Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21
ORR CITY GovERNMENT.
,,oetiny of the,Board OF Aldermen Mon
Niyht


The Board of Aldermen held an auJourn-
Oh meeting Monday at which all OF the
Aldermen were present except fresluehV
Taft and Aldermen Walker ana ausoh'
In absence of the president, on mouioh vi
Alderman Alger, Alderman Holton was
elected president pro TEN and City Treas
urer Weller was elected secretary pro TEN.
The special committee to whom was re-
ferred the petition of the New England
Telephone and Telegraph company,report-
ed in favor of granting the petition Ill re-
gard to resetting the poles on Main street,
but that the company be not granted the
privilege of setting poles on Church street
at present.
CITY Attorney Burnap appeared before
the Board and stated that at the suggestion
of the street committee he called upon
Manager Drury of the Western Union
Telegraph Office here in regard TO the re-
moving of crooked poles ana replacing
them with straight and palnten pn.es;i
Mr. Drury said that the New fhsi"hu
superintendent had been written W 'Iie .1
times in regard to the matter ana hau
been here to look over the ground Duu ne
went away without taking any action IN
the matter and allowed it to drop;
Mr.. Burnap said that if the company qua
not remove the poles themselves, the Guy
paint them and collect the expense from
ON motion of Alderman Goodell reso-
luton was adopted, providing Tor notl
fying the company that II the poles were
not removed within twenty days the city
would do it at the expense of the compa
ny.
on motion of Alderman Alger the re
manning steps to be taken i'll the matter
were delegated to the city attorney.
Licenses were granted as follows: IL
David Miller Patrick Dwyer, ohm Ready
Edward Dwyer and CIV. Ellis, for hacks
to Bishop Bissell and Chas. b, Gray, t.
connect houses with the sewer system Il
l.. Craven, for restaurant. Inc petltlon
of c. G. Colby, to erect sign post, ana
II Ferguson, to connect with the sewer
were referred to the street committee will
power.
The Mayors warrant was approved 10
the payment of bills as follows Fo
repairs to the Fletcher Free Library, s55
j. r. Booth, S1.3S; John w. Kelley, 81
The bill of the New England Telephon
and Telegraph company for s3S was refer
red to the City Treasurer and the Mayor
warrant was approved for its payment Il
audited by the City Treasurer
Alderman Alger moved that the tele
phone be removed from the City Clerk
office before september LIST, giving as III
reasons for so doing, that it was used bu
was kept busy in answering through
questions of no Importance. On motlo
of Alderman Pierce the motion was lat
on the table till the next meeting.
communication was received frOl
Edward Wells stating that an error ha
been made in entering the value of h
house ON the list, so that his tax was Sl3.-
too large. On motion of Alderman Algt
that amount was ordered refunded
Mr.. Wells.
remonstrance against the erection {
telephone poles on Church street, slgne
by a large number of business men q
that and adjacent streets, was receive
and read. On motion of Alderman Alg'
it was laid on the table.
On motion of Alderman Booth, Aide
men Alger and Goodell were appointt
committee to wait on the Mayor ana l
form him that it was the sense of II
Board that no license fees should be &C
lected from the carriers.
The Board then adjourned without dat