The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-08
To Get Extension Street
Car Vernon or Y. Main st.
A RESOLUTION ADOPTED
COUNSEL Voted Unanimously Last night,
Instructing City Attorney To
Begin Proceedings. Sew
eral Other Matters.

InaI the city couneil lnIenas 10 nave
the tracks Of the Barre s Montpelier
Power & Traction company extended on
South Main street was made manifest
last evening when the council at its
regular meeting accepted and adopted a
resolution nstrueting the city attorney
to bring proceedings in court at once to
compel the railway company to make
the extension.
ie resolution, in substance, was that
whereas the city council has ordered the
company to extend its tracks and has
given them a location for the tracks
and given them due rotIce and time in
wpiCll te begin operations: and whereas
the railway company mas not commenced
operations, be it resolved that the city
attorney be instructel and is instructed
to lYing proceedings III court to compel
the company 20 make the extension.
The motion to accept and adopt the
resolution was made by Alderman Even
and it was carried unanimously.
A. J. Stewart appeared before the
council and protested against the city
building the footbridge across the river
from the land which nc rents of Pros
pect street to Brooklyn street. Mr..
Stewart stated that the city had gone
ahead with the bridge without consult
ing him at all and he claims that it
win be an injury to him as ne will have
to keep a passageway cleared in front
OF his shop so that access can be had
to the bridge He said that he has no
more room now than he really needs
and the large number of children who
will be passing over the bridge every
day would be climbing over his wagons
and possibly do damage to them.
Alderman Thurston said the street
committee had dulled in not going to
Mr. Stewart, but he said the COMMITTEES
lad been Informed by City Engineer
Reed that Mr. Stewart had no obiee-
tions if the city would look to it that
it did not become a nuisance to him. 1t
was finally decided to refer the matter
70 the police committee to put police
man at the bridge to attend to children
and see that they kept off Mr.. Stewards
property.
Will Have Public Hearing.
Watt 4 McPetrie applied for a license
t. install gasoline engine in their
blacksmith shop on Summer street, and
this application brought out the fact
that although the city ordinances re-
quire that no gasoline engines shall be
installed without permit of the coun-
Gil this was the first application for
a permit that has ever been made to
the council. Alderman Hoyt said that
as this snop was in thiekly populated
district he would >move that public
hearing on the application be held on
Friday evening at Z o'clock in the coun-
ell chamber and that the hearing be adj
vertised during the next three days.
Tne motion was carried.
On motion of Alderman Even 1t was
voted to pay the fire chief and the water
for full time last week
while they were off several days deer
hunting.
The fire and water committees report
ell in regard to the petition for better
fire protection in the vicinity of the
stone sheds of Wiley street that the
water main was large enough for the
present but that two hydrants should
be installed, one near the Dewey Column
Cutting plant and the other near the
river. On motion of Alderman Thurs
ton. the report was accepted and the
recommendation ordered carried out
The oyeTseer OF the poor reported
that ne had paid out S4ll.l9 for the
support OF the poor in the month of
October. The following building per-
mits were ordered granted; Beck & Beck
10 erect shed for their surface cutter;
Mrs. G. H. Currier to build a barn at
IG6 Washington street; Mrs. A. Camp
ID build a storm window at "a Elm
street.
More License Money from Gas Company.
The city auditors reported that they
lad gone over the books Of the Peoples
Heating Lighting & Power company and
'ound that the gross earnings for the
year ending June 10, 1910 were S32,-
,33.63, two per cent. or S45S.67 of which
yoes to the city. This is about $50 more
han the city received last year. On
of Alderman Rossi a license was
granted Angelo Seampini to run a pool
able in the Scampini block.
a communication was received from
me Washington County Humane society,
itating that the society had been in
-estigating the conditions in Washington
.ounty as to public watering troughs for
lorses and dogs ard they found that
Barre had only one watering tub which
vas near the Emslie green house and
be water ran into the tub only a small
,art of the time. The society suggest
a that the city install a watering foun-
ain at North Barre near the junction
II North Main and North Seminary
treets and that the fountain he equipped
With a place az the base where dogs can
rink
Alderman Even Of the water commit
ee, stated that the Humane society
lad evidently overlooked the city's foun-
ain at City square and that the water
0mmittee already has new fountain
,rdered which viii be set up in North
BARRE. No action was taken on the eom-
Patrick Manning Fund.
The clerk notified the council that hS
al received from the probate Judge
he sum OF S3l450 which is the residue
f the Patrick Manning estate which 10
EFT to the city to use for school pur.
,osos. The clerk suggested that tnis
money BE kept as the Patrick Manning
und and placed on interest. the city
. use the income for the next Il wears,
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