Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-06
GRAND ISLE RAILROAD
DISCUSSED AT LENGTH BY THE
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Now with the Railroad Committee For
Consideration-NO Inside-th o. Break
water Ice Can be : old For Domes-
tic Purposes at Present.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Aldermen was held Monday
evening, all the members OF the board being
present. The mayors warrant for $557.5S
for the expenses of the paupcr depart
ment for the month Of September was au-
lthorizcd.
The $4,000 bond Of the Burlington Trac-
ton company for the construction and
operation OF a railroad over the lower
road was offered and accepted. The bond
was Tiled September TO-
PETITIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
A petition from Mrs. c. +. Wheeler for
| the removal of two trees in front of her
residence on South Willard street was
presented and resolution ordering them
removed was passed.
| a resolution locating an electric lght-at
the corner of Willard and Beach streets
instead OF at the corner OF Union and
Beach streets, as was previously ordered,
was passed.
! The petition of the property owners OF
orchard Terrace for tho adoption of a
grade on that thoroughfare was referred
10 the street commissioners
a RI solution authorizing tho removal OF
cJrtain trees on the south side of North
street between Battery and Front streets
occassionod considerable discussion as to
I the advisability OF removing trees or
making sidewalks narrower, The rcsolu'
d tlOn was luOplCu ana pTONltcS llldl lIcts
may be removed at the discretion of the
street commissioners when no objection
is offered by the property owners.
| A petition asking for the location OF
an electric light on North Bend street. be-
tween Spring and Oak streets, was re-
ferred to the street commissioners with
instructions to report al the next meeting
| 4 petition for fire alarm box at tho
corner of North and Willard streets was
referred to the committee on fire depart
mcnt
The petition of property owners on Pros
poet street between Pearl and College
streets for the curbing, suttering and con
creting the sidewalk upon the west side
of tho street was referred to the stree
commissioners.
a petition for the same work upon thu
west side of Booth street and the soutl
side OF North street from School street t.
Booth street was also referred to thu
street commissioners.
HEALTH COMMITTEE ON ICE.
The report OF the health committee ant
the city attorney on the resolution relat
ing to the sale OF ice was offered, accom-
panied by n resolution suspendlng the pro
| vision OF the city ordinance relating to tn
sale of Ice taken inside the breakwater
The resolution was signed by J. W. John
son and Il. S. Adsit OF the committee. j
J. Shea, the other member OF the commit
tee, presented n minority report treating
the matter exhaustively and appending
scientists report showing that water from
melted ice taken inside the breakwate
contained n large percentage of impur
matter. Alderman Adsit's motion 70
adoption was not seconded and the reso
luton was laid on the table, on motion o
Alderman Shea, by an aye and nay vote
in which Aldermen Edgecumb, Gutchcl
Isham, Kelley, Mason, Munson and She
voted yea, and Aldermen Adsit, Haye
and Johnson voted nay. Alderman She
inadvertently voted no and had to chang
his vote, saying he was so accustomed I
voting no that he hardly knew the wor