Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-06-10
Water Bonds To
Be Issued.
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with great care and came highly recon
mended, especially MIR. Blake. Experts
unanimously recommended paying $133
600 rather than 60 before commission
Some 26 men had investigated the ques
ton and % were in favor of buying
He scored the majority report some
more and sang another verse of bis
political song and then got down tt
pathos Someone in the crowd interup
ted him to cry "Politics." Mr.. Grand
all was next overhalled some. lie
drew a terrible picture of the situation
we should be in if we went before the
commission and got left. If the citizens
would only quit using spring water oul
plant would pay for itself in 30 years
Had received a telegram from Goodhue
that afternoon and he would make no
new propositions.
Mr.. S. d. Allen arose and objected to
being called liar by the Mayor and
MIR. Ingram. committee could prove
every statement. Demanded that Mayor
retract charge of falsity or else read the
reports before the meeting. DR.. II. o.
Worthen arose and fattly contradicted
some statements made by Mr.. Gordon
and MIR. Ingram. He was interrupted
by several Gordon men but kept on with
his speech. Had seen a letter from
Mayor Gordon to Mr.. Crandal asking
him if he did not think his estimate OF
the value of the plant was too low. He
proceed to tell how in the beginning
MIR. Gordon had promised one thing and
done another. thereby getting the city
into this water difficulty.
Putney, VT, had issued its water
bonds at three per cent and floated them
at par. Lots of other cities have issued
bonds at from three to three and one
fourth per cent Accused James Ingram
of introducing a resolution before the
committee and then of voting against it.
Was in favor of paying $133 900. for
the plant if we could get it free of in
cumbrancess, but did not want to buy
four or five lawsuits with it. Gordon
had told only one side of the story
Why did we pay Blake between 81 100
and $1,000 for his services, Didn't
think Gordon had done every thing with
his eyes shut.
Mr.. Ingram spoke again and then
Frank Martin was recognized by the
chair and delivered very interesting
speech against paying $l33000. He
was hooted at by the Mayors hackers,
who made so much racket that he had
to stop and wait for quiet several times.
He went deeper into some of the ques
tiods already spoken of by oilers, and |
emphasized the fact that we were keep
ing out of one lawsuit and getting into
several. The plant was decreasing in
value when we took it. the rentals fall
inc off in go and .97. $133OO0 too
much. Favored condemnation pro-
ceedings.
MIR. Bassett moved that the vote be
taken on the main question. Chair
stated that no checklist had been pre-
pared and that the city council did not
consider that they were obliged to pre-
)are one. A lively scrap followed over
he manner in which the voting should
Dc done. Mr., Bassett seconded by &.
\. Smith moved that the names and yea
md nay votes be registered by the clerk.
lanes Mari amended that the votes be
deposited in the box. After trying the
'ote on the amedment twice the
hair was still in doubt and appointed
)r. Stlckney, Mr.. Bassett, ii. W. Scott.
eve Forsyth. Z. M. Tantor and b. W.
locker as telars. The result was as
blows: Whole number 1873 necesesary
or choice 81, yeas 6S. nays 90.
The original motion as amended was
ut after Mr.. Mari had said he hoped
he voters would Kill the whole of it and
hey did kill it. After reading the last
art of the majority report the chair put
le question OF its adoption and the
yunt was AS follows " hole 22O, I
Icessary Ill, yeas lO3, nays,l17 and
he adoption was refused,
The mayor moved that the city issue
5 wafer bonds in denominations of
1000 each, at least $4,000 to become
le each year at 4 percent with inter- j
1t coupons attached; 100000 worth (
be issued to the Barre Water Com
my or its order, the balance to be sold
the best advantage. The whole
noun. not to exceed $1,000 The
ayor, clerk and aldermen TO be author
ed 10 transact the business. The
ayor thought $l55 900 all we need to
'ue now, but wanted leeway. Judge
,rney seconded his motion. Judge
,yce moved to amend so that all the 81
nds be sold in open market. Barney u
id such amendment would nullify the