The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-13
OFFICIALS
MAKE REPORT
.Of Their DOings for the Year
1905.
AT SPECIAL MEETING
Poor Department Cost Morc, Police Make
Less Arrests, More Building Permits
Granted -Recomnen-
dations.
.IAT SPECIAL MEETING

Various city officials reported their
stewardship To the citizens ot Barre at
4 special meeting of The city council
last evening The reports show that
tho poor department paid out more mon-
nv III 1906 than III 1904; that the police
made less arrests; that more building
permits were granted; that the street
department expended S2641s.60, IN
which expenditure Il great amount OF
permanent work was done.
The FIVE members Of the council in
town were present, the mayor and Al
defman Burke being the absentees A
lease from the city to the Spaulding
graded school district Of piece OF land
in the rear of the Church street school
house was laid on the table until a
lease between the same, relative to a
strip OF land on Elm street, is drawn
iip, Other minor matters transacted
were the passing Of an order to pay
1880 Of the street department, the
adoption of q department appropria-
tion, introduced week ago, the intro
duction of resolution providing for
a temporary loan Of 100000 III anticipa-
tion Of taxes. Then the council launched
into the reports,
Fire Chief Gladding's Report.
Chief GIadding III the fire department
reported AS calls during the wear, prop
erty endangered Slfj,200, loss $l5,602.-
3S. insurance paid So,961Ss. The valua-
tion 81 the departments property is SAL.
$40, which IL very largely in excess Of
last year, owing to the construction 81
the new central fire. station and the new
equipment Of it The cost of maintain
ing the department and added equipment
was Si1 SOFAS. Credit for work on
streets, old hose sold and fines i'm.
posed amounts to S554.3a The hy-
,irant rental is S3.052, leaving the net
cost Of the maintenance and new equip
ment 81 ,S97.
Chief Siadding recommends a change
from the storage to the battery system
of alaruf the cost being $500. which
could be run for one.foufth the annual
cost eud in tllree years would ssYe what
II would neces=itate t0 install The sys.
tenn. He warns ef the necessity of
shut offs from gas fsins in case Of fire
outside buildings. tar defective Chin
news have been ordered torn down AMI
have been rebuilt; 81 chimncys have
been cleaned and nnisanees ahated, as Che
result q examination By the depart
ment
The fire committee presented IS re-
port, which outlined the work and equip-
mcnt of the department, declaring il To
he in excellent condition. and taking oc-
easion 70 commend Driver Carr and 9th
crs Who were eensured by some because
Of what was by them considered rcck-
less driving through NE flames at the
Hcriin street Dire, III which act the driy.
er, the IRE horses and the truck got
singad The committee finds that the
act was justified.
Light on the Subject.
The committee on lights reported that
two new lamps have been put in ON
Prospect street, one at the corner Of
Prospect and Berlin streets. one at Pros
pect street aud Bailey avenue ANA one
0n Pike street. There are~6ow l0I arc
lights in use and 4l5 ineandescent. The
amount paid by the department was
S4,216.ss
Ordinances Need Changing.
The legislative committee reported no
changes in the ordinances, as the legis-
latme was not in session during the
wear, but ii took occasion to call at.
tention "a the facts that some changes
are required, believing that the ordi-
aances were drawn up without proper
caution.
Expect Beautiful Building.
The library committee had little 10
report save that il had finished drawing
up 4 deed for the library lot, and that
they expected TINT bY another year a
beautiful building will have been erected
through the generosity of the late Leon.
ard n Aldrich.
Tile Fire Alarm System,
supt n II. Ilodgdon 81 the irc alarm
system made known that there are
twelve miles cf circuiis, all in good
shape, that two new boxes have been
added uaking 10 il all He like, Chief
Gladding, recommends q storage bat
terry.
Were Less Arrests.
Judging from the report Of Chief Of
Police brown the city Is growing better,
as there were only 274 arrests for 1905,
against $40 for the year before. The
arrests were as follows;
IntoSieation .......a........... 150
Brcach Of the peace .,.......... 80
Earceny ..........,....... 20
Violation OF city ordinances. .. 5
Search and seizure ......,.,,.... 20
Keeping liquor for sale. ........ 20
Ionse Of III fame ...,..,..... j
Cutting down shade trees ....... j
Open and gross lewdness ..... 2
Adultery .............,.. 4
Breaking and entering ,....s.. i
Assault with intent to kill...4. !
Transporting liquor illegally ... /
Practicing dentistry without license ]
Selling liquor Observation-Disclosures. ~
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Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2T4
The Poor Department.
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