The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-25
Barre City Council Voted for
$3.50 Last Night
A 3O-CENT SINKING FUND
The Aldermen Decided to DO Nothing
About the Union Label on city's
Printing, on Ground That II
Would Not Be Wise.

The city's tax rate for the pear 1910
viii be $3.50, a resolution establishing
this rate being adopted at a special
meeting Of the city council held last
evening. This rate is the same as last
year The several tax rates levied on
the grand list making up the total rate
are as follows; State school tax, cents;
state highway tax, cents; city tax,
cents city highway tax, 20 cents; city
school tax. 70 cents; city sinking fund
tax, 30 cents; general city tax 90 cents;
total. $3.50.
Several other matters Of minor inn
portanee were brought up before the
council by the aldermen. Alderman
Brown stated that the charity committee
had sent Michael Sart0rei to the state
hospital at Waterbury for safe keeping
until a hearing could be held on the petit
tion for his being committed to the asy-
lum permanently and that the committee
now had on its hands three dogs which
sartoreli owned. lie said that the dogs
were now at the place where Sartorelli
had been boarding, and the committee
did not know whether they we're respon-
sible for their safekeeping or not. Il
was finally decided that the charity com
mittee should see to their being kept un-
til after 1t was settled whether their
owner was to be committed 10 the asy-
lum.
On motion Of Alderman Hoyt, It was
voted that the Pentecostal church society
should pay by the month its rent for
the room It occupies in the old city
building instead Of leasing the room for
year, as has been done formerly. Al
derman Wiley also stated that the prop
erty committee had decided that the roof
of the old city building did not need to
be recovered this year, and they were
having it patched up where it was mosu
needed.
Alderman Brown stated that Mrs Boil
ster objected to giving a right Of way
to the proposed foot bridge over the river
near Glenwood avenue, and after some
discussion It was left with the streeu
committee to see what arrangements
could BE- made with other property own
era In the vicinity in regard 60 getting
a right Of way,
Alderman Tharsfon brought No the
matter Of moving the Mertz house from
its present location at the entrance to TIE
Hope cemetery grounds. The house was
purchased last winter hy the cemetery
and turned over to the
city with the understanding that the city
should move It away II was voted u
refer the matter 70 the committee Of
the whole to decide upon where the
building should be moved to and report
Unwise to Bind City.
The regular meeting of the board Of
aldermen was also held last evening and
was of short duration. as there was but
little business to dispose Of The print
ing committee reported on the request
Of the Barre central labor union for the
city to authorize all Of its printing jobs
contracted for done at union shop and
bear the label Of the typographical union,
that they considered IL would be unwise
for the city to bind itself to any particu-
lar party and Furthermore they deemed
this request by the central labor union
and uncaled for as all 81
the citv's printing for several years past
had been let to union printers On mo-
tion Of Alderman Wiley. the report Of
the committee was adopted and ordered
placed on file
On recommendation Of the building in
spector. building permits were ordered
granted to Rizzi Bros 10 erect an Office
building At their granite plant on Black
well street and to =. Peverelli to erect
a barn at 8 Elliston street The Cons
Lighting company was granted
permission to set pole on Academy
street On motion Of Alderman Rossi,
The application Of II n. Holmes for
restaurant license at 205 North Main
street was referred to the license com
mittee to investigate and report, A
resolution appropriating s770 from the
street department for the purchase Of
three horses for use Of the department
was read and passed to second read.
ng.