St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-02-14
TAXPAYERS MEETING
Feasibility of Village, Town and COun-
ty Joining in RcmOdelling Pres
cnt Court House Discussed

A fair representation of taxpayers
and voters of st. Johnsbury were pres
hall Friday night for the purpose of
discussing the feasibility Of the viii
lage,town and county joining in there
modelling of the present county court
house and town hall, or 'of building
anew a structure which would serve
better the present needs of each body
politic.'' After arguments pro ond
con, most of them centering about
the fire station, az resolution intro
duced by Frank II. Brooks early in
the discussion passed unanimously. In
part the resolution read: 1T is the
sense of this meeting that an article
be inserted in the town warning that
committee be appointed to investi-
gate the matter for reconsideration
for larger town hall" Another res
olution introduced by Alexander Dun
nett Just before the close of the meet
ing also received a favorable vote.
This was a resolution reading: "It is
tho sense of this meeting that the viii
lage take up the matter of expert -ad-
vice as to the location of the fire sta
ton"
At the suggestion OF Mr.. Brooks the
meeting voted its approval and ap-
probation of the splendid service"
done by the firelnen in the work of
stopping the two recent fires in the
Brunelle and Pythian Blocks.
The meeting was called to order by
the village president, Arthur +. Stone
who explained the nature of the gath
ering and left the matter open to dis
| cuSsion.
| A. r. Lawrence, se1ectman, seemed
/ to think the town was out of the
(. question as he had looked UP the mat
i ter OF arInory use and found that a
/ town appropriating $4,000 for such
| q building was entitled to use it for
! meetings Ut any time when it was not
/ spoken for. The matter of small eX-
/ pense in portable booths to be used
| in armory hall, he said would pro-
vide adequate room for town meet
ings.
Frank II. Brooks who was one of
those interested in the call for the
! meeting, asked that the matter Of a
building covering the needs of the
i village, town, and county be thorough
ly talked over in the evenings meet
ing -s54.-5.ea-----s <-ss.zz-s.
Much of4sthe talk of the evening
was concerning the location Of the
i fire station, and although everyone
with a few exceptions who spoke, IA
vored the resolution introduced, ye
some difference of opinion as tt
whether the county would be inter
eSted in such q building.
James CosgrOve suggested keepins
in mind the fact that the communit,
might want a city charter, and tha
the already growing agitation Nigh
| result in the change to city govern
ment in the near future. In that ca 81
he pointed out that another building
would have to be built exclusively 10
| city use. He also favored the reSOlu
: tion and said that q community build
ing WAS needed badly. The speake
| also said that st. Johnsbury Was no
ticeably lacking in community spiri
and that a place where this spiri
: could be fostered would be of d de
!, !. cided help to the village and town. -
County Agricultural Agent l.. A
Wood in speaking, mentioned the fac
that a good deal is heard of the lac
of cooperation between farmers, bu
said, that he had just come from tw
meetings held that day where unani
nous votes were given regarding cc1
tain things brought up. He said, thos
not living in rural sections could TAX
G pattern by the farmers of Caledoni
county The speaker favored the eree
tion of a building as talked of for tn
>. farmers and their families, who CON
). ing into the village would have som
e place to stop before going onto tn
IS street. He was of the opinion thu
:. such q place would encourage thos
: living back to come to town muc
d Oftener than now.
|. A large part of the evening was d.
d voted to the fire station and prime
?, pally as to suitable location. 1t w;
<. practically the unanimous opinio
o that any location picked by a dish
n terested party as the most desirab
It from the point of speed in reachir
a blaze in any portion of the plat
would be acceptable to all.
Harry Carr, A. B. Noyes and Cha
Heyer spoke in regard to the fire ST
,- ton and Mr.. Carr favored securir
- expert ADVICE from New Englar
insurance exchange, regarding
location most suited to the needs
y the place.
> Following the resolution introduce
= = by Mr.. Dunnett the meeting adjour
IL ed