The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-19
Committee From Merchants
Asks If N. E. Tel Co.
CANNOT BE ASSESSED
One Dollar on Each New Telephone In
stalled, the Same as Is Being Done
With Other Ccmpanies-Paving
Assessments Considered.


The regular meeting Of the aldermen
was held last evening with all the mem
berss Of the board present The report
OF the fire committee in regard TO the
Barre steam company's raise in their
price from $50 to 500 a year for keep
ing steam up for the fire alarm whistle
was read and ON their recommendation
that the company be paid the 500 and
that a three year contract be made with
them the report was accepted by the
board. The committee on lights report
ed that they had looked over all the
ineandescent lights which the city uses
and recommended that three lights be
cut at the North Barre hose house, four
at the fire station, one in the engineer
ing department, two from the stock
room, two from the emergency room
and three from the entrance to the Post
Office The bill from the consolidated
Lighting 90. for the incandescent lights
was ordered paid Alderman Thurston
stated that the incandescent street lights
on Harrington avenue and Brook street
were burning as they should and the
matter was referred to the lighting com
mittee to notify the company,
On the suggestion that as the bill to
give the city power to reassess the paw
ing abutters had passed the Legislature
and had been signed by the governor
the matter ought to be taken up with
the abutters at once, the board voted
to instruct the city clerk to write to
all the abutter who have not paid their
assessments and ask them If they will
now settle without the city having to
GO through the formality Of reassess-
ing.
II was voted to refer to the chairman
of the finance committee, the mayor
and city treasurer the matter Of as
/ signing over to the bank the mortgage
note Of J. J. Sullivan's for the city prop
erty in East Barre, on receiving Just
equivalent for the same
A committee from the Merchants as
sociation consisting of n d. Phelps, B.
w. Hooker and X. d. Ladd came before
the board and asked that the matter of
the rights in the city of the New Eng
land Telephone CO. be looked up by The
board and see If the New England Go.
couldn't be made to pay royalty on
all phones that they put in hereafter
Mr.. Phelps who spoke for the committees
suggested that il the city was going to
charge the new companies that were
coming into the city and continued to
let the New England Co. in free there
would be discrimination and trouble
might arise. After considerable discus
sion the board voted to refer the matter
TO the street committee and the city at
torney to report as soon as possible on
what could be done. A resolution from
the printing committee was read and ac-
cepted in regard to the making Of pre-
parations for the printing Of the city
reports.
A committee from NJ b. Ballard & Co.
relating to the report Of the boiler in
spector on the boiler for the thawing
out culverts was read and It was voted
to accept the same; and instruct the
city clerk to notify the company that
the city did not believe it was necessary
to send man here for the special pur-
pose Of inspecting the boiler above re-
ferred to.
The report Of the street committee
for the month ending Dec. 18th was
read and accepted
A resolution relating to and amend
ing section /, article & of the ordinances
was read once and referred to the com
nittee on legislation.