The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-24
TOWN OFFICIALS
ANNUAL REPORT
Reduction of Over $1,000
Will Be Shown in
Liabilities
HIGHER TAX RATE
is RECOMMENDED
selectmen Suggest ascent Rate,
Which Would Raise Somewhat Less
than Estimated Higher
. Costs All Around.

/. Costs All Around.
In day or two the 63d annual report
of the auditors and exhibit of finances of
the town of Brattleboro will be issued
from the Office of Z. L. Hildreth & CO.,
and it will contain the reports OF vari-
Gus officials, as usual.
There has been a decrease of 2.355.4o
in the towns liabilities. which are now
.sl4s, ,2sS.57.
There has been decrease of $3.50 40
against which there will be available sI3,-
4lS, leaving S40,696 to be raised
A ascent tax is recommended by the
selectmen, which would raise about $3.50
less than that amount A 46-cent tax
was recommended and voted last year.
The selectmen. W. +. Stellman, a. T.
Merrill and A. w. j. Wilkins, in their
report call attention to the rental of the
Auditorium TO Mrs. +. G.. Harrington for
81 ,bO0 and the rental of rooms to the
board OF trade for $500 making an in
come of S3,l00 from the town house.
1 All bridges have been kept in good re-
pair, but on account of The high cost
OF material no new cement bridges have
been built. They recommend that a ee-
ment bridge be put in on the upper Dunn
merston road, near the Taft place the
old bridge being in a dilapidated eondi-
tion.
I The state road money was spent on the
Guiford road beginning near the entrance
OF the Richardson farm and running west
erly to the Guilford and Brattleboro
town line. The job was completed at
n cost of $3.50. most of which was fur
nished by the state highway department
This work was well and carefully done
under the supervision of Arthur A. Wal
lace, town road supervisor
Continuing the seleetmen say: AT
the last annual town meeting held March
1918. the town voted to place in the
hands of the selectmen the appointing
of the road supervisor and also delegated
to the selectmen the responsibility OF
working out the problem of new road
building and repairs as best they could
Mr. Wallace is an able road supervisor
and one who has had experience in all
kinds of road work. On account of the
war, he was unable to get road oil foi
use on gravel roads or Tarvia for repair.
ing macadam roads. This will make il
necessary to do a lot of resurfacing not
only on Main street but on other villag,
streets the coming summer Road oil i,
real necessity to make good grave
!, roads; without it gravel road become,
dusty and fun of holes
, The cost of caring for the snow from
: February, 1918, to the end of the snow
{ season was nearly $4,000, which was un
usually large So far this winter it ha
{ been unusually small.
: The taxes have been collected within
: about $4,000; of this amount about 81 00l
t is good and will probably soon be collect
> ed.
3 The towns bonded indebtedness i
| Sl29,000. Bonds to the amount of 5000
; came due January l. 1919, and were paid
July /, 1918, we had $4,000 bonds com
due and $4,000 temporary loans left owe
from 1917. By vote of the town $2l 90
r of 4 per cent bonds were sold to tn
| highest bidder, which was 96.54 Wit
this money the bonds and temporar
loans were paid The temporary loan
9 of 1918 are all paid but 81 200 The rea
son why they were not all paid was be
cause of the unusual cost of caring 70
the snow of last winter. The cash bal
: ance of town account is S63.s0 Balane
q of road account, S96l.l5
n The liabilities of the town have dc
f creased about $1,000.
Estimate of Expenses.
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