Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-10
CITY COUNCIL.
Special Meeting Held Last
Night. No More Fres-
Going by MIR. Morton
Several Old Matters Settled
and Number of Build
ing Permits Granted.
Other Routine
Business.

council first looked over the opera
house and had some talk with Mr.
Morton about doing little more work
on the walls.
Joseph Ward of the firm of Ward Il
Douglass, was present to get a settle
ment with the city. A long discussion
followed, but it was finally voted 10
pay him the $1,000 due him as the city
had been released from the trustee pro-
cess.
A bill of $12S.40 from Burnham n
Ayers for window frames in the base
ment was next considered. There was
a little difficulty about who was respon-
sible for certain imperfect work and
after I, vain effort on the part OF the
council to discover who should suffer
for it the bill was ordered paid.
The Jail question was next brought
up by the mayor but as no one had any
remarks to make it was passed over for
the goth time. The matter of protect
ins the switches for the main entrance
50 that the boys could not turn The lights
off was next considered. No action
then but later referred to the lighting
committee with power to act
MIR. Morton the decorator was called
down stairs and the mayor sang his
poverty song to him so as to get him in
proper frame of mind to put low
figure on his work, and Mr.. Morton was
duly impressed. Hv-5greed 20 tint the
walls OF all the rooms, excepting the
poAotlice, the city clerks room and
those in the basement, in two colors for
each room, and to put ii strip of oil paint
some four or five feet wide, with il dado
ON all rooms not having wainscol, for
$3.50.
After talking Il while and pleading
poverty IN informal ballot was taken
which resulted five in favor of having
the " ork done and one opposed. The
mavor had Il resolution drawn up giving
MIR. Martin $3.50 if he would include
the city clerk 5 room, which has already
been morescoed by local man. Mr..
Martin thought that he would stand this
last cut, but when just rs the resolution
was to be voted upon the mayor wanted
II stripe put around all the rooms near
the ceiling for the same money he alb
iectcd, saying that his pr'ce was already
below rock bottom. The mayor tried
to make him think he had to do it, but
Mr.. Martin said "no'' decidedly and
consequently the council will have to
find someone else to do their decortt
ing
A resolution appropriating $500 for
the French library was read tie second
time and passed, as was also one relat-
inc to furniture for the council chamber.
The resi- nation of &. b. Townshend rs
school commissioner was accepted. A
petition for concrete sidewalk on East
street from Academy street to Eastern
avenue was laid Oh the table and it is
understood all similar petitions will be
treated the same way. A sewer permit
was granted to b. A Eastman ON Camp
street. A petition from +. ID. Beckley
of Hooker avenue to connect with the
surface sewer on Prospect street was
referred to the street commissioners and
the board of health.
Building permits were granted rs
follows IN. NJ. McIver house ON
Circle street; Mrs Il. &. Kent, house ON
jefferson street. +. A. Il. Bishop, Two
tenement houses OF jefferson street
Bessie Granite Co., temporary stone
two houses on Farewell street and Elm
wood avenue; j. II. George, piazza
l.. w OOlDuIu, uOuNt Ull DIOOk StIctl
and ansther on Brook street
Robert Merchant, house on Smith street
Mrs Cluness hen house off Brook street
b. +, Blair. hen house on Warren
street. A petition from \. NJ. Mrlvcr
to build Il blacksmith shop on the corner
of Elm and Franklin streets, near where
Bosters shop now stands, was referred
to the street commissioner,
Luther Avrrill's petition for Il sewer
and to have a new street worked on
certain portion of his land was talked
ever but not voted upon. The street
commissioners rrpori,d favorahly on the
petition for street fronl Ayel street to
Orange street. recommending that Clin-
ton street he mnveA and that 5000 land
damages be paid L. D. Bolster. Tho