The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-07
On Proposed Street Railroad
Improvements
SO DECIDED LAST NIGHT
win Present Formal Petition to Public
Service Commission for Better
Service-0ther Doings at
Regular Meeting.

AtPtt"NAtib thc Ate epubttNoH Nitf tNtAi'
mittee, f. G. Rowland presented a petit
tion to the city council last evening.
asking the council to make an amend
mcnt to the city charter changing the
hour for opening the polls at all elec-
tions from 0 O'Clock to 8 o'clock IN the
morning. Mr.. Rowland said that the
city committee had just held meet
ing and had drawn up the petition. ne
said that in the committees experience
IN getting out the voters for the va
rious elections, they we're decidedly Of
the opinion that the hour for opening
the pols IN the morning was not salts
factory to the majority Of the voters
in this city.
As greater part oY the voters are
/ lab0rlng men, the present hours for
opening and closing the polls did not
eye them a fair chance TO vote without
losing time from their work and the
committee had found that many people
did not 70 To the polls on that account
He thought that in justice 60 the voters.
the opening hour could be set at o'clock
IN the morning, and an opportunity
would then be given the laboring men
to cast their vote before going to their
work Montpelier has adopted that plan,
he said. and has found il satisfactory
All Of the members OF the council ex-
pressed their opiuion in favor OF the
change and the matter was referred to
the committee on legislation to attend
to.
ri. ,,,,..s44. q a. III. -..1.t.1
on their Investigation Of the proposed
route for the extension OF the street
railway tracks on South Main street
as laid out BY the city engineer. The
report stated that they found the route
satisfactory. but a. the extension will
mean no little expense to the city as
well as the railway company. they com
sidercd the matter should be further
considered and that the road be given
notice that the city was prepared to
give them a+location FOR the tracks amt
that they also be given a notice for q
hearing on tic matter.
Alderman Rossi thought that the road
xas well acquainted with the route ard
the conditions and that the matter ought
70 be hurried up as fast as possible
Alderman Thurston thought the same
ard made a motion, which was carried,
that the city clerk notify the road that
the city had q route laid out and if the
road wished to 20 over it with their own
engineer, the council would be glad tu
meet them Saturday afternoon, Sept. 10,
at o'clock.
The street railway again came under
discussion when the clerk read COM
St..4
public service commission, relative to
the resolution adopted by the council
recently, protesting against the manner
in which the ears have been overloaded
with people and requesting the commits
sion to regulate the number Of people
that the cars shall carry at one time.
The secretary informed the council that
the usual way of receiving matters by
the commission was BY petition and it
was requested that the city present its
claims in the form Of a petition.
The secretary also sent to the council
letter, which the commissioners had
received from the officials of the street
railway company, in answer to the COM
missi0ners' notice to them Of the action
taken by the Barre City council The
company stated that they were aware
that the cars were oyercrowded at times
when it had been practically impossible
to Judge the size Of the traffic on cer-
tain occasions. and another reason for
it was that the traffic tins summer
has been far ahead Of any previous year.
The months Of June and July, the
company claimed, saw an increase of
TO per cent. over the amount Of traffic
last year for the same two months.
The company stated they thought they
would be able to relieve the congestion
in the future as they have four new
within the next 80 days.
The council. after some discussion. de-
cided that they still wanted their petit
tion before the commissioners and on
motion of Alderman Wiley the clerk
was instructed to draw up a petition
and present it to the commissioners.
The report Of the chief OF police for
the month of August showed that 26
arrests had been made. divided as fol-
lows: Intoxication 4. keeping 3, selling 3,
search and seizure 4, breach Of the
peace 9, larceny l, forgery l. violation
of the city ordinances |.
The following reports were made bv
the building Inspector and on motion
81 Alderman Thurston, the permits were
ordered granted: f. A. Cragg to build
/ smoke house in the woods of Camp
street on property owned by +. N. Aver
lI; Edwin Carleton to erect chimney
1t q Highland avenue. The Inspector
issued 33 minor permits during the
month.
The committee on streets, to whom
rad been referred the matter Of widen-
ng the bridge on North Seminary street
reported that the bridge should be wild
med so that the walk on the bridge
would be on line with the street side
walk, and that it could be done for
Ibout $780, On motion of Alderman
Ioyt, the report was accepted.
The overseer OF the poor's report for
AUGUST showed be had expended $43s.6d
petition was presented by residents
bout Phelps mill on Washington street
or an extension Of the public sewer
o the property Of J. H Blaisdell near
he city line. Alderman Thurston said
hat the street committee would report
avorably on the petition as they con-
idered it worthy and he said that the
ngineer had estimated the total cost
{ $3.50 On motion Of Alderman WI
sy, the street committee was instructed