The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-21
MONTPELIER

The Maxim fire truck, which the
supply committee of Montpelier city
council contracted for last April and
which arrived Friday afternoon, was
tested on three elevations Friday after
noon and evening. One of them was
to go up College to Main street and
make the turn up Main and then con-
tinue up the hill, which it did with
about 1900 pounds load. 1t then con
tinued to the town farm, where it was
turned around and after making run
to Barre to carry Deputy Fire Mar
shall A. G. Preble home it returned to
Montpelier and went up Wheelock
street, which is considered as hard a
hill as there is in the city. Both these
hills were made without trouble in
spite of the fact that Wheelock street
had been refinished Thursday. In the
evening the machine went to the James
Pembroke place with equal ease, an
other run, and made it with good speed.
To-day other tests will be made.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bradlee of
Burlington called in the city yesterday
| afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Jones and son
Of Boston were in town yesterday. Mr.
Jones is attorney for the New Eng
land Telephone & Telegraph company
Mrs, G, w. Maxim and daughter ac-
| companied their husband and father
here on the trip to deliver the new fire
truck. d
Harry A. Black, secretary of state,
last evening received the report of a
four years old Ross child being killed
in st. Johnsbury by the automobile
of Louis Cheney of Barnet. The acct
dent happened in the late afternoon.
The driver of the machine was going
slowly and it is claimed that the child
stepped in front of the machine. An
investigation will follow.
j. Raymond Allen left Friday after
noon for Springfield, Mass, where his
marriage to Miss Marion Sandman was
planned to take place at o'clock this
morning. Lieut.. and Mrs. L. A. White
left also to attend the wedding. They
We're recently married. Mrs. White il
a sister of Mr.. Allen. After their ~ed.
ding trip the newlyweds will reside at
10 Cliff street in Montpelier.
Il. A. Sumner has sold to c. II
Thompson hts interest in the Vermont
and Quebec Power company and the
Ithiel Falls Power company and has
resigned as clerk of both corporations.
James b. Estee was at White River
Junction Friday attending an execu-
tive meeting of the state fair associa-
tion.
NJ. L. Hamilton, who has been max, |
ing the audit under appointment of |
the governor, of the state treasurer |
and auditor of accounts office, left this !
morning for New York aAi will return |
Monday to meet Thomas H. Cave, ir.. |
the deputy treasures, relative to GER
tain matters in connection with recon.
mendations in the bookkeeping system.
He will then go to his home in Hart
ford and forward his report to the gov
ernoT, which will not be materially diff
ferent, except in recommendations,
from that of last year, it is under
stood. Some changes to bring the two
systems closer together have been
worked upon while he has been here.
Miss Jessie Watson is taking va
cation from the state treasurer's office.
Miss Gladys Macmillan is taking one
from the industries Office. The latter,
with her mother, has gone to Malone,
n. Y, to visit.
The Winooski club, Inc, of Winoo-
ski, has filed articles of association in
the secretary of states Office to con.
duct social, civic and athletic club in
that village. The papers are signed
by G. II. Norton, ]. J. Kelcher, ]. A.
Erwin, C. A. Bigelow and J. r. Stack
pole.
Water Commissioner NJ. G. Ferry is
planning in a week or so TO commence
the uEtdEihE OF the 4eNtE pohu I'll DIR | ,
lin from which Montpelier gets its wa
ter supply. This pond has not been
cleared out for IL years, so the chan
mel has been filed up considerably.
with the result that there is not as
much water retained as usual
Henry NJ Perrin of Barre has been
appointed administrator, de bonis non, |
IF the estate Of J. Edward Perrin, late
IF Berlin, while George X. Perrin of
Berlin has been appointed administrA
tor of the estate of Amanda G. Per ,
in. late of Berlin. Both appoint ,
nents are made TO strsighten out
title. Alexander j. Stewart of Barre
las been appointed guardian of C. ,
Wendell Lundgren, a minor, living in
Barre.
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