The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-01
Permanent Road Work to be
Done There This Year
CITY COUNCIL DECIDED
Many Bills, Some of Them in Large Fig
ures, Ordered Paid at Meeting List
Night-Bnilding Permit Given
Aldrich Trustees.

The city council decided last night to
lay out considerable money on permanent
street work on Washington street. from
Hill street to Nelson street, a resolution
to maeadamige that section being intro
dueed and adopted, after some opposition
from Alderman Rossi. who thought that
the $1,000 set aside last year for North
Main street ought not TO be used for
Washington street. He was the only
member Of the council voting against the
proposed work, saying that he thought
North Main street needed it more than
Washington street
Under the reading Of the resolution.
the property owners will be assessed
not TO exceed one-hali the cost
IN order to prepare for this work, the
Peoples gas company was ordered 10 ex-
tend its main on Washington street from
Patterson to Nelson street, with side
connections, SO that it would not be neces-
.sary to dig up the street again when
gas connections were desired.
The council drew several unusnal war.
rants, one for $4,000 b pay tais years
water bond, $1,000 to pay interest on
four per cent water bonds, S52l70 for
the county tax. sl39O4 for discount on
temporary loan, $2.53S.6o to Joseph Long
4 Co.. builders Of The Orange brook
reservoir, and 81 800 Of the 1910 school
money. Included also ID the warrants
was one for s3S9.07, the weekly payroll
of the street department A resolution
to pay s770 for street department horses
f3l was also passed
On report Of the committees of the
whole. the council ordered the removal
of the Mertes house from the Hope Gem
etery land to a city lot near the sand
bank across the street Tassie Bros.
were given D permit 10 move lard
house from Camp street to Bridgeman
street, and Dr. 2. G Sprague was given
permit To move q small shed across
private land on Merchant street. The
water COMMITTEES reported that the se-
lectmen Of Barre Town ala not present
objection 10 city water extension into
South Barre, and the report was ac-
cepted
Building Work Applications.
Several building applications we're re-
pYs corner 81 Main and Elm streets, and
Inspector Field reported that the plnns
conformed exactly with the requirements
and that bis only recommendation would
he for fire escape On the third floor
rear. NJ d Phelps presented the plans,
and the permit was granted
An application for permit 20 remodel
a harm on Granite street, signed by
Charles Zanleoni was referred back,
since the statement was made tnat the
building was owned by Mrs. Mary Fan
leoni. aud not Charles. Another applica-
tion for permit to build a barn. signed
bv Mr.. Zanleoni, was also referred back
for the same reason e. A. Drown was
given permit 10 extend an auto-barn On
Walnut street; F L. Place to build tenn
porarv auto barn on fremont street. and
to Angelo Scampini to build q house for
dressing-r0om purposes at the Berlci
street baseball grounds.
The building inspector was ordered to
notify A. Fl. Buzzeil to strengthen the
position OF q certain sill on his block.
Pearl street 4within reasonable time,
the inspector having reported that the
sill weighing 400 pounds, might fall and
ejam hat
Policemen May Retain Extra Pay.
Inc question whether htkuaA ptAVt"-
men should be allowed to police ball
games and retain the extra pay from
The private parties was threshed out on
request of patrolman Harry Gamble and
the council decided that the policemen
lie given the right, under restriction q
the chief Of police, and that the chief
report each month such services rendered
by the police.
A few minor matters were considered.
sewer application for upper Merchant
street was referred to the street COM
lmittee to investigate and report Law
renee Holmes was given restanrant
license for the Eureka restaurant W. p.
Murray asked for permit 70 hang an arc
light IN front IF his restaurant on North
Main street. and the matter was referred
to the street committee. John keefe's
license for s07 North Main street was
transferred to r. Il Harris
Then for three hours the council went
Into an informal discussion Of municipal
lpolieies the chief matters considered be-
ing the river enange project the laying
of permanent streets and the extension
lof the electric railroad Adjournment
was taken shortly before midnight, but
no action had been taken on any ot the