Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-26
A Special Tax
Voted at the Special City Meet
ing Last Evening.

On account of TIE incltmpnt weather
last evening, not II very lar@" hummer
of citizens turned out to attend the Sp'c'a'
meeting in the Armory At '.'o II '"oN-
od as though the meeting would ne very
SHINY attended and would have TO AT
iourn but by T rs II fairly GOOD number
had congregatcd Without amy delay
DR.. George b. Nichols was elected
chairman for the evening. Inc llrsI
matter to come before the meeting was
to fix the compensation of CITY 'lerN
and Treasurer for the current year.
Mr.. Gordon told what the salary was
the past year, which was $500 tor cI'rh
and $3.50 for treasurer in addition TO
such fees specified by law, ana Whlrn
is equivalent to about Sll0o. Out Oh
this amount he pays an assistant @4'V
which leaves him between $500 ana
$1,000 per year.
w. A. Boyce made some quite lengthy
remarks on the subject, and rs he ullVof-
stood it, Mr.. Wells received between
$1,000 and $500 and did not see any
necessity in having an assistant Mr.
Wells explained the matter thoroughly,
to the satisfaction of Mr., Boyre and
stated that Burlington paid their CITY
clerk and treasures 5000. Rutland
$4,000 and st. Adams $500 and fees.
He stated that he does work for the Ii
committees of the city government and
by doing 50 ii saved expense to the cdy
Elk Alderman John Mcdonald stated
that he was on the salary committee
last year and that Mr.. Well had earned
his salary, lie stated that Mr.. Wells
had done work for his committee II
number of times, had saved the city u
good deal of expense and had done his
work well. On motion OF Mayor Cor
don there was an unanimous vote TO pay
Mr.. Wells the same amount Of salary
as last year.
The next natter to come before th"
meeting was to see if the city W0uid
vote to purchase land and build Il new
school house. pcrlcy Chandler, sad
that the city was sadly in need of Il new
school house, and ought to have one as
soon as possible. l.. W. Cummings stat
ed that the city was IN great need Of n
new school building. The last rent in
the city that is available has been taken
and that the scholars and teachers were
working at Il disadvantage. He said Il
four room school house would hold all
those who are al present in parlorS Of
the churches, and hoped that immediate
action would be taken.
After being asked where the COM
missloners would recommend location
Mr.. Chandler said that the north end
would be the best but that the south
end Of the city ought TO have one also.
John 1ierney said that the church
parlor> were as bad rs cellars to ronlinr
children and that one OF his children
came home sick yesterday. said the
sanitary conditions We're poor. Upon
motion of G, W. Bassett, the matter Of
looking up a site for The building and
the character, be referred back to the
school commissioners to report next
Monday evening, The matter of raising
money for building and site wa,
brought up and upon u motion Of j. 7.
Callahan, it was laid on the table until
next week Monday evening.
After warm debate between G.. W.
Basse1t and some of The city fathers, it
was voted to raise II special tax of I
cents in addition to the 80 cents for pro-
vidin@ school accommodations the
current year. The next matter to come
up was to see if the city would put in
sewers ON the west side Of Stevens
branch. Mayor Gordon gave his views
in the mattOr and said that Mr. Currier
has estimated II sewer would cost be-
tween $40 900, and $50, 900. Mr.. Cor
don thought the abutters should pay 30
per cent of the cost of the sewer but
this met with objections on all sides.
After quite a little controversy in the
matter it was voted to adjourn until
Monday evening.