The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
State Highway Commission
er Holds Conference i'm
Festival Hall
1854
LESS THAN YEAR AGO
Maintenance and Necessity of New
Bridges Especially Emphasized =
List of Road Commissioners and Sc
lectmen Answering Roll Cali.

Stoddard B. Bates, state road com
missioner, held today in Festival han
his annual conference with the select
men and road commissioners of the
towns of Windham county, and about
90 OF those officials were present
Inc morning session was spent dis
cussing road building, bridge building
and the need of culverts and protect
ing ratings. The new statutes cover
ing those matters Mr.. Bates outlined.
and he put special stress upon the ne
eessity for constructing new bridges to
hold up the constantly increasing
weight of traffic.
In the afternoon session he discussed
mainly road maintenance. He is a
strong Deliver in putting more time and
money than is usually done into the
proper maintenance of sdeh roads as
the state now has, rather than ex-
pending all of the annual appropria-
tions on the building of new roads
while the old ones are allowed to de-
teriorate for lack of attention
The total appropriation of the towns
IN Windham county this year was 1854
less than those of a year ago. The
towns increasing appropriations were
Grafton, which voted $500, doubling
the amount voted in 1915: Newfane.
Westminster, $500, an increase of 500;
Wilmington $1,000, double the appro-
priation last year
Dummerston voted S37.S5 less than
last year. Halifax made no appropria-
ton, as against $500 a year ago. Lon
donderry appropriated $500 as against
$1,000 a year ago but voted $3.50 for
road maintenance, making the actuas
reduction only $3.50 Somerset cut the
$500 appropriation of 1915 to $50 this
lyear. Townshend failed to make an
, appropriation this year and last year
voted $500. Windham cut 5000 off the
$500 set aside last year.
The following answered roll call:
Athens-Seleetman George c. Mitch
ell.
Brattleboro = Commissioner Warren
l.. Walker, Selectmen A. E. Merrill and
w. E. Stellman.
J. Brookline - Commissioner Oscar G..
Lawrence, SeIectmen G. NJ. Anbee, B.
7 H. Smith and E. P. Osgood.
Dover-Commissioner Laton G. Snow.
: Dummerston Commissioners w. f.
; Walker and w W. Burnham, Select
s man Z. c. Tenney.
Il Grafton-Commission Frank E. Al
: ken, Selectman V. A. Wilbur.
u Jamaica-Commission A. II. Crown
8 lnShield, Selectnlen H. b. Grout, n. IL
!. Coleman and G.. Fl. Gleason.
- ry-Commissioners George
: L. Davis and Walter Z. Cudworth, Sc
= leetman Clarence s. Marden-
I, Observation-Disclosures III. A. Wood
= Seleetmen J. NJ. Kenny and F. L. vii
- lard.
y = ey-Commissioner William Gar
: land, Selectmen f. ". Aiken and jew
10 EFT J. Knight.
20 Rockingham Commissioners J. Il
IN Wooley and II. A. Davis, Selectmen {
B. Hadwen and l.. G.. Thompson.
Stratton-Commission ID. II. For
roster.
Townshend Commissioners Alber
w. Barry and Abram L. How, Select
r. moa w. w. Van Ness, f. w. Watso
- and Z. H. Allbee.
vernon-Commissio R. E. Blot
-, gett.
" o-Commissioner 3. g. Wi
der, Selectman f. II. Dexter
nster-Commissioners Charlie
A. Peck and C. II. Reed, Seleetman
n G.. Butterfield.
re Windham-Commissio d. B. Fol
of taine, Selectmen L. Z. Jenison an
as George T. Fales.
eh The towns of Guilford, Halifs.
as Marlboro, Somerset, Whitingham an
lp- Wilmington had no representative
ds either commissioners or selectmen,
Ter answer the roll call.