Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-10
ADJOURNED MEETING
CITYCOUNCIL CONSIDER
REPORTS OF VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS.
Several More to be Submit
ted---Executive Session.
Adjourned until Saturday.

The council met for an adjourned
meeting last night and spent most IT The
| lime from 7.3U to 10 80 in considering
reports from the various departments "f
me city government.
MIR. Wells read the resolution, auth
uriz ny the borrowing If NOT TO exceed
| SIS, 900, for the stculd time aud II was
adopted. The President Of the Fedora
ZION of Woman's CLUBS submitted Il bill
tor concrete sidewalks in the park, ask
ing that The unused balance Of the $500
appropriated by the city be applied on
the bill. 1t was 50 voted.
The Clerk next read the report OF the
liquor committee for the year beginning
Jan. ! '9S and ending Jan. | so. 1t
appeared therein that the total sales for
me year amounted to $4O79 70. the mel
profit 10 The city being 1921 As or some
over Sl3 more than the law allows. For
the lasl month the agency has been do
iny "laud Office business" the sales
amounting to over $50 some days. The
coinmittee on fire, in response 10 petit
non, recommended that a hardwood
floor be laid in liremens hall. Their
report was accepted and adopted. The
council nexl granted Levin Bros per-
mt, application for which was held
.ver from lne last meeting, to hang a
clolll siyu over the sidewalk in front o!
.ner store,
rne report of the street commissions
ers tor the year ending Feb. '99 was
then read, accepted and adopted. Ii
was quite long Dut very comprehensive.
they tnonghi that much of the money
expended ON The streets in the past bad
not amounted to much, and recom'nend-
ed that the sum Of $4,000 be appro-
prialed each year for the construction
OF ptmrauemt streets, the same to y"
made Of granite paving OF thu concrete
rn.v also recommended that trunk
line sewer and branches be put in on
the west side and up South Main street
rueir report was accepted and adopted
George L. Swasey appeared tor inc
French estate and the council held
short .execulive smoke talk" with hin
about streets, after which the meeting
aua,n became "op'n" and the Stree
commissioners report for the past IL
months was read, accepted and adopte"
Z. l.. Buybee presented an application
for a u.rui, 10 remodel and repair TIT
Lamb house. corner Of North Main AM
Pearl streets according to the wa.
.n,c,tied in IA recent iosne OF this paper
The y. nit was granted.
Mr.. Well stated that Phelps Brother
wer. uua,le to submit bids on the 90"
Furnishings for the new Ci'y Hail op &C
count of not having heard from !he'
wholesalers. Reynolds 4 Son dld nd
sunni, their bids either. McLane' III
pos,-ot1i. G supply man, is sur" that II
'.,,v wants new boxes in the new pos
office and the committee having t",
matter in charge reported that ne w"o,
uu, in all new boxes II the cl'y "o"'
uut in the partitions between the pos
masters room and the office aud turn's
the desk. !.
. Ma>or Gordon figured ii out that h
this arrangement the city would gtt a
new boxes at Il net increase OF 500
nr;c. and the committee was lnstructe
:, close a contract as soon as posslpl'
Mr.. purkee, by request, asked una, ~
+ properly committee be instructed 10 ''''
e Ihe floor and ceiling, lower Story
j. III. blackwell street hose house palh't
r. one coat, and it was so voted.
! Adi.,urued till 7 80 Saturday night