The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-25
MONTPELIER
Secretary of State Receives Reports of
Many Accidents.

Many Accidents.
Twenty five accident reports reached
the secretary of states Office to-day, as
a result of week end automobile driv-
ing, none of which indicated serious ac-
.cidents, excepting one in Brattleboro,
where Melinda Nolin suffered two brok-
en- ribs, broken collar bone, injury to
her breast and bruises, while Abraham
Nolin, her husband, was bruised as a
result of the Twin State Gas company
automobile colliding with the Nolin
machine. Harold Morse of Waterbury
reported his collision with Andrew Bar
clay's car. Arthur Lavigne of Mont
pelier reported horse being frightened
at motorcycle, and it ran away in
Royalton Sunday. 1t was the team of
G. 7. Coleman. ID. w. Coryea reported
ditching his automobile last week near
A. w. Ferrins house Timothy Sween--
ey of Worcester, Mass, reported two
accidents, the first of which was run
ming over dog in Morrisville and the
second overturning his automobile on
Goose Green hill in Corinth Sunday.
The legislative committee of the
Montpelier city council. which is com
posed of Aldermen Kelly, Stratton and
Bowers, and which is revising the city
ordinances, held another meeting Mon
day evening when the work was adj
| vanced considerably.
Senator w p. Dillingham; has ar
rived from Washington, d. c., and will
be present at the convention to-mor-
row.
Frank G. Archibald. who has been
| i'll for two weeks with pleurisy, add
eed to the rheumatism with which he has
been suffering, is rather weak and
his heart has been affected by the
first named illness.
The Montpelier delegation to the Re
publican state convention tomorrow
held another meeting last evening and
as result of the deliberations will go
into the convention uninstructed, al
though an effort had been made to sd-
vance the interests of some Washing
ton county man for delegate to the
national convention. Efforts to have
the name of Fl. j ~ Jones presented
have been. pressed before the commit
tee in spite of Mr. Jones recent state
ment that he had withdrawn from the
contest.
The work on Smugelers Notch has
been commenced again, with A. +. Sar-
gent OF Eden, who had charge of II
last year, again in charge II Is ex-
pected 10 have the road in shape 80
that il can be travelled by automobiles
by July !. The work is now being
done on that portion that was roughed
out last fall from the top Of the Cam
bridge side toward Morse's mills, Work
on French hill il advancing and the
state highway commissioner advises
persons who are driving automobiles
to Burlington TO detour by North Will
liston The work on the fort job is
delayed for want of cement.
s. B. Bates received telegram this
morning from the federal road depart
ment at Washington, stating that
Contrary to newspaper reports the in
terstate commerce commission has not
issued any instruction that will stop
road building. Before any action is
taken we have requested privilege of
presenting evidence from state high
way departments and others OF the
necessity of continued road building
of highways to meet the traffic de-
mand already upon them This tele
gram is the result of publication the
latter part of last week which seems
to have much exercised the highway
department.
A. W. Foote of Cornell, II. X. Oar
ling OF Chelsea. II. b. Avery of Island
Pond are among those who arrived
early this morning for the coming con
vention.
Mrs. Mary Watson OF New York is
visiting relatives in the city.