The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-17
Aldermen Want Time They
Are Supposed To Work.
SINKING FUND IS $4,000
Street Railway Ordered to Discontinue
Use of Salt on ITS Traeks--RaiI-
way Wants to Settle $500
Bill for si7,

The hours city employees are sup
posed to work, and whether said EN-
ployees shall Be paid for time when
they are absent from their duties, was
the subject of some discussion BY the
aldermen at their regular meeting last
evening.
The discussion was over two resolll-
tions introduced by Alderman Adie, who
asserted that the city'a money X being
wasted. He explained that two bills
had come before the board for payment
from two different city departments,
one where the employee was absent
from the city two weeks and the other
where an employee was sick two weeks,
and he putting in bill for the time
and his substitute also putting in 4
bill for the time.
The first resolution, which was adopted,
was as follows:
''That the street, water and police
committees be and they are hereby di
reeted to prepare schedule of the hours
to be worked by the employees III the
different departments under their con-
troll and present them 70 the city council
or board OF aldermen for approval at
their next meeting
The second resolution was:
"T'hat all city employees are herhv
required to be at their respective offices
and places Of work during the hours
governing the different departments IN
which they may be employed, and all
officials responsible for the making up
cf the payroll and approving Of bills
for labor in their department are hereby
directed to make up and approve bills
or pay-rolls for the value Of the time
actually worked BY each individual
Alderman Mckenzie objected to parts
Of this resolution on the ground that
it couldn't be enforced where city EN-
ployees were under contract BY the
month or year, that only in cases where
the employment was by the day or
hour would the resolution work Al
derman Milne thought il was all right.
An amendment was lost . 10 2 and the
resolution was lost by the same vote.
IL was then voted to refer it to the
city attorney and Alderman Adie to
see if it can be applied to all city eu-
ployees as submitted.
Sinking Fund Exceeds $4,000.
Sinking Fund Commissioner james
Maekay made his annual report.
Amount of sinking fund Jan.
], 1905 ..... s31,ss7ss
Aug. 81, received on account +.
October /, interest .,. 1,306.sS
December 2s, interest .., s.64
December s0 per cent earn
ings of Peoples Lighting Go. 1915
Total ...... ......... .S40.01s.91
For this amount Mr.. Mackay holds
certificates Of deposit Of the Granite
Savings Bank and Trust company 70
the amount Of S4O,0O0.1s, bearing inter
est at the rate OF AZ per cent per an,
mum.
Health Officer J. W. Jackson reported
for the board OF health that 4 fow had
complied with the ordinances during tie
year in making sewer connections; III
plumbing permits had been granted.
The board had not been successful ii
tracing the cause Of the typhoid epidemic
III September
4 building permit was granted NJ J.
Green to enlarge his bakery on North
Main street.
The street and water committees re-
ported recommending fire hvdrant at
the corner Of blackwell and Center
streets
The application for n lunch room Il
cense for the basement between Miers
barber shop and the City Fish market
was referred 10 the license COMMITTEES.
The Street Railway.
Alderman Mckenzie called attention
TO the fact that The street railway is
using salt on its tracks. lie objected
10 il, and the city clerk was instructed
to notify the railway company that +
must discontinue the use Qi salt a.
its tracks
City Clerk Mackay stated that i bill
OF nearly $500 for work dpnc hy the
street department for Tie railway ROM
pany the latter wanted e Settle fdr
Si7 Referred to city attorney ana Tie
street committee.
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