The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-06-07
MERCHANTS The BALANCE
Building Inspector Reports Dangerous
Conditions About City Many
Petitions Before Council.

lhe regular monthly meeting OF the city
council held last evening was nearly four
hours long, bnt the business transacted
was mostly Of a routine nature.
The special committee on the sprinklIng
Of streets reported that it had conferred
with a delegation Of the merchants and
had agreed with them that If they. the
merchants, would raise two thirds Of the
cost Of the sprinkIing, the committee
would recommend the council to pay the
other third
Representatives Of the Merchants Asso-
elation present stated that two-thIrds 0f
the cost had been raised by the merchants
and they were ready for the council to
take action
On motion Of Alderman Mckenzie Ii
was voted the city do the sprInkling. The
amount the merchants were TO raise was
$3.50.
Building inspector C0lbuYn reported on
several buildings inspected 81 him and
the fire chief. He reported that the base
ment under G. A. Heath's store, the base
ment under the old Telegram building, the
basement and surroundings Of HaIe's BAL
yilion, the repair rooms Of A w. Badger
& Co, the surroundings at the G Tomasi
blocks, the basement Of the Qninlen build
Ing, the basement Of the Drown block were
not properly looked after by their prOpria-
tors and that they were ID bad state, as
regards the danger Of Gre. He had order
ed conditions improved The report was
accepted and placed Oh hle
The application OF D 0ss0la for
theatre license was referred to the license
committee to fix the price and grant same
The committee on water reported the
water main extension asked for on Far
well street would cost $3.50. and as there
would be only one SO rental to be secured
from such extension the committee reeom-
mended the petition be not granted. Al
dermau Mckenzie moved that the words,
''the petition be not granted be stricken
from tbs report aud that It be laid ou the
table Il was SO voted. The same COM
mittee reported on the petition for water
extension up Hill street that the eIega-
tion ID too high for the city water supply
and advised the petition be not granted.
II was 50 voted.
On recommendation OF the salary COM
mittee, Miss Hattie LaB0unty's wages
were increased from SS3 10 S85 a month.
w A. Carpenter was granted pool
room license.
The street committee reported that ID
view of the fact the superintendent of
streets had made fill0n Main street from
w. d, Kidder's to Blackwell street. this
would answer for side walk for the pres
ent, and the petition FOR d sidewalk there
Is not granted The report was accepted
The same committee reported the petitions
for a sidewalk on Orange street were not
agreed as to what they wanted and there
fore they recommended the petition be laid
on the table, So voted
The petition for a sewer extension on
Hill street was laid on the table.
The report Of 0yerseer 0f the Poor G. "A.
Smith for May showed the expenses OF his
department to be S5T765 for the month
The expenses for the same month last
year were s20T43.
Petitions for sever extensions on Gra-
mite street and Garfield avenue, on Diyis-
ion street and on street were referred
to the street committee A petition to
have the grade established on Batchelder
street. from B to Spring streets was re-
ferred to the same committee. A petition
for sidewalk on No Main street from
Third TO Sixth, was referred to the street
committee with power to act
Building Inspector Colbufn reported 80
permits granted IN May
Health Officer ] M Jackson reported
Is births and 8 deaths In May
The sum Of 1852 50 collected from dog
taxes, was appropriated to the Barre Free
Library, to purchase books
The board Of health reported the sewer
conditions on Brooklyn street IN q very
unsanitary state, and recommended as the
only remedy sewer on Brooklyn street,
across Burnham's meadow, down River
and Smith streets to the river The re-
port was accepted and buried and the con-
ditions will remain the same.
5. Bergman was granted Lunch cart
license.
Jesse Cayhus appeared before the ooun
oil to ask for fair play. He stated that
Jack Conniek' lunch wagon was open To
3 a. m. Sunday morning and from 5 a. M I
10 midnight the same day. He was Obliged |
to close most Of Sunday BY order OF the |
city and be thought others should do the |
same, Or II they were going to keep open,
he was.
On motion OF Alderman Mckenzie the |
city clerk was instructed 10 notify MI. |
Connick to keep open only the hours es- |
tabllshed by the council OF bis license
would be revoked
Peter Bombard wanted fair shake. |
He had been asked to bid on the painting
of the poor farm buildings. ia lead and
oil, another had been asked to bid on min
eral paint. He wanted a chance to bid on
mineral paint or have the other man bid
on lead and oil lie said he knew there
was spite at the bottom Of the letting Of
the Job. The matter was referred to the