The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-30
IS CITIZENS
VOTE TO BOND
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spring to use this summer with the OPP
ton of purchasing them for $500 this
fall or returning them. Alderman
Thurston stated that the street COM
mittee had discussed the matter with
the superintendent and had decided that
the city ought to buy the horses. He
said that the horses had proved good
and were worth the price. On motion
Of Alderman Wiley it was then voted to
purchase the horses for $500 and $40
additional for interest on the note.
A building permit was granted to s.
I. Turner to erect an ell to his house
on Merchant street. A communication
was received from the Barre railroad
stating that they had made arrange
ments with Long & company, whereby
the railroad would put in the abutments
to their bridge across the new river
channel and the city should pay the rail
road company the same as they would
have the regular contractor. On mo
ton of Alderman Hoyt the aldermen
aequiesced in the deal.
The city clerk reported for the city at
torney that Long & company's attor-
neys had made a tender to the city of
$3.50 to settle out of court their suit
against the city to recover alleged extra
work done on the Orange brook reser-
voir which they claim was not covered
BY their contract The city engineer
stated to the board that Long q com.
pany's original bill was 5000 but they
had first offered to cut it in two for the
sake Of settlement and had now made
a second offer Of $500.
The engineer said that he had recently
talked with the contractors in regard
to the bill and he had expected that
they would make better offer than
this He also stated that he still held
that the contractors had no legal claim
to the bill On motion OF Alderman
Hoyt the proposition was referred to the
water committee to investigate and re-
port.
The clerk reported that the gas com
pany wanted to know if the deeds be-
tween the city and Central Vermont
railroad, conveying to the city a piece
Of land near the gas plant, had been
passed, and if 90, when the city was GO
ing to work the road from Depot square
to the property owned by the gas com
pany, The clerk was ordered to notify
the gas company that the deed from
the G. v had not yet been received.
A proposed amendment to chapter IA
Of the city ordinances adding new Sec
tion, embodying regulations IN respect
to the distribution Of hand bills and
posters about the city, was read by the
clerk and referred to the committee on
legislation TO investigate and report on.
The new section is, in substance, that
no person by himself or his servant or
agent, shall distribute bills or flyers
about the city in such a manner that
they shall become deposited on the
streets, parks or doorsteps.
The city engineer reported that he
had received three bids from eonstruc-
ton companies on the contract to take
up the Prospect street bridge and set
It over the new channel The bids were
from the Vermont Construction Co., the
United Construction Co., and the Boston
Bridge Work Co., We're not given in a
lump sum and would have TO be looked
over and decided upon by the aldermen
or a committee On motion Of Alder
man Wiley the bids were referred to
the street committee and the engineer
with power TO act.
Alderman Rossi Of the lighting com
mittee reported that more lights were
needed on Burnham street now as that
street was used more since the closing
up Of Prospect street and he recommend
ed that two Tungsten lights be in.
stalled On motion Of Alderman Wiley
the lights We're ordered put up.