Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-11-17
WANT CAPT. BROWN REMOVED.
Firemen at Station One Petition tho Al
dermen For His Discharge.

dermen For His Discharge.
There was a special meeting of the
Board OF Aldermen Monday night, with no
absentees. The meeting was called to con-
slider certain additional amendments to
the city charter. The amendments adopt
ed were to the effect that all city con-
tracts must be submitted TO the board for
approval: relating to the publication in
daily papers of notices for street sprink-
ling assessments; making the assessments
due Nov. ~ of each year; and adding to
section 232 (relating to the powers and jur-
isdiction of the City Court this clause:
In trials by jury it shall be the duty
of the city judge to instruct the jury On
questions of law and there shall be no
trial by jury except in civil cases" states
Attorney Brown argued for the last
amendment, which prevailed by yea and
nay vote OF . to 4.
The amendment relating to city con-
tracts was the verbal motion OF Alderman
Shea and when City Attorney Foster. u
little later in the evening, asked to have
ii reduced to writing 80 that he could
present 1t to the Legislature the rhdicu-
louSness of an amendment which would
prevent the superintendent of streets or
of amy other department from hiring u
day luhorcr was apparent to even its lu-
thor Mr.. Foster very sensibly urged care
in preparing the amendments SO that no
hodge-podse would result Mr.. Shea had
writing and consented to a resembling Of
the vote on condition that the matter be
referred to the committee on amendments
t. the charter, which was done.
The city attorney was instructed to pre-
pure and present to the board a resclu-
ton based upon the survey OF the city
engineer in regard to am exchange of Land
Tor che frightening of the west line OF
the lower read near the Touring mill
y petition signed by Fred T. Miller,
Douglass L. Archibald. Charles A. Niles
and II. l.. Bouchard, Of fire station No.
was presented asking for the removal Of
Capt. W. j. Grown On the ground that he
is "a man whose personal and domestic
habits entirely unfit him for the position
of trust and authority which he now
holds" and asserting that Mr.. Brown has
been the cause on several occasions OF
disturbances among the men Of the sta
tion that that he is by no means u man
capable of holding and properly controll-
ing position of authority and command
ever other men. Accompanying the petit
ton was Il letter to Mayor Sutton signed
10y the same persons, saying that about
four weeks ago they handed n similar pe-
tition to the chief engineer to be handed
to the Board of Aldermen but that he had
not seen tit to do so. The matter was re-
ferrcd to the fire committee.
The building inspectors reported against
the application of w NJ. Doyle for pcrmis-
sion to move u building from Buell. street
to st. Paul street on the ground that tho
city ordinances prohibit tho removal Of
any building, the exterior walls of which
arc constructed OF wood into the inner
fire district The report was accepted and
placed on file.
A license was granted to Annie NJ. Knott
for the use of Il portion OF Prospect street
for building purposes.
Adjourned.