Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08
Company Will Furnish Them Tenn.
porarily at Old Price
Cannot Put in Any New Apparatus or
Add Any Lights during n short
Time COutract-AIde
Business.

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! No action relative to the matter was
taken. The following letter was received
from +. II. Parker. superintendent OF
| the Burlington Light IL Power company.
j. j. Shea. Chairman Committee on
Street Lights. Dear Sir:-In reply to your
committees request that this company
name the city a price for continuing the
present street lighting service one year,
| | would say that we cannot make such a
| proposition. for the reasons fully set
| forth In my letter to you of July y, 1903.
! AS previously stated to you, our appara
tus has reached an age where the repairs
| are excessive. and where it cannot be
| depended upon for continuous service,
and if we were bound by one year con
| tract we might be obliged to purchase
| apparatus to use but a few months For
! tho present. we will continue the street
| lighting service from night to night, at
| the old contract rate of $50 per light per
year. the service furnished each month
! to be paid during the following month,
with the distinct understanding that we
arc not to put in any new apparatus or
| any additional lights, and that we will
| make only such ordinary repairs as our
| regular help are competent to make, and
| that we will not replace any dYnamos or
lamps that may be burned out by the
\ various accidents that SO often happen
to electrical apparatus. SO that it is ex-
/ preSsly understood now that this com
/ pany assumes no responsibility for any
! future failure of tho lighting service from
| above causes. while this temporary ser
| vice is continued, for the reason that the
| city has failed to make contract for
| street lights for Il term of years sutf-
GENTLY long to warrant us in installing
! new ana modern apparatus for this ser
/ vice. as we have repeatedly offered to do.
| Please advise MS if this proposition meets
| the approval Of the city council.
| Yours truly,
+. H. PARKER, Supt.
! 7. S.-'rhis letter. written on the 24th
/ inst. was not sent on account of the
/ board meeting which was held that day.
The street commissioners reported in
favor of the petition to curb North Cham
! plain street from North to North Bend
streets ana "A resolution was adopted au-
thoriZing the work The commissioners
also reported in favor of tho petition for
a sewer in South Willard street and a
resolution authorizing the same was
adopted.
When the monthly statement of the fire
department came up Alderman Shea oh
| jeCted to an item of $40 charged by Chief
Murray for his recent trip to Atlantic
| city. Upon the motion Of Alderman
Trick the bill presented by Chief Murray
was referred back to the fire committee.
! The statement amounting to S3i964. less
the so. was ordered paid.
| Thomas Failey and t.lihu b. Taft who
were appointed a committee to settle the
accounts Of Charles f.. Allen, former city
clerk reported as follows:
| We find that Mr.. Allen paid over to
the city treasurer in 1902. after the mat
ter of license fees paid to the city clerk
was looked up by Auditor Failey. as fol
| lows:
ION account of dogs 500: on account of
other licenses. STA; total, s24i: and also he
has paid over since your committee was
appointed as follows: on account Of dogs,
S7S Il: on account of other licenses $50 %;
total $l35; making a total of 1919 paid
over. The dog and other license accounts
were very carccSslN kept by Mr.. Allen
and we were not able to satisfy ourselves
AS to the accuracy Of the above result
but feel We are compelled to accept this
as correct under the circumstances.
The committee to whom was referred the
matter of heating apparatus in the fire
department reported stations two and
three in good condition hut that station
one needed new apparatus which could
b. installed for $3.50.
a petition for a street light at the
junction of South Union and King streets
was referred to the street commissioners
The street commissioners reported in
favor OF granting the petition for side
walk on the south side of Bank street
and a resolution was passed authorizing
the work.
4 petition for Il sidewalk on Colchester
avenue from Winooski bridge to Chase
street was referred to the street com
missioners,
The city treasurer was authorized to
borrow a sum not to exceed 500 600 to pay
the accrued and accruinE liabilities of the
city
The fire committee reported that Mossrs.
Maynard and Droulette were employed
in the department last month but that
Maynard had been dismissed, thus leaving
only one substitute regular.
The following licenses were granted:
Peter S. Gay. for remodelinE shed on
Bright street into Il blacksmith shop;
G. +. Collision. for verandas. etc, on
house on corner North Prospect and
Loomis streets: Gilbert Blaze. for house
on Marble avenue; G. T.. Putney. for new
house on Cliff street extension: c. w
Brown, for raising roof of house ON
North street; Messrs. Agel & Levin. for
building stone foundation and scales
on Bright street: G. T.. f. Sparhawk
for remodeling building on corner of
Bright and Archibald streets into a
four tenement block; s. c. Clark, for
house on South Prospect street: Ma
poleon Thomas for building addition
and raising roof of house on Russell
street: Frank Chambers. for raising
house on North Champlain street; Mrs.
Kate McGettriok. for moving building
on North avenue: ]. +. I.anou. for build
ing stone wall on Elmwood avenue and
Cedar street: 4. f. Mulhearn. for rails
ing house on Elm street: DR.. c. s
Boynton for addition to house on
North Prospect street; T.. T.. Meigs for
house on Maple street; w. c. Rushlow.
for yeranda on house on Archibald
street; q. f. North, for two houses on
| nd 4 tA,