Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-06-12
TO CLOSE SALOONS.
City Council Will Appropriate 500
for Bands.


for Bands.
The City Council met in special ses-
sion last night with all members pres
cnt except Alderman Kingston.
The mayor wanted an expression Of
the sentiment of the council on the
proposition to raise a special tax to
purchase library site, SO as to head
oil the movement on foot to call a
special city meeting His Honor said
that he was decidedly opposed to the
proposed special tax. He did not like
the proposed site and thought the
money had better be used for sewers.
Mr.. MacKay asked the mayor if he
would approve of special tax foL
sewers on the west side, and he said
it would depend entirely upon the size
of the tax. Mr.. MacKay thought the
library site would and should come
before the people, and so, after lot,
of discussion the matter remained
right where it started.
His honor took up the matter of
hitching posts, stating that the G. ".
Ry. would lease the necessary land on
Burnham's meadow for $40 a year
After lengthy discussion, In which
Mr.. Patterson questioned the legality
of approprating money for hitchingj
posts, his honor was authorized to ex-a
ccutc the lease with the railroad COM,
pany.
a resolution was adopted transfer
ing $4,000 from the general to the
school account. Clerk Wells stated
that the state tax of 50, 55O.10 was
due and that he had no money to pay
it,
\ petition for the appropriation of
800 for cornet bands was read, and a
resolution appropriating the desired
amount was passed to second reading.
MacKay moved that the chief of.
police be instructed to enforce Sec. 8,
Chap. "A of the city ordinances, which,
provides that all saloons be closed at
II O'Clock every night and remain
closed until daylight the next morn
ing.
This motion was carried unanimous
ly, and the police committee are to so
instruct the chief.
Mr.. MacKay moved for a reconsld-
Grafton of the street committees re
port on u petition for sewer on Circle
street, stating that the usual custom
of assessing abutterS would be an in
Justice to the land owners on the
west side of the street. A very pro-
tractcd and uninteresting general
scrap on the sewer question followed.
At last the original report was refer
red back to the street committee.
A petition asking that Clinton st.
from Orange to Aver street be fixed
for travel was referred to the street
committee.
e. N. Prescott was granted the
right to connect with the public
sewer on Currier street. The matter
of selling some damaged sewer pipe
and the old road machine was referred
to the street committee with power
to act.
A petition from Mcfarland & Boyce
to connect the old house opposite the
fork shop with their spring water
system was referred to the street COM
mittee with power to act according to
the city ordinances.
At different times during the even
ing some 20 employees recently dis
charged from the water department,
presented to the water committee the
orders given them by the supt. of
water works, causing a continual in
terruption and disturbance of The
meeting. The mayor and Alderman
Mann made some very pointed re-
marks about the occurrence, and
discussion as to how the water de-
partmcnt help should be paid off fol-
lowed. Mr.. Patterson finally moved
that Mckay's resolution relating to
the pay roll be reconsidercd. The
motion was lost and on a call by Nc
Kay for registration of vote was lost
again by tic vote. Council adjourn
ed about O'Clock.