Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-02-16
CHAMBER VOTE
WAS MISLEADING
COrrects Vote Given Greater
Vermont Association on
Highway Questions
STATES QUESTIONABLE
NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD
Chamber Goes on Record as
Opposed to the Daylight !.
Saving Plan

Newport Chamber of Commerce, with
Col. G. S. Emery, president, presid-
ing, was held at the Y. M /. G..
rooms Friday evening, Feb. IL. At
this meeting to correct any wrong
impression that may have arisen con-
corning the vote of the Newport
Chamber of Commerce taken at it's
annual meeting on Vermont's road pol
icy, as stated in QUESTIONABLE sent
by the Greater Vermont Association,
the following resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS QUESTIONABLE re-
Gently sent out by the Greater Yer
mont Association, relating to Yer
mont's highway policy, was mislead-
ing and not understood and
WHEREAS-This board is of the
opinion that the votes of forty-seven
out of two hundred and two members
of this Chamber were to large ex-
tent cast in error and without a
clear understanding of the questions
and
WHEREAS-The Board of Di-
rectors desires that there be no mis-
understanding as to the attitude of
this Chamber, therefore be it
RESOLVED-That this Board
stands strongly for the retention of
the present highway system and be it
further
RESOLVED-Tha is it the opin-
ion of this Board that practically the
entire membership of this Chamber
would vote yes on questions one and
three and no on question two, four,
five and six of said questionnairs when
the questions are fully understood.
Following are the questions:
I. Shall more attention be paid
to the Improvement of secondary and
town roads?
II. Shall the town Road Tax be
expended only on Secondary and
Town Roads?
III. Shall the State avail itself of
the Federal Aid offered by the Ma
tional Government?
Nv. Shall the State of Vermont
take over system of State Roads,
and the expenditures of all kinds avail
able for such roads be placed under
the management and jurisdiction of
the State Highway Commissioner?
v. Shall the roads in this sys-
tenn be determined by special COM
mission by the Governor?
vi. Shall a State Highway Board
be created to have charge of the con-
struction and maintenance of roads
in the State of Vermont?
The following resolutions of the
Newport Chamber of Commerce re-
garding Daylight Saving, was also
adopted:
WHEREAS-The Boston Chamber
of Commerce has asked the Newport
Chamber of Comerce for an express
sion of it's attitude towards Day.
light Saving, and
WHEREAS-Th sentiment of the
community around Newport, Yer
mont, is against Daylight Saving, and
WHEREAS-Effo is being made
to have various State Legislatures
pass legislation to enforce Daylight
Saving now, therefore,
BE 1T RESOLVED by the Newport
Chamber of Commerce that it go on
record as against Daylight Saving
and that copies of this resolution be
sent to the Boston Chamber of Com
merce and to the Chairman of the
Committee of Commerce and Labor of
the House of Representatives for the
State of Vermont.
Owing to President Emery being
in Montpelier the past week the ap-
pointing of the Chambers committees
was postponed until a later meeting
of the Directors which is expected
will be held on Friday night of this
week.