Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-13
CITY COUNCIL ACTED ON
MORE REPORTS SAT-
URDAY NIGHT.
Street Commissioners have
Laid Streets on French
Estate and awarded
damages.

The City Council held another adj
journed meeting Saturday night, Mayor
Gordon, and Counclmen Mcfarland.
Mcdonald. Thurston and Patterson be-
ing present when the meeting opened
at 7 :45.
The plan of boxes for the new post
Office was referred to Mr.. McWhorter
to number as he thought best, Messrs
Reynolds and Phelps next brought in
their exhibits for door furnishings for
the city Hall and the council "picked
locks" "turned knobs and "chewcd"
about hardware for the next hour.
Architect Adams, who was present, had
dislike for thumb latches on account
of their getting out of order so quickly.
Mayor Gordon thought the screws would
work out and let knobs come off at un-
expected and inconvcnicm times, Ad-
ans assured him that there was no dam
ger. if good locks were used. The
Mayor then recollected that the road
trod by the man who has thumb latches
is not always smooth, he having to
crawl out Of the window several times to
let himself out of the house.
While the hardware question was
still being discussed, about 8:l5, the
meeting was reinforced by the arrival
of Councilman Durkee. Postmaster Bis
bee, and II. A, Rugg. After a some
what protracted discussion a motion was
made to do nothing about door furnish
ings that night, as only one of the bid
ders had submitted bids on both knobs
and latchcs. A discussion arose as to
the advsabiity of hurrying up a little
and the motion was withdrawn. The
next motion was to award the contract
to the one having the lowest bid on lat
ohes and then deal with him if they de-
cided to use knobs,
Mr.. Thurs,on had conscientious scru-
pies about awarding a contract on bid
for lutchcs when the council expected
to use knelps, and that motion was with
drawn, and the first motion made over
urcin and carried. MIR. Adams is to
prepare new specifications making a
change to smaller plates on inside doors
Ora Gregware was present in behalf
of the tiremen 10 see if the council would
not vote to put lrusses under the sec
ond floor OF tiremens hall, claiming that
the floor jois,s We're cracked aud the
floor settling in the middle OF the club
room. He thought it was unsafe. MIR.
Durkec thought it ought to be fixed, and
the Mayor referred the matter to the
property committee with power to act.
Postmaster L. w. Bisbee took the
floor to encourage the Council to inves-
tigare the matter Of using the old boxes
as part of the furnishings for the new
post office. He said Mr.. cWhorter
aud the clerks told him many of the
boxes were already unfit for use, and he
thought the city would be foolish to put
them in for the short length OF time they
would last. lie also spoke about the
incongruity of using them in the new
and otherwise nicely furnished office.
The Mayor stated that McLane had
made proposals for putting in all new
boxes aud the post office committee
were waiting TO hear from him now
Mr.. Mcfarland, for the committee, said
it was a question as to what course
would be for tho best interests OF Inc
best interests of the city, and they were
irving to find out what McLane would
do. Mr.. Thurston thought that before
putting in all new boxes The counc'
should rescind the action first taken
which provided for the use OF the ol'
boxes. He thought the whole post OF
fee business was mixed up mess ah(
he for one was getting heartily SICK o
II Did not believe in having the U, >
government rent part of the new cit.
hall.
Mr.. Bisbee replied, and he and Mi
Tburston had a general msunderstnnd
ing, and the spectators enjoyed the mos no
exciting event of the evening. In
Movor advised Mcfarland to stir Nolan
up little, and see if the matter coul'
not be settled before long
Mr., Dornsife was short OF metal lat'
and wanted to use wood lath for tn
oe;linrs of the liquor room, police room