The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-06-21
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1t was voted that August 10 be the
| last day on which taxes can be paid
to the city treasurer and the latter
was authorized to send out notices to
all that their taxes were due.
The meeting was q protracted one,
much Of the time being given up to a
discussion Of whether the city engineer
should have more help in his depart.
ment, and to what departments a bill
of $40 should be charged. Twenty five
minutes were wasted on this latter mat
ter, and the board might be still dis
cussing it, if they city clerk hadn't
suggested that if they continued the
aldermen would soon eat up in time more
money than the bill amounted to. The
bill was that of Charles Brunette, a
special officer appointed to watch the
city dump. Mr.. Brunette had watched
the dump and in several cases shoveled
the rubbish left in the highway out of
| the street limits. His bill for services
was 0.10, and was charged up to the
police department. Members of the po-
lice committee thought a portion Of it
should be charged to the street depart
ment, and on this point the discussion
hinged. 1t was finally voted to charge
half and half and it was voted to pay
Mr.. Brunelle s3o.15 for services rem
dered. As result of these services G..
| Tomasi is to be prosecuted for dumping
rubbish Iii the highway, and Mr.. Bru-
nellie stated one Of T. D. Ladd's teams
had also dumped rubbish in the street.
| Alderman Milne wanted to know why
Tomasi was prosecuted and Ladd was
not. Mr.. Brunelle stated Ladd's team
had only dumped in the street the night
previous and the matter had not been
brought to the attention of the street
commissioners.
Alderman Mckenzie stated that II the
engineering department was to get out
| specifications on which to secure bids
| for paving Main street, it must have
more help. Alderman Milne objected
| to more help being furnished this de-
partment. After considerable discussion
| it was voted to engage H. j. kempton
| for three months. Mr.. Kempton was
employed in the engineers Office last
year.
The other business before the board
was as follows:
The committee on salary reported
recommending that @. p. Shurtleff, over
seer of the poor, be paid S40O a year.
The report was accepted.
The committee ON library recommends
ed that the trustees collect the rent from
the house on the lot until it Is destroyed
and use the same for books. Accept
ed.
The committee on street reported look
ing over fremont and East street COM
thin
mended certain repairs on East street
to turn the water off Mr.. Hersey's land
Accepted.
The committee on streets reported on
the matter of street railway extension
and the conference held several weeks
ago. The committee reported the most
feasible suggestion for an extension was
along the bank above the Barre railroad
tracks from the fork shop to Aver and
Circle streets to within 500 feet of the
city limits, or If the street railway
company does not choose To construct
its tracks up this route, it be compelled
to extend its tracks up South Main
street to within 500 feet Of the city
limits. The report was accepted and
adopted.
The Firemen's club sent a communica-
tion to the council thanking it for the
use Of rooms in the fire station.
A petition from residents on Prospect
and Bailey streets asked for new electric
street lights on those street. Referred
to lighting committee to investigate and
report.
It was voted Sells circus be charged
$25 license fee, the amount prescribed
in the ordinances.
Mary McGovern was granted a res
taurant license for the Otis restaurant.
A protest and complaint was received
from residents at North Barre against
the conditions existing in the open lots
between Second and Sixth streets. It
ia claimed that the conditions there had
been caused by the fact that the sew
age from the broken sewer flowed across
this land for some weeks earlier in the
spring. The communication was referred
to the health committee.
A communication from the mayor
named Charles PloufF as special po-
liceman. He was confirmed S to 1.
Rev. R. f. Lowe asked permission to
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