Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT

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der present on the opening Of the malls
will get them. The Vermont boys have not
as yet received any. He complains of re-
ceiving very little mail from here.
The voters in special village meeting
Tuesday, in the Steamer Hose house
voted to purchase triple combination
hose. chemical and pumping truck. 1t
was a largely attended meeting and there
was to be fire truck" opposition. In case
the matter was to be balloted upon ballots
had been printed and distributed for and
against the proposition. The other article
In the warning, which asked II the voters
would authorize the board Of village trus-
tees to issue a refunding bond at rate per
cent. less than six per cent. taking up
all the outstanding unpaid orders now
held In the banks, was also voted.
When article one. which asked for the
report of the committee appointed to see
about better fire apparatus, was called
for. George Horton read the report. This
told of the present steamer being inade-
quate being on its 4Sth year Of service.
The method Of going to fires here Ia
wrong. the report said. as they have to
wait too long for horses to come and draw
the steamer. A recent example Of this
was the Methodist Episcopal Church fire
Of last month. He also read letter from
Agent George e. Whitney Of the Amer
lean Wooden company. recommending the
purchase Of truck. The present hose
carts. the report stated, could accommo-
date but $50 feet Of hose. which is insuffi-
Client The chemical they now have Is an
other case where horses have to come
and draw 1t to fires. They pur-
chased a ladder truck and 1t has
never been taken out and they have to
borrow ladders from wherever they can
get them while fighting fire. The report
concluded with the following recommended
ton: I'VE recommend that the village
purchase triple combination hose.
chemical and pumping truck and that a
committee be appointed to act in con-
junction with the board of village trustees
to ask for bids" c. s. Lord then stated
that some 20 years ago he was a member
Of the board Of trustees and served when
1t was a question Of building n new hose
house, the Steamer hose house. He then.
with one or two other members of the
board favored a change In the present
method Of getting the steamer to the fires.
IIe also said that many volunteers would
be ready to learn how to run the truck.
He thought that the time had como to
act and moved that the recommendations
he accepted and adopted. There was no
opposition and Moderator F. E. Bigwood
called for yes and mo- vote and the
motion was carried.
President Of the Village Louis Mongeon
in regard to the refunding bond question
stated that about five years ago the viii
laRa isS1Ied hondS of RI 70 of fo,,r mar
cent to take up all the then outstanding
orders unpaid and that since then they
have accumulated in the banks to the
amount of nearly $4,000 The banks offered
a rate Of five per cent which would mean
a saving to the village annually of $500.
Louis Alapa moved that they authorize
the trustees to issue a refunding bond.
and 1t was carried. G. r. Stackpole moved
that the committee which had made the
report about the purchasing Of q fre truck
be the committee to act with the pur-
chasing committee Of the village trustees
and ask for bids. This was seconded and
carried. He also asked II they had ascer-
tanned prices for such a combination as
they spoke of in their report and George
Horton said they could be purchased for
from 5000 to $4,000. The meeting then
adjourned.
Mrs. Napoleon Allard died at 1925 D. m.
Saturday at her home on st. Peter street
following a nine days illness Of pneu-
monia. She was born in Portneuf. P. O..
Sc years ago and had been a resident Of
this village about 81 years. Besides her
husband. she leaves three sons. Joseph,
Xavier and Napoleon Allard, Jr and FIVE
daughters. the Misses Sarah. Eusula. Ros-
anna. Albertine and Irene Allard She also
Portneuf. The funeral was held at
eight o'clock Tuesday morning atSt.
Francis Xavier Church. Burial was in
st. Francis cemetery.
The following trustees were elected Fri
day night at the quarterly conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the
home Of Mrs. S. H. Weston Of upper East
Allen street: c. s. Lord. H. A. Bailey,
o. w. Edwards. Mrs. S. H. Weston, S. N.
Putnam. H. E. Bartram. The board of
stewards consists of Mr.. and Mrs c. s.
Lord. Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Bailey, Mr.. and
Mrs. o. w. Edwards. Mr.. and Mrs. S. N.
Putnam. Mr.. and Mrs. W. o. Dyke. Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Bernard, G. L. Edwards,
F. E. Dandrew. N. H. Bissonette, Miss
Frances Nash. Miss Elizabeth Newell
o. w. Edwards was elected district
steward with H. A. Bailey reserve and C.
s. Lord recording steward. The Rev. Burt
NJ. Kent. district superintendent Of Rut-
land. presided at the conference.
The funeral of Miss Josephine Sears
was held from the undertaking rooms
of A. B. Lavigne Friday morning
with burial In the Merrill cemetery. Miss
Sears. who was ~ years old, died in |
Waterbury and her remains were brought |
here Thursday night. She had no known
relatives here.
Fl. A. Bailey has harvested all his ice
Tor the summer business having complet. |
ed the cutting on the river yesterday.
When asked whether there would be an |
increase in the price this summer he said |
he thought there would be. The price of !
!aoor Tor the cutting and packing, and for |
reed Tor the horses. has increased greatly !
and labor this summer would, without
doubt. be much higher. The price last
was 40 cents per 100 pounds and
this price would probably be increased a
little this summer. From the river he has
harvested about 1900 pounds and placed
the Ice in the icehouses there used for re-
frfgerator purposes. and 1t is Of the best
quality In years. 1t is "a inches thick and !
there is not a cake of snow ice amongst the
harvest At the reservoir the ice was also
OF excellent quality. and this is used for
table purposes. At the icehouse there, he
harvested from the ponds about 1000
pounds which makes this seasons harvest
5000 pounds which is fully enough to
supply the demand.
RICHMOND.
Mrs. M. d. Dimick. district deputy of
the Rebakahs, returned Saturday even-