The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-02
WILL BANK CURVE
So SPEED MAN|ACS
MAY STAY ON ROAIn,
Change to Be Made on Concrete
Highway near Soldiers Home
TRUSTEES ON NIGHT VISIT
Find Paving Put in with Expec-
tation of Careful Driving in
Village Limits
TRUSTEES ON NIGHT VISIT

Ing which lasted until after midnight
this morning, the village trustees
and officials visited the curve on the
new concrete road near the Vermont
soldiers home for the purpose of in.
vestigation. II. Il. Breed, the con.
sulting engineer under whose plans
the road was built, accompanied the
automobile party to the location
which has been the subject OF con.
! siderable discussion since the road
was opened to traffic. Mr.. Breed
stated that the road at the curve was
laid fiat, in accordance with the plan
lie further said that he had drawn
the plan under the supposition that
automobiles coming into or leaving
the village would be compelled to OBJ.
serve a moderate speed limit. To
prevent accidents by reckless driy.
ers however. raised shoulder will
be built on the curve.
A communication was received
from DR.. d. A. lllingworth relative to
the blocking of his place of business
during the construction OF the perma-
ment highway on West Main street
The communication was read and
placed on file.
1t was voted that the corporation
attorney notify l.. X. PERCY that the
practice OF washing ice on the viii
lage streets must be disccn, nued
The corporation attorney wa also
instructed to notify James p Hogan
| that his COW must hereafter bc Kept
off from the village sidewal.s. 1t
voted that F. a. Duplis be inst. acted
to keep his wagons from off the side.
walk on Washington street.
The clerk was instructed to notify
the Twin State Gas and Electric
company to remove pole standing
in the gutter on the north side OF
East Main street.
! A resolution was adopted provid ng
that the parking OF automobiles or
other vehicles on the east side OF
North street between Main and
Pleasant streets, on South street be-
tween Union and Main streets and on
Main street between Putnam house
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stricted to 80 minutes. 1t was also
voted that the village police be in
structed to enforce the regulation
and that notice OF the adoption of the
resolution be published for one week
Engineer Breed Rade a verbal re-
port in relation to the proposed
drainage of Silver street. The ell
gineer stated that he had submitted
! the proposal to an expert who had
advised that the plan be changed to
include South street by the way Of
Hillside. To attempt to carry the
surface water directly into the sew
er on Main street, in the opinion OF
| the expert, would result in conges
ton and would be inadyisable 1t is
probable that the trustees will decide
not to Undertake the proposed work
on Silver street during the present
season.
The trustees decided to place
guard rails on the south side OF West
Main street and on a section Of the
street leading out Of the village to-.
ward North Bennington.
Complaint having been made to the
board by several individuals, the fol
lowing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the practice of
keeping hens on the premises of any
person or persons within the village
limits to the annoyance of any other
persons shall constitute nuisance
within the provisions of No. SO of the
bylaws of the village. That upon
complaint to any trustee of a viola
tion of this bylaw, said trustee shall
investigate such complaint, and If,
in his opinion, nuisance is found to
exist, he shall proceed to have the
same forthwith abated, pursuant to
said bylaw.
The clerk was instructed to draw
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