Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10
ARM0RY PROBLEM
NEARS SOLUTION
Town May Be Asked to Give
Balance Needed
bined Armory, Community House and
Soldiers Memorial on Main Street.

AS n result Of n conference Tuesday
night with Adjutant General H. Il
johnson the special committee recently
appointed to investigate the armOry sol
dier mcmorial-community house PROPOSE
tion will in all probability make definite
report to the general committee within q
very short time. Just what recommended
tions will he embodied in the report can
not be predicted. but there is reason fol-
believing that they will favor:
I. The erection of combined
armory. community house and sol
dicrs' memorial on the Main street
LOT offered for that purpose by George
l.. Durham.
.. Provision Of the funds ncccs-
sary for the erection of such struc-
tnrc Tin addition to what will be
available from the state and the war
chest BALANCED by an issue of town
bonds TO an amount not exceeding
$4,000
At Tuesdays conference Adiutant
General johnson stated that Brattleboro
has been selected as the town to receive
this years state armory appropriation
of SJO.0OO. lie said that from a mill
tary standpoint the need of an armory
here was urgent and he did not feel il
advisable to consider further postpone
mcnt. In behalf of the state armOry com
mission, however, he was willing TO agree
to allow the appropriation to go toward
the construction of a building that would
combine armorN, community house and
soldiers memorial features as embodied
in the plans submitted recently.
Adiutant General johnson expressed
conviction that such building could be
erected for approximately S10O.O0O. and
ut the suggestion of the committee he is
to secure estimates from two different con-
tractors 50 that the probable cost may be
more definitely determined. As soon as
these estimates are received the commit
tee will be in n position 10 make its re.
port.
Assuming that suitable building
could be erected for 100000. il would be
necessary to raise mt least S35.0O0 in addi-
ton to the 100000 appropriation from
the state and the S1J.000 balance in the
war chest treasury. While definite rec
concentrations have not yet been formu-
lated, opinions of individual members of
the committee expressed last evening lead
10 the belief that they will advocate pro-
viding this money through vote of the
town rather than by individual SubScrip-
tons.
In support Of this contention it was
pointed out that Brattlcboro probably
will never again have the opportunity to
undertake community house project
with what amounts to $4,000 as n starter
and that in view of what many towns and
cities have done and are doing in the way
of erecting soldier memorials it would be
wholly reasonable to finance the PROPOSE
ton with public funds. The fact also was
mentioned that the town is already obi
gated TO the appropriation of $4,000 for
the site for an armory alone so that the
additional amount required would be com
paratively small when spread over a term
of years by an issue of bonds. a further
II n mentioned was that the provision Of
gymnasium in the community building
would obviate the need of one in connec-
ton with a new high school building.