The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20
Three Fire Companies to Be Equip.
ped with Modern apparatus
PLAN MEETS NO OPPOSITION
Usual Appropriations Made at Annual
Village Meeting-citizens Ticket
Elected.

election took place today. There was
no contest over the village officers ex-
cept that Ernest Barber had few
nominations filed for so called
"workingmens" ticket with G. III.
Mason for president of the village.
Most of the candidates on this ticket
did not even know that their names
had been filed until they saw them
printed on the ballot.
At o'clock there were only few
voters in the hall and the action on
the warning was put over until one
o'clock. At one o'clock the articles
in the warning were considered and
acted on as follows:
Article l. To elect president OF
the village. clerk, a treasurer, col
lector OF taxes, corporation attor-
ney. auditors. three 60 trustees, and
two CD water commissioners.
Polls closed at 2 o'clock.
Article 2. To consider the reports
of the officers for the year past.
Reorts as printed accepted.
Article 3. To see what sum, II any,
the village will appropriate for the
construction Of curb. gutter and side
walks upon the streets for the ensuing
yea.
Voted s250O.
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.
Voted $500, same as last year.
Article s. To see what sum the vii
tlage will appropriate to the Public
Welfare Asso., for playground and
recreation purposes gctss
Voted $500. df'aiaF .e. 4
Article 6. To see what sum, If any.
the village will appropriate to pay the
Bennington Fire Department ~ ID
Voted SIPS for each company. m
Article z. To see If the village will
vote to pay $1,000 to the Chief, and
$500 each, to two assistant engi-
neers of the Fire Department.
Voted to pay same as last year.
Article s. To see II the village will
vote s3500.00 to equip the Stark, Put
nam and Eagle Hose Houses with mo
for driven combination chemical
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be authorized to provide for the op-
Grafton and maintenance of same.
Voted to buy three trucks as pro-
posed, one for each hose company.
Article 3. To see If the village will
vote to appropriate the sum Of $4,000
90 for the purchase of a three ton mo-
tor truck to be used in the hauling of
crushed stone and gravel for the
streetbuilding, and for any other
necessary village purposes; and will
instruct the Trustees to purchase
same. ,u7a
Article dismissed. a5
Article TO- To see what sum, II any,
the village will appropriate for Band
concerts.
Voted $500
Article IL. To see what sum, IL any,
the Village will appropriate to the
Bennington Improvement society, to
be used by it for the care of the Gem.
etery grounds in the Village and for
other Village improvements.
Same as last year 5000.
Article H. To see what sum, If
any, the Village will appropriate for
extension of the Village sewer sys
tenn
Voted $4,000
Article 13. To see what sum, II
any, the village will vote to pay its
president and trustees for their ser.
vices for the ensuing year.
Voted to pay same as last year.
Article IA. To see what sum. If
any the village will vote to nav its
clerk in addition to the amount pre-.
scribed by the bylaws for services as
clerk for the ensuing year.
Voted to pay the village clerk $120C
per year. one half to be paid by the
village and one half by the water de.
partment.
Article Is. (A) To see II the VII
lage will take steps to care for the
surface water drainage of the village
| and IL so what?
(B) To see IL the village will ap
point Committee to report to spe.
ciai meeting hereafter to be called on
the comparative cost OF a surface wa.
| ter sewer in addition to our present
| sewerage system and an enlargement
OF our present system of sewers sufii-
cient to care for the surface water
/ and also to report as near'y as may
/ be, the actual cost of putting in o
| sewer system for the purpose of car
| ing for the surface water alone.
Voted that the president appoint q
| committee of three trustees and two
citizens not members of the board of
| trustees to consider this question and