The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-16
VOTED 100000
FOR HIGHWAYS
IN THE VILLAGE
Radical Step Taken in Village
Meeting Today
BIGGEST VOTE ON RECORD
Daylight Saving Was Favored and Pro-
posal to Have the Streets
Oiled was Defeated
BIGGEST VOTE ON RECORD

The biggest village meeting in the
history of Bennington was held today
and was good natu.ed and anxious
for the Improvement Of the village.
About 1900 votes were cast which is
200 mose than ever before. The count
on the ticket was barely started when
The Banner went to press.
Two hundred thousand dollars was
voted for highway Improvement begin
ming with a new cement or brick load
on Main street and then extending to
North and other streets. The action
on the articles in the warning was as
follows
Article ito elect q President, a
Clerk, Treasurer, Collector, Cor
poration Attorney, three Auditors,
three Trustees, and three Water Com
missioners.
Polls closed at 2 o'clock.
Article 2.-To consider the reports
of the officers OF said Village for the
year past
Printed report accepted.
Article 3.-To see If the meeting will
make any recommendation, and If SO
the nature and character of the same,
to the Trustees of said Village rela-
tive to changing the present names of
certain of the streets Of the Village
as now known and commonly called to
conform with that of any of the men
of this community who lost their lives
on the battlefields Of France during
~ VI 4 Jol
by Bennington Post No. 13, American
Legion.
Voted to change the names of GER
tain streets as recommended.
Article 4.-To see what sum, if any,
the Village will appropriate 70 pay 9ne
Bennington Fire Department.
Voted $125 per company.
Article 5-To see what sum, il any,
the Village will vote to appropriate to
the Bennington Improvement Society,
to be used by said society for the care
village and for other village improve
ments.
Appropriated 5000.
Article 6.--To see If the Village will
vote to pay It's Chief of it's Fire De-
partment the sum of $500, and 500
each to the two assistant engineers of
said Fire Depa. tment.
Voted yes.
Article ITO see what sum, II any,
the Village will by vote appropriate to
pay for the expenses of free musical
entertainments or band concerts to be
held within the village limits, and if
any sum is so appropriated, to direct
by vote the times and places for hold
ing such musical entertainments or
band concerts.
Voted $500, same as last year.
Article 8.-To see what sum, If any,
the Village will vote to appropriate for
the construction of curb, gutter and
sidewalks in and upon the streets of
said village during the ensuing year.
Voted $4,000.
Article 9.--To see what sum, if any,
the Village will vote to appropriate for
and toward the extension of the Village
sewer system.
Appropriated $4,000.
Article 10.-To see what sum, if any,
the Village will vote to appropriate to
the Public Welfare Association for
playground and recreation purposes.
Voted same as last year.
Article Ito see what sum, if any,
the Village will by vote appropriate
for the purpose of extension of the
mains of its waterworks system.
Voted $4,000.
Article Ito see what sum If any
the Village will vote to pay its Presi
dent and Trustees for the ensuing
year.
Same as last year.
Article 13.-To see what sum, if any
the Village will vote to pay its Clerk
in addition to the sum prescribed by
its bylaws for his services as such
clerk for the ensuing year.
Voted $1700; raise of $780,
Article 14.-To see If the Village
will by vote authorize and empower its
Trustees to purchase road-oil for the
purpose of sprinkling, oiling and allay
ing the dust upon its streets during the
ensuing season.
Authorization refused.
Article 15-To see If the Village viii
by vote authorize and empower its
Trustees to purchase other and addi
tional f're-hose for the use of it's Fire
Department as means of further fire
protection to its inhabitants.
Left to trustees.
Article 16-To see what sum, If any
the Village will by vote appropriate
for the purpose of building and con
structing new and permanent high
ways within the limits of said Village
Appropriated 5000 900 to be used al
needed, taking care of surface wateI
included.
Article Ito see what tax tn,
Village will raise upon its grand lis
TO defray the expenses of the villagt
for the year ensuing and to pay its in
debtedness and to fix the time for th
collection of such tax.
Voted 80 cents as advised by aud
tors and 90 cents extra toward the rOa