The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-11-07
Al Regular Meeting Of City
Council Last Night.
O. H. HALE ASKS PERMIT
And Matter Goes to Committee to In
vestigate and Report Back--Sev-
eral Thousand Paid
Out.

1ne usual amount OF the hrst-of-the-
month city business was transacted By
the city council at their monthly meet
ing last evening, during which 100 war;
rants, totaling several thousand dollars,
were ordered paid and the monthly re-
ports Of city officials were received. The
real feature was the granting Of a per-
nit to the alderman from ward one to
"shingle his roof, which, however, the
alderman had done before getting per-
mission. There viii be no prosecution.
All interested will learn the reas8n by
applying to Alderman Milne.
The council went through several
thousands in warrants running from
numbers II ,676 to 11,792, to start with.
and several more later. A 1924 appro-
lpriation for the street department was
authorized. Trow & Holden's bin for
S7.9S was ordered paid, also b. G.. Dur.
KEGS Tor S51, painting roof Of old city.
building. Page Bros fire department.
bill was held-up for further investiga-
tion, as was that of +. T.. Kinney & Co..
water system repairs. A bill Of $340. .65.
the city's liability insurance, had not
been approved by the finance committees
because the kind Of insurance was not
approved of. The finance committee
will make recommendation.
DR.. W. e. Lazelle wanted So for treat
n1ent Of Auguste Barney while the lat
ter was in the police station. Tha
street committee has had dealings with
Barney and viii endeavor to reach an
agreement, as it was said that he "a
fully able to pay his own doctors bills.
]. G. Crowley, the painter, was anxious
70 get bis pay on bridge and street sign
contracts, the former amounting to $50
and the latter to S14S. including SIS for
storage and interest Crowley claimed
the city had not lived up to its con.
tract IN furnishing signs to be paintedl.
The finance committee scratched out the
So and Crowley will be paid for what
he really has done. Three Of the
bridges were not painted satisfactorily
@ the city engineer, and only 500 of the
$3.50 OF the bridge contract was ordered
paid. The city engineer was instructed
70 furnish paint so that Crowley can
touch up the three bridges.
The property committee reported that
4. I. Gutter was living up to his contract
for driving the hearse and it was order
ID that a copy be filed with the city
clerk. The controversy arose over q prs
vate bill to an individual to drive To q
cemetery outside the city.
The building inspector reported AL
permits during the month of October and
Clerk Mackay announced that they were
all "henhousesy except one. Calder &
Richardson were last evening given PER-
nit to erect wo0dshed on Depot
Square, in front Of the Vermont Granite
company shed, provided they cover IL
With non-combustible material. o. H
Hale applied for permit to raise the roof
If his theatre on Pearl street fourteen
feet on the eastern end, making an addi-
lion ~ by As and at cost of $500. Az
herman Mckenzie said the REQUEST was
Fery much like one which the fire COM
nittee had just turned down. and this
vas referred to the fire committee, build
ng Inspector and fire warden from ward
to investigate on and report back.
Health Officer Joe w. jackson report
q rs births in October, Is deaths, three
ontagious diseases, two diphtheria and
me typhoid, and 13 burial permits.
Chief OF Police Brown reported 23 ar
ests, IL for intoxication, three for search
nd seizure, two larceny, one selling.
lrrests were made BY Hamel 8, CarIe 3,
'aulkner 4, Camp 1, Gamble /. Buchanan
!, Nichols 3, Brown 2.
The city engineer stated wherein the
lty was liable for the keep Of one Pres
on at the county jail, and the matter
Fas referred to the charity committee
nd overseer of the poor to report. The
after official reported cash on hand
'ctober |, STAG, cash received S4o0. paid
ut $4,000, leaving q balance Of se45.
lie asked for q requistion of 5000 and
was given him.
Two bids for constructing PUMPING
tation on the Smith farm, toward win,
amstown, were presented as follows.
1 n. McIver $40 and w. L. Bradford
Co. $500 The former pot the con
ract.
Mayor Barclay complained that child
N were destroying the citys new
rect signs. and the street COMMITTEES
~ authorized to prepare warning to
published in the press. After P. Pa
lin had explained matters to the citv
'uncil the assessors were invited IL ex.
ain why they had assessed Paouin
hen be was not in the city April and
hen he never had been in town before.