Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-03-24
ACCEPT CLAPP'S OFFER
HoIstein.Friesian Directors Will
Lease Proposed Structure
To Be Occupied as Secretary's Office
- Fireproof Building Will Stand
Where Young's Store Is.
Especial to The Phoenix

AoPtClul W Hc IHOcnJA.)
SYRACUSE, n. Y, March %.
As result of a meeting here vester-
day of the board of directors of the
llolstein-Friesian Association of Amer
lea, of which Frederick L. Houghton
of Brattleboro is secretary, Brattle-
boro is assured of another large and
substantial Office building.
The meeting was held in the Yates
hotel and several matters of business
were transacted, the most important
of which was a vote to accept a pro-
posal made by Arthur B. Clapp, Brat
tleboro banker and prominent business
man, to erect u thoroughly modern fire.
proof building and lease it to the asso-
citation for term of years for the
secretary's office.
Mr. Clapp is to give the association
a lease of the building at 10 per cent
of the cost, which is not to exceed
$4,000. The building is to be located
on a prominent corner and is to be
erected the coming year.
| The directors have realized for some
time the ACCESSIBILITY of having the
secretary's Office in fireproof build
ing, because of the vast number of
valuable records, which are kept in
fling cabinets, and it was their opinion
that it would be better to accept Mr..
Clapp's proposal than to undertake to
make the present quarters in the Amer
lean building meet the requirements.
Secretary Houghton attended the
meeting, also Houghton Seaverns Of
of Brattleboro, manager of the secre-
tary's office. They left for home this
forenoon.
An election of 963 life members from
all parts of North America and from
Buenos Aires brought the total member
ship up to S,400 in round numbers.
This was the second largest election in
the history of the association.
President D. d. Aitken of Flint,
Mich, and Secretary Houghton were
chosen to represent the association as
} members of the Society of Record AS
sociations, with headquarters i'm Chi
cago.
An appropriation was made for a
booth at the National Dairy Show in
Springfield, Mass, and for a boesh-ssA
the Iowa Dairy Congress at Waterloo,
Iowa.
All the members of the board were
r present except Fred F. Field of Brock
ton, Mass, John B. Irwin of Mime
apolis and George Van Hagen of Bar
rington, H. Most of the board men,
, bers remained for today's sale at the
Liverpool sales pavilion.
The acceptance of Mr.. Clapp's pro.
posal means that the secretary head
quarters will remain in Brattleboro
long time, as it is understood that the
lease will be for term of 10 years
with the privilege of renewal 1t is
possible also that additional business
of the association may come here.
Mr.. Clapp, who is president of the
Brattleboro Trust Co., recently OBJ.
tanned from f. B. Stewart of Leyden,
Mass, al option on the Young store
property on South Main street, near
the junction of Canal street, and later
bought the property. The plan is to
remove the present buildings and erect
a three-story freproof building. The
Holstein- Friesian association, it is said,
will lease the entire building, subleas-
ing some of it if desired.
1t is the desire of Mr.. Cla2p to buy
of the village the lot on which stands
the old Phoenix hose building next
south of the Stewart property, as he
, wants the land in connection with the
, new building project. The village COM
missioners feel that the voters ought
TO nave q cnance TO express lnelr VIEWS
as to the sale of this property, and to
that end warrants were posted Wednes-
. day afternoon calling special village
meeting to be held in Festival hall
Saturday evening, April l, at o o'clock.
Just what Mr. Clapp is willing to
= give for the property is not known,
: but he may have statement to make
relative to it soon. Doubtless he
would he willing to pay as much per
square foot as he paid for the Stewart
property. 1t has a frontage of %
\, feet on South Main street and runs
!, back 40 feet. 1t has not been used for
fire department. purposes since the de-
partment was reorganized, but for
: three years it was occupied by the
J. Organ Makers union and for the past
!, four months it has been rented to the
?. Vermont Auto Sales Co for $40 a
. month. If the village can get fair
= price for it doubtless there will be a
I strong sentiment in favor of disposing
y of it, in view of the fact that the de-
s velopment of that corner in the manner
proposed will be of lasting benefit to
, the village.