The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-29
So AIdrich Trustees Ask City
to Make
The PROPOSED TRANSFER
Holders Of he National Bank Corner
Property on Main Street Have Found
they Have a Right to Swap
with the City.

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their property at the corner Of Main and
Elm atreets where the old National bank
building now ssaads as early next year
as possible was brought ont az the regu.
lar meeting Of the board Of aldermen
last evening, when \. D. Phelps. mem
her Of the trustees, appeared before the
board and stated that through later de-
yelopmcnts the trustees had found out
that they had the right to go ahead
without any instructions from the courts
and carry out the proposed exchange of
land with the city in order to make tho
new building on a straight line wis the
Wood block.
This question was brought up BY tha
trustees over q year ago, and il was theu
thought that the trustees would have to
get a courts opinion as 70 whether the
trustees had a right 10 make an exchange
of the land but 1t Is now settled that
the trustees have the power and Mr.
Phelps wanted the city to decide as soon
as possible whether they would agree 10
the exchange Of land.
The trustees wish 10 deed 10 the city
a strip Of land on the Main street side
81 the property for the vacant corner on
the Elm street side in front Of the Eco
nomic store, 50 that they can swing their
proposed new building around straight
withe front Of the Wood block Mr..
Phelps stated that The trustees were
anxious to have this matter settled as
quickly as possible SO that they could
make their plans for beginning opera
tions the first thing in the spring.
On motion Of Alderman Campbell the
matter was referred to a committee Of
the whole to meet on the ground and in
vestigate the situation Building per-
mits were ordered granted to Eastman
Brothers to extend the show window Of
The Mascot candy kitchen store out
TWO feet and eight inches, even with
the windows In the Quinen block, and
"a Barton, Hayes & Bancroft 10 reshin-
gle their st0neshed.
Alderman Thurston reported that :
chicken owned BY Leon Carroll had been
killed ~ dogs and that three other
chickens had been disabled for life. On
motion 81 Alderman Alexander it was
voted to pay Mr. Carroll 80 cents fer
the dead chick.
The city clerk reported that tire audi,
tor Of the Travellers Liability Insurance
company had been to his Office looking
over the different pay rolls and in the
street department. and contrary to the
company's custom ever since the city
had a policy with them they had object
ed to the amounts paid for team hire
being taken out Of the pay roll
The auditor was here, he said, TO set
tie up last years account ana when he
started to take out the amounts paid for
team hire from Bolster, Siayton and
Leonard, the auditor stopped him and
claimed that. those amounts should be
included on the grounds that If an 8eci-
dent should happen to any Of those team
sters the city would be liable, even
though the men were not hired or paid
BY the city. He said the auditor claimed
bic had 40 recollection Of having left
these accounts out last year. On motion
OF Alderman Campbell the matter was
referred to the city attorney
T. N. Averill made petitions for ea-
tensions of the sewer main and tile wa
ter main TO his new house of Hill strees
q distance Of about 2S0 feet and the
petitions were referred to the street and
water committees to investigate and re-
port.
Alderman Campbell stated that the
chief Of police had spoken to him about
the way the truaney work was being
handled He said the chief had eom-
planned that all of the work was being
thrown onto him because he was tile
only officer on duty during the forenoon,
and furthermore that one day the school
superintendent had handed him four
names of truant scholars which lie
worked al the forenoon tracing up, and
found that three Of them were in school
when he got around to their houses and
that the fourth was sick in bed The
chief thought that It should be deter-
mined first whether the scholars wera
PLAYING truant or simply tardy befors
their names were handed to the truant
officer The matter was referred TO the
police committee.
Alderman Campbell also reported that
had been made to him that
the Central Vermont was obstrueting the
river By putting props under its bridge
below Granite street and that the work
was being done Wlth0ut a permit from
the city. The matter was referred to
the water committee
City Council ia Session.
The board Of aldermen then adjourned
and an adjourned meeting of the city
council was called to hear a report from
the committee which was delegated to
meet the Central Vermont officials and
hear what they had TO say before pros
seedings are started TO condemn 3 por.
sion Of their land on Bumhams meadow
for the purpose of changing the bed Of
Stevens branch Alderman Alexander
stated that the committee As vet had
been unable to locate the officials who
had authority IN the matter and for that
reason the committee had no report to
make. he then made a motion that tha
sounei again adjourn the meeting until
october II which waz carried.
A. B. Lane, who is building
HE new school building on Camp
street, stated to the council that work
ii the building was being held up by
reason 0f the unsettled sever question