The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-14
Council Orders Trolley Co. to
Extend So. Main St. Line
AS FAR AS QUARRY STREET
In Case Of Failure to Act Within Thirty
Days City wa Bring Matter to the
Attention Of the Public Service
Commission.

A resolution was adopted BY the city
council last evening, ordering the Barre
Montpelier Power ard Traction company
to extend its tracks on South Main
street from the present terminal at Aver
street to Quarry street. By the terms
Of the resolution the prosecution Of the
work must be started by the company
within thirty days, or the matter is to
be presented to the public service COM
mission by the city attorney.
Embodied in this resolution are the
terms Of an agreement. entered into and
signed by the company in 1928, by which
an article in the original franchise Of
the company was modified by the city
council, doing away with the requirement
that the company should run its cars
over the south Main street and Washing
ton street lines every half hour and
making It hourly on condition that the
company extend its tracks to Quarry
street on South Main street by Septem-
Der /, 1898. This agreement has never
been fulfilled and in the minds of the
city council is stilI binding.
The report Of the street committee
and the city attorney on the petition pre-
sented to the council last week importun.
ing the council 70 take action forcing the
company to fulfil its part Of the agree
ment entered into in 1898 was read. The
committee and the city attorney recon-
mended that the prayer Of the petition
ers should be answered and that the city
attorney should be instructed to draw
up a resolution compelling the street
railway company to act at once.
The Resolution as Adopted.
The resolution as adopted is as fol-
lows:
That whereas, the CITY council Of the
city Of Barre at a meeting duly held on
the l4th day of June, 1897 passed q
resolution modifying and amending the
franchise Of the Barre & Montpelier
Power and Traction Co.; and whereas,
said resolution provided that said CON-
pany should run at least one car each
way South Main street and Washington
street every hour from the intersection
of Washington street and North Main
street, WHICH It had previously agreed
to run every half hour, as viii appear
by referring To said resolution and the
resolution Of the city council approved
Feb. 10, 1906; and whereas. the said
Barre n Montpelier Power a. Traction
Co as a consideration for the foregoing
agreed to extend and operate
its tracks and cars as upon the other
portion Of South Main street along some
feasible route acceptable to the city
council, to the intersection of Quarry
street and South Main street; and
permission was granted to said
company to extend and operate its tracks
and cars to the above mentioned point,
viz. the intersection Of Quarry street
and South Main street; and whereas,
said company accepted the terms Of said
resolution and thereby agreed to extend
said tracks as aforesaid on or before the
lst day OF September, 1898. more than
ten years ago; and whereas, said COM
pany has never executed its agreement
according to the terms of said franchise
Nov, therefore, he is resolved by the
sity council of the city Of Barre now
N session: That the said Barre and
Montpelier Power and Traction Co. be
requested and ordered to Immediately
somply with the terms of said agreement
Is above set forth. That If the proseeu-
ion of the work ii not begun within
thirty days after due notice so TO do,
hat the city attorney be instructed to
,Fing the matter before the public SER
rice commission without delay.
Further, that the clerk give notice
o said company Of the time and place
y meeting this hody, at which time tho
question Of the most feasible route may
,e discussed
A City Meeting Soon.
The warning for special city meeting
in Wednesday evening, April Is. was
cad, and the different articles were dis
ussed but no action was taken. as An
rticle relative to instructing the school
to purchase certain
'iece of land for a public park or play
round was not quite satisfactory to the
ouncil- Important articles in the warn
ng are to see if the city will issue bonds
or the construction Of storage reser-
oir on the Orange brook and for the
purchase Of lot Of lard for the erection
+ new school building.
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