The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-20
Say Aldermen Opposed to the
Resolution
FOR SOME CITY EMPLOYEES
Matter Not Settled at Meeting Of city
Council Last Night--City viii Not
Buy Free Bed at the
Hospital.

The city council had hard work last
evening 70 get a quorum Of the aldermen
so that meeting could be held. Alder
man Thufston could ndt be present on
account Of illness. and Aldermen Even
and Wiley were detained on other bust
ness, 50 that it was s;l5 before the
latter two arrived and the council was
called to order BY Mayor Muteh.
The mayor offered a resolution to the
effect that the council instruct the com
mittees of the water and street depart
ments 70 establish an eight-hour work
day for the employees in those depart.
mente. pursuant to the vote taken at the
city meeting a few weeks ago, suggest
ing that the council make this change.
Alderman Hoyt thought that this mat.
ter should be given considerable con
sideration before action was taken, and
he moved that the resolution Be laid
over for another week He said that
there were some objections made to the
vote being carried at the city meeting
for the reason that the city hires 20
many A0AtAE ~ rNdU q 4ANf AN0 II ~ NAM
was stopped at o'clock the city would
be losing an hours work Of these teams,
which would have 70 be paid for just
the same
Alderman Brown made q motion that
the resolution be adopted, but bis motion
was not seconded.
Alderman Wiley said that be carried
Just the same opinion of the matter as
those who objected to it at the city
meeting, and he thought that If the conn
ell wanted to make any change that 1t
would be for the better interest Of the
city to give the workman Saturday
half holiday every week. The teams then
would have chance to work somewhere
else during the rest Of the day and the
city would have TO pay them for only
half day. The payroll Of the street
department for last week showed that
out Of the total payroll Of $500 there
had been Sl35.74 spent for team hire,
outside ii the work done by the team
owned BY the city Alderman Wiley
then made q motion that the resolution
Be referred to the street and water com
mittoes to report recommendations a. to
what should be done. The motion was
carried.
Protest Against smokehouss.
A petition signed BIZ dozen residents
ef Charles street and vicinity was pre-
sented to the council protesting against
f A. Cfage, the fish man, erecting an
other smokehouse on that street in place
Of the one recently burned, the petition
ara claiming that il was NUISANCE, as
the smoke and smell were almost un-
bearable
Mr.. Cragg was present, and be stated
to the council that he wanted permis-
sion to build an absolutely hreproof
smokohonse. sleathed up with galvanized
iron and having smokestack which
would extend 20 feet above the roof Of
the building. With this kind Of 5 build
ing in which there could be no escape
of the smoke except out Of the top Of
the smokestack, which would be 28 feet
above the ground he did not see how
there would be any smoke to iniure any
one He said that he wanted to erect
the house in the rear Of his residence on
Charles street
The building Inspector recommended
that he be given a permit to erect the
ANnrt "a tiAN lCniQEH&5 III tlE ftEfiAtN
did not object to it. The council after
some discussion decided to grant per-
init with the condition that Mr.. CTagg
build the house SO that it win not prove
to be a nuisance. Building permits were
ordered granted, on the recommendation
of the inspector to Victor Stacy to erect
a barn on Union street; to George Whea.
ton to build an ell to the house at 55
Maple avenue; to Frank Canales to build
a henhouse and to DR.. D. G. Watt to
erect an autobarn on Maple Grove street
Band Asks Appropriation.
s. N. Parker, manager Of the Barre
Citizens band, asked the council to make
an appropriation Of 81 200 for baud con
eerts the coming summer, the same
amount which was appropriated last
summer. On motion Of Alderman Brown
the matter was laid over until the next
meeting for consideration BY the alder
men in the meantime.
An elder Of the Mormon church re-,
qnested the council ID grant him psrmis-
sion to hold open-air meetings on the
street at least two nights a week for two
Or three months. On motion Of Alder
man Even. 1t was voted to grant the
request and that the meetings should be
held at Depot square after the Saliva
Eion Army had left there
The city clerk stated that the Saliva.
lion Army WAS considerably in arrears
IN it's hall rent, by reason. II claimed,
If not being able to raise funds during
The suspension Of work IN the granite in.
iustry during the winter On motion Of
Alderman Hoyt, it was voted that the
army be notified to settle mp at once.
Permanent Street Work.
On motion Of Alderman Hoyt, 3 reso-
ution was adopted authorizing the street
committee to lay permanent highway
N North Main street from the Richard
ION road uortherlv towards the Berlin
own line, the cost not to exceed $500.
rhe committee Of the whole reported
IN the question Of the resnryey Of Wash
ngton street that the stakes had all
,een set By the engineer. and it was
ound that The street from Hill street
to Phelps mill could Be made
three-rod street without any land
lamaees. There were places where, 10
traighten the street, from one 70 three
Get would be left inside Of the sidewalk