The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-01
AT City Councils Regular
Meeting Last Evening
CITY PARK TO BE GUARDED
Gas Company Doesn't Want to Extend
Mains Beyond Third Street and coun-
ell VIII Hear Protest at
Special Meeting Tonight.

meeting and most OF tAe business that
c4me before their attention vas mat
tiers that bad been referred to commit
tees to investigate and report on. The
report Of the chairman Of the street
committee and the city attorney On the
question Of the Peoples Heating.
Lighting and Power company extend
! ing their pipes on North Main street
20 Sixth street as called for in their
franchise stated that Mr.. LaFountain.
manager Of the gas company had been
here and requested that the company
be not made to extend their pipes fur
| Their than third street for the reason
that there were few inhabitants below
Third street; and, fuTthermoEe, be
claimed that at this time the plant
was not paying heavily and the com
pany could not easily stand the ex-
! pense 81 putting in the pipes the Mhoia
distance.
Mr.. LaFountain also told the commit
tee that the company had already or
dsred pipe sufficient 10 extend the linz
as far IS Third street and would put
that in at once but did not wish to 70
any further unless the city insisted.
Alderman Ihurston who i chairman
o. the street committee said that he
thought the pipe SHOULD be laid as the
city Was preparing to lay permanent
street On that portion Of North Main
and would not want to have the street
ding Up after il bad been macadamized.
He thought that il the city insisted
tine company would readily lay the
pipe as they are bound to under their
franchise.
On the statement Of Alderman Thurs
ton that Mr.. Blanchard another mem
Der of the gas company was 10 be here
tomorrow Alderman Campbell made a
motion which was carried that the
mayor call special meeting of the
council for seven O'Clock this evening to
meet Mr. Blanchard and settle the mat.
ter.
George Gerard appeared before the
council and requested that DO be- grant
ed a permit or license to sell pop
corn from a stand near the park on
band concert evenings. Tire council
voted not to grant his request. DR.
IC. E. Camp, who complained to the
beard Of aldermen last week against
boys iniuring the park aud making
nusances oil themselves while ocenpg.
ing the park evenings asked the eoun-
el last evening If they had decided
that they could do anything in the mat
ter.
Alderman Ladd said that the prop
ertv committee and the police commit
tee to whom the matter had been ne.
ferred weuld arrange to look after the
park and see that il was properly used.
He said that the park was not large
enough to accommodate the number Of
people who would like to occupy 1t aud
IAe thought that when the seats were
] lAssMll that there could be no BARN in
neonls sitting down on the grass and
nm ~ INK Ii would be right TO put
them oH Ts mayor stated that there
was room for NOE seats around the
nark and an motion taf Alderman Camp
bell IT was voted to insefiiet me prop
erty committee 10 buy sYA new seats
and place them around the ~
City Clerk Mackay remarked MAJ q
he passed the park every day goiilss 20
his office he had noticed that new Ytes9s
into the band stand were badly in need
"Iou didn't come by there tonight,
did YOU asked Alderman Alexander
ANo." replied the clerk. swell the
steps were repaired this afternoon"
continued the alderman and the rest Of
the council burst into a laugh at the
clerks expense.
The street committee reported that
Fred Haskell who had made request
ior a permit to move two buildings
from Beckley street to Perrin street
had decided to withdraw his request.
Tie comnnttee also reported that they
recommended permit being granted
to Grant Lane to move small building
from Beekley street onto eSminary
street and the council voted to grant
jthe permit.
The report Of the water superinten-
dent for the month Of May which had
been ordered returned for the striking
out of one item was received with the
item stricken out and was accepted
The application Of w. S. Littleiohn
Tor an extension of the public sewer on
trow avenue was laid over until the
]pecial meeting tonight. The petition
kpr a concrete walk which was laid over
from the last meeting was again read
8ud Alderman Laid made a motion
fiat the walk be laid. Alderman Thurs
tAn made an amendment to the motion
THAT the walk be laid on the street line
which was voted. The resolution ap.
prbpriating s25 for the care Of Currier
pskk was read for the third time and
cmf motion OF Alderman Campbell adopt
edE
The following building permits were
Recommended by the building inspector
CT Fratfin to remodel a building on
River street into a store and tenement
h&use: George DRrlSee TO reshingle one
side az an Ell at 212 South Main street;
VI ?. Richardson to patch roof Of barn
oni Camp street; D. T. Bassett to re-.
sikingie barn on Prospect street; n. d.
Phelps TO cover roof of barn on Pros