The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-22
Report of Village Commits
siOners Shows They Are
S3500 Less
TWO TRAFFIC POSTS
TO BE INSTALLED
Annual Exhibit of Finances Issued To-
day = 4O-Cent Tax Rate Suggested
Summary of Reports Of Various Vii
lage Officials

Printed copies of the annual fnan-
cial exhibit of the village of Brattle-
boro were delivered to the village to-
day By the Vermont Printing Co. They
show reduction of $500 in the liza
bilities of the village the past year.
1t is suggested that a Accent tax rate
would pay expenses the coming year
and slightly reduce the liabilities. The
commissioners report is given here
with in full:
To the Citizens Of the Incorporated
Village Of Brattleboro:
The village commissioners respect
fully submit for your consideration
the following report, and call your at
tention to the reports of the treasurer,
chief engineer, chief of police, and
superintendent of the fire alarm sys-
| TEN, hereto appended.
! Police Department. = The commits
/ s.ioners have purchased two traffic
} posts to be placed at the junction of
Main and Elliot streets aad Main and
| High streets, which viii be installed
within a few days with a hope of
handling the increasing automobile
! traffic at these congested corners. It
is possible that the services of a day
policeman will be needed for a few
days when these posts are first in
stalled. The police station Is in a sat
isfactory condition and the commits
sioners take this opportunity to COM
mend the efficient work of Officers
Wilson and Worden.
l. Tree Spraying = As instructed by
the voters at the last village meeting
the commissioners caused the elm
trees on the public streets and com
mons of the village to be sprayed as
a protection against the elm tree
, beetle The net cost, as shown by the
report. was $252.11. 1t is not thought
j that this spraying viii be necessary
! the coming year.
Sewers = There has been very little
: new construction work called for dur
! ing the past year and only one ex-
. pensive repair job. During the coming
year it will be necessary to build about
/ 900 feet Of new sewer on South Can
NJ street.
e Street Sprinkling. = In accordance
with the vote of the village, the COM
missionars arranged for laying the
dust upon streets where majority
I of the property owners petitioned for
: the same. The cost of laying the dust
: up to the time Of closing this report
Il was $3,976.66 upon a total of over 90
600 feet frontage; the tax per front
foot will probably be about the same
as last year.
Fire Department ~ Two new hy-
? drants and one fire alarm box have
been installed during the past year
Several hydrants have had to be re-
paired during the past year. The vii
y lage has on hand several spare by
drants for emergency uses including
one eight inch.
Street Lighting. There are now
O 500 s0-candlepower lamps in servic,
/ throughout the village, for which W.
: pay $50 each per year. In addition
RI there arc the arches in the business
y section of the village during the early
Il part of the evening and several lamp
e upon the common in the summe
5 months.
,r Finances. - The treasurer s repor
e. shows that the liabilities Of the vii
lage have been reduced $500 durin:
is the past year. A tax of 40 cents o.
re the dollar. with the other resources a
lie reported should pay the expenses o
5 the village for the coming year an
q slightly reduce the liabilities.
g. Estimated Expenses for Coming Yeal
f Fire department. $ll 30
IS Police, 2,3O
Sewers, LOO
Salaries, 50
:, Lighting streets, 500
l. Interest on loans, 90
Street watering, 400