The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-19
Were Topics Of Discussion
BY the Aldermen
CITY PHYSICIAN PROBABLE
A Street Light Ordered for currier and
fremont st.--Mrs. Reeds Claim
Not Allowed Central Vermont
Wants Freight Paid.

The board oi aldermen held Il regular
meeting last evening With all menibeis
Lcine fesent The business before the
lnard e. mostly Of routss nature,
.lie rost important being the matter of
engaging a city physician 70 care for
the eity's poor and city empioyes. "a
this connection d communication from
| Dr B. w Braley contained much valu
liable advice and the charity committee
was authorized 20 draw up form Of
tcontraet on THE basis OF the suggestions
made by him and submit at the next
meeting. II approved, the physicians
lof the city will be asked to submit bids
on the same for the position of city phy-
sician. "A vote of thanks was rendered
Dr. Bralev for the valuable suggestions
contained in his letter
/ The matter of a sidewalk on Circle
street caused more or less OF an ami
mated discussion between tile mayor
and Alderman Mckenzie The mayor
asked what was being done about it
and Alderman Mckenzie replied that il
was IN the hands Of the property hold
ers on Circle street to decide whether
/ they wished sidewalk bad enough ta
furnish the curbing. He thought it i
waste Of good money to spend between
$500 and $400 To put ia a temporary
walk there The mayor thought Ii
would cost less and he urged that resi-
dents Of Perry street. who had furnish
ed the curbing to be set, could wait for
their walk another year. he further
wanted to know by what authority the
street commissioners were setting curb
ing ON Franklin street to accommodate
u few families
Alderman Mckenzie stated by Tie
lauthority given the street commissioners
tby the city charter he mayor thought
they We're going beyond their authority
land wanted the street commissioners
10 coniiue themselves To its provisions.
to which Alderman Mckenzie replied
that II the street commissioners were
Exceeding their authority, 50 also was
the mayor.
The report Of the street commissioners
for the month ending Oct. 3, showed Il
balance OF Sl,12224 to the credit OF
streets which they hoped would carry
them through To Jan. 4 The sidewalk
account has 4 balance bf Sl60-02 and
the surface sewer account S4s5s
a resolution appropr5ating 5000 to
the surface sewer account was read and
Ipassed To its second reading.
The committee ON lights recommend.
ed an arc light 70 be placed at the cor.
ner Of fremont and Currier streets.
The report was accepted ana adopted
aud the light ordered
II. a. Rngg was granted permission
to hang sign on Pearl street
The committee on streets and city
engineer reported ON the claim Of Mrs.
VIM. w Reid for damage from the over
flowing of a sewer that the sewer IN
question was constructed for a surface
! sewer and was not designed for the pur
pose to which it had been put, therefore
the city was not liable and they recon-
mended the bill be not allowed. The re-
port was accepted and adopted.
The street committee reported that A
I bill Of Wood & Gregoire for extra work
! Ion Brook street bridge abutments be
not allowed The report was accepted
and adopted.
The Central Vermont railroad ~.
ported they had i ear of grout billed g
the building committee Of the new fire
station which they should hold until the
freight was paid. The matter was re-
q ferred To the chairman of the commit
Z tee
( The request Of +. 4. Smith to open q
i street 10 repair water pipes was refer.
q red to the street committee, as was also
Z the request II NJ G, Melyer to haze
!. eurbing set Ia front of his house on Per
y ry street
4 a. s. Martin made a request that the
Il city water mains BE extended 100 feet
4 on Franklin street to accommodate i
!. house al his Referred To water com
II mittee
e a seeoud petition for an extension o.
a Ecty water mains on franklin street WAS
!. Preferred to the water committee
9 a request for sewer extension %
the same street was also referred to ths
e street committee
i The request 81 Clid Cote To hang /
s sigu was referred 70 the street commit
y tee.
r Tie matter Of making corrections II
i the wiring Of the city building to con
form to insurance requirements was re
terred to the property committee to gel
estimates on the cost Of making ths
corrections
J. Inspector ofl Buildings F. n Colburi
I, reported ~ applications ~ Scptenhel
e foI permits 70 make repairs % build
it ings.
a The piazza matter Of the A. Tomas
a block was referred to the city attorney
i The matter of cleaning np basemenf
S was referred Il the inspector Of build
re iugs and city attorney.
II The matter af fire escapes On the eiti
Ii buildings was fefened to tlc proport
~ lcNnmittee and building inspector MIL
.e lpower to act
If Permission was grinted the Gas ca
ID 40 run its pipes across Jail Branch TEN
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