The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-04
Aldermen Refer Keeping
Pigs in City Limits
no THE CITY ATTORNEY
And Secretary Of Board af Health.
Barre's Vital Statistics For
August.


a special meeting Of the city council
was held last evening, all members being
present. The meeting was called that the
pay rolls Of city laborers might be ap-
proved and warrants ordered paid IN time
for them TO secure their wages before La
Dor day, the date Of the regular monthly
meeting OF the council A very large
number of warrants were ordered paid
The finance committee reported on the
condition Of the city finances aud the
same was accepted and placed on file and
the recommendation Of appropriations
adopted
flverseer Of the Poor l.. II Thurston
reported the expenses Of bis department
in August to be S828.40: for the eight
months of 1908 to be S2I47.9S as against
s2l154 for the same period IN 1902.
communication on shower baths was
referred 20 the water COMMITTEES.
An invitation for the city to send dele
gates in Che person of tile mayor, alder
men, etc., 20 the seventh annual conven-
tl0n Of tile municipal league Of America
1t Baltimore In October was read By the
city clerk and laid on the table.
A request for two sewer permits by
Clyde ~. Perry was referred to the street
committee with power to act
A petition for a sewer extension OF
Brook street was referred to the street
committee to report back
a sewer permit was granted Y Lovely.
A lunch room license was asked for By
9. Iomasi for the store next the lunch
cart opposite Depot square Referred to
license committee to report back
George w. Mann asked the privilege Of
opening UP Main Merchant and yelling
ton streets to extend the water pipes from
his spring to his house Referred to the
street committee and city engineer to re-
port back
Perry y Scribner requested the privilege
Of opening up Washington street fron Nell
son street southerly to the city iimits, Re
ferTed to the street committee and eAy en-
gineer to report back.
Building permit was granted to Calder
& Richardson to build q coke shed
The report Of Health Officer Dc ] WI.
Jackson for the month Of August gives rs
births of which II are male and II fe-
males. The number Of deaths was TO.
The report Of the building inspector for
the month Of August showed 80 permits
granted for the month.
The request of +. A. Drown for build.
ing permit to extend his building back IA
feet was referred to committee Of the
whole to report back.
Health Officer J w. Jackson appeared
before the council with a communication
signed BIZ DF. J II. MeSweeney, i. NJ.
AveTill. DR. II. B Whitaker and others
declaring the places under Downingls lly-
cry stable aud Nelson's barns as nuisances
and demanded that they be abated. Re-
ferred to healtn officer and city attorney to
have the nuisance abated, If they SO find
it.
Alderman Albesltti reported on nni-
sance at the end Of Smith street and on
motion by him the street committee was
authorized to post a dump no rubbish
Sign on the street
Health Ofioer Jackson reported that an
examination Of the city water by the state
laboratory at Burlington reported the Bar
re city water to be better than the average
water of the cities Of the state