The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
All Three Articles in Town
Meeting Warrant Are
Passed Over
TWO HUNDRED OR
MORE WERE PRESENT
Only Work Authorized Was Building of
Sidewalk Around Plaza to End of
South Main Street Walk Sentiment
Not All One Way, However.

Saturday night s special town meet
ing was not a money meeting and
propositions for appropriations were
turned down. Because of legal obsta-
cles to the plan to vote money for the
use Of Company /, Horton ID. Walker,
who had planned to offer resolutions on
the article, moved that the article be
passed over, which was done, and the
two articles contemplating the raising
of money for highway work on Vernon
street and the section near the new
Holstcin-Friesian building failed of pas
sage. At one time. however, there was
doubt, on yea and nay vote, as to
whether the proposed work near the
| IIolstcin Friesian building was favored
moderator ruled that a motion to dis
miss the article was lost, but the article
| did not come to vote on its merits as
at this point motions to do certain sur,
ycying and sidewalk work were injected
and after it had been voted to extend
the new sidewalk around the plaza up to
the end of the South Main street side
walk the next article was taken up
This was an article to raise funds fol
completing the sidewalk and retaining
N wall on Vernon street and it was passed
\ over. Adjournment was taken at SIS
after the meeting had been in session
t. minutes.
Moderator a. +. Schwenk was faced
n by POO or more voters when he called
the meeting to order Town Clerk Car
s. Hopkins read the warrant and tn,
first article was taken up. 1t was t,
see what action the town would take
relative to appropriating a sum of none,
for the use of the men of Company
Horton d. Walker stated that he haC
prepared resolutions calling for an ap
Precipitation of two per cent but ha'
been Informed that morning by the tow
counsel, \. T.. Carpenter, that the mon
ev could not he voted legally, and mucl
rs he regretted to do so he moved tina
the article bc passed over, and the meet
ing acted accordingly.
Article > was to see if the tow
would appropriate money to grade
= pave and put in the necessary side
: walks at South Main and Hudso
, streets, by the Holstein -Friesian build
ing. Patrick II. Lynch promptly move
that the article be dismissed Charlie
. r. Crosby asserted that the matte
should lie given due consideration II
( said the square was at the entrance t
9 the whole town, that A. b. Clapp, ownC
of the building, had spent $4,000 t
|. $4,000 for the benefit of the town j
: keeping here an office that employee
}. 100 girls and that to vote the improv,
;. ments would be helping both the prope
d tv there and the town. On the motto
9 to dismiss the first vote left the cha
!. in doubt, but on the second vote /
!, ruled that the "no vote won.
Then Lyman j.. Holden said il W;
0 IN inopportunc time to ask the tow
= TO lay out any sums of money.
'e moved that the selectmen be instruct,
to establish line that sometime Il
street would be laid to, but that
. more be done at present. Mr.. Walk
' said he understood that the grade ;
$ ready had been established, and
lcctman W. E. Stellman confirmed tn
.. understanding. Mr. Holden then NOV,
!" that a new walk be laid around Il
plaza NJ to the end of the present wa
= on South Main street, and the mectil
so ordered.
h When article , was taken up, viii,
! was to see if the town would instru
? the sclcctmcn to finish the sidewalk
Vernon street between the railroad st
"a ton and the White River Chair Co.
factory, which would include addition
i'd retaining wall, +. G. Crosby asked VIII
the expense would be and the reply W
", $4,000. l.. +. Holden moved that t
= article be passed over. He said t
y present road out Of the village was
: feet wide and was accepted by the
lcctmen as good road. Below tn
Ct the road was "a feet wide, built
:, the Connecticut River Power Co., a
IN accepted by the selectmen as a 90
road. He thought it unnecessary
IL make the appropriation and the arti,
was passed over.
= The meeting adjourned on motion
-. +. G. Crosby.