Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-17
MORE WATER
City Voted Last Night
To Complete The
ORANGE EXTENSION
Bonds To Be Issued Up To
Amount Of $4,000


Al the special city meeting held in
the opera house last night it was vot.
ed to 60 ahead and purchase the rights
of the mill owners at East Barre and
to complete the Orange Brook extern
sion Of the citys water system. 1t
was voted to bond for the amount
necessary to do this, not to exceed
$50, 900
After the reading OF the warning by
City Clerk Wells, F. e.. Rowland was
elected chairman. Geo. I Swasey
moved that May or Phelps be request
ed to state the situation as he saw 1t,
and it was SO voted.
Mr. Pnelps spoke briefly, telling OF
the city gr. az need for more water,
and exp 'essitg the opini n that this
opportunity Ter purchasing the rights
OF the mill owners at East Barre for
$50, should not be neglected. He
said that the leeds for the privileges
and rights we're in the hands Of f G.
HowlaLd, awaiting the city's accept
ance, and while all precaution had
been taken to avoid future litigation.
1t might materialize.
Wm. Barclay spoke in favor OF pur-
chasing, if it was sure there would be
no litigation Walter Emerson. Fred
Bruce and Others asked questions,
which were answered by Mayor Phelps
AID Att ,rney f. r Davis. Mr.. Davis
spoke at S me length about the rights
OF the F. Ast Barre fire district, cor.
roration which owns an acre OF land
above the site Il the pr )pos ed storage
reservoir on Orange Brook.
Engineer C. Sour ier supplement-
ed his remarks by some interesting
figures. If the aforesaid Fire Co.,
should build dam on the land afore
mentioned and run TX incn pipe in
to EastOBarre village they would get
from hydrant located near the hotel,
using 100 feet OF hose and one one
inch noAZle, no other connections b.
ing in use at the time and all condi
tiol S the most favorable possible, u
pressure at theshyd a 1t Of 80 pounds
to he square inch and pressure of
% 10 pounds at the nozzle. Water
Guild be thrown vertically 43 feet. In
Barre city we havea pressure OF 95 or
100 pounds to the lit ch.
This location is the lowest in the
v lldge where there are many build
irgs At the railro d crossing, near
The post office, which is the business
center, the pressure at the hydrant
would be l3! pounds to the inca and
10 pounds at the nozzle A vertical
steam could be thrown 20 feet. At
the Congregational church the water
would Just run out of the nozzle an
at the school house 12 SIG pounds Of
pressure ould he lacking from that
sufficient to force The water to the
tozzle. A six inch pipe line from
their land on the Orange Brook would
60 about $4,000. They already
hold some six or seven Thousand dol
lars worth of property, and under the
genera law they can own only SlO,-
900 worth, so it would be impossible
for them to construct a pipe line. Be
sides If the city of Barre purchased
the mill privileges they would be able
To charge the fire Company damages
for taking water past said privileges.
At this point there was regular
fusilade Of question which were an
swered by different peope. L. j.
Bolster opposed the purchase. He
said he owned a mill privilege bt low
the Sergeant mil, and was going o
build a polishing mill there, and if
the city ok any water they would
have TO settle with him He aiyoca-
tes the purchase of spring water by
the city. In answer to a remark he
said, "Bul>ter is not apt to give a""y
great deal. that isn't the way he
made his money" Then came more
questions and answers and discussions.
At length Harvey Jersey arose and
spoke 90 minutes rehearsing at lengl
the old arguments he has used fore
After uuinportant remarks +. w.
Bi bee spo at some length strongly
in favor of the purchase After re-
marks by j. p Mlrr ia tavor ard j
II. CAllaghan against, Fred Bruce
made a rouSi 9 sp ech in favor Of the
jurcha>e, j W. Gordon so favored
it, The question was then put TO
vote and carried by an ovefwh- lining
mai rlty and the city council Was au.