Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-17
Mayor Phelps Thought
The Agreement Of
THE N. E. co
Was Improperly Signed And
insufficient

The board of aldermen met last
night with all members present.
A petition asking that Summer street
be widened and worked the entire
width from Merchant to Pearl street
was referred TO the street committee
to investigate and report back.
A petition for the laying out and
working of a street from the west end
Of Elmwood avenue to Leslie Law
rence's was similarly referred A Pc
tition for the extension Of the city
water main on Blackwell and John
streets was referred to the committee
On water, to report back.
The petition OF G. W. Mann for per-
mission to open portion of Granite
street to lay water pipes, was referred
| to the street committee with power to
act. A petition for the extension of
the sewer from wellington to Sheri-
dan streets was referred to the same
committee 70 report back. The mat
ter of extending the city water mains
to Dennis Starr was referred to the
water committee to report back.
Building permits were granted as
follows: Cha-. A. Smith, house on
Beech street; Smith Brothers to erect
an eight tenement block 3Ox72 feet,
two stories; G. W. Hobart, house on
Batchelder's meadow; P.S. Prior, feed
store atrear of residences; l.. J. Bols-
ter, build piazza and make other
changes on Summer street; W. D..
Smith, to reshingle house; b. b.
Halves, to build two houses on High
Hoborn street.
The matter of granting W. j. Tur-
ner license to run lunch room in
Depot Square was referred to the COM
mittee on license to investigate and
rel lort back. The resignation Of o.
d. Shurtleff as overseer of the poor
was read. Mann, seconded by Pat
Ierson, moved not to accept the resig-
natior. The vote was tie, Mann,
Robins and Patterson voting not tc
accept, and Kingston, Scott, and
Mackay voting the opposite way.
The resignation is thought to be on
account Of cut in salary, reported by
the salary committee recently. Last
year the office paid $4OO but salary
of only $500 was reported this year.
An invitation to the council from
Clan G rdun to attend the presenta.
tion OF Rob Roy at the opera house
May was accepted. A city warrant
for S68. So in favor Of E. w. Cumings
Was ordered paid. A communication
from the state Old Home Week asso.
citation was referred t" special com.
mittee consisting Of Patterson, Mann
and Scott, to report back at the next
meeting. The matter of working the
street and extending the city water
mains to the house Of Enrico Broghini
of Berlin street was referred to the
street and water committees.
A communication was received
from the Mayor vetoing the Board s
acceptance Of the agreement filed by
the New England Telephone & Tele'
graph Company, on the grounds that
said agreement was too vague and un-
specinc and was not signed by the
proper officials. A letter was read
from Supt. Butler to Mr. Scarf tel.
ling the latter that he might promise
certain things. Some thought this
would cover the Mayors objections,
but when His Honor was called in he
stated that nothing but clear cut
bonitide agreement would receive his
sanction and then the board voted to
sustain bis veto unanimously. The
matter was then referred to the Fl.
nance committee and Mayor and
City Attorney to draw up an agree.
ment for the N. Z, Tel. & Tel. Co.,
to sign and report back to the next
meeting.
Ihe street committee reported In
favor Of permanent sidewalk on War.
rem street, If the abutters would furn.
lsh the curbing, and the report was
accepted. So also Was the report on
the petition for plank sidewalk on
Foster street which report provided
that the abutters must pay for half
the plank and half the work.
A resolution presented by Patterson
authorizing the widening aud straight.
ening OF Elm street from @. II. Camp
BELLS to Hall street, was referred, by
request, TO the street committee TO
report back. He presented another
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