The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-02
ELECTRIC LIGHT MOVEMENT.
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ments for laying dust on the village
streets was covered by resolution in |
troduced by President Horton y.
Walker Of the board of trade which
provided that the village commissioners
shall arrange for the laying of dust on
streets i'll the village on which a ma.
jority of the abutting property owners
petition for the laying of the dust
and they shall specify whether they
prefer oil or water. One third of this
expense is to be met by the village and
twc-thirds is to be assessed by the
commissioners upon the property
owners in proportion to the linear feet
OF land owned by each, except that in
the case of vacant lots and in front
of churches the village shall bear the
entire expense. The resolution provided
that sufficient funds be appropriated
and was promptly carried.
| The next article, calling for the an
preparation Of funds Cor sprinkline.
had been covered in the resolution and
was dismissed.
At this point Col. Estev suggested
that he did not understand that any
money had been appropriated for the
Red Cross under the motion to dis
continue the band concerts The mod
orator agreed with him and suggested
that the matter be brought up under
the head of ''other business.
The eight article, to see what action
the voters would take on the offer Of
the Twin State Gas & Electric Co.,
to install ornamental lighting posts in
the business section was passed over
without comment on motion of l.. T..
Holden.
4 Mr. Lynch foulcd ont on his motion
to pass over the article about instruct
ing the commissioners ms to the en-
ipovment of a day policeman
Mr.. Holden Intercepted the moder-
ator to know whether If the article
was passed over, il would leave it Sc
that there would be no day policeman
The moderator replied: Not neces.
sarily.
Mr.. Durham said that he thought il
/ would be a great mistake not to have
day policeman because OF the enor
/ nous increase III the automobile traf
[ iic. He added that while the war last,
c fhe believed there should be man
f ready to respond to call at any time
1 Frederic c. Adams said that from
his position in the Peoples Nationa
: bank at the corner of Main and Ellio
S streets he saw much of the work o
Il the day officer in the regulation G
traffic and that the officer was FIRE
quently called into the bank to answe
Telephone calls, calling him to one plae
or another, and that such an Office
was much needed.
= Mr.. Lynch s motion was lost and
: motion b. Mr.. Durham that the com
missioners be instructed to have
/. day officer was carried with only on
:, or two dissenting voices.
Mr.. Lynch famed out on his fourt'
), attempt whea lie wanted dismissc
!, the article to see whether the villag
y would vote to pay the Valley Fair as
: lsociation for such public use as is NAL
of the fair grounds.
: Mr. Holden said that the 500 tina
:. was appropriated last rear did not pa
: for the damage done by the use of til
= grounds. Mr.. Lynch s motion was los
~ and one by Mr.. Holden that the ,ur
70 of 800 be appropriated was carrie
over Mr.. Lynch s NO
When it came to the question o
= raising money to defray the expense
g of the coming year Mr.. Holden aske
e if the tax of ~ cents recommends
;, by the commissioners included the e.
n innate for the new lighting system
>: Commissioner Kaine replied that a Al
n lcent tax would barely cover the est
in mated expenses without including wha
had been estimated for the ne
n lighting system, had it been adopte,
,f Martin Austin moved that tax
IS 10 cents be voted, payable July l. an
in the motion was carried unanimously
ut Under the last article. to transl,
es eng other business Col. Estey move
nc that 1.-The sum Of 5000 he appropriate
IN to the Red Cross for such purposes
&c their activities demand. The motto
es was carried unanimously without d
to h1;t.
The meeting promptly adjourned AZ
:. discussion of the legality or illegali1
D. of action in voting $500 for the r,
At Cross without special article to tn
as effect in the warrant was general.
p It was the opinion of many. inclu
II ing some of the legal fraternity. tn
as while the motion not to appropria
HI money foc band concerts was legal u
IS; der the article ii was not legal to a
RS. propriate money fer something Il
NJ. under that article or under the la
III article calling for the transaction
a other business that might legally con
IN before the meeting.
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