The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-02
$4,000 FOR NEW
CEMENT ROAD TO
No. BENNINGTON
Project Carried BY Majority of
Over Two to One
TO BUY ROOT PROPERTY
VIII Offer $4,000 for It for Site for
Town Bulciing--Bls Vote at
Town Meeting

Town meeting today was real live
affair. There was the largest atten
dance in years, short discussions OF The
issues and an intelligent grasp of the
object aimed at.
The two principal acts were the ap
prop. iation of $S5,000 for the improv
ment of the road between this village
and North Bennington and the vote to
buy the Root property on South street
TO. site for town hall, provided Il
can be bought for $50. 900.
! The road Improvement Is to consist
of building a cement surface highway
on foundation of stone from Percey's Is
corners to the North Bennington vii
lage line. The section from the Ben
nington village line to Pelceys corners
Is part OF the trunk line highway
from Bennington to Rutland and it is
expected that this section Will be in
cluded in the next federal and state
project in this county.
When the road article came UP
Hiram l.. Hall offered resolution for
an appropriation of $4,000 as above
stated. 1t was favored by R. E. Healy.
C. w. White, C. A. Maurer, e. w. Will
liams, w r. Berry and others. The
app opriation was opposed by Henry
Chase, who said that the village should
have first call and that at the village
meeting two weeks from today an ap-
lpropriation would be asked and that
the town cannot afford both. e. j.
Hall also opposed the appropriation.
A division of the house, as counted
by a representative of The Banner,
showed 204 in favor OF the appropria-
tion and 9S opposed, with another hun
dred or more voters crowded in the
back pat of the hall where they could
not be counted but fully two-thirds of
them on the size In fassor OF the new
road. There was no question about the
result and no verificatIon OF the count
was required.
Relative to the proposed hall the
committee appointed year ago com
posed OF ID. B. Keeler, Fred c. Martin,
A. S. Payne and C II. Brettell report
ed that the town needed town hall.
The present Library hall is much too
small and is likely to be soon torn
down The cost of building suitable
building however, would be from $780,
900 to 100000 and the committee
thought the town ought not to under
take it now but that the Root pro-
perty on South street should be bought
for site to be utilized later
On motion of George NJ Hawks it
was voted to buy the property II 1t can
be bought for $4,000 and to continue
the committee to make further investi-
cation and report later or to next
years town meeting
The action on the various articles
lin the warning was as follows;
/. To see whether the town will
vote to empower and authorize the
selectmen to appoint one or two road
commissioners. the number TO be de
termined by the town in said meet
ing or whether the town will vote Z,
cleo. one or two road commissioners.
Voted to elect two commissioners for
the country districts.
2. To see If the town will vote to
elect one library trustee.
Elected w. H. Berry for five years
and Rev. George S. Mills to fill vacancy
due to the death OF f. b. Carver,
8. To see If the town will vo-a to
elect lister to serve one year in ad.
dition to the lister to be elected at
said meeting for the term of three
years.
Voted to elect an extra lister for one
year.
A.. (a) To see if the town will vote
to elect second constable. (b) To
see how many grand jurors the town
will vote to elect for the year ensu.
ing. (c) To see if the town will vote
to elect collector Of taxes. Cd To
see if the town viii vote to elect a
tree warden.
Voted to elect second constable,
five g and jurors. a collector of taxes
and a tree warden.
S. To elect all town officers, in
cluding the officers of the Town
School District.
Polls opened; closed at o'clock.
8. To vote by ballot in the manner
provided by Jaw upon the following
questions: A. "Shall license be
granted for the sale of Intoxicating
liquors in this town?" B. Shall
licenses of the fifth class be granted
in this town."
Polls opened. Box closed at 8.
Z. To hear reports of the town of
ficers.
Printed report accepted.
s. To see what sum, If any, and
not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than one thousand dollars, in
excess of the amount of the highway
taxes now required by law, the town
will vote to appropriate to be ex-
pended for the permanent improve
ment of it's highways in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 172 of
the Public Statutes of Vermont, and
amendments thereto.
Appropriated $1,000.
8. To see II. the town will vote to
build a piece of experimental high