The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-09
HINsDALE TOWN MEETING.
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grounds, SO; cemeteries. $500; sewer
maintenance, so; temporary loans, 5000 {;
| bonded debt, $50; long term notes, $500 !;
| principal of trust funds used by town,
| 500; payments on bonds, $1,000; long
term notes, $500 to restore trust funds,
S203;61; state tax, $1,000; county tax,
| $4,000.
The sum of $4,000 for state aid high
way maintenance and $500 for trunk
| line maintenance was voted. 1t was voted
to raise $1,000 for continuing the harden
ing OF the Plain road In order to put the
elx Bow road in a passable condition
| $500 was raised.
The sum of $500 was asked for. under
article .. TO be used with S1.700 already
appropriated toward buying the Baptist
church property. so-called, to be a memo
| rial to the soldiers of Hinsdale, but the
article was dismissed.
| The sum of 81 900 was raised to repair
| the highway from the ii. y. Barrett resi-
denee to the town line on the Chesterfield
road.
To construct sidewalk from High
street up the hill and over Highland ave
nue. to the corner of Spring street $500
was voted: also $50 was raised for re-
pairing the sidewalk and driveway in
| front OF the residence of NJ. s. Leach.
| Article 13 was left in the hands of the
| selectmen, to raise a sufficient sum of
money to repair the cutters on the town
| hall.
| Under article II it was voted to select a
committee of three to see what they could
do toward the purchase of chemical fire
| apparatus. That committee consists of
! w. y. Pike, W. L. Watson and G. ID.
| Fay, who will report at the next annual
| town meeting.
The selectmen were authorized to bor-
row on the credit of the town sum not
to exceed $4,000 to pay its share of the
| expense of the BrattlebOro bridge.
| Atr.x al nj I lar 70 fusr
sufficient sums to place and maintain a
street light near the residence of Walter
! Stetson on kilburn street and the So
called Weber place on Chesterfield road
| The article relative to the light near the
| StetSon residence was left in the select
mems hands. to consult the Twin State
Gas & Electric Co. of Brattleboro, and the
article for the light near the Weber place
was dismissed as the expense, in the Opin-
ion of the selectmen. should be borne by
: the person who asked for the light
! Article Is, the selectmen are to look
after the water. which flows through the
! Prospect street culvert.
! The next four articles. 10 to %, re
lated to the employment of 4 nurse, either
a Red Cross nurse or a district nurse, and
/ the raising of money therefor. and By d
vote of 154 to 80 the town expressed its
preference for a continuance of the Rec
4 Cross nurse. When the result was known
the article relative TO raising $1,000 fol
supporting district nurse ASSOCIATION
was dismissed and 81 200 was appro
\ priated to help maintain a Red Gross
nurse. The vote was an endorsement OF
the work of the Red Cross T.urse. some Of
whose reports have been published in TIL,
! Reformer.
The ballots on the four proposed con
stitutional amendments were taken under
article % resulting as follows: Propose
Ives 81, no %; proposal Yes 81. NJ
II proposal 3-Yes III, no IS; propose
8-Yes 100, no 2l
4 Under the last article. to transact AM
other business. the question of having al
electric fire alarm came up, for the reason
that it is sometimes bother to the FiSl
Paper Co. to keep up sufficient steam Il
blow the steam gong fire alarm, which i,
located in the company's plant. 1t was
suggested that an electric alarm could b.
located in the town hall belfry and the
button be located where the button for the
present alarm IS. or possibly in the tele
phone Office. The matter was left witt
the engineers of the fire department.