The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-21
TOWN FINANCES.
lContinued from FAC ID


Concord y H.. as consulting engineer.
His design for a new steel bridge was
accented and the contract led to the United
Construction Go. of Albany, y. Y. the
bridge to be completed by March 1, 1921.
On Dec. 10, after a days downpOur of
rain. the river rapidly arose. large
amount of food wood damned against the
trestle and took it out. \ large part of
the material was salvaged.
The West river bridge will be strength
cned and newly planked and kept in as
good condition as possible. until such time
as q new bridge can be provided
Regarding the West river bridge, We
had thorough examination of it made by
Mr.. Storrs, the report of which IS here
with printed. (The report of Mr.. Storrs.
showing the bridge to be Of ample strength
but not suitable for modern trathc. was
published in The RefOrmer Saturday.
There are some small bridges which
ought to be replaced with cement ones
but owing to the high cost of cement none
have been built.
Mr.. Dubc. our road commissioner, has
had charge of the bridges and has done
efficient work. r
General Road Work--At the beginning
81 the wear we re-engaged Mr.. Charles J.
DUDE as road commissioner. We have
found Mr.. DUDE to be a very competent
and hard worker and believe he has saved
the town some money.
Mr. Dube'S report. which is printed
herewith. goes into detail relative to our
road propositions and we urge a careful
perusal of it by all.
Town Nard.-By authority given us by
Il special town meeting, your board bought
OF Daniel Sullivan the lot at the corner of
South Main street and Oak Grove avenue
for a town yard. This has been deyel
oped to a considerable extent 1t contains
a large amount Of gravel. sand and loan
Sheds have been put up. stone rcruSher
was bought and Will be ready for operation
this spring. Considerable money has
been realized from the sale of material
from the yard which Mr.. Duhe's report
will show. f ...s--
Sidewalks.-We have had many re-
quests for new sidewalks but owing to the
excessively high cost of cement we have
done no sidewalk work more than few
small repairs.
Drainage Considerable money has
been spent in drainage the past year and
very much more ought to be spent the com
ing year. There are places all over town
that ought to be taken care of before
thinking of putting in any permanent
road or sidewalk work.
The drain ON South Main street at the
Fort Drummer mill had to be relaid. \
drain has been put in on South Main
street near Pine street to take care of the
water which was doing damage TO the
M0rningSide cemetery property. On High
street much-needed drain has been put
of the expense of this drain viii be paid
by the BrattlebOro Water Works Co. Bad
places on Crosby street and Putney road
have been taken care of.
Town POOr.-In appointing an over
seer of the poor your board went over the
matter very carefully. The final choice
of Mrs. Carrie Hamilton we believe has
proved a wise ono. Mrs. Hamilton has
made very efficient officer and we be-
hevc has saved the town some money.
"a f0pgV han,, ,I,-, :
Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Prouty. They have
taken excellent care of the place and in
mates thereof and the financial report of
the farm shows them to be very efficient
managers.
Snow Account.-The cost of taking care
Of the snow the past year has been ex-
tremely hlgh-a condition which was gen
cral throughout New England. About
'"luOU was spent. exceeding the aDpro-
priation by about 5000. Thus far this
year the expense has been very light
IaXeS.-About $500 of taxes are still
uncolIected. OF this amount about 50 800
IS probably cOllectable. The plan of add
ing interest after Oct. l has proved a good
one as it was the means of bringing in
enough money to take care of our beayv
state taxes, which come due in October
and November, without borrowing. There
Is bound TO be the period from the begin
nlng OF the year to about Sept ] when We
have to borrow to pay running expenses
-. ELnances.-The towns bonded debt is
HIIt.OOo. January l. 1921, sidewalk
bonds of 1912 to the amount of $4,000
came due and were paid Temporary
loans to the amount of $50. $50 are out
standing. There is a cash balance in
town account of S5.633.30. There is a
cash balance in road account of -
Liabilities. S1J7. 1872 90
The S3O.350 unpaid temporary loans
are. on account of the damage done by the
high water. These and the interest ON
them are not included in our estimate of
expenses for the coming year
Estimate of Expenses for Coming Year to
be Raised by Town Tax.
Bonds due Jan. /, 1922, $ 100000
Interest on bonds. ....., 400 90