The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-08
MAJORITY FAVOR
STATE CONTROL
QUESTIONABLE ON Highway Matter Show
Strong Sentiment for Creation

of Commission.


Members of 33 County Farm Bureau
associations and boards Of, trade and
chambers of commerce in Vermont took
part in the voting on Referendum No. ] of
The Greater Vermont association on
highway laws and policies, as indicated by
the report just published by the associa-
ton in the form of tabulated resume Of
the vote.
These tables show i'm the case of each of
the six questions how many members of
each organization group voted Yes, bow
many voted No. and what the majority
was for Yes or No.
y summary of the results follows:
QUESTION NO. /. Shall more atten-
ton be paid to the improvement of sec
ondary and town roads?
MaJolties of members voting in all or
CARNATIONS vote YES.
QUESTION No. >. Shall the town
road tax be expended only on secondary
and town roads?
Majoritips of the members voting in %
organizations vote YES.
Malorlties Of the members voting in 4
organizations vote NO.
| CT ESTION. NO. 3, Shall the state
avail itself of the federal aid Offered by
the national government?
Majorities of members voting in all or
CARNATIONS vote YES.
QUESTION NO. f. Shall the state of
Vermont take over system of state
roads and the expenditure of all funds
available for such roads be placed under
the management and jurisdiction Of the
state highway commissioner!
Maj0ritipS of the members voting in 80
organizations vote YES.
MajOritics of the members voting in ,
organizations vote NO.
\ tie i'm / organization.
QUESTION No. >. Shall the roads in
| this system be determined by a special
commission appointed by the governor?
Majorities of the members voting i'm 81
| organizations vote YES.
| MajoritieS of the members voting in II
organizations vote NO.
! QUESTION NO &. Shall state high
way board be created to have charge of the
construction and maintenance of reads IN
/ the state of Vermont?
MajOrities of the members voting in n
organizations vote YES.
/ Majorities Of the members voting in 9
organizations vote NO.
The list of the organizations which made
returns TO the Greater Vermont asSocia-
! tlon as to the number of their members,
voting YES or No ON the six questions is
/ a. follows:
| Addison County Farm Bureau associt-
| ton. bennington board of trade Benuiug-
| ton County Farm Bureau association.
Bethel board of trade. Brattleboro cham
I Der of commerce, Bristol Business, Mems
association. Burlington chamber Of com
mercc. Caledonia County Farm Bureau
Z Z
! tcndcn County Farm Bureau association.
I EHosburg Falls Commercial and Civic
association. Fair Haven board of trade,
flardwicE board of trade LamoiHe Coun-
! ~ Farm Bureau association, Manchester
boart! OF trade. Middlebury board of trade
/ Newport chamber of commerce. Orleans
| County Farm Bureau association. Poult-
ncy Business Mems association. Randolph
board of trade, Rutland chamber of com
merce. South Royalton board of trade.
| Springfield chamber of commerce. Stowe
Civic club, st. Adams City Club st.
Johnsbury Commercial club. Swarton
board of trade Vergennes board of trade.
Washington County Farm Bureau asSo-
citation, Westminster Mems club. Water
bury board of trade. White River June
ton board of trade. Windsor board of
trade.
Returns are expected later from Wind
Sor County Farm Bureau association. the
Arlington board of trade and the Mont
pclier board of trade
Copies of the tabuIated report on the
referendum may be obtained from sccrc-
taries of County Farm Bureau associa-
lions and from the secretary of the Great
er Vermont association, Stamnard Memo
rial Building, burlington, Vt.