The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-05
CITY OF NEWPORT

James T. Gardner Elected Mayor
The second annual city meeting of
the city of Newport passed into his
tory Tuesday very quietly and har-
noniously with no contests for any
office. The meeting was called to or
der at $50 a. m, by Mayor c. S.
Emery, Tuesday morning in Lanes
opera house. City Clerk r. W. Spear
read the city warning, after which
Mayor Emery read his message. Af-I
ter this the business Of the meeting
was taken up and j. r. Akin placed
in nomination for mayor, the mare Of
J. T. Gardner and Alderman We Il.
Prouty seconded the nomination.
There being no other names placed IN
nomination, Mr.. Gardner received
unanimous vote and took the oath
of Office. A rising vote of thanks was
extended to the out going Mayor, for
his faitl full service as first mayer of
the city. 1t was moved by Fl. s. Root
that the officers of clerk, constable,
listers, auditors, grand jurors and
overseer be elected by the city coun-
ell and the motion prevailed. A
motion was made and carried that the
reports of the several officers be &C
cepted as printed. Later this notion
was discussed to some length and a
vote was carried to reconsider this
motion. A vote was then taken to
| rescind the motion of accepting the
reports as printed and each officers
report was taken up and discussed
and then adopted. A motion at that
time was carried to adjourn until 1.30
in the afternoon. At the opening Of
the afternoon session C. S. Emery
placed in nomination the name of w.
| W. True for alderman for two years,
and he was unanimously elected. j.
name of ]. A Aubin for alderman for
two years, and there being no contest
! Mr. Aubin received unanimous vote.
Dr. Harry F. Hamilton nominated
Bert Longuway for alderman for
one year to complete the unexpired
term Of Harry A. Black resigned, and
he also received the unanimous vote
of the meeting. w. E. Trip was
elected a school trustee to complete
the unexpired term of M. C. Avery
resigned. It was voted that the city
collect its taxes through its treasurer
as usual. The article to authorize the
city council to appoint city man.
ager, was passed over, also to issue
bonds for the purpose of funding the
city's Indebtedness was passed over.
Two cents on the dollar of the Grand
list was voted for the maintenance
of the Goodrich library. One thousand
dollars was voted to take advantage
of the state aid law for permanent
roads, also $1,000 was voted for resur-
facing roads under the same state aid
offer. Article Il, to appropriate a
sum of money for Memorial day was
j. left with the city council Three pei
cent of the grand list was voted to be
divided between the Newport Band
. and District Nurse. The sum OF
$500 was voted for the purpose OF
maintaining a park in 1919 and &c
for winter sports. The voters autho-
rized the city to accept the provisions
of the Workmen's Compensation law
Article Is, to see if the city would
: vote to have the city council appro-
t pirate a sum Of money for the sup
port of a nonsectarian hospital, was
passed over. The city was instructed
| to abate the poll taxes of members OF
the fire department. The compensa-
ton for the collecting of delinquent
taxes in addition to the fees allowed
by law was left with the city council
| A vote was taken to have schools, ano
the length of same was left with the
: school trustees The article instruct
ing the school trustees to employ
medical inspectors for it's schools was
passed over. Article "a relating te
the new high school building brought
forth some discussion as to the loca.
: ton of such building, and it was
! voted to have the committee who
were elected one year ago to further
investigate and recommend suitable
location, type, size and approximate
cost and report at some future meet
ing. This closing the matter of bus
mess the meeting adjourned. The
: vote on the license question resulted
in 149 no and ST yes. Fifth elias:
vote was 125 no and AZ yes.
Mayor James Talbot Gardner
James Talbot Gardner is receiving
: the congratulations of his man,
/ frierds upon his election Tuesday tt
: the honor Of mayor Of Newport city
r Mr.. Gardner is one of Newport
f hustling young men, 43 years of age
: and he came to Newport in 1906 from
| Machias, Me-, where he entered tn
: employ Of A. L. Bailey of ST Johns
n bury as piano salesman, s. ationed a
0 the Newport branch store, where h
: has continued in that capacity. up t,
!. the present time with great success
: He is q member of the Y. NJ. /. C
and early IN its organization he acte'
II as chairman of the house COMMITTEES
II and later he was chairman Of TIL
II membership committee and then h
II was elected as one of the directors
II His work in the several places os re
II sponsibility required further honor
II and in 1918 was elected by aeclama