The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-20
Aldermen Had a Knocking
Session Last Night
FRANCHISE OVERHAULED
City Fathers Conclude That the Barre &
Montpelier Traction Company Is
Derelict to Its Obligations Also
Vote to Pay Illegal Bills,

Inc Barre and Montpelier street rail
way company was beiabored by the al
dermen at their regular meeting last
night, and at the same session the mem
bers again assumed the responsibility
for paying ont the city's money for sew
eral bills which the auditors had declared
were contracted Illegally because they
We're contracted with city officials, di-
rectiy or indirectly. All the members Of
the board were on hand
Following the acceptance OF the water
superlntendent's report for the month
% January, the mayor and She finance
committee reported that they had been
unable to reach satisfactory agree
mentD on the h. A. Prindle bill, so-caIIed.
and those of Alderman Cutler. Prindle's
bill was for supplies amounting to S7.57.
and Cutters was s54s5. OF the latter.
one item for team hire, S10.f0, had been
approved By j. I'll. Thurston; one for
sl2.75 approved by FL r. Cutler. and
another tor S29.50 approved by q. G.
Russell and the water department. All
derrnan Milne moved and Alderman Gut
Ter seconded to pay the PrindIe bill
Motion carried. When the Cutler bill
came mp. Alderman Albisetti wanted it
laid on the table until they had consid-
cred an architects bill to L. Al. Walker
which the council had refused to nav.
lie and Alderman Milne were the only
ones to support the tabling motion, and
then the entire six aldermen fell into
line and voted to pay the Cutler bill.
while Aldermen Albisetti and Milne were
placated BY the motion to request the
finance committee to report on the Walk
er bill at the next meeting
Street Railroad cornered
A city warrant to pay $4,000 to the
school department in anticipation of
1907 taxes was passed. and
then Alderman Milne opened the
tom tom on the street railroad mat
ter by announcing that at the recent
first ward caucus, where he lost the re-
nomination Che has filed papers), he
was asked what he had done toward
making the railway run cars up south
Main street every half hour. He said
he ted the voters that the mayor and
the street committee had the matter Ia
charge. He now moved that this com.
mittee report.
Alderman Burke innocently inquired
il he meant Abefore the election Alder
man Milne did not reply.
One after another the aldermen took
their thwaeks at the railway. Alder
man Cutler reported that the street COM
mittee couldn't 10 anything about re-
storing the half-fare tickets, hut he
thought the company was coming to il,
as he understood that they were now
losing SIS a day on fares. The matter
Of using salt on the streets was being
looked into, he said
Alderman Thnrston took d different
phase-th transfers He said that the
ought to be compelled To give
from the South Main to the
Washington street branch and vice yer
"a. II remember the time,1 he declared,
when | appeared before the council when
NF. Hoar was mayor (Cries of Didn't
van make a mistaken Mr.. Hoar was
never mayor Of Barre - eNo, / amt
making any mistakes / remember when
appeared before the council when Mr..
doar was mayor and protested against
he company's failure to give these trans
fers, and we've never got en-
At this point, Alderman Campbell nut
N: There's something IN the com
lany's franchise which e0mpels it to run
.ars half-homly over all its liner Here
Sas another crimp.
Aldermen Cutler and Thurston agreed
hat there was, but that the city had
conceded that demand BY stating that
he cars should run hourly over each
ranch in the city. provided the com
,any should extend its South Main
treet branch on request.
sHa! we have 'em. They haven't
attended the line on request. therefore
he hour schedule concession Is voiae
mother eiincher on the street railway
Alderman Thurston had still another
grievance, because the company did not
" means of signs announce which
ranch the cars wer Co run on, leaving
Sorth Barreites coming south no way
o know until they boarded the cars. 1t
vas also recalled that the franchise or
ne company stipulated that the cars
e labeled. The aldermen thought and
hen declared they couldn't remember
when that stipulation was carried out
u the company. Alderman Thurston
emanded that the company be COMPEL.
d to label their cars.
1t must not he considered that the
ther two aldermen, Albisetti and Burke,
Missed the chance to iab the sides 81
he street railway. because they didn't.
.Hogethef it was bad half-hour for
he company, which is operating between
'arre and Montpelier The result was
hat the mayor was notified TO prepare
be committees report Of progress iii
ecufing redress for several grievances
hat were presented month OF more
go. The mayor was not present al
he meeting.
The Montpelier city council II taking
id moments to do little clubbing on
lie traction company, the principal com
Iaints being that the tracks are not
ept in shape, and the seminary hill
ranch has spells Of inertia.