Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-12
G00DHUE
TALKED WITH.
NJ
Selected Opera House Seats
Last Evening.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
No other Business of Impor.
tance was Transacted.

Inc clty cOuncll iuel III Spcclal SESSION
last light with all members present
excepting Alderman Thurston, The
august assembly sat aud smoked and
told stories and twirled their thumbs
till nearly s o'clock. The Mayor an
nounced that some of the local theatrical
experts had discovered way to dis
pose of Sc emery without having hood
on the opera honse. l..
This created little excitement for
about minute, but as the mayor had a
very hazy idea Of what the plan was the
conversation driftedto procuring seem
cry. The Mayor announced that he had
written to Melba and to Nordica, but
lad as yet received no reply. Thought
if we could only get.one of them here
for the opening we could pay for the
scenery easily. Some of those present
thought that 81 ticket would he rather
steep for Barre.
G. l.. Currier appeared before the
council and wanted the driveway to the
rear of his new bltIck fixed the same
way the driveway oEastmans is fixed
The street commissioners will investi-
gate. A display Of opera seats was
ready for the councils examination in
in the city court room and they adjourn
ed there to look them over, The SAM
plies presented by Mr.. Miller for a sym
dictate the other aiglt were still there.
The next samples examined were three
chairs presented by J. P. Cosgrove for
the Haywood Brothers and Wakefield
Company OF Boston. This next, and last
set of samples was presented by and
an agent of the IIarwood Mig. Co. of
Boston.
After looking the chairs over short
time and listening to lots of shop talk"
the council men instructed the three
agents to prepare bids OH their several
samples and have them ready to submit
to the council at about 10 o'clock. The
devotees of "My Lady Nicotine then
filed down the stairs, up street. and in
to T.. W. Bisbees office for a secret
meeting with G. l.. Goodhuc of Spring
field Mass, principal owner OF the Bar
re Water Company's plant.
After au absence OF an hour aud Il
half they came back, "mystery" written
on each countcnancc aud each man
smoking a cigar. Their lips were
sealed as to what transpired, tho
only information to be CLEANED being
"Goodhue is IL hard man to come to an
understanding with" The bids for opera
chairs were then presented and after
consideration discussion and examine
ton the contract was awarded to the
Man,iwock Seating Co, of Manitiwock,
Wis, one of the syndicate companies.
The chairs selected are a titing back
q,,artcrcd oak veneer, finished dark, for
the body of the house, and an ordinary
oak veneer chair for the gallery. The
tlting back chairs cost 22.16 each and
the gallery chairs cost $l.97 each, de-
lvcred and set up. The samples look
very nice, and if the chairs come up to
them the opera house will be well seat
ed. Mr.. Miller figures that with four,
three foot aisles the body of the house
will seat about 1923 persons and the gal
lery 34S. Each lower box will seat
four persons and six are accommodated
hv each of tine upper boxes. This
brings the seating capacity of the opera
house down to less than 100. If the
fitting chairs had not been used it would
have becu considerably lower. The
property committee was authorized 10
SIGN a contract with the Manitiwock
company today AT about :l5 the
council went into executive session
They finally adjourned ut midnight.