The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-08
We're For Teams Furnished
By Alderman Cutler
FOR USE in CITY BUSINESS
First Steps Taken Toward Reassessing
Abutters on North and South Main
streets-were 1o1 Marriages
in Barre Last Year.

Ihe first steps toward making re-
assessment against abutters on North
and South Main streets who have not
paid for such betterments were taken
by the city council last evening, when
| it was voted to instruct the street com
mittee 70 begin proceedings to reassess
abutters on the above named streets. 1t
was also voted that warrant issue
for the collection of the assessment
against the Quinlen property, this be-
llng the only assessment on the paving
laid n 1908 that has not been paid.
Bills Held Up.
a bill from Z. a. Prindle amounting
to $40 and several small bills from All.
derman IL. +. Cutler for teams furnished
Tor the use Of city officials, amounting
70 S5S.S5, We're held up pending an in
vestigating as to whether the city could
legally pay them. The question on Il. A.
PrIndles bill was whether o. G. Russell.
water superintendent, was in partner
ship with Mr.. Prindle, and if he was,
Mr Russell could not legally purchase
supplies for the water department from
Mr. Prindle. The question on Mr.. CHIT
ler's bills was that as an alderman he
could not furnish teams to the city and
collect pay for the same. Mr.. Cutler
had furnished teams to different officials.
once Tor the purpose of going to Cabot
in the interest of the FIRE department. at
other times to the water department FOR
trips to the Orange brook reservoir. once
for delivering notices on South Main
street, and others.
Alderman Thurston, who had used Mr.
Cutters teams in looking after the af-
fairs of the water department. wanted
to know if it was any worse for the
city to hire q team Of Cutler. than ii
was for the city to rent one Of its boil.
ers to the mayor.
Alderman Milne thought the two in
no way parallel cases. The question was
simply whether the alderman from ward
4 had violated the city charter. The
mayor recalled to the attention Of the
aldermen the time when he as mayor
was called before special meeting az
the board, because he was furnishing !
few stones to the contractor who was
erecting the fire station. He was sim
ply doing it to help the work along.
when the contractor could not get stone
on time and was in no contract with
the city at all. But he took his medi.
cine like a man and the stones are still
IN his shed, total loss TO himself AL
derman Thurston then stated he would
willingly pay out Of his own pocket for
all teams he himself had ordered OF Al
derman Cutler.
The bills were referred to the finance
committee and the mayor to look into
them.
IA of 10 Arrests Were Drunks.
Chief OF Police Brown reported fg
arrests in December, Of which Ii were
for intoxieation and two for breach Of
The peace
The Orange County Telephone com.
pany was given permission to set poles
m Elm, fremont, Sheridan and Welling-
.on streets.
An agreement between the city and
he Barre Steam company for blowing
he fire whistle was read and ordered
,xecutcd
Health Officer J. W. Jackson reported
y births in December and Is deaths.
The report of the cemetery trustee
# trust funds showed total fund Of
i4,S45, Of which amount s171.94 had
,een expended in 1906.
Report of Cemetery Commissioners.
The annual report Of the cemetery
was read. 1t asks for
he setting over to the use of the com
mission All land at Hope cemetery on
he north side OF the highway reservine
My the buildings now used for q poor
Iouse that the commissioners may Inn
rove and beautify the same,
Marriages in 1909.
The city clerk made report Of the
marriages in Barre in 1906 The total
or the year was 10l, divided as follows:
anuary 6, February 8. March 6, April
o, May S. June 16, July 4, August 8,
september ., October IA, November s,
december Q. OF these, 55 Of the grooms
rere natives and 46 foreign born, 90
t the brides were natives and Al for
ign born.
Buildings Erected in 1906.
The building Inspector reported build
igs erected in 1906 as follows;
wo-tenement houses ............ 4
ingle tenement houses ..~...... Is
tone sheds ..'....s.t...,.....s..
usiness blocks ..,.,..............
arms .-t.....-.f...- .'......,,... 10
torehouses .s.,......., .t.....,,
Iood sheds ...,................. is
....,..,.... .....,... AZ
reenhouses .......s...,., ....
arriage shops ............ .....
mn Z