Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-25
BOARD OF
ALDERMEN,
Regular Meeting Last Night
Only Four Members.
Present.
More About Metal Ceiling. Contract
for Furnishing Vault Fix.
lures Let.

-A' '"o AC5ui'l iHtcllll1 VI tuo DDar
OF Aldermen held last evening only foul
members were presented. Aldermen
Cutler and Mcdonald being absent on
account of illness
Mr.. Dornsife was present and til.
Mayor called npon him to give esli.
mates on The cost of a metal ceiling for
the opera house. Mr.. Dornsife said
that rs yet he had not been aDle, to find
out what the city wanted, and therefore
Gould not give any very definite esti.
mates. Mr.. Adams had agreed to send
some designs, but had failed to do so
He, Mr.. Dornsife, had some desi yns
with him however, and would say that
METAL ceiling costs FROM . to II cents ii
square foot.
lie preferred the sunken panel de-
signs, but did not think the panels
'noud be too deep. There is about
5000 feel 10 cover and with a desig
nat he showed he agreed to do the Job
or 1915 in addition to what he was to
get lor putting on common plaster. Mr.
Durkee thought that at that price they
lad better use plaster. Mr. Dornsife
stated that the frescoiDg on a plaster
,elling wonld cost about $3.50, AT 1915
ne would paper the whole ceiling under
the metal, it being necessary to do this
20 sop the waste of heat.
Mayor Gordon and the board tried to
.ome more specific statements AS to cost
# the material per foot cost of putting
N, etc, but Mr.. Dornslfe refused to say
anything fnrther till they decided wha
hey wanted. He was tina ly instruct
ID to prepare estimates ON two differ
'ent designs and submit them at the
,ext meeting. Ono design is for deep
panels and the other shallow panels
l'ne Mayor spoke about an agreement
made by Mr.. Dornsiie to finish off the
wo rooms, one over each tier Of boxes
or $l9S. The rest of the board did
,ol understand just what the situation
vas, and finally agreed that they shoulu
islt the building at 8 o'cIoek th!s
TO enoon / nd ;, VIII It cha g IS are ner-
,slry.
rhe rooms under the rs of the fl ,or
viii be mostly taxed mp Dy the htaelny
tpparaus. Mr., Dornsifr entered Kick
,out the insurance, claiming that The
eating apparatus should not be includ
d in Mason IL Co, policy. Some laIk
,ut no action. Mr.. Patterson asked
when Mason & CO.'S We're going 10 BE-
in on the plaslering, and Mr.. Dornsife
, reply said that they had no authority
70 ahead with it TIL Saturday. Som
'orlar will probably be mixed to day
. j, llowes was present to protrs
g;.insl paying bill for dirt taken trom
the city farm about two years ago. He
claimed that everyone who wanted dirt
for grading had gotten it, and the nexl
, ear he was told to get all he wanted.
)nly two other bills for dirt had eyel
been presented, and those were instan-
ces where the soil only had been taken,
md not at the place where he got his
supply either. After some discussion
pro and con it was moved by Patterson
seconded by Durkee, that the bill
against Mr.. Howes be cancelled, and il
vas SO voted.
j. W. Newton of Boston, representing
he Youman " Erbe Mfg. Co, of Kocn-
.sler, N. Y, successors to the Office
upply Company, was present. ALI"
slowed samples of metal document flies
,oxes, roller shelves, ETC., for vault fur
lishing. lie had IA plan drawn up and
.greed to put in - certain number OF
,oxes, ETC., filling one side of the vault
or 800. After some discussion h.
submitted modified plan Tor furnishing
,ne side of the vault at 5000. The
,oard went into executive session to
liscuss tbs matter, and finally informed
.lr. Newton that he would have to cu
lis price down to $3.50 which, after
,ome kicking, he finally did. Th'
,oard then passed resolution award
lng him the contract.
James 2. Mari was not present to see
.pout getting his pay for services as IN
spertor of elections, bnt the finance com
ni,tee reported in favor of the resolu-
ION passed on the amount to be paid fol
such services, and awarded Mr.. Mari
,,ay in accordance with that resolution
/, he meeting adjourned at about 1919
After the meeting was over the COM
nttee having in charge the matter OF
recurring hitching posts had talk ami
something will probably be done abou
Ihis matter in the near future.