The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-11
BUILDING PERMITS
INTEREST ALDERMEN
Several Were Considered at Meeting Last
Evening--Also Application Relat-
Ing to Moving
Building.

The special weekly meeting Of the cit,
council was held last evening with al
the members In their seats. The Noyem
Der report Of the health officer was read
showing that there had been ee births Il
the month, II deaths and ak eases o.
contagious diseases reported, four o.
whooplng cough, one Of diphthefIa ans
one Of measles.
Building Inspector Martin Riley rec
commended that the Union Co-operativ,
company be granted a permit to erect Z
coal and wood shed Ia the rear Of Il,
store on Granite street, and also that
Charles frattlni BE- granted permit "a
move bis barn on River street 70 fcei
nearer the street. On motion Of Alder.
man Campbell Il was voted 20 grant the
permit % the Cooperative company, and
on motion Of. Alderman Cutler Il was
voted 70 refer the frattini permit back
20 the inspector for more definite In.
formation.
The inspector recommended that Smith
a Cummings should not be granted a per-
NIT 10 erect a building for smoking ish
in the rear Of the Brown block on North
Main street and on motion Of Alderman
Cutler the report was accepted.
Gardner Winter appeared before the
council IN regard 10 his application pre-
scnted at the last meeting TO move the
barn on the Martin lot onto the lot
owned by Mrs. L. A. Houghton on Elm
street. lie stated that one contractor
had told him that the building could be
moved in one day, and that only the
trolley wires and few wires on Elm
street would have 20 be removed In tho
moving Of the building. At the request
Of the mayor. the matter was left over
until the next meeting for the street
committee 70 report.
The report Of the water superintendent
for the past month was read and ae-
ccpted. 4 communication from @. II.
Anker, secretary OF the Barre Entertain.
ment association, was read. asking for
permission to use the city court room for
a meeting Of the association members,
and on motion Of Alderman Thurston
the request was granted.
The clerk reported that N. NJ. Garvey
has paid his assessment for street
sprinkling on Summer street and had
asked for rebate Of 20 cents, as he
claimed that he had been assessed for
% feet more frontage than he owned.
The clerk stated that the city engineer
had said that there had been an error
made Of that amount, and on motion
Of Alderman Campbell the rebate was
ordered paid.
A resolution was read, instructlng the
supply committee 20 purchase fling
rase to be used by the city attorney in
his Office, in which TO preserve and keep
IN orderly arrangement all city papers
which come to him. The resolution was
passed to a second reading.
A resolution was also read relating to /
he printing Of the annual city report,
and on motion Of Alderman Ladd was
adopted.
The water committee TO whom was
'efcrred the communication in regard to
he flooding, for free skating rink, Of
he vacant lot at the corner of North
Vain and North Seminary streets, owned
" Joseph Ossola, reported that as the
OF was so small that II would aeeommo-
late only small number of skaters and
hat it might cause several hydrants to
reeze and deprive many houses of wa
er, they could not recommend that the
OF be flooded. On motion of Alderman
,utIer, the report was laid on the table
Intil the next meeting.
Alderman Thurston moved that the
from Harvey Hersey,
rhich was read at the last meeting aud
aid on the table, be removed from the
able and read again. After the reading
( the communication by the clerk, the
lderman then moved that the portions
i the communication which referred to
treets and the portions which referred (
D the city water be referred to the street
ommittee and the water committee, re- I
pectively, to rport. The motions were !
oted. 4
The council then continued session in {
aking up the work on the revision of
he city ordinances. {
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