Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-10
The RENDERING PLANT
It Will Be inspected by the Board
Of Health.
Library Trustees Ask for More Money
MANY Bills Ordered Paid, Several
Licenses GRATED and Other
Business Done.

The most important feature of the
regular monthly meeting Of the hoard
Of aldermen Monday night was the action
taken with reference to the complaints
made against the plant OF the Burling-
ton Rendering CO. This was one Of
the last matters to be taken up. but
IL occupied the most time. a commune
cation on the matter was presented by
Mayor Burke and remarks were made
by several of the aldermen, as well as
by people who attended the meeting
for that purpose. AS result an offic-
ial investigation of the plant will DC
made by the local board of health. All
the aldermen were present Monday night
and a large amount Of routine business
was disposed of.
THE RENDERING PLANT.
Mayor Burkes communication was
as follows:
"On the first of the present month
received communication from Mr..
Stcrnberg.also a petition signed by res
idcnts of the city residing on North
avenue, in regard to the sanitary con-
dition existing in that ncighborhood
owing to the Burlington Rendering
plant being located in that vicinity. On
account of the serious nature of these
charges and the source from which
they came l deem it my duty to present
the same to you and you will find the
same attached to this communication.
I think you will all agree with me in
saying that these charges. IL true, are
of a serious nature and would have a
far-rcaching effect detrimental to our
city. In view of this fact l would SER
iously recommend that an investigation
he made at once and as the local board
OF health is composed of the health Of
ficer and members of the board of al
dermen and clothed with full power to
TACT l would recommend that they be
requested to proceed at once and give
the matter the attention IT deserves"
Attached to this communication was
tho letter written to the mayor by j. II.
Stcrnberg. which has previously been
printed in the Free Press. together with
Il protest against the plant signed by II
residents of North avenue.
G. &. Barker, who lives south Of the
rendering plant. appeared before the
board and said that the stencil from the
plant was so bad that people could hardly
live on North avenue. His greatest COM
plant was in regard to tho water which
he said was so badly polluted that peo-
pic could not go in bathing and that as
n result he had lost several boardcrs.
Alderman German said the OdOr from
the plant was obnoxious and that as tho
result of its erection property had do
preciatcd in value Upon that Alderman
Reeves asked Alderman German II he
would sell what property he owned in
that section for thousand dollars more
than he paid for 1t but received no
answer.
J. J. Enrignt said that water taken
from the lake had been analyzed and that
il showed no signs of bacteria. He said
the company was willing to rectify any
thing found to he wrong.
Alderman Coffcy said tho stencil from
tho plant was something bad. as he knew
from experience while at work at Indian
Rock
Alderman Mcagher moved that the mat
ter he referred to the local board Of
health. which is composed Of the health
officer and the board of aldermen, and
the motion was carried.
INCREASED APPROPRIATION ASKED
A communication was received from the
trustees Of the Fletcher library. in
which they asked for an increased APP
preparation Of $1.5nO with which to com
plot" the year. The communica ton was
as follows
The board of trustees Of the public
library. owing to unusual expenditures in
conducting tho library during its first
year in the new Carnegie building. find
it necd ssary to ask your honorable body
to grant an additional appropriation.
The extraordinary cxpcrsc of this year
has been incurred with rs moderate an
outlay as possible and ha. provided the
library with n modern and complete cata-
losue system.
A careful estimate shows that We shall
need sl.5ND for expenses during the re.
naming months of the year and VIC re-
specially request that ttis amount be
granted.
NJ. r. BuCklAM.
W. J. VAN PATrEN.
MRS G. q. BENEDICT,
II. l.. WARD,
Trustees Fletcher Tree Library,
After tho communication was read ".
J. Van Pattcn gave tho beard some ad.
ditional information. the most important
feature heing tho statement that the
operating expenses of the row building
| would no about A1oo per year The conf
munirntion NJ tn" trustees was placed or
ilc.
ALDERMEN DISAGREE
During the progress Of the meeting AL
derman German referred to some work
done ut the poor farm recently and said
that Alderman Parker had ordered the
work stopped after he (Alderr,an Ger
MAIN had ordered a man to 10 IT, and
had then hired another man to do 1t at an
Increased expense Of $50. Alderman Ger.
| main said h. engaged a man
| named Sails to do II for 81 and that Al
dermar Parker paid another Sails $3.50
for tho same work.