The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-28
Is Offered Main Street Abut-
ters On Paving Assessment
IF PAID UP BEFORE JAN. 5
At Meeting Of Conference Yesterday Aft
ternoon the Abutters Asked for
Basis of Settlement Of Old
Trouble.


As the result of a request by one OF
the abutters on Main street yesterday
afternoon for a basis of settlement with
the city for the granite paving assess
ment, contest over which has been hang
ing fire for several years, the city today
makes the proposition to strike out a
number Of the items of cost 10 which
the abutters objected, making reduc-
tion Of 8 per cent in the assessment,
and also to waive the amount Of interest
accrued at FIVE per cent. The abutters
are being notified of this proposition, and
it is expected that they will call meet
ing soon to determine their action.
A special meeting Of the aldermen was
held yesterday afternoon to hear the
side Of the people who have been as
sessed for half the betterment from the
paving. A dozen abutters were present,
including w. A, Boyce, Dr. G. N. Barber
and L. J. Bolster, who acted as spokes-
men for the others. Mr.. Boyce objected
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city engineer, for steam roller and
for the increased Ndch Of Main street
lying in front of the City Hail. He
said that be wanted to be fair in the
matter and wanted to be treated fairly.
II was his opinion that the abutters
should be assessed on only that strip Of
road which lies in front of their prop
erty; that is, on the bare cost, cutting
out the wages and use Of city officials
and city property and the like
L. j. Bolster thought the assessment
idea is all right, and that abutters should
be asked to pay for betterments Of this
nature. What he did want the city to
do is to assess for every piece Of perma-
nent street, whether it be OF granite
blocks or granite chips. He was told
that none Of the chip roads comes under
the definition of PERMANENT roads, not
having a sufficient dressing of crushed
stone Mr.. Bolster was willing to pay
his assessment when the others did
DIR. G. y. Barber, trustee for a part
of the Webster estate, asked the council
to submit a proposition to the nbutters
on which they could take intelligent
action Acting on this the aldermen lat
er prepared the following proposition:
"'rhe amount Of said assessment
standing against your property is S,
together with accrued interest Mt per
cent. Now, for the purpose Of eiTecting
settlement in this matter and avoiding
all possible future litigation on this
question, the city is prepared to extend
the offer once made to the abutters
Through the special committee which
met them), viz, to strike out a number
of the items entering into the cost Of
the paving Of the street, to which the
abutters at that time raised objections;
those items amounted to per cent Of
the total cost Of the paving, and would
make reduction Of s S- in the amount
assessed against your property. And
the city would also waive the amount
OF interest that would now he due on
said Assessment, which In your case
would amount TO s.. Provided. that
this offer is accepted by you and the
matter settled by Jan. S, 1907.
Trusting that this will meet with
your approval. and that question that
has long been yexation to both you
and the city will be settled"