Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-10


City FOR Permanent streets.
Pursuant to call of the mayor the tax
payers mot in city meeting Monday at the
City Hall City Clerk Allen called the
meeting to order at o O'Clock a. IN. and read
the warning. DR.. 4. p. Grinnel was elect
ed chairman and an adjournment was taken
TO O'Clock p. m.
DIR. Grinncll called the afternoon meeting
to order at 2:15 o'clock, tho attendance
practically filing tho hall. Clerk Allen read
the call for the meeting. Col L. \. Wood
bury offered the following resolution:
RcSolrcd, That the munufNctory to be known
as the Queen City Cotton Company he exempt
from taxation for period Of five year, from
and after March 3lst 1898. provided the
amount actually invested 10y said company in
said mandatory shall exceed $!OOtnV, and it
1hhll erect and operate mill employing not
less than "ul hands.
Col Woodbury. spoke briefly in favor Of
the resolution. calling attention to the fact
that the offer made by the company was
very liberal: that an exemption from taxa
ton would cost the city nothing ana that "A
new industry Of this character would be of
much benefit to the city in many wavs
Capitalists are SO favorably impressed with
the project that there will probably be no
difficult in raising tho required SO. 600 in
stock. The question on the adoption of tn"
resolution was then put and il was carried
without a dissenting vote.
PERMANENT HIGHWAYS.
The third article in the warning relating
to the bonding of the city fer permanent
highways was taken up and Dr. Grinnel
spoke briefly He thought there was no
difference of opinion about the desrabilitv
of good roads, the only question being
as to the method of raising the necessary
money. He read some figures. prepared by
a practical engineer, showing the cost of
building roads as follows:
Pavement, such as on Church street, 30
feet wide, costs %2O, 600 mile, and Is not
permanent pavement; sheet asphalt with
deep concrete base suitable to this climate
Would cost SlO.OOO mile at least: Teitord-
Macadam on 30 feet roadways, excluding
cutters. making as good streets as the block
on College street between Pine and St Paul.
averaging lOa inches thick, rolled in by
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on - feet roadway $1,000 a mile. the same
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tom Vermont is antEoriled ~ n,.I'n tEc
credit of the city by bonding or otherwise not
10 exceed sn,@4 a year for period not to cX-
wye 2etS n Tt ,e J =" ~,
city
ECSoh'd, That all money so raised shall be
,1rt o,iA "i' lp'pN GioiitS hcr"ru-
ginecr who shall be appointed by HE mayor
and approved by the Board Of Aldermen, af-
III anu ~
tie proper lnaterinIs t" he used, and then oniv
after such plans and materials hall have been
approNcu ny an aaIGNiNor{ noirI Gohsi,tl ing OF
bonn. And said odyiso-, b"ard .hnII 'hovr The
power to fill all vacancies in their number
Mr.. Burnap said that there would proba-
bly, be the most difference Of opinion over
the second resolution, but lie wished to
call attention to the fact that for
the first time in the history of the
! city the work was 10 be done by some
one who knew what he was about. Dirt
would not be carried to one spot one year
and carted back the next In Capt. How
ard and Prof. Barbour the city has two
men who are capable of building good per
manent roads
| j. w. Roberts inquired whether the road
engineers would and could fix the lower
road to Winoosii so that it would stay in
place If that question could not he an
swered he moved that the resolution he laid
ON the table