The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-18
City Council Spurns 1t As
Name for Street.
ALSO TURNS DOWN DEWEY
Spent Much Time wrangling Over Name
of Street When All Except One
Of Residents Were United
on a Name

With the words Of Patrick Henry,
Give me Liberty or give me Death, /"
reverberating from ages past, with the
militant spirit Of the great immortal
dominating the discussion. and with the
members warming under the collar. the
city couneil last night chose Death.
Leastwise they didn't choose Liberty.
And thereby they failed to please ey
cry resident but one on the two streets.
! Dewey and Carleton, who had finallv
got together after months Of wranulinp
and agreed upon the name Liberty. az
compromise, for the thorouQhfare
which passes IN front of their residences.
The city fathers did, and also didn't
DO, several other things in the 70 cents
worth OF time which they occupied.
The naming of the reconstructed Dew
ey and Carleton streets took about TWEEN
ty-one cents worth of the city's time.
and at the end they had come round
TO where they started. At a previous
meeting half the people had stood out
Tor Carleton and the other half for Dew
ey. Unlike Patrick Henry they were
willing to compromise. and they did.
on Liberty But some OF the council
thought they were being dictated to. and
refused to accept the name. A secret
ballot stood three for and four against.
Alderman Adie then suggested that II
be named Grown street. and Alder
man Mckenzie begged leave to amend
BY making it Chronic street, not for
chronic kiekers, but Just plain Chronic.
Alderman Sowden thought 1t ourht III
be Dewey, after Montpelier's famous
citizen, but the council demurred. four
tor and three against it. ut takes a
two-thirds vote to name a street.
The breach widened and finally vawn-
eded abysmaly. Alderman Milne flung
out that there was spite in the r.
lectlon OF Liberty. Mayor Barclay put
on the coat and called upon Milne to
prove II. Milne didn't essay to prove
4, but declared that when about all
the residents wanted Liberty they ought
20 have It. Whether they shall get ii
will be determined at future meeting.
when the weather Is cooler.
John Perkins wants to buy twenty
acres Of the ArEsley farm, about the
Orange brock reservoir, and the prop.
erty and water committees were piyen
charge Of the matter Mayor Barclay
thought ii the city didn't need the land
and the water would not be endangered
it would be a good plan to SELL Last
evening also the city was rendered
proposition to buy water privileges own
ed by the East Barre fire district. Two
gentlemen from East Barre reported that
there were other parties after the prom
erty, but that East Barre wanted to give
the city the first bid. The city win in.
vestigate, and. under the advice Of Che
mayor. it viii investigate slowly. The
East Barre men said the "other partiesu
who were after the property might be
looking for Doodle cut of the city. The
mayor intimated that there might be
Niger in the East Barre wood pile.
A hearing for the resllrrey Of North
Seminary street has been called for No
yenlbef I. That and the Il. atter Of
agreement with II. F. Cutler relative
TO driving the hearse, was all that the
city council considered But previously
the board Of aldermen had attacked sew
eraI stacks.
Inc building inspector reported that
w +. Richardson had put III chimney
70 q house on Hill street not in ac-
cordance with the city ordinances. and
Alderman Mckenzie backed him up, saw
ing That the chimney was not plastered
on the inside, The fire committee will
investigate and report back. The in
speetor also reported that T. B. Cate
had put eight squares OF ruberoid on
his East and Academy streets house
without permit. With Alderman Sowden
putting N q strong negative, the matter
was reported to the city attorney. Mrs.
Jennie Holland was allowed to repair
roof Of blacksmith shop on Seminary
street
The street and water committees 70.
ported that they had failed 20 apree
with Fred Perrin relative to the accent.
ance of Upland avenue az street. Sow.
den moved, and the aldermen voted. that
as soon az the posts for the street are
on the ground and the other conditions
are complied with, the city accept the
street.
City Engineer Allen presented 4 Il.
port On bridges that the Prospect and
-Tanite street structures need replanking
and that the painting of the Mill Ayers
md Granite street bridges are not sat-
Sfactory but with the opinion that the
banter could not be held for It. Mr..
.roNles the painter, was present and
defended himself saying that the Mill
md Ayers street structures had been
'efaped all he thought necessary. On
Aldefman Albisetti's motion, Crowley K
2 be notified 20 paint the bridges sati
actory TO the city engineer AldermaY
Adie wanted TO include the street cnp
nlttee to be satisfied. but Chairman e.
Nenzle refused To entertain the amesd
nent, claiming that the original eo
ract said that the work must be doe
satisfactorily to the engineerl.
a. T. sortwelI Of the Montpelier 4
Wells River railroad wanted the bounds
I Berlin street, from North Main to
he bridge, located, with two rod street