Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-21
City Council Meet.

The City Council held another special
meeting last evening. The first buSi-
ness to be brought before the council
was the matter of changing the grade
of North Main Street from Berlin Street
to Sixth Streets. City Engineer G. S.
Curricr went over the ground yesterday
afternoon with several of the Electric
road officials and he failed to see why it
was necessary TO change the grade.
The communication of the city engineer
was accepted.
c. W. Scarf of Burlington. special
agent of the Vermont Telephone and
Telegraph Company was present. The
company want to erect new poles and
put new line in different parts OF the
city. The aldermen and mayor have
sugges ted that that they run their wires
on the poles of j. S. Niles. but they
very strenuously objected TO amy such
proposition. The company just AS soon
place their wires on some of the tclc-
phone company's poles, but not ON elec-
lric light poles.
The mayor did not see any reason
why they should not unite with j. S.
Niles. He also thought that if they
chose, the city could force them to, ac
cor,Iiny to the statutes. Some of the al
dermen were very mucn opposed to
ere citing more telegraph poles, but the
telephone company was given per-
nit The telephone company propose
to make an appropriation of $6256. 20
for new line in the city and S3lSS
repairing and fixing the lines outside the
city.
A resolution appropriating 1929 for
concrete walk or the easterl y side Of
Church Street, five feet six inches wide,
the ahutles 10 pay half OF the cost of
construction. Also SAL subscribed by
+. G.. Fisher and others, was accepted.
The petition of Mcfarland Il Boyc e
to permit them TO open and lay pipes
on Cottage, Seminary and other streets
was read.
The Barre Water Company asked for
a permit Of the same nature at the coun-
eli meeting last evening. Before very
| long the city is thinking of having wa
ter Of its own, and il ii does, it will not
want a half dozen smaller companies
supplying the people. In other words, if
the city has water works OF lis own,
i, wants to choke off or condemn the
water OF smaller companies. or it pOsSi-
bile buy them up. Most of the water
companies over estimate the value OF
their plants, and the city cannot afford
to purchase lhpm.
MIR. Phelps Of the Barre Water Com
pany said he had gone so far as to or
der new water pipes, and Geo. E. Me-
Farlund has hired IL number OF men to
90 to work this morning. The latter
wanted to connect new houses with the
plpe, and some that were without city
water, in day or two. lie dld not
want The matter left to the next meeting
and keep his clients waiting. Upon
vote of tne aldermen he was given Il per-
nit TO connect houses with hts system on
Cottage, Seminary, South Main, Maple
Avenue. Central and Prospect Streets.
Tne petition of the Barre Water com
panv will be considered AZ the next
meeting.
Ladies' representing the State Fedra-
tion of Won,an's CluDs asked that con-
crete walks be laid in the city park and
that the dpcayed trees be eat Gown
If was referred to the committee Oh
supplies. .; :,
II was voted to hol.l a city meeting n
abou, ten days to see what the peorl'
viii do vita the water question: 'h'
rat. 10 be decided on later.