Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-06
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
BUSINESS DONE AT MONDAY NIGHTS
MEETING OF THE ALDERMEN.
Compromise on the Awning Question
Ordinance Taxing ItinerApt venders
$1,000 Declined with Thanks
Tilt Over the Chemical Engine.

There k$s no absentees at Mondays
regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
Licenses were granted to Barney Foley
for a hack, to j. II. Byrnes for repairing
house No. 157 Cherry street, and to Nj. G.
Powers for a restaurant.
THE AWNING QUESTION.
A petition, signed by "a merchants and
others. asking that the ordinance passed
December 2, liking the height of awnings
at seven and "a half feet or more above the
sidewalk be amended so as to read at
least six and half feet, was presented by
j. A. Brown. A large number of the sign
ers were present and the subject was dis
cussed by City Attorney Taft, awning
maker Wakefield and grocer John O'Neil.
The aldermen were quite ready to grant
the request and the ordinance was amend
ed by substituting the word six for seven.
Cemetery Commissioner Holton appear
ed before the board and asked that the
sprinkling tax assessed against the Gene
teries be RENTED and the matter was re-
ferred to the street commissioners
The application OF Henry l.. Bouchard
for membership in the fire department as
call man was acted upon favorably
Ajax ON ITINERANT VENDORS.
An ordinance taxing itinerant vendors
and auctioneers from s25 per year to So per
ferred to the license committee. EXcep-
tons are made of milk pedlars; those SELL
ing the products of land owned or occu-
pied by them, or berries picked or articles
manufactured by themselves or their fam
lily, or maps, pictures. books or other pub
locations: vendors at fairs; old soldiers and
commercial travellers. The object of the
ordinance is evidently to tax dealers in
meat and dairy products from surround
ing towns who come to Burlington by
team. A similar ordinance was passed
during Mayor Crombie's administration
and vetoed by him on the ground that the
law did not permit any discrimination of
this character.
$1,000 DECLINED WITH THANKS.
The special committee to whom was re-
ferred the matter of accepting the legacy
of $1,000. made by Caroline II. Ingersoll S
Will for the erection of "a fountain on Col
| lege Green under certain named condi-
| tons, very reluctantly reported that they
did not think 1t would be for the best in
terests OF the city to accept the legacy.
| The report was accepted and a resolution
! was adopted releasing the executor from
all claims on the part of the city.
communication from Mayor Van Pat
ten on the proposed charter revision was
read and referred to the special commit
tee on revision of charter and ordinances.
| IN II WYNN d oIkEEI COMMlS-
SIONERS.
| The street commissioners submitted the
following reports which were accepted
and ordered on file: Against electric,
| lights at the corner of Greene and Hckok
Place, on Orchard Terrace, at the corner
of Oak and Walnut streets, at the corner
OF Oak street and Intervale avenue, at the
corner of Pine and King Streets against
the claim of Henry BiXby for damages to
horse; in favor of petitions for two cleo
| trio lights on Lake street; one electric light
on King street at the railroad crossing: Il
sewer in North Willard street north from
| LOOMS street; sewer in North street
| from School to Willard streets; grading
| curbing and guttering Prospect street
| from Pearl to Loomis streets; curbing, gut
| terlng and concreting the north sidewalk
on Grant street between Union street and
Winooski avenue; curbng, guttering and
concretng the sidewalks on Murray street;
curbinS, gutterng and concretng the side
walks and crawling the roadbed on LOOM
| Is street between School and Prospect
| streets.
Patrick Kennedy's claim for Sc as jan-
| tor or the Barnes Hose house from April
to>April 20. 1895. was referred to the fire
committee.
The city treasurer was authorized to
borrow, $4,000 to renew note due Feb
ruary 4. 1896.
A petition for sewer in Pomeroy street
between Prospect and Hyde streets was
referred to the street com mlssloners.
| The bond of p. ]. Cosgrove as policeman
was presented and ordered on fle
TILT OVER THE CHEMICAL.
The proceedings of the evening were en-
livened by tilt between Alderman Shea
and Alderman Harrington over the pay
ment advanced by the mayor for the
chemical engine. Mr. Shea questioned