The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-05
OFFICIALS WILL
ACT JOINTLY To
SAVE HIGHWAYS
Town Legal Agent Proposes I'M
mediate Conference
MENACE or HEAVY TRUCKS
Suggests Village Is as Much IN
terested as Officials
of the Town
MENACE or HEAVY TRUCKS

1 A move tor concerted action toward
! regulating RE ttucAing on roads
throughout the township was made
last evening at the regular monthly
meeting OF the village board of trus-
tees. The following letter was re.
ceived from Town Counsel Robt. y.
ilealy and was referred to the police
committee:
Gent emen; -OveFloade trucks
operating through Bennington Will
damage the village streets as much
as the town highways. / think
concerted effort ought to be made
to see that the law regarding trucks
Is enforced and therefore, propose
to you that a representative OF your
board and your corporation counsel
meet me and one OF the selectmen
and that we ask representative
from the village Of Old Bennington
and the states attorney 10 attend
the conference"
The controversy relating to bill
boards was brought to the attention
of the board through letter from
Secretary Of State Harry A. Black.
At d recent meeting resolution was
adopted ordering the removal OF Ger.
tain bilIboards owned by J. Callahan
g. Co. of Pittsaeld. A representative
of the billboard company appeared at
later meeting of the trustees and
protested that the company was oper
satf fytry utg tn ApAr
Hogan was instructed to communicate
with the secretary OF state from
whom he received the following let
ter;
Dear Sir:-I have your letter OF
September 2S concerning the bill
beard owned hy j. Callahan 4 Go.
Of Pittsfieled, lass, whlcEl is locat-
ed within the limits Of your yiilage.
hase net had time TO examine
the law closely upon this question
but am of the opinion that the VII
lage cannot compel the removal OF
this billboard untii the expiration OF
present license, which is cne year
from its date,
After that time, OF course, the bill
board would net be licensed unless
the village Of Bennington consent
ed
Trusting that this statement viii
be OF some assistance 70 you, ! re-
main.
Yours very truly,
Harry A. Black,
Secretary of State
A recent communication from Sup
er ,ntendent T.. Z. l.afrabee for the
Twin State Gas and Electric company
re,atlng to a change in the ordinance
relating 10 electric signs was referred
to the light committee with instruc'
tions to report at the next meeting.
A petition with tAe signatures OF II
p,opettv owners living in the vicinity
and protesting against the granting OF
hermit TO Fillmore Paddy for the
bnilding of d house and store on Elm
street ON the intended location was
received
The application OF elmer Johnson
ror nermlssion to erect gasoline
nump was referred to the street com
mittee. .
It was voted to resume the ringing
Of the curfew.
It was voted that attention OF an'
tomohile drivers he called to the state
traffic regulation relative 70 Foaes
cars. This regulation prohibits au-
tomobiles from passing electric car
while messengers are boarding OF
,eavine Automobiles must cone 10
ston when approaching stationary
trolley The clerk was also instruct
od ~ communicate with the Berkshire
street Railway company IN re'atlon
to the operation of headlights wnlle
cars are passing through the village
Recently cars have been reported as
operatine without lights. me com,
nanv Will be requested to run Its cars
with lights dimmed . 50
II was voted that resolutions ,e pe
nrenared relative to the death OF vac
late O. r.. Clayton, corporation at,ut,
nov II was also arranged thst tRe
NV, t,msteas and village officials shoud
e,,o',d - 1oo ,ha funeral to be held at the
second congregational church chape'
n 10 o'clock Thursday forenoon.
" president John P, Morrissey pres'o'
od at the meeting and Trustees
! dehthon, Warner Buchanan Estes, o
iialton' Bergeron and Buchanan we're
present Clerk Hogan was also III a'
tendance. .ha ,,eetinq
oaiourn that it be to October 20 when'
~ ~ ID exnected, the permanent street
!, nroyements NJ will have been @ com, I,
nleted for the year The Glerk was Nv ~
l,ructad ptruet d to draw his orders for the
following bills ,,a,,o se4s41
E. NJ Larlapee .nan, $500
patrick Brazell, police ,se se'0o ~
lanes 7 Morrissey, police iso"o ,so oo
William Cameron, police iS9V0 "a V0
IA !. Griffin, police snn "a
public Welfare Assoc, 0n0 S0n 90
Remington City Baha oo ooo no
Village Improvement Soc 5gO 5gO'UU ,,U
Eagle Hose Co, iSo oo
putnam Hose Co 1so M
Stark Hose Co. 1so IN
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