The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-10
OF Bill for $500 Presented BY
Long & Company
ON RESERVOIR CONTRACT
Company Claims the Amount for Refill
ing Embanlment--Co Votes to
Retain Per Cent. Of Contract
Price for Six Months.

The weekly meeting Of the board OF
aldermen last evening was brief, a
there was little business to transact
Two warrants were ordered drawn on
the city treasury for the payment Of
notes due August 10 on temporary loans,
one being for $4,000, due the Barre
Savings Bank & Trust company, and
the other for $4,000, due the Lamoille
County Savings bank.
The health officers report for the
month Of July showed that there had
been "a births in the city during the
month, and 10 deaths. The water super
intendent reported that the Scott brook
intake and the Martin brook intake had
been cleaned during July.
On motion of Alderman Rossi. build
ing permits were ordered granted to the
Presbrey -Coykendall company to erect
an addition to their stoneshed Of l57 #.
K AZ it., two stories high; 70 D. J. Boyce
to repair his house on Grant avenue,
which was recently damaged by fire, and
70 Alex. Corey & Co. to roof over 4
porch Of house on Prospect street.
p Negroni applied for permit TO move
a barn on his property on North Main
street TO the rear OF his lot, and on
motion of Alderman Rossi the permit
was ordered granted. A. Tomasi applied
for a permit to hang sign over the
sidewalk on Merchant street, and the
request was referred to the street com
mittee to investigate and report.
City Engineer Reed made verbal re-
port on the request Of Mrs. Bckford for
information as to what condition her
property would be left in after the river
bed had been changed The engineer
said that outside of what the city took
of her land for the street ner properly
would be left in as good, If not better,
condition than it is now. He said that
on one side OF her pr rty there is now
wall. which will be removed when
the street is laid, and the lawn can then
bc terraeed
President Thurston reported 20 the
board that since the council had granted
a permit TO the Perry & Scribner spring
water company to connect its system
with II f. Reynolds house on Washing
ton street Mn Reynolds had seen him.
and stated that he had never requested
the water company to connect his house,
and he did not know as he should use
their water The president said that
that was nothing to the city, however.
On motion OF Alderman Even, the
hoard then went into executive session.
to discuss some matter which nc said
he wished to bring mp After the execu.
tive session, the aldermen adjourned,
and the mayor called the council togeth-
er for a short session. Long & company,
the contractors who built the new Or
angc brook reservoir, presented bill
10 the city for 5000, which they claim
is due them for the extra work they
had to do in reflling q part of the reser-
voir emhankment which washed out
resumed the work of completing the
dam The council is Of the opinion that
this work should be horne BY the con-
tractors and referred the bill to the city
attorney for his opinion.
The council also voted to retain 5 per
cent. OF the contract price for building
the Orange reservoir for the period OF
six months The council has q right
to retain 10 per cent, but they decided
that there was no necessity of tying up
50 much money from the contractors.
and voted to pay them all but five per
cent.
II A. Rugg applied permission to
hang an awning over he front Of the
Diversi fruit store ii the 4. Tomasi
block, but the council refused to grant
The permit.