The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08

twenty-five years ago, before railroads
were known to Barre.
Littlejohn & Milne have been awarded
the contract to cut the monument and statue
to be erected on the Spaulding High School
grounds, in memory Of Robert Burns.
There were eight bidders for this work.
Walter vancor fell from a staging at East
Barre, where he was painting, last Thurs
day, severely injuring his back. He is at
tended by DR.. NJ. L. Chandler, who is of the
opinion that Mr.. Vancor's injuries will not
prove permanent.
The Worcester Construction Company
has been awarded the contract by the city
Of Barre for the job of grading streets from
Sixth street to the covered bridge on South
Main street. Seventy-five cents per square
yard is the contract price.
Two games of base ball were played ON
Central Park last Saturday. The married
men beat the bachelors by a score of II to
10, and a nine from the sheds Of Barclay
Brothers took the boys from Clarihew &
Gray's into camp by a score OF II to s.
There were twenty births and twenty
two deaths in the city Of barre during the
month of August. Nineteen Of the deaths
were OF children under five years old. This
is the first month in more than two years
that the deaths have exceeded in number
the births.
Constable French went to st. Adams last
week and returned with Henry Raymo,
who recently stole several articles from
Alexander Innis. He was taken before
Justice Scott, waived examination and was
| placed under $500 bonds. In default of
bail he was taken to Jail at Montpelier.
In response to a numerously signed petit
ton Mayor Gordon has called a special city
meeting to be held at the opera house Tues
day evening, September IA, to see il the city
will vote to put in a city water works as
provided the city may do under its charter
and amendments thereof, and to see IL the
city will vote to issue its bonds or notes for
the same and at what rate of interest; also
If the city will vote to buy or condemn the
plant or any part thereof of the Barre Water
Company. Since the last special city meet
ing at which the above matters were dis
cussed and dismissed the matter has been
agitated SO much, and the desire for an op.
portunity to again vote on these PROPOSE
lions has been so general the mayor has
issued the call as stated. 1t is well for the
city Of Barre that 1t WINS the hall in which
its special city meetings are held, otherwise
its bill for hall rent would be formidable.
Free delivery of mail went into effect in
Barre last Thursday morning. The car
riers are Charles A. Spear, Darwin s. Wa
terman, Frank III. Dyer and Charles l.. Con-
verse. The substitutes are Harry b. Hough-
ton and Arthur S. Martin. The first days
work was creditable and after the carriers
become a little more accustomed to their
routes, it is believed and expected that the
system will work without friction. The
call boxes will be left In the post-ofice dur
ing the month of September, after which
most OF them will be removed and the room
now occupied by them will be used for the
carriers. In future the post-ofice will be
open ON Sundays from ten to eleven, in
stead OF from twelve to me-. There will be
a business delivery at ten o'clock each
morning and a general delivery at 4: 40 in
the afternoon. The hours for the collection
Of mail from the boxes will be 6: 80 A. NJ,
1880 and 100. P. NJ, on week days, and
P. M, on Sundays.
The Barre Quarry Company with a CAPT.
tai Of $4,000, the officers of which are A.
+. Sortwell, President; +. L. Smith, Vice
President; @. N. Field, Treasurer, land A.
f. Sortwell. e. L. Smith, G. N. Field, A.
ID. Morse and A. A. Hayward of Boston,
directors, has secured control of the granite
quarries of Barre for a term Of three years,
with the right of an extension of two years
more by giving three months notice. With
the exception OF Tayntor's quarry, and that
Of Clarihew & Gray, every quarry in Barre
has been brought into the control OF this
syndicate. 1t Is believed that this combi-
nation will lessen, very much, the cost of
quarrying and may result in decreasing the
wages OF the quarry men. 1t is the most
important deal that has been made in Barre
for years and the outcome OF which will be