The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-05-19
An Extension Of Street Rail-
road Recommended
IN SPITE OFR.R.'S PROTESTS
City Council Instructs Trolley System
TO Make Extension -UniverHalist Soci-
ETY. Is Granted Extension in Which
to Pay Paving Assessment.


II was recommended by the city coun-
ell, as a committee Of the whole, at their
meeting last evening that the Barre 4
Montpelier Power and Traction company
be instructed to extend their street rail-
way tracks to Quarry street, via Ayers
and Circle streets, and the report Of the
committee containing this recommends
tion was accepted on motion made by
Alderman Alexander.
The committee Of the whole In les
report stated that they had been over
the ground with the directors of the
railway company on May Is, and that
the directors had made objections to
either the South Main street or the Ayers
street routes. They objected to South
Main street on account Of the steep
grade and the Barre railroad sidetracks
that had TO be crossed at the foot of
the hill. The hill, the directors say, Is
so steep that the brakes would not hold
car coming down. The Ayers street
route was objected to by them on ac-
count Of the railroad crossing again, but
their chief objection, the committee re-
ported, was that the company was not
In a financial condition at the present
time to conveniently make any extension
Of its lines.
The committee ended It's report by
recommending that the city instruct the
company to extend its tracks by the
Ayers street route and the council ac-
cepted the report without any discus
sion.
The committee of the whole, to whom
had been referred the petition for a
footbridge across Stevens branch near
Elmore street, reported that the petit
tioners should first get the permission Of
the land owners to cross their land to
get to the proposed bridge before the
city would take action on the petition.
The report was accepted.
Raising Money to Pay Assessment.
o. X. Hollister appeared before the
council and asked that an extension OF
time of two or three weeks be granted
the Universalist church society in which
to pay their street paving assessment
which amounts to about $525. Frof.
Hollister stated that canvass of the
parish had got to be made to raise the
money and they wished for an extension
of time in which to do this. On motion
of Alderman Alexander 1t was voted that
the time limit be extended one month.
Board Of Trades Report.
c. W. Melcher, as chairman of the
Board Of Trades committee of municipal
affairs, conveyed to the council the al
most unanimous vote Of the members Of
the board, taken at their meeting Mon
day night, that granite blocks make the
best paving for North Main street from
Depot square to Blackwell street. Mr..
Melcher stated that it was not the pur.
pose Of the board Of trade to attempt
to dictate to the council. and the board
had taken this action only as a recon-
mendation for the council to consider in
view Of the fact that the council had al
ready voted to macadamize this portion Of
Main street. Mayor Robins said that
this question would be taken up ct a
special meeting of the council, which was
to be held this week.
Want to Build Block.
T. G. Rowland inquired what the street
committee or the council had done in
regard to the proposition made by him
to the council two weeks ago relative
to widening Keith avenue. Alderman
Campbell of the street committee said
that on account of Alderman Thurston,
chairman Of the committee, being un-
able to attend to the matter during the
past two weeks, the committee had
made no report as yet He stated, how
ever, that he had tried to get the new
owners of the French lot and DIR. FL O.
Worthen together with O view of bring
ing about a settlement over the strip
Of land between the French lot and the
street without the city's entering into
the difficulty. He got them together
in conference, he said, but they did not
get together on settlement.
Mr.. Rowland stated that the owners
of the French lot we're anxious TO get
the matter settled in some way as soon
as possible, as they were contemplating
erecting building on the lot. he said
that he had made several propositions
to DR.. Worthen but the latter had not
consented to accept them. He thought
the street shoould be widened and that
now was the best time for the city TO
do it rather than after block has been
erected. The owners he said, were ready
to give a the city strip not to exceed
five feet in width for sidewalk on the
Keith avenue side of the lot. The mayor
said that it seemed that the only way
for the city to do was to take regular
course of condemning this strip of land
owned by DR.. Worthen.
Alderman Campbell then made mo-
tion that the city attorney be instructed
to act with the street COMMITTEES in con
ferring again with DR.. Worthen and
make report at the special meeting
this week. This was done, and the may
or stated that he would call the special
meeting Of the council on Friday even
ing
Miscellaneous Business.
Building permits were ordered granted
to K. A. Lane to build barn on Hin
street; to M. X Sibley to make over a
woodshed into barn; to Mrs. c. D.
Carpenter to remodel barn on West
street into a dwelling and to Alex.
Ritehie to moye a henhouse.
The health officer reported 20 births
in April and 8 deaths.
A permit was granted B. casparello