The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-29
Good Roads Party at Brooks
House Overlooked the
Dining Room
HIGHWAY DISCUSSION
FOLLOWS DINNER
State Highway Commissioner Bates
Principal Speaker - Big Turnout
from ington-Benningto Party
to Stop There for Supper.

from mington-Benningto Party
to Stop There for Supper.
The prediction of President Horton
D. Walker Of the Brattleboro board of
trade that all southern Vermont would
shut up shop today and descend on the
Brooks House for dinner gave promise
of being true when the occupants of "A
automobiles presented themselves at the
hotel ready for dinner.
The final count showed % present
from Bennington, 56 from Wilmington
and 65 from Bellows Falls, total of
PA.
The occasion for the appearance here
| of representative business men from
Bellows Falls, Bennington, Wilmington
and Marlboro was the desire for a
meeting with State Highway Commits
sioner Stoddard B. Bates of Dandy to
discuss the feasibility of improving the
| highway between Brattleboro and Ben
nington. Mr.. Bates arrived last even
| ing and was ready to talk roads with
one and all Of the visitors.
| The first visitors to arrive were the
members of the Bellows Falls chamber
| of commerce, who wheeled into town
in 10 cars, each car decorated with
large banner bearing the legend that
| it represented the Bellows Falls cham
Der of commerce. They arrived at
| 11.45 0 clock
| Forty-fve minutes later the 80 cars
with the Wilmington and Bennington
/ delegations came down High street and
wheeled into Main street and were
! parked there and on High street.
| President Walker of the Brattleboro
board of trade and many of the mem
| bers of that organization were present
| to greet them. The fact that only one
| or two representatives of the local
board dined with the guests from out
| of town was because of the limit OF
capacity of the dining room, which was
taxed when the visitors alone were
| seated at the tables at l clock.
1t was necessary to make arrange
ments with one of the restaurants to
care for an overflow and Is guests were
/ sent there for dinner as it was i'm
/ possible to seat them in the dining
room of the hotel.
It was some after > O clock when the
meeting was called to order and the
real purpose of the gathering, the dis
cussion of an improved state highway.
was begun. Besides Commissioner
Bates it was planned to have others
speak on the question.
Among the speakers, besides State
! Commissioner Bates, will be President
Frederick II. Babbitt and Secretary
James p. Taylor of the Greater Yer
mont association and Frank f. Howe
of Bennington, former lieutenant GOV
ernot
Those from Wilmington were H. II.
Fox, L. 4. Brown, F. S. Crafts, Joseph
Damour, c. A. Brown, O. II. Jones, J. d.
Bristow, Fred Davis, NJ. f. Lyman, C.
IL. Parmelee, o. O. Ware, Z. H. Porter,
c. NJ. Ware, H. D. Allen, NJ. F. Bar
Der, William Eogel, E. F. Medbury, G.
A. Brown, T. A. Childs, J. H. Buckley.
f. H. Fitch, H. f. Mann, w. F. Howe.
DIR. S. F. Dunn, c. w. Terrill, Frank
Titus, H. B. Ware, DIR. A. H. Wright
+. J. Brabston, P. Z. Whitney, John
Buell., B. z. Wheeler, F. G. Smith. G.
/ : Barnard, George Streeter, A. O.
Buckley, John Howe, S. L. Bond, l.. w
Boyd, Joseph Gilbert, Clark Chandler,
r +. l.. Schuster, w. NJ. Hail. DIR. L. t.
& Page, j. l.. Williams, Mr.. Walch, NJ. r
t Gorham, VIII Snow, L. II. Adams, N
r a. Green, B. NJ. Leonard, 7. Courte
t manche, r. j. Corbett, Homer Fitch, w
b l.. Erhard, II. B. Smith.
Those in the Bellows Falls party
were H. F. Spitzenberger, A. J. Farms
worth, H. c. Johnson, G. N. French. P
A. Dean, II. H. Wiley, Frank Adams
T. J. Keane, c. C. Collins, A. NJ. Bragg
b ". G. Freeman, II. f. Cragin, NJ. Au
douski, W. f. Pierce, w. G. Hadley, J
=. Hennessey, w. C. Jewett, Nichola!
y tlorey, D. H. Cray, c. W. Ladd, F. C
r Rand, c.. w. Butterfeld, G. w. Kim
ball, A. L. Smith, Frank F. Davies. S
J. Breen, w. f. Stockwell, L. S. Hayes
G. W. Osgood, J. G. Day, A. L. Field
A. L. Young, Fl. DEM. Perry, G. M
Welch, E. F. Whiteomb, L. d. Rowand
r H. w. Buzzell, E. S. Leonard. T. f
O Brien, F. H. Babbitt, Martin Bar
rett, James Barrett, Edward Barrett
n W. A. Graham, Z. II. Allbee. w. G
It Moody, III. A. Hatch, G. f. Howard
, Clarence Turner, Charles Mason, E. I
$ Walker, George Paige, L. J. Royce
Louis Douquette, B, f. Haines, II. "
s Hodgdon, D. 7. Pollard, w. F. Barnard
T. III. Gobie, G. M. Baker, Williar
Y Keefe, ]. NJ. Wolfe, W. C. Belknap. G
n A. Cast, Edward Kirkland. Fl. G. f,
> lott, r. NJ. Peck
= The list from Bennington was pc
available at the time for closing th
forms of this paper The BENIN OTTO
+ party will stop at Wilmington for su,
per and another meeting.