The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-04
Considered by City Council
Last Evening
USE OF WATER SUGGESTED
Resident on Perrin Hill complaiue
That He Has Not Had City Water
in a Long Time While Other
People Were Spnnkling Lawns.


The city water was question be-
fore the city council at their meeting
last evening, the question being brought
mp by William Mcdonald Who complain.
ed that he had been unable TO get water
at his house most Of the time for the
past two months. Mr.. Mcdonald was
informed by the mayor that it was i'm.
possible for the city water to run at
his house which is on Park street on
Perrin hill on account of the water be.
ing so low. Mr.. Mcdonald said that he
had noticed that some people were
still using their hose to water lawns
and the streets in front Of their houses.
This caused Alderman Thurston to
say that he thought the superintendent
Of the water department should make
general investigation through the
city and see if water was going to
waste through leaky faucets and waNl
the people about being wasteful with
the water. The mayor then said th@t
il the water system was all on meters
that the water question in dry seasons
would be solved as he believed that
there would always be water enough
then in the reservoirs. The city clerk
stated that with meters on the whole
system at the present rental rates that
it would mean a difference Of over fifty
thousand dollars to the city in income
from the system
Mr. Mcdonald inquired II he was sup
posed to pay rent for the wate. he did
not get and was told By the mayor that
rebate would be Il ieaeiy fm tlgtt.
a petition signed u orer 90 on
Eastern avenue Elm Street extension
and Vicinity was read. assing tlAt /
street light b. installed near he c8sHel
ot Eastern avenue and Elm street
tension. The petition was rrfera.l
the Lighting eonmitee 20 nvesti.
md report a the neAt neetina
Twenty-eight Arreats in July.
Twenty eight arrests wee reported
by the police Department in The month
Of July, eight OF which were for IN.
toxieaiion two for breach Of tile peace
four for search and seizure four for
keeping and four for selling, The ec-
Il ainder being for minor olIcns,.
The report Of the oversee. Of the
poor for the month OF July was read
am acee2ted.
Building Permits Granted.
The following building reports from
the building ainspcctor we're read and
on motion Of Alderman Hoyt were TIC.
c,pted and permits ordered granted
George r Milne to make repairs on
piazza Of house on elm street, Bond 4
kidder to tear down old motor house
and erect new one and also to move
Their stone shed building westerly eight
feet off or from land owned BY the e.
y railroad: William Aens to make re
pairs on house on Keith avenue; G. L.
Pugbee 20 extend piazza on tenement
house on Bugbee avenue; r. H. Garlic
ton to build dormes window on house
hl IFS South Main street; Thomas Low
rem to shingle wood she'd at III South
Main street
The committee on licenses to whom
was referred at the last meeting the
protest against the merry go-rotnd re-
ported that on investigation they found
that considerable damage Rad been
lone to adjoining property by the
,rowds that gathered around the place
md for that reason they had instructed
.hc city clerk not to renew Mr.. COTS
license.
II. T. Mills made application for an
'Ntension Of the city water main On
Hall street to accommodate property
,wned by him and it was referred to
he water committee to investigate and
'eport.
Permission was granted the chairman
# the Republican city committee to
iang out q flag across Main street on
rope extending from the flag pole on
he park to the top of the city build
ng.
A Case of Real Double Taxation.
Matt Body appeared before the board
nd stated that he had been taxed for
horse both in this city and in East
Montpelier and as he had been informs
d that East Montpelier was the legal
lace to pay the tax he wanted the tax
bated lie said that he hired bis
orse kept in East Montpelier FROM
Iarch to June and while it was theft
{ was listed by the town. The eoun,
il instructed the city clerk to accept
he amount of MIR Boody's tax less
rs. the tax on the horse, which will
ave to 60 before the board Of civil an.
herlty fur abatement
Alderman lloyt reported that resi-
ents on Long street wanted the city
D put in some Kind OF side walk OF
m side Of the street. They we're not
issv. the alderman said, if It wat moth
ie more than einder walk as there
as no walk on the street now On
otion Of Alderman Alexander tie Z
r was referred 10 the street con-
e. Adjourned.