The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-05
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BREED TOOvERSEt, :
PERMANENT ROAD
Contract with Engineer For
West Main Street Job
NO CHANGE OF OFFICERS
Standing Committees of 1921
Also Re-appointed by
President Martin


ing signed a contract with II. Elting
Breed of New York for engineering
plans and supervision in connection
with the permanent highway on West
Main street and for which the voters
at the annual meeting made an ap-
preparation not to exceed $4,000. The
compensation Of the engineer was
fixed at per cent Of the total cost of
the work.
Village President Fred c. Martin
presided at the meeting. The full
board consisting of trustees Buchan-
an. Estes, Bergeron, Warner. Light
hall, Mcclure and Holton was in at
tendance. Clerk Hogan and Corpora
tion Counsel Edward c. Bennett were
also present.
Dr. L. II Ross. president of the
board of water commissioners, came
before the trustees with proposal for
combined action by the two boards in
the laying OF water main and sewer
on Morgan street. The proposal was
referred to the corporation attorney
for the solution of legal problems III
volved
A representative of the Standard on
company appeared before the board
but was informed that no decision has
as yet been reached relative to tl.e
oil.ng of streets
John p. McGurn, former member Of
the board. appeared with his annual
application for the popcorn wagon per-
nit which was as readily granted as
usual for the location last year, on
South street. near the corner OF Main.
AS he thanked the board for its cour.
tesy Doc was informed that pop.
corn was pretty dry stuff without any
cider and agreed to remedy the effect
when he made his application in 1928
The street committee was given au.
thority to move the stone crusher
from It's present location in the Bush
nell district TO the bank of Roaring
branch on the Woodford road and was
also given power to act in the matter
Of road scraper and an asphalt
kettle.
y was voted that payment for teams
hired by the village during the year be
at the rate of Sc a day and that the
price for labor be fixed at 40 cents
an hour.
The proposal that the old Tiffany
house be converted into a workshop
was referred to the street and fire
committees.
The placing of dummy policemen
at the corners of North and Main
streets. South and Main streets, Union
and South streets. and Elm and South
streets was left to the police commit
tee
The fire committee was instructed
to Investigate the condition of the
Stark hose house
II was voted that the street commit
tee make arrangements for a street
patrol during the coming season.
The police committee was directed
to instruct police officers to warn
merchants and other property owners
that they must discontinue the prac-
tice of sweeping the refuse from the
floors at their places of business into
the street One Of the trustees de-
clared that the merchants were con.
tinually protesting against the dust
ON the street and at the same time
were continually helping to make IT,
Applications for lights on Dewey,
Stark. Pratt and Adams street were
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The present police force consisting
of Patrick Brazell, William Cameron
and ]. NJ Morrissey was reelected,
Officer Brazell was reelected chief and
compensation was fixed at so cents an
hour for patrolmen and go cents for
the chief Andrew j. Griffin was re
elected special officer.
+. S Buss, street and sewer com
missioner, was reelected at a salary
OF $35 a week.
II +. Ferguson was reelected super.
intcndent of the fire alarm system at
a yearly salary OF $3.50.
Building permits were granted to
Fred passenaut for porch at his
home on Park street to Mr. Boutn
! for a house on Stafford street, to Daniel
Barber, Jr., for a garage in the rear
of his property on Maple street To
John Carroll for a garage on West
Main street, and to Mrs Mary Bushee
for a garage on Browning Place,
In response to complaints relative
to snow on the sidewalk on North
street in front Of property owned by
Mrs. Katharine Schwartz the general
committee was instructed to confer
with the property owner
Applications for sidewalks were re
ceived from residents on Grandyiew
street and Maple street and were
placed on file with the sidewalk com
mittee.
A communication was received from
Mrs. Alice Allen complaining of the
condition of the sidewalk on Pleasant
street and was laid on the table. Like
action was taken with a communica
tion from Henry p. Jones relative &c
the property lines of the p Y Waist
company
! Village President Martin announc