The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-27
Aldermen Reduced Health
Officers to $3.50
TWO OTHERS ARE RAISED
Middle Of Proposed Bridge for Brock
Street--An Effort to Rush Mat
tiers Held Up by the City
Ordinances. '.

The board Of alderman at it's reg
lilar meeting voted to increase the sal
ary Of the bookkeeper and stenographer
in the water superintendent Office from
S35 to $3s month"; and to give two
weeks vacation; to pay the assistant in
the city engineers Office $40 month
and give him two weeks vacation
without loss Of pay, and to return To the
police the FIVE cents an hour allowed
for keeping prisoners. The board fur
ther voted to reduce the samry Of the
health officer, j w. Jackson, from SECS
to $780, The health officer was paid
$500 last year, but the salary was re-
duced this year He appeared before the
board last week and stated he thought
it worth more and detailed some of
the work required and done BY Kim. The
matter was referred to the salary com.
mittee, which reported at last nights
meeting as follows:
we have carefully investigated this
matter. Section z, page 10, Of the city
charter says the members Of tile board
W ANNtNh NA4fAl ASAtiNt lkhNNAlNDiE NBttl-
lpensation, which should be fixed by the
city council. We do not find that this
has ever been repealed by the state
Legislature; therefore, we see no reason
70 doubt that the matter Of fixing this
salary is with the city council this year
as II has been in the past. We consider
reasonable compensation 20 be that sum
which responsible parties are willing to
assume the duties for, and therefore we
recommend that the compensation Of The
secretary of the board of health be fxed
at $3.50 per year, city to furnish all
necessary disinfecting material and i'm
plements when II is necessary that the
disinfecting be done at the expense Of
the city" The report was accepted.
The salary committee also recommend.
ed the retention of G. b. Jones as jan
itor OF the city building for another
year at salary Of $55 a month.
A New Bridge for Brook Street.
City Engineer Smith submitted 10 the
board plans for new bridge on Brook
street and stated figures had been given
him by three bridge companies for the
material t. o. b. Barre. These prices
were given him in confidence ana were
not to be diyulged unless the aldermen
voted to buy, when the prices would be
made public Attention was called to
the ordinances. which Say the street com
missioners shall advertise for bids. and
after trying for n time to get around
this, motion was made that the city
engineer advertise for bids to be opened
Friday night Of this week.
III. IL. Al
room, asked if the bridge had ever been
authorized, and no alderman had knowl.
edge that it ever had This put new
face on the matter and after some fur
the discussion the aldermen adjourned
and council meeting was called, at
which resolution was introduced and
passed authorizing the construction of
ia bridge on Brook street, the city engi.
neer TO advertise for bids TO be opened
at special meeting of the council sat
urday evening Of this week.
This haste was due to the desire to
allow the prices submitted to the city
engineer 60 be put in a. the bids on the
bridge material While 1t was not stated
at the meeting. il is understood that
the lowest OF these figures IS little
under $3.50 for the material t. 0. b.
Barre.
II was discovered this morning that
the ordinances say that the street com
missioners shall advertise for ten days,
so what effect this will have on last
nights action cannot be told.
Damage by Water
VIM Mcdonald, with several other
residents Of Bassett street, appeared to
enter complaint against the water
from Prospect street running down ON
TO their property and damaging it. Al
derman Cutler said the water was run.
lning III its natural course, and the city
had no right 10 change it. Referred to
the street committee.
p. w. Hooker q Co asked for a per-
init to run their carpet cleaning plant
during April Referred to the health
officer and health committee
a resolution was adopted fixing II.
cense fees for pool rooms, lunch rooms,
etc, at the same prices as last year.
The supply committee was authorized
to purchase a carload of coal one of
sewer tile and a cart,
George NJ Tilden rendered his resig-
nation as inspector Of leather and it
WAS accepted.
The property committee was author
lied TO have the police cell room cleaned,
Iwhitewashed, newly painted and repaired
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