The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-22

their walks. As to the village taking
control of the highways, Mr.. Barber said
he understood it had the right but he
thought there probably existed good
reason why it had not done so and he
doubted the wisdom of making any
move in that direction until the mat
ter had been investigated, particularly
with reference to what effect 1t might
have on the question of state aid. Mr..
Rice said putting the highways in con
troll of the village would not only be
step away from unified municipal oper
alton but would be likely TO result in
more limited highway Improvement than
is now possible.
G. j.. Stickney suggested the need OF
an article in the warrant, on the mat
ter of garbage disposal and the ensuing
discussion brought out the fact that the
commissioners already had authority to
provide any sort OF disposal system
| the taxpayers We're willing 10 pay tor
| Commissioner Shumway said the pres
| ent arrangement, which was wholly I'M
| satisfactory. cost from $500 to $500 q
year. He thought an efficient system OF
| garbage disposal could be installed at q
cost of from $1,000 to $1,000.
| When the matter of police protection
was brought up there was another gem
| eraI discussion in which Mrs. Fremont
Hamilton, Dr.. Z. r. Lynch, J. L. Bush
nell, O. +. Benson and K. {. Ienney par
| ticipated as well as some OF those VINO
had spoken previously. Commissioners
Kaine and Mr.. Tenney said they Thought
the local police force had been much ma
| ligned and that 1T was not so bad as II
had been painted. Mr.. Rice expressed
the firm conviction that the present
force had outGyed its usefulness, that
| il did not command the respect which
representatives of law and order ought
| to command and that the public would
| be almost solidly back of the commits
| sioners in any move they might make
| toward recognizing the department.
| The question of a curfew law came up
| for discussion in this connection and 1t
I was generally agreed that 1T should be
| brought I'm in the annual village meet
| ing. Dr Lynch said he thought curtew
! law would help keep children of the
| streets at night but he believed a bet.
| ter police force would accomplish still
more in that direction. Mr.. Maurice
| said a curfew law would be no real
| good without an efficient police force
| back of it, and Martin Austin said pub
| lie sentiment also would have to be back
| of such a regulation to make 1t effective.
In discussing the matter OF extending
| the village limits il was brought out
| that it could not be done without spec
| ial legislation unless the persons IN the
| territory to be taken in consented. Mr..
| Austin said he always had favored tax
ing in that section OF Western avenue
which now received the benefits OF lire
protection without paving for them lie
| also pointed out that while residents
of the incorporated school district had
| to paw approximately $50 year Tor the
education of each child in the public
schools. tuition pupils were taken for
much less than that.
On the subject of fire election Com
miss oner Shumway stated that the hre
department officials had never been al
lowed to have ANYTHING to do with the
matter matte of shut offs. When the water
company had an efficient superintendent,
he said such matters were given atten-
| ton but of late that had not been the
case. +. c. Adams said the MIGRANTS
oIgbt to be tested ofteaer than they
were. and +. c. Tenney agreed with him:
The last matter discussed was that OF
making Whipple and Bullock streets
one,wav thoroughfares in the interest
of safety. this being advocated by o. f..
Benson and others.