a. IN. this morn
ing to consider the bill to raise a tax
to take care of the repairs ON the coun.
" Jail at Newtane. ordered by the
board OF health, Assistant Judge Fred
b. Pie9 and Sheriff {. L. Mann appear
ed and explained the work done The
order of the board OF health together
with further explanation which
Sheriff Mann had requested was
'made. Sheriff Mann claimed that worE
had been done under the direction oi
Sanitary Engineer james ". Notey fo1
the board Of health. He stated that tn,
bill to the amount of S9,SlS.i4 hat
been paid and bills for plumbing 0,
$lS05.66 and for the construction o
original plans of the board of healtl
cells Of 9l,4s5 were still outstanding
Assistant Judge Pier said that til,
cost of the repairs would have been il
the neighborhood of $4,000 if tn
had been carried out, but that he hat
been able to induce them to consent t
a less expensive move.
The general feeling of the commit
tee seems to be that the board o
health had gone to the limit of thei
authority in the matter. No defnit
action was taken by the committee a
, this time.
: The so-called firearms bill was pass
ed this morning after some discussio
and amended so as to allow minors t
= use firearms on land owned by thei
parents, guardian or elder brother owe
.21.
Mr. Aiken Of Putney expressed til
belief that the average farmer boy &
10 or L years of age was as well qua
= fled to carry a gun as the city dwell
er who went hunting with a "pint
:. on his hip and another one inside hin
Sesen house bills and one senate hi
: were passed to third reading and or
q house bill was laid on the table an
, another recommitted.
= In the senate bill 46, known as til
: Boston & Maine bill, was the subiet
~ Of considerable debate which ended
>, the bill being laid on the table to I
l. made a special order for next Tuesda
> The bin provides for the consolid
:, tion of railroads under certain cond
" tions and the special import of Il
bill is to allow the Boston & Main
railroad to get on its financial feet.
Similar bills have been introduced
several other New England legisl
lures.
5e Senator Simonds during the discu