The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-05
SPECIAL CALL
WHEN CHIMNEY
IS ON FIRE
Telephone Village Clerk For
an Auto Truck
NEW PLAN is ADOPTED
NEW PLAN is ADOPTED
Fire Committee and Engineers SUBJ
mitted Report to Trustees at
Last Nights Meeting.

The village trustees held their
regular monthly meeting last even
ing. In the absence of Village Presi-
dent A. w. Braisted. the chair was
occupied by Trustee j. p. Morrissey.
Trustees Nash, North, McGurn, Burt
Harbour and Wills were present
Clerk Hogan and Corporation Attor-
ney were also present
The complaint in relation to the
piling of logs on County street was
referred to the street committee
with power to act.
1t was voted that all persons be
prohibited from depositing aches in
the travelled highway without per-
mission from the street commission
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A permit to James Hughes to
build an addition to his lunch cart on
West Main street, was granted.
a permit to Il. w. Williams to put
up a temporary structure for the
storage Of automobiles was granted
for period of one year.
The request that coasting be per-
mitted on South street was denied.
The request for an electric light
in the vicinity OF the tenements re-
Gently built by j. Ed Walbridge on
Grandyiew street was referred to the
light committee.
1t was voted that no teams be left
standing on the streets unless
hitched or accompanied by drivers.
~ Theaclerk was instructed TO pnr
chase a silent policeman at once ana
that the street commissioner keen
the red light in operation. during the
night aapiieA .5aHt
The fire committee submitted tie
following report which was adopted
1F'Your fire committee TO whom yo<
referred the matter OF arranging the
details for The use OF The combina
ton chemical and hose wagon out
side OF the village limits, and also 10
arrange a special call for the use o.
said wagons in the village for chin.
ney fires and other small fires, re-
port as follows:
After the notice given to the
members OF the fire committee and
the board of engineers of the fire de
partment, n special meeting was held
Friday evening, December 30th, 1917
Members present from the fire com
mittee were II. B. North, J. p Me.
Gurn; from the engineers, Chief
Sears and Assistants Pratt and
Briggs.
We respectfully report that it was
the sense of the meeting to have
enstalled in the office of the village
clerk and also i'll the house OF Chief
Engineer Sears. a push button so that
in either place a special alarm can be
sounded for chimney fires or other
small fires, and that the public be
notified to call said places by tele-
phone, and it was also the sense Of
the meeting that one car be permit
ted to go outside the village limits
for fire calls. but not until satisfac-
tory arrangements can be made with
the selectmen for the town of Ben
nington and the board of trustees OF
the village of Bennington, to reim-
burse the village for all expenses In
Cured
We recommend also that no call
be sounded on the fire alarm other
than for call. We recommend that
the call for lost children be referred
TO the police department.
1t was voted that the master of
special call. the number of tolls on
the fire alarm bell, be left with the
clerk of the board and the chief en-
gineer OF the fire department.
The operating of the fire trucks
when not in actual fire duty was w
for discussion. Members of the board
stated that they had received re
ports that the trucks had been seen
outside the town of Bennington The
discussion finally resulted in reso.
luton that the chief engineer be in
struoted to report TO the trustees at
each monthly meeting the number of
times the trucks were taken from
their quarters and the purpose for
which they had been used.
A resolution was also adopted that
the vilage clerk and the corporation
attorney formulate and have printed
blanks for the use of police of icers
to summon persons to court in cases
of violations laws and ordinances
when immediate arrests are not re
quired
The clerk was instructed to draw
his orders for the following bills:
E. E. Larrabee Mgr, Light S4911S
Arthur Dewmaw Team $500
Patrick Brazil, Police $3.50
Richard Hurley 5000
4. J. Griffin 1920
New Eng. Tel. CO., Telephone $50
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