The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-31
PETITION FOR EXTENSION
OF STREET RAILWAY LINE
Citizens Ask City Council to Order Ex-
tension Up So. Barre Way in Ac-
cord With Conditions Of
Franchise.

A petition signed by $50 citizens Of
the city was presented TO the city coun-
Gil last evening by George Il. Mcfarland
requesting that the city direct the elec-
trio railroad company 10 extend its
tracks on South Main street under the
conditions called for in It's franchise with
the city. The petition reads as follows,
"We, the undersigned citizens and tax
payers of the city OF Barre do respect
fully call your attention to section 21
OF resolution offered February 4, 1895,
relating TO the Barre Electric Light,
Power, Manufacturing and Street Rail
way company, signed and approved Feb
ruary 10, 1896, and inserted in the an.
nual city report OF 1897 on page Of
pages 25 and 26 Of resolutions in an
nual report Of 1905. We feel ID Is high
time that said company had fulfilled
their contract and would request your
honorable body to take such action as
will bring about this end"
The signers OF the petition included
citizens along oil the Main street from
North Barre TO the city limits ON South
Main street, and besides the signatures
Of nearly every granite manufacturer
in the city WAS attached. Former Alder
man Adie spoke in favor OF the petition
saying that for many years the citizens
in the south end Of the city had been
deprived OF certains rights in regard to
the service Of the electric road that they
ought 10 have. This subject of extend
ing the tracks OF the street railroad,
has been taken up before, he stated,
and for various reasons was turned
down, one of the reasons being that the
route asked for In the extension being
out Aver street where the Barre rail.
road tracks had 20 be crossed. The
street railroad company objected to this
route and the state railroad commits
sioners upheld them. This petition Mr..
Addie said does not designate any route
for the extension but leaves that ques.
tion wholly for the city council to de.
eide, which they have power to do UNI
der the contract.
The resolution referred to in the city
report Of 1897 reads as follows: HIf at
any time after two years from the com
pletion of said street railway the city
council shall deem ii necessary for the
convenience of the inhabitants of said
city that the street railway be extended
to point five hundred feet (500)
northerly of the southerly limit of said
city, and so shall declare, or if at any
time after five years from the date on
which said railroad company shall en-
dorse its acceptance upon this resolu-
tion, said city council shall deem it nee
essary for the accommodation of the in
habitants of said city. and shall so de-
clare, said railroad shall operate the
same through such streets OF said city
as the city council shall designate, and
% a point five hundred f5e0J feet
northerly Of the southerly limit of said
city under the same conditions as set
forth in this resolution, provided. how
ever, that If the railroad comrany shall
deem such extension unnecessary for
the public need and convenience it may
apply 10 the railroad commissioners, who
shall determine whether such extension
is so necessary The petition was dis
eussed briefly by. the aldermen and on
motion of Alderman Alexander was re-
ferred to the street committee and the
city attorney TO submit report at a
future meeting.