Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-01

quoster the yacht club wharf instead
of the land at tho south of the foot
( Of College street.
TWO Il DESIGNATIONS.
The first business taken up ov the
hoard was the matter of two ros!gna-
lions The RESIGNATION of W. A.
lTowne as ward clrr; in ward enc was
accepted and that of u. G. Simonds as
inspector Of election in ward six was
also accepted.
a letter from Mrs. Tiffany Of Ledge
road was presented by Michael Collins,
who owns the land and premises oc-
cupied by Mrs Tiffany. which con-
tained request for a surface water
pipe on that street. The water com
missioners were asked to report at
the next regular meeting on the mat
ter
TELEPHONE POLES.
! A petition from the New England
Telephone and Telegraph company.
asking that the location of their poles
on Pine street from about 100 feet
south of lain to Lyman street be
authorized. was taken up. The mat
ter has boon before the board for
some time. The poles have been in
their present location for some Ave
years, hut the company wish TO make
the location a matter of record. The
city attorney recommended that tine
permit desired be granted and his
Recommendation was accepted A mo-
ton that the request of the telephone
company be granted was passed.
COLLECTION OF CARRIAGE.
Health officer Dalton read several bids
received by him for the, disposal of the
| city's garbage. The highest was from
Mitchell Hamlin. who offered to under
| take the work for the sum of $500 per
year The remainder If the bids were
| much lower.
Mr. Dalton said that the board Of health
favored the collection of garbage by the
| city. motion was made and carried
| that the chairman of the board appoint
| a committee OF three to confer with the
board of health on the matter and report
| later. Aldermen Drew Cowles and San
| born were appointed.
MORE MONEY FOR LIGHT PLANT.
| a petition was presented from the cleo
trio light commissioners asking for 81 900
to put up poles, arc lights, etc. where
| needed and where they have been applied
for, and the request was granted. Add-
tionai equipment for the electric light de-
| partment was recommended by the com
missioners in the petition.
Some little discussion was started by
| the petition and a yea and nay vote was
, called for. The resolution making the
| appropriation was adopted by vote of
eleven to one, Alderman Cowles being the
| only member of the board who voted in
| the negative.
LIGHTING RATE REDUCED.
! The resolution relating to the electric
| lighting rates at the municipal plant
was next brought up The commissioners
recommended that a rate OF five cents per
klowat, with minimum rate OF not less
| than 80 cents per month, be adopted The
recommendation was signed originally by
, all Of the commissioners. but later the
name OF f. +. Morgan was withdrawn.
The present rate charged by the munich
pal plant is ten cents, the same as that
Of the burlington Light & Power COM
pany. p. j. Enrght chairman OF the
| commissioners, spoke at some length In
favor Of the recommendation. He said
| tHdl tHe IiuIICipdl pldHt AZ tTl' picTe't
| time does not pay its way and that 1t will
not for some time under the FIVE cent
rate, but he said that the only way to give
the city cheap lights. as had been prom
| ised, was to reduce the rate.
| Mr.. Enright said that the plant Is in
| bad condition one engine Is In such
| shape that the city ought to he prose-
cuted for using it. 1t is liable at any time
to turn turtle and destroy the others. III
we can get people to use the lights said
Mr. Enrisht the plant will pay at five
| cent rate
! The city attorney was asked for his re-
port as to whether or not the Burlington
Light & Power company is, In carrying
on its business. exceeding Its charter. lie
said that it would be ready in few more
days. Thereupon Alderman Cowies cx-
pressed himself In favor of delay before
acting on the recommendation of the COM
missioners. Then President Dion accused
the Burlington Light a. Power company
of having a five cent rate and seemed to
think that the municipal plant should
make a fiat rate OF that amount
Mayor Burke did not like The five cent
rate and pleaded for time. lie said he
thought that the taxpayers would be
|
help pay the expenses of the plant and
only few having the benefit Of the re-
duced rate, for only few would have
the lights. Mr., Enright came back with
the statement that 500 or TOO more lights
could he furnished with the present equip
lnent yea and nay vote was finally
called FOR and the resolution was passed
by vote of seven to five. Those voting
a
Gosselin, Dion, McCaffrey. Sullivan end
oNei, those voting no were Aldermen
'owles, Fdw0rds, Drew Clark and Corey
| supplementary sewage report, recon-
mendingt that the street commissioners get
the right Of way to the lake through
what is known as the Englesby ravine by
sequestration proceedings, II necessary
was accepted and placed on file resoiu-
ton empowering tho commissioners to
get the right OF way by seQuestration pro-
| ceedings was adopted.
sTEARNs PROPERTY AND PUBLIC
WHARF.
A petition was presented. signed by n
large number Of persons, asking that
| what In known as the stearns property
be purchased by the city for sum not to
exceed $4,000, that It might be used for
sewage disposal. a public playground or
such other purposes as might be thought