The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-03
For Reducing Working Hours
to Eight Per Day
THE PROPOSAL IS TABLED
Street and Water Committees Of City
Council Report That It Would Take
$1,000 on Top Of the Preant
Appropriations.

The city COUNSEL had hard time again
last night getting enough Of The alder.
men present for quorum, 50 that they
could do business. Alderman Thureton
was confined 30 bis home with illness,
and Aldermen Even and Wiley were
detained on other business, and 1t was
nearly 8 o'clock before the latter two
arrived and the mayor called the meeting
to order.
A report of the committee At the whole
was read, stating that they had hooked
over the grounds and the plans Of the
proposed change Of riverbed, and the
engineer had staked out Prospect street
from Main to the bridge for 3 tkrse-rod
street The committee came 10 q deci-
sion as to the location Of the Prospect
street bridge when the riverbed ie
changed, and the engineer wae Instructed
70 draw up plans showing the location
and the property which viii come In for
land damages.
The street and water committees, 20
whom had been referred the question
Of establishing an eght-hour workday
for the employees in these two depart
ments, reported that the time to make
such a change as this was when the an
nual appropriations for the departments
were being fixed, as the change would
make q difference in the expenses Of The
departments Of at least e2 600. The res
olution, which was presented few weetra
ago, to instruct the committees Of The
street and water departments b estab-
hsh an eight-hour day and latd On the
table until th4 committees bad brought
IN report, was then tAknn from the
table and on motion Of Alderman RnGz
the report Of the committees was 60
oepted and the resolution order md on
the table indefinitely
The board OF health Mnd che health
committee submitted report On their
investigation Of +. "A. Craggs azpsioation
for a permit to build enokehouaa for
ish In his garden, book Of his house on
Eth street The report stated that they
found nothing objectionable on Tire prop
erty at the present tina. bsza woald rse
ommend that Aix. Oragg b no4 allowed
to erect snroksAonse on tbs property
and that be bury no moTe hsh th@re and
keep il free from fish baaTuaA On mo.
ton Of Alderman Wiley, ne report waa
accepted and the recommends tsona sr-
dered carried out.
Alderman Brown Of tha Asagth COM
mittee stated that the worst thing ther
found there was hogpen and barrels and
other refuse scattered about, and he also
said that there was another ho1pen On
Mr. Ball's property. adjoining, and the
conditions, es they exist nov, were bad.
He said that the owners Of tAs hogpens
had agreed to dispose Of the hogs and
remove the pens, and he thought the
conditions hereafter would Be better.
In connection with thls osss, the CITY
clerk stated that the health o<iosr had
spoken to him shout sewer frem =
house owned by W. r Richardson. near
the ravine on Camp street., being run
into the ravine. Alderman Wiley stated
that this was not the only nuisance sx-
listing in the ravine at that same poink,
as the plaos is used Is pubic dumping
ground and In time Of hgh watsr the
refuse il washed down the brook and
lodged behind the houses on Cliff street.
Alderman Even said that Mr. Richard,
son could do not different with tha server.
as there was no sewer on the street
A sewer extention, be said, aI0na Camp
street To Edgewood, which would &C
thia house, had been applied
for and refused on Recommendation of
the street committee. The matter vas
finally referred. on motion Of Alderman
Wiley, TO the health committee and the
board Of health 70 Investigate and re-
port.
A. r. Abbott, r. A. Walker and r. e.
Langley. who reside at Edgew0od, ap-
peared before the council and stated the
reasons why they had pctitioned few
weeks ago for a sewer extension to ae-
their property. They stated
that ever since the houses had been erect
ID ct Edgewood, the only sewer they
had had was the top Of the ground. They
had tried cesspools, but, the soil being
'lay the pools were Of no use, and the
sewerage had to run of on the top Of
he ground. They claimed that the sani
AIRY conditions we're very bad and that
he property should be connected with
he public sewer On motion Of Alder.
nan Wiley, the matter was referred to
he committee of the whole and the city
,ngineer to investigate
The police Departments reported tstai
# 10 arrests in April, divided as fol-
owss Intoxication s, breach Of the
,eace 8, search and seizure 2, larceny 2,
/.
At the suggestion Of the city clerk
special committee was appointed BY
he mayor to 20 over the specifications
which have been submitted for changing
he system Of wires on the streets in the
ty and make report on what they
ound The committee appointed was
Aldermen Brown. Wiley and Hoyf. The
question Of making regulations on eele
ration Of the Fourth of July was
,rought up BY Alderman Brown and tile
natter was referred To the fire commit
ee to make report with recommenda
ions at the next meeting Of the alder
men.
On motion Of Alderman Hoyt the
mayor was instructed 10 appoint spe
ial committee to recommend an appfo
riation for the expense Of open.air con-
erts By the band this summer and the
nayoe appointed Aldermen Wiley, Rossi
nd Brown.