The Press., 1921-03-17
MAIN sTREET PAVING DEFEATED.

MAIN STREET PAVING DEFEATED
 Borough hall was crowded with yo ters last Tuesday evening, including quite a number of women The meet. ing was presided over by James Shep. herd, warden, and C.-H Moore, Dor. ough clerk. The report of the com. mittee appointed by the court of bur gesses to investigate the matter of paving Main street was read by the chairman of the committee, D. D. Mitchell. The report was the same as given in The Press of last week aud recommended the laying of vitrif1ed brick over six inch concrete base at cost of $47,866. R. H. Fisk made a motion to authorize the paving of Main street as recommended by the committee. J. H. Valentine, J. R. Parkhurst Judge J. H. Reed and B. B. Penny spoke against the putting in of the paving at. this time The high cost at this time, doubt as to the con- dition of the sewers and the need of a larger water main before a pavement was put in were some of the objec- tions raised. Mud flew through the air quite frequently and the days of muddy Main street were wildly re- called. Outside of the recommenda- Aio,, of tha oo1opoiftno m OOn cnokn in favor of the motion. A motion was carried that the vote be taken by the check list This vote was rescinded and motion then to test the senti- ment of the voters present by raising of hands, made by Judge Reed, was carried. The sentiment of the voters was nearly unanimous against the paving of the street, only few hands were raised in favor. The vote against the paving of the street was practi- cally unanimous. Article five, to see if the voters would favor taking up of the trolley tracks on Main street, was explained by D. D. Mitchell as put in the warning ill case it was voted to pave the street, it would greatly improve the street and lower maintenance charges on tho pavement on account of the T rails used for the tracks. A motion of F. H. Baker to indefinitely postpone action o1 arUi- cle five wasunanimOusly carried. Ar ticle sixth to authorize the court of burgesses to take steps preliminary to a revision of the torough charter was next taken up. Borough Attorney M D. O'Connell stated that the pres ent charter does not give the borough the right to issue tOnds and there were needs of a revision which would take some time to make. A motion of M. O'Halloran, that the borough officials take steps for the revision of the, charter, was unanimously passed All business was finished with the wishes of the voters expressed and the meeting, which in the beginning had threatened to be an all night af- fair, adjourned about 8 o'clock.
 finders Jacobsen has been in Boston this week.
 D. D. Mitchell returned Tuesday evening ITOlu DuSIu6SS LAIQ IO ANCN York.
 The senior department of the Girls Guild will meet with Miss Theo Rees on Tuesday evening.
 The Modern Toggery company store is to be moved to store in the Stengle block to be vacated by the A. & F., store. X. The senior class of the high school will have rummage sale in the store to be vacatO1 by the A. & F., store on Saturday, beginning at 10 a. m. They will be pleased to have any articles donated for the sale, left at the store any time Saturday morning.
 Rev. W. W. Scudder, D. D., of New York spoke at the Congregations church Sunday morning on the Con gregational World Movement" His broad knowledge of missionary fields hoth home and foreign, enat led hin to give an unusually clear outline O the needs. and. the opportunities fo: our present stupendous effort in: hi address to the Sunday school, he DOT trayed what it meant to children to b. natives of heather lands. His person al experience as a boy brought up Il
 India, where he was torn, made lasting impression. .
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