The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-04-17
$500 for Materials for One
| at Brook Street
MORE RESERVATIONS
Two Members Board Of Health and Three
Special Policemen Tired Of Official
Life City Wants Share Of State
Aid for Roads.

AT q special meeting Of the city cofin.
ell last evening, following regular
meeting of the board Of aldermen. bids
for supplying the iron work for d new
bridge on Brook street were opened. Five
bids were received, as follows:
United Construction Co., $500.
Harrington Robinson Co, $3.50.
Boston Bridge Works, $3.50.
Canton Bridge Co., $5T6.
w. a. Snow Iron Works, $S75.
The bid Of the United Construction
Co. was accepted and the street commit
tee authorized to make contract for
same.
More designations.
The board Of aldermen at their meet
ing received number OF designations
from appointiye city officials. including
two members of the board OF health. The
designations received and accepted were.
M. j Langheed and VIM Jack from the
board Of health; Peter ID. Thorn, a. b.
Curtis and L. J Good as special police,
and win 4. Calvin as call fireman. III
place Of the latter Mayor Robins an
pointed NJ. w. Kendall and he was un-
animously confirmed.
Department Reports.
The street committee reported $417
expended in March on street work: chief
of Police Faulkner reported 21 arrests in
March, of which six were for breach of
the peace, five for intoxication, three for
keeping and three for selling. The secc-
retary of the board OF health reported
27 births in March, 13 male and IA fe-
male; the number Of deaths was IL.
The committee on health and the
health officer reported that owners and
occupants of buildings where contagious
diseases had occurred could be compelled
to disinfect same on an order from the
board of health.
The application Of w. f. Willis to
erect a sectional automobile she'd on the
Scott and Townsend property at the cor
ner of No. Main and Granite streets was
referred back; the application of 4.
Ginshug to erect a two-story brick block
at the corner Of No. Main and Pearl
Streets With concrete foundations, was
granted, all excepting as TO the matter
of the roof, which was referred back to
the Inspector.
4 petition for the laying of high
way and building a bridge from Brooklyn
to So. Main street was referred to the
street committee. A petition for AN ex-
tension OF water mains on Terrace ave
niue was referred to the water commit
tee
Licenses were granted as follows:
~. Naini, TO run pool room at 3lo No.
Main street; A. Diyersi and O. j. Mas
cott, ice cream parlors: $. G. James, lunch
cart; Worthen Hotel, hotel license.
Edison Bros bid S2i and the Standard
Electric Light Co. s21.5O to do certain
wiring in the old city building. 1t was
voted to have it done when the others
interested would agree to do what neces-
sary in their parts of the building.
A motion was adopted authorizing the
city attorney to draw up a resolution
and to ask other cities in the state to
Join in the same for the purpose of joint
" asking the opinion Of the attorney
general as to the meaning of the law in
relation to the giving highway aids to
towns from special $4,000 fund. The
law says towns and the city wants to
know is this means city also.
The matter Of repairs to the steam FIRE
whistle at Rixzi Bros. was referred to
the fire committee with power to act.
II was voted to credit the street de-
partment SO monh for keeping horse
at the North Barre fire station and the
fire and street committees were autho-
rized to make a trade with some one TO
care for the horse and sleep nights at
the station.