Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-05-11

An adjourned meeting OF the Board OF
Aldermen was held Friday evening" Alder
man Richie being the only absentee. 1hese
licenses were granted: To use portion oil
st. Paul street opposite Tryon premises or
two weeks and streets for moving the shed
on these promises via st. Paul, Battery
streets and North avenue to North Bend
street; to John Looney to erect wooden
dwelling house with Slate roof, on south
side of Loomis street; to g. 3. Boynton 10
erect wooden dwelling house with slate roof,
on west side OF North Prospect streets anu
use of street two months for building pur-
purposes
A question concerning the license to run
the merry go around in its present position
was referred back to the board of fire war
dens and chief of police.
A petition to improve North street be-
tween Elm God and Wiuooski avenues was
referred to the board of street commits
soners
A resolution was passed allowing the
Burlington Improvement company to Use
city water for $500, aud t1at the city treas
urer place 500 to tito credit Of said com
pany for sprinkJng streets adjacent to city
property.
THE STREET RAILWAY.
odying the report of the special commit
tee on the proposed electric street railroad.
Mr.. Burnap appeared for aggrieved resi-
d euts on Pearl street. He first claimed the
terms were illegal. City Attorney
Brown said that ex-Cuy Attorney
| Whittemore was one OF the committee
| and the terms substantially the
same as made under his supervision, and ha
| Drown did not discover any ilegality in
! the terms. Mr.. Burnap said that the citi-
zens which he represented did not oppose an
electric road but did oppose the trolley sys-
TEN and wished to present a remonstrance
against undue haste aud petition for
committee to investigate the relative merits
of the storage battery system as opposed TO
the trolley system.
Hon. L. B. Taft also in behalf OF citizens
read several papers from people of cities
where the storage system had been used,
showing its advantages. MIR. TAFT closed
! by asking for fair consideration.
Elias Lyman took the floor and said that
six months ago he was heartily in favor of
the storage battery as motive power, but
after a most thorough Investigation OF thls
system for tue Muuce road he had con-
cuded that the trolley was the only pract-
cable electrical system for a street railway
From this point a sharp debate was car.
red on by Messrs. Hungerford, Burnap, n.
X. Brown, City Attorney Brown and Hon
| Daniel Roberts. The reading of the pre-
amble Of the resolution called for a renewed
attack by the opposing party
A. G. Whittemore took the floor and
defended the action OF the com
mittse who had submitted the report.
He said that the committee had not shown
undue haste, but had made q most careful
and impartial investig cation aud they came
to the conclusion that the trolley system
was the only practical one Mr.. Taft spoke
| for the opposition, calling forth replies
from Aldermen Hall and Henderson. Mr..
| Powers, the contractor, who is to build the
road, was called for. He gave some info rms-
ton concerning the two systems and said
that if tho company he represented were
able to furnish the city with a frst-cass
road without the expense of $1,000 per mile
for overhead work they would be very
glad to do 80, but they did not know il
any practical method except the one they
had offered. He also said that il he was to
get the road in running order this season
it would be necessary to reach decision a.
early as practical.
After further remarks by Mr.. Hunger
ford, the board considered the resolution by
paragraphs. Alderman Burke offered mum
erous amendment which were voted down
and after several hours of discussion the
board unanimously adopted tho resolution
| Mr.. Powers thanked the board for the vote
and assured the members that they would
not find themselves the victims of misplaced
confidence. The board adjourned at 1885,