The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-19
Kew Motor Trucks for Fire Depart
rnent is chief Issue
SEWER EXTEa>IOa IS WANTED
Village Needs New Houses But Build
Water and Sewer Connections.


takes place tomorrow The warning
printed below contains more things
than usual OF interest and importance.
The meeting is called TO order in the
forenoon at o'clock but for years II
has been customary to postpone the
action on the warning until one
o'clock.
The business to be done includes
the proposal TO buy combination
trucks for the three hose companies
at cost of $500. Inside the fire de-
partment there Is some opposition to
the plan on the ground that ii would
be better to buy one big truck for the
hook and ladder company.
The proposal to buy a motor truck
for hauling gravel may also cause dis
cussion as will the plan to improve the
sewer system so as to stop surface
water from washing ont streets as
last as they are built.
An mportane matter TO be disposed
of is the article to see il the village
will order water and sewer extensions
to new houses. During the past two
years Bennington has been in urgent
need of more houses but the trustees
have not felt like guaranteeing water
and sewer connections and as re-
suit some builders have hesitated.
The village report is out today and
copies will be available at the hall to-
morrow This is week later than
the report ought to be but in order to
get the report earlier it viii be ne
.essary to close UP the years bust
ness sooner so that the auditors can
get to work at least week sooner.
The auditors say that the village
can squeak along on an S0-cent tax
but this probably doesn't mean that a
lot OF extra money can be voted for
various things without raising the tax
rate.
The village debt was reduced the
past year by $4500 and the total debt
of the village is now only S9.410.S3
which is probably the smallest debt
OF any community Of this size in the
United States The warning is as
follows:
The legal voters of the Village OF
Bennington are nereDy notified and
warned to meet at Free Library Hall
in the Village of Bennington, on Tues
day, March goth, 1917. at nine o'clock
in the forenoon to transact the fol.
lowing business:
Article /. To elect president OF
the village, q clerk, treasurer, col
ector of taxes. a corporation attor
ney, auditors, three CD trustees, and
two (2) water commissioners.
Article 2. To consider the reports
of the officers for the year past
Article 8. To see what sum, if any,
the village will appropriate for the
construction Of curb, gutter and side
walks upon the streets for the ensuing
yea;.
Article 4. To see what sum, If any,
the village will appropriate towards
assisting the Board of Trade in carry
ing on its work as planned for the
coming year.
Article 5. To see what sum the vii.
age will appropriate to the Public
Welfare Asso., for playground and
recreation purposes.
Article 6. To see what sum, if any,
the village will appropriate to pay the
Bennington Fire Department
Article 7. To see If the village will
vote to pay $4,000 to the Chief and
$25.00 eacl, to twa assistant engi-
neers Of the Fire Department.
Article s. To see if the village will
vote S350000 to equip the Stark, Put
nam and Eagle Hose Houses with mo
,or driven combination chemical
and Hose wagons and the trustees to
be authorized to provide for the op-
Grafton and maintenance Of same.
Article 9. To see if the village will
vote to appropriate the sum of $4,000
90 for the purchase of three ton mo-
tor truck to be used in the hauling of
crushed stone and gravel for the
streetbuildlng, and for any other
necessary village purposes; and will
instruct the Trustees 90 purchase
amc
Article 10. To see what sum, If any,
the village will appropriate for Band
concerts.
Article II. To see what sum, If any,
the Village will appropriate to the
Bennington Improvement society, to
be used by 1t for the care of the Gem.
etery grounds in the Village and for
other Village Improvements.
Article II. To see what sum, If
any, the Village will appropriate for
extension of the Village sewer sys-
TEN.
Article 10. To see what sum, If
any, the village will vote to pay its
president and trustees for their SER
vices for the ensuing year.
Article IA. TO see what sum, II