The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-14
Gov. Gates with Board of
Trade Members on Auto
mobile Ride
PARTY LEFT TOWN
TODAY IN Is CARS
Had Dinne1 in Williamstown and Will
Spend Night i'll Pittsfeld-Will Com
pare Highways of Two States, Re-
turning Tomorrow.

Promptly at o'clock this morn
ing 10 automobiles left Main street
street bearing 50 members of the Brattle-
boro board of trade with Gov Charles w.
Gates and Stoddard Bates, state highway
commissioner as the distinguished guests
of the party. They are on two days
automobile trip through southern Yer
mont and western Massachusetts. Prima-
rily the trip is being made to compare the
Vermont highways with those of Massa-
chusetts.
In order to make this trip Governor
Gates declined seven other invitations to
be somewhere else than among his friends
of the board of trade of Brattleboro \
former state highway commissioner him
self, he was anxious to make the trip over
the highways of the two states. He rode
in one of Manley Brothers cars, the sec
ond IN the procession, with Commissioner
Bates, President Horton j.. Walker of the
/ board OF trade and Major c. Houghton, a
former president Of that body
1t was expected that James p Taylor,
secretary of the Greater Vermont associa-
ton, would be here to make the trip.
He accepted the invitation but mp to the
time of the departure of the party he had
not put in an appearance, nor had he sent
any word.
Each of the cars bore banners reading
/ "Brattleboro Board of Trade and each
was filed to capacity. The threatening
weather in no way dampened the spirits of
the members Of the party. Heavy coats
and sweaters were much in evidence and
as each of the machines is provided with
a top and side curtains the prospects of
rain before tomorrow night were not per
mitted to interfere with pleasure
! The first stage of the Journey 10 Wi
mington and from there to Bennington
The first stop will be at Williamstown.
Mass, the home of Williams college
where dinner viii be enjoyed at the Grey
lock hotel
This afternoon the run viii be to Pitts
field, Mass, by way of North Adams. Ad
ans and Cheshire and the night will be
spent at the Maplewood hotel. The run
tomorrow will be to Springfield for dinner
with the return to Brattleboro by way o
Greenfield.
The following are the members of the
party:
Peter Biagiotti, George w. Brooks. f. B
Barrows, Col G.. H. Bond, Stoddard Bates
: Frank H. Brasor, Dennison Cowles, C. B
Crowell, Silas Spencer of Boston, r. c
Clark, Godfrey Crosby, F. w. Childs, c. o
Chamberlain, Z. II. Chamberlain, ,Josepl
i'S'AA''i VI W iiiiIIIISIOlI IL L. Emerson
, II. E. Eddy, Walter A Gilbert, f. NJ
: Goodenough, George w. Gilman, Gov
Charles w. Gates, Major c. Houghton, J.
T. Holden, c. 5, Hopkins, H. b. Haus, G
Hertzberg, c. Hertzberg, Adm F. Miller
Z. IL. Miller of Dummerston, G. p Mile
Of Guilford, a r. Marsh of TownshenC
A. +. Miller, f. H Putnam, f. B. Piel
David T. Perry, f. A. Phelps, F. b. Put
: nam, j. E. Rogers, II. c. Rice. c. C,Rol
: inson of Townshend, a f. Roberts, A. \
: Sherman of WilliamsvilIe, Elbert Simon.
! w. \. Squiers of Guilford, c. l.. Sticlzne,
$ w. A. Shumway, O. d. Stowell, f. c. Tel
: ney, J. G. Taft of Townshend, L. |
Vaughan, w B, Vinton, H. NJ. Wood, "
I. Walker, Horton d. Walker. Fred I
Willard of Townshend, G. F. Whitney. {
IL. Willard of Townshend, B. A. Whit
more of Guilford, A. E. Wood, DR.. c. {
Wheeler, George Welman, S. H. Yeaw. |
/ W. Taber, Morgan Sherman, c. E. Ora
fam.