The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-05-22
q settlement. The motion was seconded
BY Alderman Alexander and voted.
City Hearse Contract.

one presented in the manner IN which
Che bids were advertised for. Jones 4
McMillan's bid was 50 for the bearst
within the city and 50 cents a mile each
way for the first three miles outside 81
the city and 25 cents per mile each way
thereafter On motion Of Alderman Al
eS8ndcr the report was accepted and The
property committee instructed to draw
up contract with the parties.
A petition signed by IL freenoidcrs and
taxpayers was read, petitioning the
street commissioners for roadway from
Depot square across the G. v. tracks
and then in a westerly direction across
the properties Of II. X. Bush and the
i. J. Bolster estate TO the property Of
Mrs. Agnes Williams. This was referred
10 the street committee.
Consulting Engineer Engaged.
Alderman Alexander, chairman Of the
water committee, said that the work on
the new storage reservoir should be get
ting under way and that the city engi-
neer had asked that 4 consulting engineer
be engaged and had proposed that L. p.
Thorpe Of Boston. formerly Of the firm
Of Coffin 4 Thorpe, the engineers who
first drew up the plan for reservoir
on Orange brook in the place where It
is now TO be erected, be engaged 70
assist ia the work, as he was acquainted
with the situation and, in 1902 when the
first plans were made, had made test
holes in the ground and had found a
clay bottom underwear the surface about
six feet. On motion Of Alderman Thurs
ton ID was voted to instruct the water
committee to engage the engineer.
The Paving Question.
Alderman Even brought up the ma
cadam vs.. paving question and inquired
what was going 70 be done about the
protest from the board OF trade made
at the last meeting Of the council. He
said chat there were a great many peo-
pie ID the city who thought that Main
street from the covered bridge on South
Main street to Blackwell street should
be paved with granite, and he made a
motion that tie council reconsider its
vote 10 macadalnize North Main street
Alderman Hovt then called upon City
Engineer Reed as 70 what was said at
the meeting Of the board Of trade on
the question. Mr. Reed said that good
deal Of the discussion seemed TO be that
10 macadamize Main street was not fol-
lowing out the policy originally started
by the city, which was that Main street
should be paved and that maeadam
would not be a suitable street to main
tain
Alderman Campbell then said that he
had heard a good deal about the matter
since the meeting Of the board Of trade,
and he thought that the meeting went q
good deal on what the city engineer had
said at the meeting when he told The
board that macadam would not stand
up as well as paving. The alderman
said that this was the FIRST that the
street committee knew that Che engineer
was OF any such opinion; they had sup
posed he had called the maeadam that
had already been put in on Main street
very satisfactory He thought that the
sbutters we're to be considered in this
question, as paving would certainly be
an injury TO them as wen as expensive.
81 Abutters Ask for Macadam.
The city clerk then produced a petition
which he said bad been left with him
three weeks ago to be read at any meet
ing when the question Of paving came
up again. This was signed by p resi-
dents and land owners along North Main
street and stated that they preferred
that the street be macadamized Tho
following are signers: f r Cutler, Mrs.
L. ]. Bolster, y y, Sanguinetti, g. Tom
asi, c. c. Yarney, 0 ]. Howes, Mrs. G.
b. Dukea, w. A. B0yce, Mrs. 1 y.
Bemis, Mrs. Jerry Keefe, Jerry keefe
estate. Ellen 4. Keefe, adm, p E. Nc
Nnlty, James r. Hastings, O. D. shurt-
left. Thomas Carroll, II. W. Whiteonfb,
DR.. GhideIla, p Negroni, Mrs. NJ. /.
Green, Patrick Brown
The clerk also read a telegram sent
to Alderman Thurston by Clinton n.
Field of New York. which stated that
he hoped Barre would macadamize North
Main street. He said that New York
was using macadam rather than paving
for its heavily Travelled streets and con
sidered it preferable if properly con-
structed. Alderman Thurston said that
Mr.. Field had sent the telegram to him
wholly unsolicited
Alderman Even made a motion that
the council reconsider its vote to ma
the street and this motion was
finally seconded by Alderman Alexander.
Alderman Thurst0n, however, said that |
the motion was out of order entirely, as |
the rules governing the council did not
allow them at this late hour to recon
slider the vote aud the mayor said that
was the rule adopted and he could not
the motion. After considerable
more discussion pro and con the ques-
lion was dropped with no action being
taken.
Other business disposed Of at the
meeting was the granting Of permit
10 S. Fl. Forsythe to reshingle a house
md request from T. x. Averill for a
permit to move some buildings at the
,orner Of Hill and Washington streets
was referred back to Mr. Averill for
more definite instructions as to what
he wished to move and where
le wanted to move them.
Alderman Even stated that the ques-
ion Of a park policeman had been
1rought to his notice to care for The
ity park andstop the seats being moved
lround and roughly handled by boys.
rhe matter was referred to the police
to consult with the chief Of
,oliceas to the best method TO adopt.