The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-14
BIDS FOR
ST. PAVING
Contract Will Go to Al.
Lan8efeld & Co.
ORANGE co. O.TELEPHONE co
TO Enter the City With Office at 0. J.
Dodge's--- Drunk Ordinance
Is Adopted.

special meeting Of the city council
was held last evening for the purpose Of
opening bids for paving North Main
strret. -Four bids were received, and we're
opened and read to the council They
were as follows
Soule, Dillingham; s. Co., Boston, exea-
waiting $50 yards street, two feet outside
street railway, II cents yard, $50 yards
inside line two feet from street railway, 20
cents yard; laying 800 cubic yards con
crete, 81 per cubic yard, 100 cubic yards
inside rails 80 per cubic yard $3.50 yards
paving outside rails, sI.34, $50 yards In
side SLIP.
August j. Langefeld s. Co, Of Fitch
burg, Mass, excavating Is cents, inside
rails Is cents; laying concrete outside
rails s4.35 cubic yard inside S4.35 paw
ing 81 cents, inside rails Sl.01.
e. F. More Of Burlington, exeaYating,
rs cents, inside rails 80 cents; laying con-
crete $500, inside rails S7,25; paving
s1.0s inside rails S1.l9.
S. D. Tilton, Wo0dsville. \. H.. exca-
waiting 20 cents, inside rails 25 cents lay
ing concrete, 5000, inside rails 500,
paving S11O, inside rails SI.25.
The bids were referred to the city en-
gineer to figure out which was the lowest,
to report to the street commissioners at
the close Of the meeting
The bids figured in totals are
Soule. Dillingham; 4 Co, Sl2, ,422s0.
E. F. Moore Sl1, 25530.
S. ID. Tilton, $40 649.00
A. J Laugefeld & Co., Sd, 900 10.
The contract will be awarded to Lange-
field & Co as soon as a bond Is furnished
on this bid the portion to be paid by the
street railway Is approximately Sl,T07,5O,
"A resolution was presented granting the
/ Orange County Telephone Company the
right to erect poles on Elm and East
streets, and Batchelder, Boynton aud
! Brooklyn streets to II. Il. Smith II Co.'s
sheds, and establish central Office In @.
]. Dodge's store, provided the company
pays 81 yearly on every telephone installed
| 10 Barre Alderman Currier spoke In
favor Of the resolution and 1t was passed
to a second reading and hearing viii be
given on the location OF poles.
A resolution was adopted naming cer-
tain streets on which the New England
Telephone company Is to put It's wires
underground.
A building permit was granted A. f
S0rtwell to erect tw0-st9ry brick build
ing with solid brick walls next the East
man block II Is to have 5 feet frontage
on Main street and depth of Is feet.
A water permit was granted ii. W.
Scott to connect house on Batehelder street.
The council was appraised ot the re-
ceipt Of Sl90328 the city's portion Of the
state school tax.
A communication asking the privilege
Of hning up the swimming hole In Gunner
brock was referred 10 the water commit
tee with power to act.
A request from Edwin Carleton and T.
M, Lyon to lease the strip Of land between
Elmwood cemetery and the buildings on
/ Highland avenue for a term Of three years
was referred 70 the cemetery committee.
N00nan & Co. were granted hotel Ii.
cense for the Hotel Northern.
The ordinance providing for the arrest
4 Of intoxicated persons was read second
time and adopted Also an ordinance
creating three cemetery trustees.
The committee on health reported an in
yestigation with the conditions at the
place of Mrs. ]. r. George on Elm street,
and that they had been improved Health
0fiicer j. W. jackson reported the Toma-
81 yard on Merchant street had been
cleaned up, and asked for instructions re-
garding the keeping Of pigs under Down
ng's stable, where he said there were be-
tween so and 90 pigs and shoats.
! A lunch room license was granted MIS-.
Il J Holland
Supt. Andrus said the pipe for the Gas
Co.'s mains was on the way and would be
laid as soon as received.