The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-04
City Reports 90 to +. W.
Cummings Shop
TWO OTHER BIDS MADE
Total Insurance In Force at the Present
Time Is Two Million and a Half
Dollars-F. G. Rowland Again
President.

The contract for printing the 18th an:
nual city report was let to ., W Cum
ings Of this city at the meeting Of ths
city council held last evening. Three
bids were received, Of which Mr. Cum
inqs was the lowest his figures being
slls pa page and ~ cents extra 10y
the us copies, which are to be cloth.
bound N. j. Roberts, also Of this city
bid $l.lS per page, but was 10 cents
higher than Mr.. Cummings on the cloth
bound copies The third bidder was tbs
Free Press Printing company Of Burling-
ton, whose bid was $3.50 Per page ana 4G
cents extra for the cloth bound copies
In All. Cummings Bid, samples oi bind
ings for the cloth-bound copies were not
inolosed, and IN making his motion to
accept Mr.. Cummings bid, Alderman Hoyt
included condition chat binding salts.
factory 70 the council should ba fir.
nisbed.
The resignation Of George w. German
As ons Of the city auditors was read and
on motion Of Alderman Alexander was
accepted. At a subsequent meeting Of
the board Of aldermen, Mayor Robins
appointed Clarence j Lease to succeed
Ar. Gornan, and be was unanimous 7
confirmed AZ the Same meeting Of the
aldermen, Street supt ] G DeBrune wes
appointed a special policeman and was
unanimously confirmed
The police department reported II ar
rssta IN December. dividea as followas
Intoxication 4, Illegal keeping search
and seizure /, bseaah ot the peace !,
larceny 4, tramp |.
Condition Of City Bridges.
The city engineer presented a report
81 his examination Of the bridges ia the
city. All 81 the iron bridges have been
painbad during the year end some q
them Yeplanked . quantity 0f ref1Aa
has lodged against the abutmenis os The
Efnnite atreAt aud Harliu street bridges,
which Va saia e8s 4usiug dena9e g
1he bridges and should Be cleoned oil
The props under the South Mnin street
covered bridge, be said, had been braeed
sa tlat they will not now swing out st
Gle bottom when ice strikes them in the
spring and II they afs net fixed before
spring so that they will swing serious
damage Is liable 70 follow when the ice
goes out. The Prospect street bridge
has been replanked, and the North Main
street bridge neaF Whitoomb Brothers
shop needs replankanR, bat he would sug-
TEST that the city re-afiforce the bridge
with concrete flooring in tho spring.
0n motion of AldermaH Alexander. the
report was accepted and the recommends
tiona of the engineer ordered carried out
4 communication from Sortwell &
Morse was read stating that the city
had made an error in the street sprinke
ling assessment charged 70 them, claim-
Ing that a strip of about 250 feet be-
tween West Second and wiley streets
had been charged Ia them, which was
owned by the Barre railroad The mat-
ter was referred to the chairman Of the
street committee ard the city engineer
James r Higgins Of the D. NJ Miles
Coal company appeared before the coun-
eli and wanted t0 know what the city
proposed to do in regard to the injury to
q horse owned BY the company 9e said
that the horse had ligament torn Off
ene of ite legs as the result 81 step.
ping On loose stone in the road on
Smith street and would Be laid MP for
at least three months IIe claimed that
the accident was due wholly to the BAL
condition of the street The mayor re-
ferred the matter to the street commit
tee to confer With the company relative
"a arranging a settlement