The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
Meeting of City Council.

The semi monthly meeting Of the city
council was held in the office OF Mayor
Ssnter Wednesday evening Alderman 9.
f. Lowe was absent The following bills
were approved and ordered paid.
G. j.. Blanchard, (ile) S199.2l; G.. l..
Co., 1872 50 Peck Bros, snndries, 1924 80;
Peck Bros, sundries, S3247; II X Barnes,
$lO5 60; Barrows 81. PECK, " OF; James NJ.
Boutwell, AZ 40; school con mlttee, 50 90;
I. II. Merrill, S36 40; 9. Def. Bancroft,
| Si7 35; The annual budget of appropria.
tious ('stimated) 10 meet the city's expenses
| the cucrent year was subm tied by the com.
| mittee on appropriations, read by the clerk,
approved aud adopted. The list of Apo.
prations follows: Streets, S14 600; sidewalks,
| 81 900; sew ers. $1,000; bridges, 81 COO; mis-
crllaneoua, 81 500; police, $1,000; lights,
S2,917 Of; fire, 81 ,300 schools, Sl2 900; poor,
So 500; interests, $4,000 Total, SS9,017 OF.
Mayor Senter read d communication from
county commissioner stating that he had
| appointed Henry q. Lull city liquor agent.
The council voted to supply him with liz
uors.
The ma ter of building sidewalk on
Fullerton street was referred to the COM
mittee on streets.
The committee on street lighting was in
| structed 20 insist, ald see TIA, the electric
! light company, which has already been
requested to do so, put up light at once,
at Sabin CT jssing.
no btuDb tDluOlUIbb WAS instructed TO
ascertain why the fire alarm box that had
been ordered and paid for by the city cOun-
| Gil had not been put up at the s ate house.
The same committee was instructed to
remove an unused telephone pole on Kent
| street.
The matter of remedyng defective fire
ala m wire on Barre street will be reported
TO the city attorney, that attention may be
given it from the proper parties.
The same committee was instructed to
| see that fire alarm box be placed in the
| Central Vermont station.
The committee on street lighting was in
structed to prepare proper cards to be used
by residents in notifying the city council
when the lights in their neghborhood do
not burn according to contract Some of
the lights were reported az being very faul-
ty in this respect.
Lawyer George II. Holden attempted to
offer complaint regarding the sewerage
system on st. Pau street, but was referred
to the health officers. Mr.. Holden evident
ly thought he had case that needed airing
at that time and in that place and he pro-
ceeded and so did Mayor Senter, who said:
II tell you, Holden, we don't want to
hear you talk. You will please sit down"
But" said George, II want to tell you
how 1t is
But" said the Mayor, 81 don't want
you to tell us how it is. You will please sit
down."
Mr.. Holden-"I s-h-o-u-l-d"- "a
ndyOl SOULFUL SuOulu ike I'd nave you
sit down, 1 tell you. You are before the
wrong tribunal"
The mayor then informed Mr.. Holden
that he had previously been appraised of
the condition of affairs on that street and
that attention would be given in a remedial
way as soon as practc able
Joseph Ouilette, who has been asking for
eighteen months that the city council would
build road by his house so that he might
have an outlet, was before the board and
aSly nd han tlntw Lt.sl
road, was informed that no affirmative action
could be taken before the next semi-month-
ly meeting. lie was also told that in case
the city could not make trade with Gordon,
who owns the desired land for building the
road, that it would have to be condemned
and taken and that in such an event it
would be six months before a road could be
built.
The petitioner told the council that If it
could not act in the case last night they
need do nothing about it, that he had
waited long enough; didn't propose to wait
longer. He then notified the council that
he should bring suit against the city to get
the road.
Mayor senter said; can right, sue if you
"All right" said Oullette, II am INTO
bluffing. 1 shall sue"
whether you sue or not" said the may.
or, I'VE shall take some affirmative action
in the matter at the next meeting"
|
said: "All right then, I'll come down off
from my high horse and wait till after the
next meeting; but don't want you to think
/ am blufing,"
The board then went into executive session
with Superintendent I Streets G. b. Rob.
erts present.
The committee on street lights was in.
stalled by the mayor to be on the lookout
for Berlin (wari g. needs in respect to street
lights so that an estimate could be made
as to the number of additional street lights
for another year.
The committee on the fire department
was instructed to consult with the select
men of Berlin relative to the privilege oil
putting in a hydrant aud il permission
could be obtained to instruct Superinten
dent Foster of the water works to put in
the hydrant in some place to be designated
The committee was also instructed to SET
that a hose company was formed in the dis
trict across the river and that the engineers
: be asked to assist IN the work.