The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-05-07
X. A. Lane Would Collect For
Work Done by A. B Lane
SAY TWO OF ALDERMEN
A, b. Took Job to Repair Blackwell
Street Hose House, But as City
Auditor He Cannot Collect Tn
der His Own Ruling.

II @AAhAl{A bs AtSti4E AQNN AhN inR AAtR II
did the work of making repairs to tAc
Blackwell street hose haasp, how ii 1t
that Karl a. lane il trying 10 collect
Tor The same? Anu Why was the bill
Ios X. a. Lanes carried away by one
Of last years aldermen before action had
been taken on It BY tla board, and why
was it never returned?
These We're some of the questions that
were raised Al last evenings meeting
IL the city council ana which Aldermen
Cutler and Thurston, members Of last
years board, tried to explain. The ques
tions began on the presentation Of a.
statement from X. A. Lane that Sl36.6s
was due him for work done for the city. |
The statement did not tell what, when
OF where the work was done, and the
first question asked was what the bin
was for. One alderman suggested that
lit must be for work on the Blackwell
street hose house, which caused Alderman
Ladd TO ask who let the contract. Al
dcrman Cutler, a member OF .the fire
committee, though not chairman last
year, explained that he understood the
job was let to Adolph b. Lane. though be
didn't know as any contract had been
drawn up. lie said ex-Alderman Milne
was chairman of the committee at that
time and that Ne had attended to giving
/ out the work. Whenever he had Been
down to the house during the progress
Of the work he had always been referred
/ to Adoiph Lane as the man in charge,
and he did not believe Karl Lane ever
/ did q stroke 0f work on the repairs. AL
derman Thnrston explained how the bill
first came before the finance COMMITTEES
land also disappeared. He stated that
Alderman Cutler had appeared before the
committee and objected TO its payment
to r. A. Lane, as he had not done the
work, that Adolph B. Lane, who did it
was a member Of the board Of city an-
ditors, and that they had criticised him
lGutlerl for letting teams 70 the city
contrary 10 the provisions Of the city
charter. and now lane who had violated
lthe charter IN the same way was trying
4 To get around it by having his brother
ltry to collect the bill
Alderman Thurston further stated that
after these obiectisus had been made
that Alderman Milne, then chairman of
the finance committee. put the bill in
| his pocket and said he would see that it
was properly made out, but it has not
vet been returned and the bin has never
come before the city council because the
eitv dii not have it. Both Aldermen
4 Cutler and rhnrston stated they were
not opposed to paying the bill. but they
would not agree TO paving bill TO X. A.
Lane. as he was not the man who did
i the lob The matter was referred to the
| fire committee to look into.
(lf the statements OF the aldermen
THAT the job was let TO A. d. Lane are
correct, the latter, under his own inter
Epretation Of the ordinances, cannot col.
lect his bill.)
The council approved large number
OF other bills, including two from assess
ors Riley and Fay. Each had charged
la full months time and also several
hours overtime. Alderman Williams
lealled attention to another bill of Mr.
ERiley's as building inspector. He had
charged more than full time as assessor
for April, and also had bill in for con-
lsiderable time az building inspector dur
ling tile same month 1t was voted 70
pav ire bills. less the overtime. Undor
1.-THE vote OF the city. assessors are paid
81. so a day. and Mayor Robins stated
THAT II there were no objections he would
put an article in the next warning for
lefty meeting asking the city to define
what hours constitute a days work for
AN assessor.
Resolutions and Reports.
4 Resolutions were adopted authorizing
! "a resuryey of No. Seminary street az a
1.-TWO. and half rod street. authorizing
the construction OF sidewalk on Brook
lilvn street; and authorizing the water
committee TO rent pasture land below
Orange brook resrvoir to Ernest Cutler
for SIS for one year.
The street committee reported adverse
Elv on the Brooklyn street bridge petit
ton, and q petition for numbering the
! houses on Elisan street was referred to
the street committee with power To act;
petition for street light was referred
TO the lighting committee
The sun Of S25 was voted to the care
/ Of Currier Park and the property COM.
mittee was authorized to cut down the
dead trees on the common and have new
ones set out.
Fast Automobile Speeding.
The counsel took up che matter Of fast
automobile speeding and Il going % get
i after those who violate the state laws.
II Il claimed some local drivers are get.
ting rackless and the council proposes to
see II there IS any virtue IN prosecution
Iif the oienses are repeated.
Reports Of onicers.
The health officer reported 81 births in
II April, Of which number 10 wore boys
} aid 5 girls. There were only seven
! deaths,
l. Chiof 10 Police Faulkner reported 32
.larrests Ia April i6 for intoieation. for
! breach ~ the peace and 8 for larceny.
!. 0verseer 81 The Poor shrtlcf reported
expeuling s43190 in April.
I. Alderman McNulty reported il hens
s @l;illed IN ward , within the past week
Or two and Alderman IAurston reported
! "a Killed in ward i, all supposedly BY
/ dogs
file council accepted an invitation