The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-02
SEEK
DEFEAT or TR0LLY
ROAD MEASURES
Request Senators to Defeat Bills
in Upper House
GRAVEL PIT CONDEMNED
County Supervisor Plumb says Ma.
terlaI Is Not Fit for Use on
Highways.

Ahp pllttb IdilNdy CpulIONbTby
once more came to the surface last
evening when Village Clerk William
T. Hogan was instructed to wire the
senators from Bennington county the
unanimous opposlt on of the board
cf trustees to senate bin % intro
duced by Senator Colburn (hy re-
quest) and house bin 21 introduced
by Representative Chase of Benning-
ton
George NJ Hawks and Fred c. Mar
tn appeared before the boari and
copies OF the two bills under discus.
S or were distributed to the trustees
for their information. Senate bill %
reads as follows:
Section /. The public service
cOmmiss On may, If on pet ton and
after hearing 1t finds that a person
or company operating a street rail
way is not making a reasonable re-
turn on a reasonable value Of such
railway or part thereof, authorize
such company to discond nue. serv-
ice temporar ly CT permanently on
such railway or any part thereof or
to discontinue and dispose OF the
track or equipment or any part
thereof on such conditions as to the
commission shall seem proper and
cons stent with the publ interest.
Section @ This act shall take eff
feet from its passage.
House bill q reads as follows:
Section Whenever It is made
q term, cond tIon or proYis ons by
any charter, franchise act Of In
corporation or addition thereto OF
any railroad, street railway or
electr C company or corporation or
other pubic service corporation
that such company or corporation
shall be responsible for, or held Ii
able or obligated to pay for, or per-
form any part Ia repairing, grading,
paving or repavn ng or improving or
changing any street road. bridge
or cther public highway in any vil-
lage, town or c ty IN this state, or
be IN any manner able or obigat-
ed 10 assessment for any public or
municipal improvement therein.
such village, town or city in which
such company's or corporations
track, rails, " res or plant are To-
Gated or establ shed may release
and discharge any such company or
corporation from any such duty. OBJ
legations or liability by majority
vote of its cit zens present at any
regular meeting or at any spec al
meeting thereof Of election therein
duly not fed and held for consider
ing such purpose.
Sec. 2, This act shall take eff
fect from its passage
The clerk was also instructed to
follow telegrams Of protest with eX.
p,anatory letters.
President j. 2 Morrissey presided
at the meeting and there were pres.
ent Trustees Warner Iighthall, How
ard, Bergeron, and Buchanan. Clerk
HcFau was a'so IN attendance
George W. Plumb, county road SUI
peiviscr, appeared before the board
at the request of Street Commission.
or Z s. Buss and spoke briefly in re
lat on to the material which the VII.
LACE has been using on its streets.
Mr. Plumb informed the board that,
in his opinion ,the gravel that has
been taken from the Bushnell pit IS
not su table road material.
T NJ Wilsey, represent ng a road
company, appeared before
the beard with proposal to sell
the village a portable stone crusher,
His proposal included an offer to
take over the present stationery
crusher at an agreed price.
George Hogan, j. NJ. Ma'oney and
George Lee, representing the f NJ.
T. A, b., appeared before the board
in the interests of a carnival COM
pany VIII ch desires to exhibit here in
during the coming sum.
mer under the auspices of the organi-
zat on The matter was laid upon
the table
building permits were granted to
George NJ Hawks for a storehouse in
the rear Of the Checkerline market
on Man street, to William Watson TO
move a small building from Wood.
ford and to convert the same into q
garage at his prem ses on Depot
street, to Joseph Bellmare to build an
addition to his shop on Dewey street,
TO James Hogan for an addition to
his barn on Wash ngton street, to
George Burgess to move portion Of
the Cottage hotel wreck.
The application Of F. NJ, Paddock
to erect a building en- Elm street was
aid on the table pending inyestiga-
ton by the fire committee. r. Il.
was granted permit to
erect storehouse in the rear Of his
place of business on Gage street.
The check list to be used at the
annual village netting was signed by
the trustees,
The meeting adjourned subject to
call by the president