Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-16
A START
On a Permanent Street to
Be Put Down ~
ON MAIN Street
Other Business Done by the
Aldermen Last Evening
ON MAIN Street

At regular meeting Of the board
of alderman last ening with all mem.
bers present the first steps In regard
to building permanent street on
Main St. we're taken in the passage OF
resolution providing for the prellml'
nary surveys for permanent maca-
dam, concrete or paved street on oou1n
and North Main Sts., from the cover
ed bridge to the Smith, Whitcomo y
Cook Co plant An attempt was al
so made to settle the trouble about
the overseer OF the poor by the lntro'
duction of resolution providing 1or
resembling the vote declaring the ONCE
vacated. but the resolution was ruled
out by order of the president. C'n
siderable routine business was trans
acted.
Petitions for water extensions were
referred to the water committee Win
power to act from G.. II. Bond to con
meet his polishing mill: from William
Brown on Fllckwell street: Frank
Mears on p. asa 1t street: D. M. Miles
on Farewell tire It.
Mcfarland s. Boyce were given per-
mission to c ,uueCt the Two houses O1
A. Tomasi on Merchant S, rect With
their water system.
The petition of the Consolidated
Liz hling 60. for locations on certain
streets was granted and the location
of the p les left with the street COM
miJtee.
The report of the building inspec'
tor on the petitions of K. A. Lane TOR
a house on Circle street; c. w. Mel
cher for house at the corner on
Maple and Harrington avenues; OF
Trrw & Phelps for three houses on
Pl asanJ stree, 4; of O. H. Hale for an
auction 1oJm on Moth Main ST.:
were adopted and the permits order
e1 i>su d.
Sewer permits were granted to j.
L Walker ICr 4 huu u.e ON orange
street., to X. A. Lane for a house on
Washington street, to Mrs. l.. j.
Gladd. .n5 for a house on Washington
street.
A. d Morse was granted a license
To run his bowling alley until April l.
A petition TO have nuisance abat-
ed caused by teams being left at the
conner Of Quarry and south Main
streets at night, was referred to the
street commitlee with power to act,
as was 50 one for concrete crossing
across North Main street at WHIT
comb Bros.
The report of the street committee
on building a sewer on Beckley ana
Pleasant streets when all the AUDITORS
sign the petition was accepted ana
adopted.
On the recommendation of the
street committee two OK the StreetS
and part of another at Windsor Ter
race were accepted. The streets are
all nicely worked and in excellent con-
dition.
President Mackay in reduced reso
luton from the street committee call
ing for the preliminary surveys for
permanent macadam, concrete or
paved street for Main St.. from the
covered bridge to the Smith, Whit
comb & Cook Co s plant ami IL was
passed unanimuu ly.
. Tne:: resolution a.propriatlng Il. S!oo
for the water superintendent with
which to pay sm4.l bills Win was
passed.
The contract with the Consolidated
Lighting Co., for lighting the city,
was approved.
power to change the location Of the
light at the corner Of Summer and
Seminary streets, 50 that Addison
street should get the benefit Of the
light.
The contract of P. S. Smith as city
engineer was approved, as also that
of w. T. Campbell as water superin-
tendent, with his bond of $4,000.
A resolution was introduced to re-
scind the vote of the city council de.
claring the office Of the ove rseer Of the
poor vacated, but was ruled ont of or
der on the ground that the aldermen
had no control over the action of the
city council.
John Anderson, Walter Emerson
and George Booth as special commit
tee appeared before the boa d to k
on the part Of the stonecu tsrs and
toolsharpeners that the nomination