The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-19
CITY COUNCIL WANTS
TO COVER THE HOLES
To the Entrance of the City Halfway
or Mutch Urges Erection Of
Soldiers Memorial In
Barre.

Mostly routine business took up the
attention Of the city council at its regu-
lar meeting last night. All Of the
members were present except Alderman
Thurston, VINO is out Of the city. Two
communications were received from the
mayor, one recommending that a street
light be installed at the corner Of Wash
ington street and the driveway leading
to the City hospital and the other re-
lating to the long standing question Of
soldiers monument in Barre In re-
gard to the street light the mayor said
that it was very much needed at that
point az il was very dark there and
dangerous on account of the steep bank.
On motion of Alderman Even, tie mat
ter was referred to the lighting com
mittee with power to act.
On the soldiers monument, the mayor
stated that he had noticed in ex-Mayor
Robbins Ia t message, he had referred
to the 81 900 which the citizens had yot-
ed for "some suitable memorial" and
had recommended that the matter be
disposed of as soon as possible. Mayor
Mutch thought tnat a monument was
the best for a memorial and suggested
that the council do all in its power to
bring the question to a head. The
clerk stated that the mayor had been
misled BY the statement in the mes
sage Of the ex-mayor relative to the
81 900 as that sum, the clerk said,
was authorized solely for the erecting OF
memorial tablets to be placed at the
entrance to the city building, on which
were TO be the names Of all the sol
diers that enlisted from Barre.
This brought up the question of the
"hole in the wall' at the entrance of
the city hall, which had been left there
when the building was erected to be
filed in later with granite or bronze
tablets The aldermen thought that the
"hoIe" rad been left there long enough
and something ought to be done about
it, The space in the walls is 7ft by
3ft. l0in. and it was suggested that the
property committee see about getting
some polished granite tablets to fill the
space and ii it was later decided to have
the memorial there bronze tablets could
be fastened to the granite.
g. W. Mann appeared before the ooun-
ell in regard to a sewer to his house
on Wiley street which he petitioned
Tor last week and which the council,
on the Recommendation Of the street
committee, refused to extend Mr.. Mann
said that two families were going to
move into the house in two weeks and
some sewer arrangement would have to
be made He said that he had told the
chairman of the street committee that
he would dig the ditch and I'LL it up
if tine city would furnish and lay the
pipe, and the chairman had refused to
consider it, Alderman Even said that
he thought Mr.. Mann had made good
and on motion of Alderman
H0yt, the matter was referred to the
street committee with power to act.
On recommendation OF the building in
speetor permits were granted to the
City hospital to reshingle one side Of the
roof Of the hospital building; Dessereau
& Co. to reshingle part OF their stone
shed B. B. jackson to rebuild wagon
shed and Rizzi Bros to cover their stone
shed roof.
The police department reported to-
tai Of is arrests in September, Of which
TO were for intoxication and 2 for
breach of the peace. The monthly re-
port of the water superintendent was
read and accepted petition was pre-
aented requesting that the street light
at the corner of Brook and North Sem
mary street be moved to the corner Of /
\. Seminary and Thurston place, where
L would. it was claimed, light all of
the section that it does now and Thurs.
ton place in addition. On motion Of |.
Alderman Even, the question was re-
ferred to the lighting committee with /
power to act.
Alderman Even stated that Mrs. 0. S. 4
Cheney refused to accept the IS which /
the council recently voted her for the /
1irt which had been taken from ner lot |
Oh Prospect street without her per
mission and would take nothing less /
than $40 On motion Of Alderman VIII 4
ey it was voted to pay her the $40.