The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-03
GIBSON DEFEATS WHITNEY
Continued from Page IL

4 Mr.. Whitney was a successful young
! business man whose work brought him
/ in close contact with almost every one
1 in the village and who was generally
known and highly respected. +. G. Gus
| tafson nominated Paul A. Chase but
| later withdrew his name
Preparations were then made for bal
! loting, the chair appointing w. A. Shum-
! way. Ct. Il. Foster, Ii. c. Rice, X. e..
| Averill II. c. Clark, l.. G. Tasker and Il.
J. Snyder as ballot clerks The result of
| the ballot. which took about 40 minutes.
was as follows: f. w. Gibson, ia; II.
f. Whitney, 9S; Paul a. Chase, l.
| For commissioner for one year to fill
| out the unexpired term of w A. Shum-
way, l.. +. Holden nominated Mr.. Whit
/ ney, and he was unanimously elected by
reclamation after Mr.. Chase had refused
to allow the use of his name in opposi-
ton.
The other village officers were re-
! elected. as follows: Clerk and treasurer.
| w. III. Perry; tax collector, Fred Cressy f;
auditors, l.. G. Tasker and O. F. Benson
Salaries were fixed the same as last
year, under article 4, except that the
salary of the tax collector was increased
/ 500 on motion of l.. d. Taylor. The
chair put the motion twice, as it was
| impossible on the first vote to tell whether
| there were more ayes than noes.
| Mr.. Taylor's motion that $1,000, the
same as last year, be appropriated for a
series of concerts by the Brattleboro Mill
| tary band. was carried without OPPOSE
| ton, under article ,.
| The question of arranging for laying
! the dust on certain streets and highways
| and the method to be adopted came up
under article g. q. Il. Hughes moved
that the matter be handled the same as
| last year. s. \. Richmond moved an
/ amendment that the use of calcium chic
ride be permitted where desired. saying
! that it was cheaper than oil and did not
wash the streets like water. The amend
ment was adopted.
| w. I. Bruce of Canal street made re-
marks concerning the dust-laying prob
| lem, saving the matter was not handled
in an economical manner. and he related
some experiences of himself and others
| in trying to have the street sprinkled in
| front of their houses He thought the
! equipment was sufficient to handle the
problem properly, and he presented reso-
| luton that the village commissioners pub
| licly designate one of their number to
! have charge of dust control and to whom
| complaints may be made, that the COM
missioner so designated make a study of
| dust control and report at the next meet
! ing the ACCESSIBILITY of charging the ac-
| tivity of controlling the dust and of Sc
| curing up-to-date equipment and a state
ment of the probable cost.
| Commissioner Gibson said the dust
! laying activities would be in the hands of
| Commissioner Whitney, and that the
| commissioners already had Investigated
| the matter of new equipment and had
| found that Il / ,000-gallon oil tank would
| cost $1,000.
Mr.. Bruce's resolution was adopted as
an amendment and Mr. Hughes's motion
was then carried.
Under article it was voted to pay the
| Valley Fair association 500 for such use
as is made of the fair grounds for public
| purposes, as heretofore, on motion of
! DcnnisOn CowIeS.
On motion of Clifford \ Baker it was
voted under article to charge interest on
all village taxes due and unpaid on Oct
| |. 1922, AZ allowed by the Laws of Yer
mont.
The garbage collection matter was left
| in the hands of the commissioners, on
motion of +. l.. Knowlton under the sue
ceeding article.
l.. +. Holden moved that article 10. to
see what action would be taken i'm regard
| to employing a fire department chief who
| should devote his entire time to the de-
partment, be passed over. This was done
| after Commissioner Kaine said that
under the present system a man was at
| the fire station every night and that the
| village was getting the same service as
it would with a permanent chief.
| The next article. II. was to see if the
| village would adopt a building code and
to determine its conditions. This brought
out more or less discussion, in which
| Commissioner Gibson Mr. Holden. Fred
C. Brown and Judge Harrie B. Chase
| participated. Mr.. Holden moved that the
article be passed over until code had
| been drafted and submitted to the voters
| Commissioner Gibson and Mr. Brown
| thought the present laws gave the com
misSionerS power to handle the matter
IL, 49, II.
/ ter could be put up to the voters in such
| way that they knew definitely what
| they were doing the article should be
| passed over. This seemed to be the view
of about everybody present, and the ar
| ticle was passed over.
Mr.. Holden also moved to pass over
| article -, which was to see what action
would be taken regarding the purchase of
| the watercure property on the north side
of Elliot street as a site for relocating
| the engine and hook and ladder companies
and to provide police headquarters, de-
tention rooms and village Offices He
said it would mean the expenditure of
/ $4,000 to 100000 for a new building
This brought f. C.. Crosby to his feet
| Mr. Crosby said this was the most i'm
| portant matter before the meeting and
| he made one of the best talks heard in
/ village meeting in a long time. I'VE
ought TO be looking out for the future
| ne Salu We are Deulilu the times In
| the matter of fire department facilities
| and insurance rates will be raised if
something is not done. The watercure
property is practically the only available
| site left that is on level ground and we
ought to acquire it before it is too late
| My interest in village matters is the same
as it always has been. and if the village
was not out of debt | wouldn't suggest
buying this property. Mr.. Barber has
made US an offer to sell it for $4,000
We may be able to buy it for S$14,000
and | move that we buy this property if
| it can be secured for $4,000, and that
the money be borrowed on the credit of
the village"
In reply to a question by Mr. Rich
mond. who said he agreed with Mr..
Crosby. the latter said all water rights
and other property rights went with the
property Only few voted against Mr..