The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-03-20
Council Raises Two Salaries
and Cuts Others
AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION
Oversee Of Poor and Street superinten.
dent Get Increase, While Engineer
Ing and Water Departments Are
Marked fol 4 Cut.

When the city council felt Of the lean
side Of The citys poeEetbook last night |
III got economical and cut down the
salaries, and when it got hold of where
the fat side should be it went as much
the other way. Theovcrseer Of the poor
got his annual stipend increased to $3.50
year, which IS $50 more than last
year, and the superintendent Of streets
got his put up also, from $3.50 a day
to 1920 year. but only after long
! struggle and then only by vote Of
four TO three, with Mayor Barclay cast
I ing the deciding vote. The city engi.
/ neeT's salary was cut down ffom Sl25
I a month to $1,000 a year, and the city
fathers frowned on the hiring of what
they considered unnecessary help in this
I department. There was also a cut in
Z tended in the water department, but
Z Just what amount, ii is not yet possible
I to determine. Mayor Barclays scheme
of reorganization IN the water depart
ment was rejected, while he succeeded
\ III getting through his desire in the
street department.
No appointments we're put in last
night II It'll these offices, and for that
reason Alderman Burke of thr salary
committee would not sign the commit
tees report, because. 81 he said, he
didn't know If he was voting good
salary for any tom. Dick or Harry
who might be presented. He wanted
to know what sort of man he was
placing 4 price on. That and further
prying on the part Of the aldermen
finally drew from the mayor the fact
that he had intended to appoint Robert
lngliss as water superintendent and
Fred Bruce as street superintendent. For
the place of city engineer he didn't
state any choice, although he admit
ted he had two men in mind, one OF
whom he thought worth $1,000 a year
to the city.
The salaries voted last night are as
follows.
! Fire chief ,.s.- S1a per month
! tst assistant chief S66.66 per month
Firenen .,........ 500 per month
Call men ............s s35 per year
Police chief .,....-. SIS per month
Patrolmen s...-.. $50 per month
Ogerseer Of the poor $3.50 per year
: CITY engineer . $1,000 per year
Water superintendent 81 600 per year
Street Superintendent ST, 200 per year
Against the raise in the street super
ntendent's salary Alderman Thurston
contended strenuously. declaring that
: while he knew Erred Bruce to he yalu-
able man, ii he Was worth $1,000 u
wear he WAS too good for the city Of
Barre. Where ypur economy 4: he de-
! manacd. 4Ciod haA made coed men and
I Tie can make inst as good again, he
I continued. Alderman Thurston desired
10 20 on record and demanded a YES and
no vote The result was; For the in
crease, Cutler, Burke. Albisctti and Bar.
clay; against Milne, Thurston aud
! Campbell.
Two other record votes were demand
ed ly Alderman Iiiurston, they being on
= the salary OF the water superintendent
I Those who voted to increase the salary
/ Of this office to $1,000 were Cutler
Burke and Barclay: against. Milne, Al
/ bisetti. Thurston and Campbell. Fher
! when the setting Of the salary at 81,
i 600 was up, there was the same align
j ment. but on opposite sides. and tn,
! motion was carried. It was Mayor Bar
+, cIay's idea to engage Robert lngiiss Al
!. 81. 200 a wear and engage a xoung MAI
for clerk to take eharge Of the office
] contending that he could save 5000
year thereby. IN that and the engi
neer's department he figured a saving o
q over 81 900. lie WIS unalterably op
posed TO the combination Of the office
Of city engineer and water soperinten
y dent this year.
" Alderman Albisetti voted against th'
y placing Of the city engineer salary q
, $1,000. This salary Is paid on th
stipulation that the city engineer "tak
e charge 81 an outside work as far a
2 possible Il developed that at time
y there were four meh empoged IN thi
+ department, This Mayor Barclay sal,
u hc partially accounted for because Git.
Engineer and also Water Snperin
e trndcnt Alea was OF bossing Robert ~
e giss ia the water department, when NJ
q lngliss was fully nble to do tile wor
Y and when Mr., Allen should have bee
working ia The engineers department.
20 The water superintendent Is TO b
y furnished horse hv the city and tb
le city Is to care for the animal. There
Il curious proyiso in connection wit
the hiring Of a water superintendent. II
Is TO be paid $1,000 q year provide
that he must be capable ofeand will d
l. the outside work that has been done
the past year by Robert lngliss." fher
- one important sentence added TO th
Y report and that is absence from dut
~ fof recreation or pleasure shall be d
tfIcted II the absence is for sicknes
at on accident, then the city council sha
Y act
" The bonds OF Mayor Barclay, Oversee
p of tho Poor shmtieii, Patrolmen Carl
y and Hamel Inspector OF Buildings Alei
- Stewart and City Clerk and Treasure
ea Mackay We're accepted at the first Of tl
et meeting, after which Alderman Cntll
dispatched d team for Alderman Thur
w ton, who had not arrived. When tf
na fourth ward representative arrived
sam that IL was the lif~lNotice he ha
rot 0f the meeting.
ME water committee report On pa
ia rates Wat accepted. The rates ore Z
' lollows Fountains at Goddard sem
nary and ilr 1 Henry laekson, Sln pl
~ seaAon. fve.tenement house of "
70 Fletcher Oh Park Place, $40 per years I
III, charge for sink and closet IN J. ,. o