Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-17
A Communication

A<' i'NANN IOuA
Sir. l see by your editorial a light or
two ago, you advocate an experienced
man to superintend our public streets.
The writer indorses your idea. Have
been resident of Barre for II good
many years and can say with all fair
ness that have not seen a man put in
that place that knew anything about
road making or how to keep roads when
in condition that they could be kept.
You raised your voice last fall in behalf
of our streets. Every citizen in Barre
will remember the wretched condition
our streets we're in last fall before Dame
Ma ure came to our rescue and froze
them up and gave them coating OF
snow to cover up the defects. Our pub
lic spirited citisrns who built those Hue
blocks on Main street last summer nusl
have felt rather disgusted as seeing suci'
dirty and uneven streets III front Of
their handsome blocks. One could
hardly cross over the street to do any
business for fear of sinking in the mua,
or neck deep in some of the holes our
stree, superintendent left there to catch
the unawareS who imbibed too much in
River streel-what shall ! say-water?
Now, MIR. Editor, this state OF matters
should not exist. Barre may not b.
able to pave her streets, nor even mac
adamize them, but she is able to hsel
those holes filled up at very little ex-
pense. Don't mean to fill them with sand
as they were last year, but of good har'
granite chips from some stone shed t'
fill them and keep them filled and no
let them oct into such a condition as
they were last fall, Barre can also af.
ford to clean the mud off them at nj
great expense. But rs long as we have
y Mayor and City Council that viii
allow Il man to do with our streets a,
he pleases, and allow him to use san,
instead of good stone chips TO fill W
holes as it is too hard work to fill chip>
into cart, so long we will have the
same dirty filthy streets 10 travel on.
Now when election time is near a.
hand let the citizens of Barre see Il
putting men in office that will give ut
better streets. and that is what the ci',
should devote its attention to next year,
is giving US better streets and keepin1
them in repair.
Our present City Council has use'
very poor Judgment in the erection Of
our new city hall, AS an architect VIII
visited Barre said i, was like patch"
bedspread. Our city council claims thu
voters got what they voted for. In tina
they are wrong. No voter in Barre ever
voted to have the yellow brick pillai il
front of the lower story. Neither did
they vote to have the space over Il"
arch ON Prospect stree, filled with yel
low brick; if they did they were Lee
away bv that fancy colored elevation
which Mr.. Adams presented looked al
bright on paper. Look at the building
now and see if it compares with TN"
fancy colorcd elevation that blinded ttt
voters of Barre.
IA thing of beauty is a joy forever
but we can't say this about our ne"
city hall.
Mr.. Editor, in conclusion, lwou!d 81!
II some unforeseen power would remov'
that building away hack among f'''
hills and let some .armer have 1t TOR :
bay barn or sheep pen, or anything III
could use it for, and if the same pow
would remove the Miles block ana 81
it down in its place we would have
thing of beauty, and something tn
voters would feel proud Of. Am sor'.
NV taxes should go to help erect such
homely building as that is going :" We
TAXPAYER.