The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-07-07
BARRE NEWS
CITY COUNCIL.
Aldermen Vote to Direct Street Rail
WAY COMPANY to Extend Line.


AT the regular monthly meeting of
the City Council held Tuesday evening
the report of the committee having
the extension of the tracks of the
Montpelier and Barre Traction Com
pany at the south end of the city in
charge was read and it was voted to
direct the company to extend it's lines
according to specifications laid down
in its franchise, which requires pub
lie service as far as what is common
ly known as Jockey Hollow The
remainder of the business transacted
was of a routine nature.
The meeting opened with Mayor
Mulch in the chair and after the mill
utes of the last meeting were voted
accepted the accumularions of war
rants for the past month were read
and approved, the largest item being
the payment of $4,000 in part pay
ment on the rese vor. The report of
the police committee showed 4 list
of 30 arrests il the past month,
while the oversee of the poor report
ed paying out 81. 81 during the same
period. BUILDING lJspeccor J. A Field
appeared in pC al and submitted a
list of Al builLt; permits besides
withdrawing one which he approved
of in a previous report. This was in
the case of limo ~ Holland who ap-
piled for a pe'nt to build an addi-
ton to his house at As Pike street.
The inspector states that the house
is already in the street and that he
wished to recommend that the per-
init be retracted which was dona
The matter of extending the tracks
Of the Montpelier and Barre Traction
Company was then taken up and the
report Of the committee considering
the matter read. The committee re-
commended that the company De d.
rected to complete its line as they are
required to do by their charle so
that instead of ending at Aye street
as at present they will run as far as
Jockey Hollow" By a unanimous
vote of the entire board it was voted
that the recommendations be accept
ed and that action be taken to see
that they are carried out The report
of the committee of the whole was
read by Clerk Mackay regarding the
repainting of the walls of the Opera
House and the Grand Army building
1t was decided to call for bids. A De-
tition to improve the sewer on Frank
lin street was read, signed by the
names of many residents of Ward g,
and referred to the street committee.
An application for placing a pop
corn stand in the street in front of
the Granite block was received from
Karkads and Manniatic but was
heartlessly turned down. discus
sion followed on the difference be-
tween peddler's license and license
for a stand which resulted in Alder
man Wiley describing the holder OF
one of these peddler's licenses who is
required TO keep on the move, start
ing from the Universalist church at
O'CLOCK and reaching the National
Bank at O'Clock on the same night.
He moves his length every Is min
utes. motion was passed ordering
the chief of police to look after this
and similar cases and to see that Ped
oilers kept on the move
Clerk Mackay read letter from
Abe listers of the town OF Barre stat
ing that the citys property within
their jurisdiction had increased SIS.
Alderman Even demanded to know
why there should be an increase and
Alderman Thurston called for an in
vestigation but no action was taken.
The city now pays $40 in taxes TO
the town of Barre for this property.
The old question regarding the
proposed change in the river was