Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-10-05
THE ALDERMEN
Pass an Ord finance Relating to Repairs of
Roofs other Business

Roofs other Business
Mayor Haselton presided over a very brief
meeting of the City Council Monday evening
Mcssls Ritchie and Davis being the only alb
sentees. Or. A. p. Grinnell was unanimous
" elected cemetery commissioner to succeed
Eli Poquette, removed, and the Council adj
iourned.
The Board of Aldermen was then called to
order bv President Hicks. The following
| licenses were granted: To Socrates Beach
| for the erection of frame bulding. enst
side of 81. Paul street. the exterior of sides
and ends 10 he covered with corrugated iron
and the roof to be fire proof; to W W.
| Wheeler for erection of a wooden one-story
addition, tin roof, to the house on the north
east corner of College and Pine streets and
use of Pine street for building PURPOSES: to
| j. r. Kelley for erection of barn with
| slate roof in rear of the premises at
| l24 North Battery street; to street depart
| ment for erection of shed east of the city
market building for housing the steam
roller. these four licenses being granted sub
.iect to the approval Of the fire wardens
The application of W. G. Hoag for license
for a restaurant at 100 Church street and to
suspend sign above the sidewalk was re
| feI'red to the street commissioners with
| power. The application of F.. y. Porter for
| license to locate a boiler and engine in n
| house about 80 feet in rear of Nos II and
| III North Winooski avenue was referred to
| the fire wardens with power. Licenses
were granted to W j. Dupau for selling
| popcorn on the streets for three weeks. to
| VI. j. Levin for standing an exhibition trunk
| in front of the stores ii and ~ Church
street and to J. f. Peters to locate sign
| near the southeast corner of Church and
Bank streets.
The committee to whom was referred the
| matter of relavng the railroad track at
| the corner of Union and Main streets re
! ported that they had decided to postpone
| further action until the road has been in
spected previous to its acceptance by the
city. and the report was accepted The
street commissioners reported favolably on
| the petition for an electric light ON the cor
ner of Grant and Union streets aud the light
was ordered put up.
| An approved contract with st. Joseph :
| church for use of one of the church bells for
fire alarm purposes. at an annual rental of
| $50 for five wears without liability on the
part of the city for damage to the bell or the
church property. was read and a resolution
was adopted authorizing the fire committee
to execute such contract. \ contract with
the Consolidated Electric company for light
ing the streets OF the city according to the
! proposition adopted at recent meeting of
the board was read and ordered on file
The rules were suspended and the follow
ing ordinance. amending section of chapter
Il of the revised general ordinances, was read
three times and passed: "All licenses grant
| ing permission to repair or patch roofs with
shingles or other comhustible material shall
he subject Ia the approval of the board of
fire wardens; and no such license shall he
granted or approved when the surface to he
repaired on patched exceeds in extent one
eighth of the surface of the roof for the re
pair of which license i, requested " The
mayors warrants for the payment of mum
Der of bills were ordered. Vice President
Powers of the street railroad company stated
that the rails for the Church street line he
tween College and Bank streets had arrived
and would he laid at once. He invited an
early inspection of the road and ride OF
the same 10y the city officials and next Mon
day afternoon was fixed as the time The
Board then adjourned.