The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-18
To Permit a Veneer Building
Within Fire District
G. A. LANES APPLICATION
lie Wishes to Build Structure for Gar
age and Big Convention
Hall on Seminary
Street.

Grant A. Lane pettioned the city
council last evening for a permit to
erect a building on his lot on Seminary
street, which If built promises to fll a
long~tanding want in this city in the
way Of large assembly hall. Mr.. Lane
proposes to build a two-story building,
1872 feet long by 60 feet wide, the first
story to be equipped for large garage
and the second story to contain an as
sembIy hall l20 feet long by 90 feet
wide, with large ante rooms and plat
from; hall with capacity enough TO
accommodate with ease the largest balls,
fairs and conventions that take place
in the city and undoubtedly would be
the means of bringing state conventions
into Barre. The ground floor of the gar
age is to be of cement and there will
be no basement under the building ex-
cept IN one end for the heating sys.
tenn.
The plans as presented TO the council
last evening call for frame building
supported by trusses and the outside
walls covered with metal veneering. The
question then arose as to whether the
council could grant a permit to erect a
frame building with veneered walls with
in the fire district, and after consider.
able discussion on this subject, Alder
man Ladd made motion, which was
carried, that the matter be referred to
committee of the whole TO meet at the
lot tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock
to look over the situation.
Mr.. Lane stated that on account of it
being late in the season he wanted tos
start at work on the building, if he was
allowed to erect it, at once, and for this
reason the council decided TO call a
special meeting to decide the matter as
soon after the investigation as they
were ready to report.
Other business disposed of at the
meeting was as follows: A communiea-
tion from Sylvester Murro was read,
petitioning the city to support him. He
stated in his letter that on October 30,
while at work at the Boutwell,, Milne &
Varnum qualries, he had one arm frac-
tured BY the breaking Of a derrick
chain, rendering him unable to care for
himself He claimed that he had sued
the company for damages and wanted
the city to support him until such time
as the county court should give its deci-
sion. On motion OF Alderman Thurston
the petition was referred to the charity
and the overseer of the poor.
A communication was read from W. S.
Lord of the Franklin Pierce Firemen's
association of Portsmouth, N. H., in
quiring if the city wished to sell its
hand pump. Alderman Ladd said that
he thought that the old hand pump was
still a good piece of property for the
city to keep for cases of emergency in
which il might come handy. This sum
mer it was the means of the city's nav
ing its streets sprinlSled during the
drought as it was used to pump water
from the river into the street sprinkler.
On Alderman's Ladd's motion it was vot-
ed to instruct the fire chief, to whom the
letter was addressed to inform Mr..
Lord. that the pump was not for sale.
w. A. Bradford asked for permit
to move the old baggage room OF the
@. Y. station fifty feet onto the vacant
lot in the rear of the building occupied
by the gas company. He wanted the
building to use as store house and
to hitch his horse in during the daytime.
On motion Of Alderman Campbell he was
granted a permit
The following reports from tlse build
ing inspector were read and on motion
Of Alderman Thurston were accepted
and permits were ordered granted: L. B.
Dodge to put in two dormer windows;
Clarence Wheaton to retop a chimney;
3, A. Bugbee 4 company to build an
addition to their stone shed fifty feet
long; w. N. Cough, to build wagon
she'd.