The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-16
Annual Report Of Lighting
Committee is Submitted
NEW CONTRACT AT S46.OO
At Regular Meeting Of Aldermen Street
Superintendent Bruce Presented An
nual Report Of Work Done
by His Department.

The city Of Barre paid $5,sso.35 last
year for its lights in the streets, the
public buildings. and the fire station.
This was reported BY The lighting com
mittee at regular meeting Of the board
of aldermen last evening. The amount
is little over $1,000 larger than for
the year previous, the cost then being
s4s216.ss. It is likely that the expense
of this department viii be larger the
coming year AS under the new contract
with the Consolidated Lighting company
dating three years from last November,
the price per light will be higher because
the lights are burned until midnight,
half hour later than usual The cost
per arc light il SAG. There are 100 of
them; 625 incandeseent interior lights
and nine incandescent exterior lights.
The cost last year was as follows;
Arc lights ....,..x......a.... s4,412.53
Incandescent (int.) ........ s54.9o
Incandeseent (extl ...... 12192
The annual report Of street supcrin-
tendent Fred Bruce contained the fol-
lowing items of interest;
Cost of working steam roller IS 64373
Permanent street ..... 1,541 90
Feet of curbing set ...... 4,1os
Feet Of curbing reset .....s. 1851
Surface sewer laid tfeet) .... 1910
Drainage tile laid (feet) ..... 3,s67.47
Sewer extension (feet) ..... 1,127
Supplies on hand ..........S1,76 ,763.SS
Tools on hand .......... s,726.4O
Sewer tile on hand ..... 1,354.6S
The amended annual report Of the
building inspector, which was originally
presented two weeks ago, was accepted,
as was also the report of the legislative
eommitte. The aldermen accepted the
ordinance amendment which sets the
meeting Of the finance committee on the
Wednesday preceding the first Monday III
each month. The sum Of 800 was ap-
propriated to the French Barre library.
The so.called "hen report" was also
accepted. Walter Emery had reported
that two dogs killed some Of his hens
and that he knew the owner Of the dogs.
The hen committee of the aldermen got
10 work, hunted up the hens, returned
them to their coop and then reported
that the city was not liable. There vas
no harm done by the incident, but it
gave some of the aldermen chance to
demonstrate their detective ability
Mary David was granted transfer Of
restaurant license from Main to Granite
street. and the application of Dir. Duffy
for permit to hang a sign al the corner
of Main and Granite streets was referred
to the street committee. The conclud
ing piece of business in the nonse
session was the authorization of the exc
cution Of bond whereby tn city holds
itself liable to the amount of $500 ia
case of the non on-payment of certain ex-
penses Of the relatives Of John Thomp-
son LOWE who is being taken to a school
for feeble minded in Massachusetts, To bc
taught at the expense OF the state of
Vermont Governor Proctor has desig-
mated the LOWE boy as one OF the bene-
iieiaries of state appropriation for this
purpose, and the bond was to provide
for the sickness, clothing and transpor
tation of the boy in case Of failure by
the family To do 30. The state pays for
the other expenses Of the schooling
This done. the board went into star
chamber. President Burke was absent
and. Alderman Thurston presided over
the open session
A resolution was introduced and adopt
ed authorizing an extra policeman on
the streets between midnight and four
o'clock in the morning. Under the pres
ent arrangement there is only one Off
Ger outside and one in the police station.
A i'hoss deal" between the street and
the fire departments. in which two horses
are To be swapped was referred to the
committees Of those departments Ar
thur Buxzell made complaint of the
roofing which a. Pauquette is placing on
a building on Summer street near his
(BuzzeIl's) property The permit was
referred back to the building inspector
to investigate and report.