The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-14
Complaint Of Consolidated
Lighting Company to City
ON TWO CITY BUILDINGS
City Fathers Scarcely Think They An
Responsible for the Alleged Loss.
Another Discussion with the
Street Railroad.

Claiming a mistake IN its contract
With the city, whereby it Is losing over
500 per month in lighting the opera
house and the fire station. the Consoll.
dated Lighting company brought the
matter before the board Of aldermen
last evening. The lighting company
claims that IL has cost it, over and
above tho contract price for lighting and
renewals in the opera house. the sum
Of Ss95.S5 for the past seven months,
and il had lost sl22.45 in lighting the
Gre station for the same period, making
a total Of Sa57s0 for the two buildings.
which the meters show the company is
losing on the contract price.
Alderman Rossi stated that The man.
aser d the Consolidated company had
brought the matter before the lighting
committee and had requested The conn
mittee to bring il before the aldermen.
Alderman Rossi said that In the state.
ment which the manager had prepared,
showing the cost Of lighting the build
ings, the meters had been figured on
rate Of six and two thirds cents per kilo.
watt hour, when. as matter Of fact,
tnc company had agreed to give the
city rate 81 five cents per kiIowatti
hour, and the contract price is So per
light per year.
Alderman Thurston stated that when
tile present contfact was signed last fan
for a period Of three years the com.
pany offered to put in meters in the
opera house and the fire station and give
the city the option Of using the meters
Of contract. The meters were installed,
and It was soon found that it was cheap
er for the city under the contract price.
and the council decided upon The contract
.or lge5ng sAs Rallalass Aflag
cifv. Il had tnken the company long
time Il find it out, rs this company
was glad to take the contract away from
the Niles company over eleven years ago
at the present figures.
AaHGfIf9& &404t E8AA tHtA AAN htAtAoEtA
of the company thought that there was
q good deal af unnecessary burning Of
the lights I'd tile opera house which
could be stopped, On motion Of Alder.
man Even. The matter was referred 70
the property committee to make inves-
tigation as to tho use OF the lights in
the opera house.
The petition which tho city clerk was
instructed hy the council last week to
draw up and present to the public sery
ice commission IN regard to the kind Of
service which the street railway com
pany IS giving the public was read to
tie board last evening hv the clerk and
accepted and ordered sent to the COM
The petition alleges that
the ear service i inadequate, tae over
loading of the ears Is unsafe. and re-
quests the commission TO investigate the
conditions and order such changes as it
sees lit
at the close Of the allermen's meeting,
j short session Of the city council was
called. fa act on the report of the eom-
mitfee of the whole On the proposed
route for the extension Of the street
railway tracks Oh South Main street
The mayor stated that the meeting Of
the council and the directors of the
road which had been set for last Sat
urdaY afternoon mad to be called Of
as the company notified him that IT.
engineer was away and could not be
here until the last Of this week, Alder
man Even suggested that the council
eall another meeting and give the com
nanv another chance, and he made
motion. which was carried, that the
council meet tho company and its engi
ueer next Saturday afternoon and 20
over the proposed route. Aldermen
Rassi and Thurtson thought that the
company had had time enough to attend
III the matter If ii wanted to, and they
considered ii was time that the council
took some definite action
The deed of the Bickf0rd property on
prosneet street to the city was read,
but IL was found that 1t had not been
lated and signatures had not been legal
III certified III, and the deed was ordered
sent back To be fixed up The city clerk
stated that only three Of the abntters
had paid their assessments on the river
bed charge, and that tho work would
have to Be stopped if the money was
not paid Id very soon. The clerk was
ordered Ia notify the ahutters again
that their assessments must be paid and
tie city attorney was asked to see The
attorney of the Barre railroad and get
the money from the road As quickly as
possible
Otter business transacted BY the board
81 aldermen was as follows: A building
permit was granted to G. s Iarisln to
feshingIe his house on South Main street.
The report of Che health officer for the
month af August showed the number
ST births ii Is. Of when five were male
md Is female, and the number Of deaths
u eight. The committee On streets, to
whom had been referred the petition for
/ sewer on Wiley street. reported that
Il there was only one house on the street
they did not deem It necessary to put
h sewer at tnis time The report was
accepted,
The street committee reported on the
question of widening the North Semi
nary street bridge that the bridge should
5e widened, but owing to the low cendi
lion of the funds IN the bridges and
.ulverts appropriation the work could
aot be done at this time, unless tie
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