Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-18
NOT ANXIOUS FOR IT.
Aldermen Think the City Does not Need
Green Mount Cametery.

UFeen t"metsFys
Thursday nights special meeting of the
Board of Aldermen, Alderman Davis being
in acting mayor, Alderman Goodell was
chosen president pro TEN.
H. j. Nelson addressed the Board rela-
tive to the alleged obstruction of the side
walk i'm front of his store on Church street,
claiming that ut was a matter of perse-
cution." He presented a petition, signed
by 60 merchants, asking the Board to di-
rect the city attorney to mol pros the suit
against Mr.. Nelson, which the latter has
appealed from the City Court to the
County Court. on motion of Alderman
Kelley the matter was referred to the
mayor.
The following resolution was adopted:
Whereas the Central Vermont Railroad
company have expressed their willingness
to carry out the suggestions made by some
of our citizens in regard to changing the
waiting rooms and landing platforms to
the east side of their depot building, as
shown by plans exhibited at the meeting
and
Whereas the change has been endorsed
by a meeting of the citizens held under the
auspices Of the board of trade therefore
Resolved that the City Council hereby
expresses its satisfaction at the proposed
change and its desire that it may be made
as soon as possible.
The application of II. NJ. Riley as cleo
trician and engineer of the Burlington fire
department in place of Charles McCarty
resigned, was received from the commit
tee on fire department and acted upon
faVorably.
Sundry property owners on Front street
complained, in a communication, of the
faulty manner in which their street was
sprinkled and the communication was re-
ferred to the street commissioners
Residents of Lafayette Place asked to
1nafy tpn. IL t1,.atr
munication went to the street commits
sioners.
Licenses were granted as follows: To
j. ID. McCarty for repairing house at the
corner of Maple and St. Paul streets: to
Oliver Canning for the erection of two
houses on South Union street; to Josie
and Mary Degree for hotel to +. A. H.
Lefebre, Joseph Brown and John Clay
for hacks; to w. r. Lund for repairing
block on the south west corner of Pearl
and Pine streets, subject to the approval
of the fire wardens.
Alderman Shea called up the ordinance
offered by Alderman Fitzgerald Feb. IS
amending chapter 80 of the general Or
dinances of the city so that the accounts
Of the water commissioners school com
mssioners and city liquor agent shall he
examined by the auditors annually. 1t
was read and passed.
The deed conveying Green Mount Gene
terry 10 the city was rb1u ana a resolution
was introduced accepting the same. Al
derman Shea thought that the city did
not need the cemetery as Lake View cCme-
terry was not yet half settled and that the
acceptance OF it would mean additional
expense to the city. He asked Genet cry
Commissioner iIolton, who was present,
to express his views. Mr., lIolton admit
ted that it was not needed and that if
more land should be required at any time
it could be obtained by adding to Lake
View cemetery on the north. Tho COM
missioners can care for Lake View Gene
terry without expense to the city but an
appropriation would be necessary to prop
erly care for Green Mount cemetery. II
was represented to the commissioners,
however, that if the trustees of the as
ISOLATION relinQuish their trust the city
would be obliged 40 take it. Commission
or Grinncll expressed the same opinion,
through Clerl, Allen. Alderman Shea did
low the cemetery to he neglected and that
by declining TO accept it the city would be
relieved OF the expense of caring for it.
He did not believe in taking everything
/ that was offered. especially when the
keeping was to be expensive. Other AL
dermon expressed similar views and sever
/ al thought that if the trustees could com
pei the city to take the cemetery no ac-
4 ton by the board was called for. The
resolution was laid on the table and the
cemetery commissioners We're then direct
/ ed to report to the board of the advisable
/ ity of accepting the property.
| Adjourned