The Press., 1921-11-10
Town Votes to Accept Plans of COm-
 mittee for Memorial Building

IOWm votes 10 ACC0pG EA4nS O1 OOW7
 mittee for Memorial Building
 Although it was stormy night there was a good attendance at the town meeting held at borough hall last evening. w H. Heald presided. The estimate of the selectmen and the town school committee of the budget for the ensuing year, $62,542 for town expenses and $6O,315 for school expenses, total of $122,857, was ap- proved by the voters. The selectmen were authorized to borrow necessary funds for the expenses of the town until the receipts from the taxes would meet the expenses. The ar ticles in relation to the discontinuing of a number of roads in the town that are little used was taken up by one motion and was unanimously passed. The roads to be discontinued are as follows: Highway leading from a point on the Wales road south of the Bush house" easterly to what is known as the Round house." Highway from John Fosters to the Union road and what is known as Crooked s road" Highway from the Gagnon place on Stafford Street easterly to above mentioned road. Road leading from point on the highway about one quarter mile south of the Augustus Garvais place, near Stafford Street, to the Westford road at a point known as "Graham's four corners" Highway from the Holland road from a point near the south end of the upper reser- voir above Staffordville, northeasterly to the so called Nathan Agard place." The Ferry Hill road leading from the Holland road at a point south of the upper reservoir past the Rose place" to the junction of the StaffOrdville and Mashapaug roads.
 The report of the committee on the Memorial hall plans was presented by c. B. Pinney and was as follows: The first step taken by the committee ap- pointed to bring in plans for the Me- mOrial hall given to the town of Staff ford by the late Col. Chas. Warren was to carefully study his wishes as expressed in his will. The clause of his will relating to this gift was as follows: "I give, devise, and bequeath to the town of Stafford, state of Con- necticut the sum of $100.00O for the purchase of a site and the erection of a Memorial hall, or public hall or building for the use and benefit of the town for a public hall, suitable rooms to be provided for the accommodations of the public business of the town and borough of Stafford Springs, also for borough and county courts in such manner as the authorities of the town may provide and further provided that the $100,000 when expended shall be expended within the borough of Staff ford Springs"
 Our next step was to secure -archi- tects plans and drawings which would provide for the necessary rooms, pre- sent a pleasing and dignified appear ance, and be constructed within the amount available, which after paying for the site would be about $92,O0O. Numerous architects were interviewed and final choice of three made, each from a different locality. These gen. tlemen came here, made careful study of the location and our needs and submitted their plans with the understanding that the successful one should continue the work and the others receive $1OO each as compensa- tion. That your committee might make their decisions with perfectly open minds, these drawings were made unsigned and delivered to the town treasurer and by him given to us. Your committee considered all cnfo nf V1n advised with various borough, town and county officials. A unanimous choice of one set was finally made which the town treasurer later in formed us was the work of E. c. and G. c. Gardner of Springfield, Mass. These plans, which we now submit for your consideration call for a building two stories in height, IA feet long and 60 feet wide. The construction would be of hard burned or tapestry brick with artificiaa stone trimmings. It would be located about twenty feet back from sidewalk and ten feet from National Bank building and ex- tending on south side to about the present line of lot An offer has been made by the Central Vermont Railway Co.,, to give a long time lease at a nominal rate, to the town of Stafford of a strip of land twelve feet wide extending from the sidewalk to the river on the south side of the lot. We recommend the acceptance at this meeting of this offer as it would great ly improve the appearance and access ibility of any building built on this site In interior construction the plans call for main supporting walls and floor beams of steel, with all walls and ceilings plastered on metal lath. The lower floor contains at the front, the offices of the town clerk and judge