Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-07
ALDERMEN IN SESSION
Committee Reports Progress on the
Opening OF King Street.

The regular meeting of the board OF al
dermen was held Monday and every mem
Der was present except Alderman Court
lney, who is in New York. Alderman Beach
presided as President Taft is acting mayor
during the absence of Mayor Hawley. Con
siderable routine business was transacted
but nothing of special Importance was done.
When an adjournment was taken 1t was
| until August Il at 1870 O'Clock.
The first business to come under consid-
Grafton was q complaint against certain
lhackmcn for violating city ordinances. f..
Moran, the Madigan Hack com
! pany, Ready Hack company, Dwyor
| Hack company Frank Ready and John
Black were charged with not wearing
badges as required, f. Finneran, Thomas
Mann, A. c. Collins, +. II. Lafont and the
Madigan Hack company were complained
of for not standing where they are assign
ed. Several hackmen addressed the board.
saying that they did not remain at the
stand throughout the day owing to excess
sive heat which caused their horses suffer
ing. The matter was rcfel red u the license
committee, Mayor Hawlcy and Chief Brow
nell
A petition for having the lower part Of
Hrookes avenue sprinkled was accepted and
placed on file
A petition for the sprnkling of Willard
street from North to Charles street was re-
ported upon favorably by the street com
missioners and resolution authorizing the
work was adopted.
The street commissioners were author
ICED to remove q tree opposite the lot at ia
Main street.
The street commissioners reported favor
ably upon a petition to have Spring street
sprinkled.
A petition for n sewer in Chase street
was referred to the street commissioners
A petition for a street light at the corner
of Pine street and Pirc place was referred
to the committee on poles and wires
The finance committee to whom was re-
fcrrcd the proposition of the New Eng
land Telephone & Telegraph Co. to fur
nish the city one set of telephone instru-
ments and local service In connection there
with for each 1000 population, recomme d
that the proposition be accepted and that q
proper resolution be passed conformil {
herewith. The report was accepted anC
placed in file.
The committee on finance. to whom was
referred the petition for increa Sc in the sal
aries of the regular policemen, reportcc
that in their opinion the pay Of the polio,
should be made according to time Of Ser
vice and individual merit ard recommen,
that the matter be referred to a committe,
who shall give the matter special attention
, and report at future meeting. The repor
was recommittcd to the finance committee
The street commissioners reported favor
ably upon a petition to curb, gutter auc
concrete sidewalks on Archibald stree
from Winooski to Interval avenue and
resolution was passed authorizing tn
work.
y resolution was adopted conveying t,
the diocese of burlington n strip of lanc
, on Archibald street between Hyde an,
Prospect streets.
, Tho special committee on lake from
matters. composed of Aldermen Wood
Shea and Trick. reported that matters per
. tanning to the suit for opening King stree
are progressing satisfactorily and that tn
special attorneys, Moves and Burnap. Civ
assurance of trial of the case at the SIP
tcmher term of court. The committee +
, ports on several minor matters and call
, the attention of the board to the fact tina
Depot street had been enCroaoh he'd upon s.
that the street as originally laid out is i'm
rassabe The report was accepted an
, placed on file.
+ A resolution was passed instructing tn
= city engineer to reSurvey Depot street an
, report to the board
A resolution was introduced by Alderma
. Shea, whereby the price of liquor sold a
the city agency shall not exceed a prof
of % per cent The resolution was adopted
f A resolution was adopted authorizing tn
/ printing of the voting list for the freemen
7 meeting. September .
Tho following bills were among those OF
= dorod paid: Fire department pay ro
i, $50 81, monthly statement $532 N; polio
pay roll, SS9l O3; street lights. 1855; Il
= quor department, $1,31o0i
e. The following licenses We're granted
- University Of Vermont for foundry; r.
n Perkins for three story tenement huildn
r on Pearl street; William Cayea for houS
{ on North Pend street; L. b. and A. {
Y Whiting for new factory building; Mar
n Fletcher hospital for addition to the ca
side of main building; A. l.. Austin fo
t night lunch cart: Norris & Rowe for eN
G hibition of trained animals.