Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-19
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT

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6pangled Banner" This was followed by
speaking exercises. Village President
elect Louis Mongeon presided and intro
ouced the speakers. The speakers were
Mayor jackson Of Burlington, Charles 8.
Lord. c. H. Darling and Col ]. H. Mimms
OF Burlington and Representative D. e.
O'Sullivan. The employees of the mill a
week ago raised over 500 with which to
purchase the flags and defray the ex-
penses. There were three flags pur-
chased. the third one being placed in
front Of the mill office.
The hearings on the liquor license appli-
cations for all who applied from here will
be held at the commissioners Office. 1856
College street, at nine o'clock on the
morning Of April 25 There are q appli-
cations as follows: Albert Narcotic. first
or second class. 81 Main street; Joseph w.
Douglas. first or second. 30 Main; John
Hardacre first or second. 81 Main; Frank
Niquette. first second or seventh, 80 Main;
j. Henry Desautels, second or seventh.
30 Main: Philip Mongeon, first or second.
q West Lane: F. F. Gokey, first, 81 Main;
George Bleau. first or second, 81 Main;
Eugene Bleau first, % Main Theophile
Simard, first. % Main; oliver Compagnon,
first, g Main: James s. O'Brien. first, 80
Main; Philip Gadue first, 81 Main: Ernest
w. Brown, first or second, 80 Main; James
Halloran. second. 40 Main; Frank X.
Packard, first or second. 81 Main; Will
liam E. Monseon. first. Oxford Hotel;
John ]. Hennessy. first or second 81 Main;
James Lusby. first. 80 Main: Joseph Gus
son, first. 30 Main.
The board of village trustees met
last evening for the purpose Of organ
izatfon. 1t was the first meeting since
the annual village meeting a week ago
and the new members Of the board are:
George NJ. Smith, Martin (Matt) Hal
1oran and Charles Blanchard. Village
President-elect Louis Mongeon called
the meeting to order. Mr.. Mongeon in
giving his message to the board con-
graduated the members on their cleo
ton and ordered the reading by the
clerk of the village charter. that the
new members might know their duty.
He said, in part, that orders in the past
had been drawn outside of regular
meetings and that this practice should
be done away with. that all bills be-
fore being paid should be brought UP
before the board and approved. He re-
1erred to the fact that a committee was
appointed two years ago at the annual
village meeting to revise bylaws and
ordinances. that no report has as yet
been made. and that it behooves this
board to look after the same. The
matter Of the extension Of the sewer
on Malletts Bay avenue was referred
to and in this connection he stated that
the board should hire a competent en-
gineer to ascertain the cost of such
sewer. His estimate after looking into
it a little showed it to be about IS cents
foot He called attention to the An
ance committees duty to set apart an
amount for each department and that
the bills for each department should
be looked into and that they should
strive to live within the appropriation
set aside. He stated that the commit
tee work in the past was not done
right and went on to say that 1t SEEM
ed the habit of the chairman of each
committee to take full responsibility
while it was the duty Of each on a
committee to look into matters and re-
port to the meetings for action unless
in case Of emergencies In emergency
cases. he thought the board would
stand by the action Of the committee
He referred to the small amount of
money the village has to do business
with between the closing of the years
business and the time when taxes are
coming in. and that many orders dur
ing this period find their way into the
bank and are held there for interest
f10 INOuSHI tu6I tuCy SOubA Auoho Ga =
engagements with a bank to borrow
this money to tide them over
this period Of shortage at a smaller rate
of interest than is charged when orders
are held by the banks. He estimated the
receipts to be about s1S.500 and that after
taking out what he estimated. about
$15.050 for the total expense Of the vari-
GUS departments. they would have about
$500 left. The highway money amounts
to about 1880. including $500 from the
State, which cannot be used for any other
purpose He thought that it was money
wasted to put ashes into the highway and
that gravel was better filing and advo-
Gated its use. Following are the various
committees appointed for the year:
Finance. Smith. Lavallee and Blanchard;
street. Richard. Cormier. Halloran: fire.
Halloran, Lavallee. Blanchard: police.
Halloran, Lavallee. Richard: license.
Lavallee. Halloran. Richard: sewers. Cor
mier. Smith. Richard: lights. Blanchard.
Smith, Richard; water. Cormier, Blan-
chard. Smith. The first named on each
committee is chairman. The matter Of the
years business was considered. The
question of street lights was talked over
and Mr.. Mongeon spoke Of a committee
appointed some time ago to look into the
matter and that report had never been
made and that the street lights was q
burden and should be looked into. Mr.
Cormier spoke of talk that he had had
with officials of the city electric depart
ment and learned that the village should
take action upon the matter of getting
the top arm of each pole in town reserved
for municipal use and that a special vii.
lage meeting should be called for that
purpose. 1t was voted the board meet
Saturday afternoon to inspect highways In
the village and map out a program OF
repairs to be made. The matter Of grant.
ing the Telephone company privilege tc
erect new poles in the village was left
on the table and 1t was voted that the
officials present themselves at a meeting
of the board. state their wants. and where
the poles are to be placed. The streets
they wish the poles on are Main street
from the Central Vermont railroad t
West Spring street. and on Maple street
from Main to Weaver streets permit
was granted the New Nickel theatre t.
open their picture show Sunday. April %
for the beneht of st. Lawrence Council
st. John the Baptist society. The bill.
ordered paid are: Miss Blossom. lant
rent. for tiles. s.; Telephone company
$4.S3: F. Matte. printing. $3.50: w. G
Bushey. soda for chemical. 1852; ]. B. e
Chevrier. for coal. $202.13; lights, street,
and hose houses. $30141.
Fred Daebe Of the local Central Yer
mont railroad station has been transferred
to Randolph. Edward Payne, who has beer
in Essex Junction. has been transferred
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