The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-18
City Council Halt Project to
Re-pitch Pavement
THURSTON MUCH PLEASED
There Were Only Two Bidders and They
Asked Several Times More Than City
Engineer Reed Figures the Work
Would Actually Cost.

The sum of $4,000 was transferred
from the city treasury to the Barre
school commissioners BY the city council
last night, the amount being a part Of
that due on the regular 70-cent school
tax. Other amounts ordered paid were
weekly warrants as follows: street de-
partment, s299.72; water department.
s537S; ire department, s7ss6; police
department, s63sl; j. +. o'DonnelI tas-
sisting city engineer), $ss62.
Chief of Police Faulkner reported nine
teen arrests during the month Of July.
which is ten less than for the correspond
ing month last year. The nineteen werc
as follows: intoxication I, non-support
2, larceny 2, breach Of the peace 8, and
search and keeping each.
The proposition Of the Montpelier a
Wells River railroad to raise the grade
of Wiley street between North Main
street and the bridge was accepted, It
being agreed that the railroad should
do the work and that the city should
pay $40, which amount, the railroad
claimed, would be about twenty per cent.
Of the total cost. The street committee
was instructed to take charge OF the
city's side Of the matter.
Health Officer MI D. Lamb reported
that the river in the rear Of the buildings
on Main street ought to be cleaned 81
rubbish and that hereafter persons be
prosecuted for dumping rubbish IN the
stream, watch 10 be kept. Referred to
the health committee. The petition for
sewer extension on Franklin street was
laid on the table until the city's PROPOSE.
tion as to water extension Is accepted.
A permit was granted To Albert "A.
Sargent to erect double-Story dwelling
house, SO by 80 feet in size, on The old
hotel site, corner Of Hill and French
streets. Frank A. Cove was given per-
mission to move q lean-to on Eastern
avenue.
The proposal to re-pitch the Main
street granite block pavement came to
sudden halt after The opening Of the
two bids which had been submitted, that
Of E. G. Gitehell asking 30 cents : square
yard materials furnished BIZ himl and
that of Joseph Long & Co 43 cents tcity
to furnish pea gravel and the water TO
wash the iointsl The former offered
also to do it for % cents if pitch. wood
and gravel were to be furnished by the
city.
Both bids were laid on the table en-
phatieallY after City Engineer Reed had
stated bis belief that the total cost Of
the repitching should be well within
ten cents a square yard and the mem
hers had expressed their surprise at the
probable cost, according to the bids. Al
derman Alexander stated that he had
heard q contractor say thst he would
take the blocks mp and relay them in
cement. instead Of pitch, for 25 cents,
the cement making the Joints frmer ana
the pavement less noisy Alderman
Thurston indulged in few audible
when the bids were heard, re-
marking that the city could lay 9 big
strip of maeadam with the several thou
sand dollars, to which the bids figured
on the $500 square yards Of pavement.
The council as a final act voted to re-
paint the city's twelve bridges and left
the matter to the street committee.