The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-15
City Not Spending More Than
Forced to at Present
AWAITINGTHE TAX INCOME
Puts OF Payment Of $500 to Smith,
whitcomb 8 Cook Company and
Also $1,000 to Joseph Long 8
Co., Reservoir Contractors,

That the city is just ''between hay and
grass" as regards money matters was
apparent at the regular meeting Of tho
board Of aldermen last night. when a
warrant 70 pay the Smith, Whitcomb &
Cook company the sum Of $4,000 was
taken up The warrant ordered the
payment Of the amount "when taxes
enough are collected I'd pay the same
This warrant is in settlement Of the
water litigation between the company
and the municipality, In accordance with
the agreement recently arrived at.
Another indication that the city is not
troubled with the aready-money7 disease
came later, when Joseph Long a Co.,
contractors on the storage reservoir at
Orange, requested The advance Of part
81 their contract money. City Engineer
Reed had presented the statement that
5000 was due the contractors, and he
recommended the payment Of $1,000 Of
it as advance money. The request was
promptly ruled out Of order by President
Thurston and it viii come up perhaps at
the meeting Of the city council. That is,
It win If the contractors think they have
any chance Of getting the advance
money.
It was stated last night BY the city
treasurer that there Is no money in
the treasury for the payment Of that
lire Of work. Furthermore, some Of the
aldermen expressed the opinion tnat
Joseph Long & Co. were in as good a
position as the city to borrow money
III necessary 70 carry on the work At
the reservoir Accordingly, no action
WAS taken on the recommendation of the
eity engineer II Is said that the reser-
voir should be completed by the middle
of July
Other city warrants that were ordered
paid at once were the usuaf weekly ware
rants. ss follows; Street department,
s279ST; water department. SS036; FIRE
department s73eas nolice department,
s63.8l; aud s82a s0.tf# sne N y. Phelps
company. A resolution approWiatiug
500 70 the liquor Heenss Saee6ssr &pras
adoptea having been read the second
time The shortage of money At this
time is not unusual as the "hay aud
grass season comes each year at ab044
this time
Other Matters Considered.
A few other matters were considered
by the FIVE aldermen present. Alderman
Even being the absentee. Health officer
Lamb reported twenty births in May
ten boys and ten girls; seven deaths and
only one contagious disease, tnat being
mea sles. The causes of the seven deaths
were: Bronchitis i cancer hemor-
rbage j, heart disease inanition l.
schlerosis 2 There were seven burial
permits granted
A permit was granted to Mary Ian-
leoni to remodel the large Aqua Pnra
building on Granite street into tene-
ment building and to construct a piazza
on il and cover same with felt roofing.
IT, ,. Sanborn was given permission
10 move henhouse from l2l Orange
street to Ias Washington street An
application for sewer extension on Beck
lev street TO the houses Of the Giudicis
was referred to the street committee,
and the application Of H. b Wedge of
the Consolidated Lighting company to
change the location OF a pole on Jeffer-
son street was referred to the lighting
committee.
Adjournment was then taken for tho
Republicans TO attend the city caucus.
after which the aldermen and Mayor
Mutch returned and tsok up The discuss
sion Of other matters