Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-08
! OFFICE VACATED
/
[Cit Council So Vote
Upon 0verseer Of Poor
t. H. 7HuRsToN
And Jamas Duncan Nominated
But Both Rejected By Alder

The Office Of overseer of the poor for
the city Of Barre is vacant as the city
council by vote OF to 3 accepted
the resignation OF o. D. Shurtleff and
declared the office vacated last eve.
ming and the board Of aldermen in
special session assembled did not con
firm either of the nomina ions Of May
or Phelps for the position. 1t was a
little after II O'Clock that Mayor
Phelps broke the deadlock that had
existed in the city council by voting
with Aldermen Mackay, Scott and
Kingston on the motion Of Alderman
Mackay to declare the office vacant.
But by both of the nomi iaat tiors Of the
mayor being rejected the city is left
In almost the same situation as it was
before the deadlock was broken as
there is no overseer of the poor and
the duties of the Office still devolve
upon Alderma Kingston as the chair
man Of the committee on charity
| Considerable routine business was
!
Of the evening came up for considera
tion. A petition to extend the sew.
on Oswald street was referred to tue
street committee with power to act, as
was also the petition of The North
Barre Granite Co. to connect with the
sewer. a permit to run a lunch room
at 41O North Main street was granted
Mathew Slmms and permit to hang
sign at the corner OF Pearl and
North Main streets was granted Prof.
S. Avery
A. Tomasi was granted permission
to connect with the sewer on M-rch
ant street as was also Warren How
land for two houses On Cambria and
Railroad streets.
Mrs. Mary Fuller was granted a
permitto dig up the street at 80
South Main street to clean out sew
er pipe and the street committee were
instructed to see that the street was
not left open at night unless properly |
guarded.
The petition of John Trow and H.
A. Phelps for 40 extension of the !
sewer and connections with the same |
for three houses on Beckley and Pleas.
ant StS, was referred to the street |
committee with power to act. The
petition Of the same for an extension
OF the water mains on Pleasant ST.,
was likewise referred
A complaint from the Salvation
Army In regard to the unsanitary con-
dition of the old city building was
referred to the property committee for
immediate action.
The acceptance of the deeds for the |
new streets laid out and worked on
his property on Hooker hill from Mark
L. Beardsley was referred to the street
committee to report back on.
The acceptance Of the deeds for
streets on the property of Ward &
Douglas, also on Hooker hill, was laid
upon the table while the street COM
.uittee are endeavoring to secure
more reasonable sort Of deed from
them.
The report of the building inspec'
tor on the applications Of Harry +.
johnson, to build wood shed on
Washington st.; of l. ]. Bolster, to
build a two tenement house on Jeffer-
son St., and also of the same to bui d
a tenement house on Granite ST.; of
Carl w. Hail. to re-shingle his house
on South Main ST of E. w. earle, to
re shingle his stone sned; of o. II.
Hale, to build additional story on his
house on Pearl ST.: Of Mrs. p. d.
Smalley, to re-shinele her house on
North Main ST., was accepted and
adopted and the necessary permits
we're granted. Alderman Patterson
presented protest from certain real
estate owners against the reoort OF
Harry F. .Johnson's twood shed but
the council granted he permit just
the same.
A resolution was read for lighting
the streets. 1t called for IS arc lights
at $40 eacn for 275 nights IN the year
and the same number of incandescent
lights as usual. 1t was referred back
to the lighting committee to make
further Investigations as 1t seemed to
be the general sentiment that the city
ought to get more Of the ipcandescent
lights instead Of the arc lights and
thus effect asaving In the bill for this
purpose. "'