Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-19
Investigation
Of The Police viii Be
Held By The Aldermen
MANY Appointments
Are Confirmed, Nearly All In.
animousIy

The regular meeting of the board of
aldermen last evening was very i'm
portant one as it confirmed large
number of nominations made by
Mayor Melcher, not single one being
rejected The meeting also voted
unanimously to hold an investigation
into the matter OF not giving an
alarm Monday morning on account of
the hipb water in the river.
All III e MT nDels OF the board were
prassnt, ana lAe first business was Il
petition in lega-l to the extension OF
the sHreet Yallfoad tracks on Ayers
st. After d few remarks explanatory
of hog Tue matter stood the petition
was referred to the city attorney to
look the matter up and see how much
authority the city had in the question
Of extending the tracks.
The request OF the Barre Retail
Merchants Association for an inyesti'
CATION into the matter Of the police
not giving an alarm Monday morning
because Of high water in the river
was read 1t was voted upon the
motion of Alderman Mackenzie to
hold an investigation on Friday even.
ing al O'Clock.
A petition from the BricKlayerS and
Masons' Union asking that the city
use only union labor and union mater
al upon all city work was received
but was LAID. on the table.
A petition lhat a sidewalk be built
upon the northerly side of Prospect
street bridge on the box containing
the Wa ter main was referred to the
water committee with power to
act. q
The designations of DR.. J. H. jack
sou and S. d. Allen as cemetery com
missioners we've read and it was voted
to ask each to reconsider his action
A communication from R. w. Taft
of Burlington in regard to securing
the refunding of the money paid each
year as special U. s. liquol license
for the city agency was also laid upon
the table.
A resolution paying @. l.. Currier
$50. 80 for damages in full for the
wall and grading of fremont ST., was
given Its final passage.
A resolution authorizing a tempor-
ary loan OF 800 900 in anticipation OF
taxes was passed as was also one trans
ferring $4,000 from the general fund
to the school fund.
The report of the building inspector
was read and the following permits
were granted: DIR. Nj. D. Lamb, to
repair house on Summer St.. Frank
Lafayette, to build an addition to his
barn on Batchelder'S meadow; ID. M.
Miles, to change barn on Farwell St.,
into two tenement house; Nelson
Bergh, to build a barn on Washington
St.
The official bonds OF the city treas
urer, first and second constable were
accepted.
The following nominations Of Mavor
Melcher were approved, the contirma-
tiOn being unanimous except where
| figures are given:
Patrick H. Brown, chief OF police.
E. E. Perry and L. N. Gauthier,
patroImen.
VIM. Wishart, city attorney.
L. H. Thurston, overSeer of the
poor. % tO1)
w. T. Can pbell, superintendent of
water works.
Alexander e. Bruce, perintendent
of streets.
G. B. Nichols. II. G. Whitaker and
John Anderson, board of health.
w. F. Stevens, superintendent OF
fire alarm.
c. II. Campbell, chief engineer.
e. +. Smith, F. T. Cutler, W. Nj.
Holden and G. B. Gladding, assist mt
engineers.
j. A. L. Julian, especial reporter
of the city council"
H. M. Houston, inspector Of wood,
lumber and, shingles.
G. N. Tilden, inspector Of leather.
W. G.. Reynolds city weigher.
F. G. Llgouri, inspector Of food.
G. w. Averill, sealer OF weights and
measures.
Frank e. Langley, John e. Smith
and Frank McWhorter, pound keep
erS.
L. j. Griffin and Virgil E. Ayers,
fish and game wardens.
c. w. Hall, James Smith and t. 4.
Mills, fence viewers.
E. l.. Smith, cemetery commissioner
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