The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-12
Ihirty-fiye Per Cent Wanted
This Time
FOR RIVER BED CHANGE
Hearing by City Council on Application
for Gasoline Engine Permit--Hens
Killed by Dogs--Cause of Oil
on Burns Monument.

A special meeting of city council was
held last evening to consider the ques
tion Of granting license to Watt &
McPetrie, blacksmiths and wheelrights,
to install gasoline engine in their
snop on Summer street. A public hear
ing was advertised for so that any
residents in that vicinity could present
thcir objections if they so desired. The
only objector at the meeting was A. Fl
Duzzell, who strenuously objected TO
gasoline engine being set up within
twelve feet, he claimed, Of his tenement
house at the corner Of Summer and Pearl
streets. Mr.. Buzzell claimed That the
noise would be nuisance and there
ould be danger from fire as well He
thought electricity could be used for
power Mr. McPetrie said that electric
power would not suit him and besides
il would be more expensive He thought
that the noise would not be great
nuisance. A. w Allen stated to the
council that he was interested in the
case for the reason that he was a dealer
in gasoline engines and this case might
have a good deal of effect on his bus
mess. He said that the modern gas
oline engine was in very common use
now and that fire insurance companies
fied no objections to them He did not
see how they could be made to be a nuis-
anee, As there were no more to be heard
from, the council tnen voted to reserve
its decision until the meeting of the al
dermen on Tuesday evening.
The council then took up several other
matters which we're presented by thu
clerk and the aldermen resolution
was read by the clerk mstructing the
city treasurer to call upon the Barre
railroad and the other abutters for
partial payment amounting to 35 per
cent. of their proportionate share based
on the estimated cost of the changing Of
the river bed The clerk stated that as
far as he was able to determine, this
assessment would be sufficient to meet
the expenses up to January l. On mo
tion Of Alderman Brown, the resolution
was adopted.
The mayor stated that he had been
informed by the man who had been
hired to clean the Burns monument that
the soiled places on the statue would
rot come of. City Clerk Maekay stat
cd that he had examined the monu-
ment and he was of the opinion that
the soiled places were made by oil which
Ind been carried onto the monument in
the dust blown of from Washington
street on which a light coating OF oil
was sprinkled last summer. He said
that the soiled places were most notice
able on the shoulders of the statue where
the dust would naturally settle He
said that it would be impossible to
clean the monument now on account Of
tie cold weather. On Wednesday OF
this week an attempt was made to wash
the monument but the water froze on
the stone.
Alderman Brown reported that w. ].
Rogers, who resides on the Allen farm
on Prospect street. recently had eight
hens killed and injured by dogs He
said that the family was awakened at
midnight by a commotion in their hen
yard and looking out, they saw three
dogs pulling a hen to pieces in the front
yard. In the morning, Mr.. Rogers fonnd
feathers scattered from one end Of his
premises to the other and found that
there had been five fatalities and three
seriously wounded while several more
hens had tail feathers missing. He said
that Mr.. Rogers could not identify the
dogs. The council instructed the alder
man to bring written report of the
battle at the next meeting
Alderman Even stated that the place
where the new drinking fountain was ID
be set OH North Main street was so
low that it would be impossible to con
meet it with the surface sewer and
wanted permission to connect with the
service sewer which the council granted.
Tie lighting committee was also in
structed to attend to the installing Of
a light on the fountain.