The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-23
BUILDING CODE
is TURNED DOWN
Section Defining Fire Limits Saved
from Wreck = Bylaws Adopted
-Loafers Must Move On.
to The Reformer.) J


| BELLOWS FALLS, Nav %.
In fairly well attended special vii
| lage corporation meeting last evening
IN the Opera house the voters of Bel
| lows Fails rejected the new buildinn
code, with the exception of the openin0
section which defined the fire limits
and adopted a new set of bylaws as
presented by the committee which drew
them up, the only changes being
amendments to a few which did NOT
materially affect their meaning.
the building code came before the
voters for action following the omen
ing of the meeting and Patrick Me
Dermott moved that the article in re-
latlon to the code be dismissed. A dis
cussion lasting several minutes took
place and the motion finally prevailed.
with the exception that the first see
tion, defining the fire limits in the busi-
ness section, was passed. The fire
limits include a strip $50 feet wide
each side of Rockingham and West
minister streets from Canal and Rock
lngham streets to the junction of West
minister and Church streets tt is ex.
pectcd that efforts viii be made to add
to the building code little at a time
lat future meetings.
Many of the bylaws which were ac-
eepted have been in force some wears.
The ordinances which were adoptad
last evening are new and there are 27
OF them. They cover a wide range of
community affairs from noisy dogs TO
the regulation OF automobile traffic.
Under the bylaws the trustees are an
thorized to license pool rooms. eating
places, bowling alleys and similar
places. New fire regulations are in
force, which give the chief engineer
power to visit places which require at
tentlon and order them to be cleaned.
One part, upon which there was a
Httle debate, gives the trustees the
right to regulate the collection of gar
bage and authorizes them to arrange
Tor It's systematic collection. The value
OF newspaper advertising was shown
when section referring to the light
ing or streets came up for action. Tpon
motion Of Attorney c. \. Weston an
amendment was added which requires
the trustees to advertise in the local
newspaper five days previous to \ hear
ing which shall be held. which any
person interested may attend and be
heard in regard to the renewing or
making OF any contract to light the
streets.
Loafers may be compelled to move
by the police. When this section came
Z. q
leading member of the local Central
Labor union, moved that it be dis
missed as he considered that under it
the organized labor Of the town would
not be allowed to hold meetings on the
street nor take part in parades 1t was
explained that meetings and parades
were lawful and could not be in
tcrfered with under the bylaw. He
withdrew his motion. T. il. 0 'Bricn.
a member of the committee which drew
up the bylaws, explained why the by
law had been inserted. He said it
was designed to protect passersbv on
hoe bingham street. For years it has
been impossible for men OF women to
walk ON that street without passing in
review a crowd Of men and Youths
They have made remarks about the
women and spit tobacco Juice upon the
sidewalk. When the motion to accent
the bylaw was put before the mcetina
for vote it was given the heartiost
support Of the evening
The passage Of this bylaw givcs the
police the authority to move these
sidewalk loafers, who have made il a
point to spend their evenings at vari-
Gus points along the sidewalks and
view the persons passing More than
one woman has complained of being in
suited and the police have been power
less to order the loafers to move on.
HandbilR may not be distributed in
the streets of the village nor can thev
be thrown upon the steps or sidewalks
of any house in the village limits. They
must be deposited in the letter box or
slide or placed SO that they cannot be
blown about
If the bylaws are enforced as ac-
cepted the residents of this village will
find themselves walking the straight
and narrow path because wide varie
ty of subjects has been covered. The
building code and bylaws were drawn
up by a committee consisting of T. f.
. Brien, E. s. Leonard and E. L.
Walker
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