The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-16
Mckenzie and Robins
the BeIligerentS
OVER ST. IMPROVEMENTS
First Ward Man Thinks Too Much
Money Is Spent on Third and
Fourth Ward Streets.

The usual humdrum Of city council
meetings was disturbed at the special city
m Getting last evening, By lively tilt be-
tween Alderman Mckenzie of the fourth
ward and Alderman Robins Of the first,
over the laying out Of money on streets,
the latter charging that all the expenditure
Is made on streets in wards three and
four, in which wards two members Of the
street committee, Aldermen Mckenzie and
Burke, reside, Alderman Mckenzie replied
with considerable heat and the other
members then poured oil on the troubled
waters, 50 that the tempest subsided, al
though distant rumblIngs we're heard
throughout the remainder Of the meeting.
The difference of opinion came up over
the report Of the street committee for the
month of March. The report was appar-
emily acceptable to Alderman Robins until
il came to the statement OF what the street
committee intends to do this summer, no.
tably the extension of pavement on North
Main street and the filling and repairing
OF Maple Avenue from Main to Seminary
street, North Seminary street from Main
to Summer and Elm street from Washiug-
ton to Summer Ii didn't take the alder
man from the first ward long before max
! ing objection to the further expenditure
On Maple Avenue. Maple AYenue divides
the third aud fourth wards He declared
that there has been enough money expend-
ed on streets 'aown there and that Ayers
and Hill streets 10 his bailiwick were
much more in need of repairs. although,
Oh being questioned. he admitted be hadn't
seen Maple Avenue for some time. But,
/ he asserted, the street committee do not
do their work right, They start tie work
and then leave It unfinished, making new
surveys necessary when the work Is again
resumed.
These and other things were said, and
they were enough to stir up the chairman
OF the street committee who asked the
first ward alderman to tstep up like a.
man" aud Gle his objections and not
.e0me in here aud vent your spleen In
that childish manner 2 Alderman Sow
den attempted to bring peace in the fami-
1 ly, and Mayor Barclay provoked laugh
from the other members BY saying that
| Circle street was still untouched BY the
street committee. After a lot of desuItory
| fring on the part Of the two aldermen,
Alderman Burke moved that the street
e0mmittees report be accepted. Alder
man Robins demurred but the motion was
carried
A fresh eruption was started immediate
| III after by the fourth ward alderman tell
ing the man from the first that he wouldn't
get any improvements If be kept up his
| present COURSE
Eyes, understand that you are the
people, rei0ined Alderman Robins
"tt's good thing II you understand
something was the others parting shot
Outside the wranging the council trans
acted little business. A. T0masi was giv-
en- permission TO erect tw0-st0ry bnild-
| ing between his main street block and bis
/ tenement on Merchant street, provided he
covered it with brick Neither steel nor
elapboards would do. This Is the first
1 application since the revised ordinance
went into Ell ct.
A resolution transferring S7,4l5 to the
school account was adopted A petition
for policeman to prevent the assembling
Of boys on the corner Of Brook aud Silver
street will be looked up. The barre Mer-
chants Association also applied for an
other patrolman IN the early morning
hours to prevent inceudiary fires, and the
matter was left with the police committee
and the department with p0ser to act.
Residents aud taxpayers on North Semin.
airy street asked that their street be filed,
and their request was referred to the
street committee. A sewer extension from
9S to 81 Granite street was referred
The appropriation Of 800 to the super.
| intendent Of streets was made The set.
ting aside Of $4,000 for the repair to the
sewer on North Main street. preliminary
so the pavement extension, will be decided
at the city meeting to be called soon. A
G. Blanchard was given permission To-
fence off the sidewalk ia front OF his pro-
posed block on Main street. G. a. Camp
bell was given lunch room license for
| Prospect street.
The report Of the street committee for
March showed the following balances:
streets, S6458 40; sewers, ST, l51 22; side
walks, 1850 81; permanent streets, q, $50
so; bridges, s2,0S5 10; surface sewers.
\ $340 46 The city attorney was author
ized to draw up bond for the Vermont
/ Telephone company, and few city war
rants were read and ordered paid The
opening Of stores Sunday was considered,
/ but no action was taken. Albisettl
asked for the basement Of the new school
house for the evening drawing school A
section will be inserted Ia the warning for
the city meeting,
A sho meeting Of the board of alder
men was held afterwards, at which May.
Or Barclay presented the name Of George
Booth for patFolman The tame was re-.
jected 2 to The following specials were
chosen: N, b, Nichols, unanimously, L.
B. Gallagher, unanimously, and Z NJ.
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