The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-19
Claremont Man Offers Sl75O
Year Rent.
A MESSAGE FROM MAYOR
Urging Permanent Work on Elm Street
and Paving Of North Main Street
Giachimo ard His Lunch
Room License Again.

The aldermen at their regular meet
ing last evening opened bids for the
renting Of the opera house from Sept.
1st, next, and voted to lease the same
to Harry 4. Eaton of Claremont for
S1750 year, he being the highest
bidder. The board also received mes
sage from the mayor urging permanent
work ON certain streets. The letter
| follows:
To the Honorable Board of Aldermen:
Gentlemen: / would like to suggest
to the board that when the frost goes
out Of the ground SO streets can be
worked, among the first things to be
done, would be to have Elm street from
| fremont street up to Park street made
of a permanent nature; sidewalk made
on same; stone wall put in at Wendall
place and street widened to its proper
| width. Street commissioners have en-
gineer make measurements of cubic con-
| tents of stone required, Bids on same
| to be advertised for and contract let,
SO to start soon as frost Is out Of
| ground. Street at present time is not
| passable for teams-wAs in same con-
dition last year. A covering of stone
chips should be put on, and rolled down,
so it can be made passable at all times
of the year.
| The condition Of Main street, from
Depot Square to granite paving, is in
a wretched condition. Would take from
| $15e.00 TO $4,000 to make it in a
respectable condition, but would advise
that no more money be spent on this
piece of street at present in patching
/ it over; if we are to pave it this sum
mer, better to get it started at once.
Street commissioners should get meas
urements of square yards Of paving re-
quired to finish up this part of Main
street and advertise for bids on same.
! Have it done by contract, so VIII know
what the city will have to pay for
same. This should be done at the ear
hest date possible, so it viii not be
an eyesore to the public any longer.
Another thing that will require the
councils attention this summer is the
main sewer at north end of Main street.
We have had a lesson this spring that
is sure to be repeated next spring if
some measure is not taken to prevent
\ it. Would advise that the street rail-
I way GVinDdH} DC dilQNEu W lubfG biiEt}
| track to one side of the street and
that the sewer be dug up and relaid
where necessary; where tile is in fair
condition, to be encased IN cement COW
ering same as was done last year. Would
| advise this being done from Aliens
lumber mills as far as Berlin street.
A email tax could be raised to cover
the expense of same, The people who
| live In that section of the city must
have had disagreeable time of it the
past two weeks with the sewerage rum
ming over the street and standing back
into their cellars. Think it is our duty
to avoid this in the future. The end
of the sewer next the river, as far
up as Aliens lumber mills, should be
cleaned out at least every three months,
to prevent tile from filling up with sand
and sewage.
Hope you win give the above sugges-
tions your careful conclusion. Yours
respectfully,
WILLIAM BARCLAY, Mayor.
At the conclusion of the reading of
| the message Alderman Mckenzie said
| the street committee had ordered the
superintendent Of streets to repair Elm
street and that he had spoken to the
city attorney about the first resolution
to come before the aldermen on the
paving of North Main street.
Opera House Lease.
Bids for the renting Of the opera
house from Sept. list next were opened
as follows.
r. A. Bayne, Granville, N. ", $1, 200
a year for one year with privilege Of
making il five.
Sam. j. Bowen, Springfield, VT, ST.
200 year for FIVE years
Grant Keith of st. ,Iohnsbury sent
in a bid offering to raise the highest
| bidder $50 year, but a few days
later hearing that Barre was to be
no-license this year sent communion
tion saying he didn't want it at any
price under these conditions.
Dale T.. Chambers, Barre, $3.50 a
year for 3 or 5 years.
Thomas +. Tighe, Rumford Falls,
Me-, $500 a year.
| Ralph r. Wylie, New York city, 25
per cent Of net receipts.
Harry 4. Eaton, Claremont, N. H.,
| Sf.750 a year.
Riley & Finnegan, Burlington, $3.50
for one year with privilege of extension.
j. d. Ossola, Barre, $500 a year.
George A. Bacon, Monmouth, L. l.,
30 per cent Of net receipts.
]. I. Callaghan, Barre, 81 600 year.
| The matter Of making lease was
referred to the property committee to
draw up o contract with the most sue
cessful bidder, Harry T. Eaton, provided
all details could be agreed upon.
| mfr. Eaton has managed the Clare
mont house since 1898 and does the
booking for Springfield and Woodstock,
VT, and Newport, N. II. He is highly
recommended
| The first business before the meet
| ing was a petition from abutters on
Spring and Valley street for sewer