The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-31
The City Council.

A regular meeting Of the city council was
held Wednesday evening with the mayor
and full board present.
The following licences were granted:
Goats & Cory, to do general trucking; M.
A. Kent, to build horse shed in the rear
of Union block; Thomas Osborne, to erect
bill boards; M. M. Taplin. as an auctioneer;
George Wheeler, to build house on Ridge
street; FL. j. Volholm, to do plumbing in
his residence; Mary l.. Wells, to single
ton, to build hen-house; Robert Whelan,
to build house and also to single resi-
dence on Terrace street; Samuel Howard,
to put in water closet and repair residence
on Berlin street.
The application of S. W. Corse for water
and sewer connections at his new residence
was referred to the committees on water
and sewers with full power to act in
the matter. Mayor Senter and Alderman
Brown opposed the application Of Alder
man Kent for horse-shed on the ground
that the locality in the rear OF Union block
is already fire trap. They were, how
ever, overruled by vote OF three to two.
The following bills were ordered paid:
George e. Holden, services, 81; requisi-
ton Of school board, $1,000; hotel bill OF
salary and extras, $4O5S; requisition OF
overseer of poor, 5000; Thomas Osborne,
labor and material, SAT "a; Fred Blanchard,
treasurer, for band. $500; e. Jacobsen ;
| flowers for Capt. and Mrs. Clark, SO; rent
of Armory for Capt Clsrk's reception. $50;
same, $40; Wheelock & Dawley. printing,
etc, three bills. SAT 0S; II. W. Kemp in
sursnce, $3.50; Elmer Jacobs, labor, $3.50
The mayor and city treasurer were au-
thorized to borrow $4,000 for temporary
liabilities. e. e. Dodge presented petit
ton for road to his house which was re-
ferred to the committee on streets.
0. @. Clogston appeared before the board
in support of his application for license
presented at this meeting He stated that
his place was conducted In an orderly and
quiet manner and that no intoxicants were
sold in any form. He did not feel he ought
to be blamed for the losfers that infested
the sidewalks and bridge as he did not hold
lease OF those places and furthermore
would like to have them kept clean. He
said he wac unfortunately located, and
more 80 recently since the agency was
opened over there. His application like
the one he presented at the beginning Of
the year is still with the committee.
The matter OF putting up guard rail at
the Berlin street end OF the new bridge was
full power to act The whole matter of
pumps and worms WAS referred to the COM
mittee on streets.
Ordinances were introduced by the com.
mittee on electric railways, one enjoining
| the railway company to sell six tickets for
twenty-five cents each, good for continu-
GUS passage over Its lines and connections;
to run at least one car every thirty minutes
over its lines and connections between the
hours OF A. N. and 1890 p. M; to place
tenders on the cars such as will be APPROX
ed by the city council. Each ordinance
was to take effect June 1. For each viola
ton penalty OF not less than So nor more
than $50 was provided. The two last NAM
ed were passed, but the one in regard to
fares was lost in the shuttle OF the executive
session. The ordinances passed will be
found In full in another column.
The committee on public health was au-
thorized to provide suitable dumping
ground for the use Of the city; to post no.
tees ordering the cleaning up OF rubbish in
the city; to provide some system by which
the accumulated refuse in the city may be
removed. and report at the next meeting.
The report of the committee on lights was
accepted and adopted and the committee
was instructed to make the changes in
lights it recommended, as follows: Change
positions of lights on Kent street, Terrace
street, corner OF Barre and Main, Fullerton
and Barre streets. New lights will be To-
Gated corner Of Ridge and fremont, corner
Wilder and Hubbard, on Mortified. Pros
pect and Berlin streets. The committee
was also further instructed to make ar
rangements with the lighting company, II
suitable rates can be obtained, for the
placing OF 1000 candle power all night
lamps at the following street points: In
front OF Central Vermont station, corner
State and Elm, corner State and Main, COR
ner Main and Barre, corner School and
Main, and corner Spring and Main streets.
The matter OF the street railway company
putting and keeping its roadbed in the city
in proper condition was referred to COM
mittee on electric railways with full power
to act. 1t was voted to change the name of
Prospect street in ward three to Emmons
street,