The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-06
MOSTLY COMPLAINTS
WERE TAKEN IT,
BY Aldermen at Regular Meeting Last
Evening, One About Sliding, Another
About Closed Station, Third About
a Telephone Pole.

The city council found but little bus
mess on hand to transact when they met
for their regular meeting last evening,
though later the board Of aldermen
brought up several matters that kept
the meeting going for an hour and a
half. The clerk read a resolution for
the issuing Of the $4,000 water Bonds,
which we're authorized at the recent city
meeting. The resolution provides that
the bonds be dated December ], 1910,
and bear interest at 4 per cent, pay
able mi-annually, and that five Of the
bonds mature on each December l, be-
ginning in 1919 and running utnil 1927;
also that the bonds be disposed Of
through the Old Colony Trust company
Of Boston This was the first reading
of the resolution and when the council
adjourned it adjourned to Z o'clock this
evening for the purpose Of having the
resolution read d second time and passed.
The oyerseer Of the poor's report for
November was read and accepted show
ing that be had expended S455.lS dur
ing the month. On recommendation OF
the building Inspector a permit was
granted to Mrs. Z. c. Getchel to build
an addition to her house ON Brook street.
Alderman Brown reported that many
complaints had been made about the
children being allowed to slide on any
or all the streets about the city as they
have been doing since the snow came,
The council Immediately decided to rem
edy this trouble By setting aside the
same streets for sliding as last year,
viz, ward |, Batehelder, St; ward 2,
Park St.; ward 3, Long St; ward 4,
Beckley, st. and ElmWood ave-; ward
5. Blackwell and High Holburn SITS,
ward 6, Upper Granite, Foster aud Lin
coin Ave-
Alderman Hoyt brought up the ques
tion Of the council making an effort to
have the Central Vermont station kept
open nights for the benefit OF people
who come and 90 on the night trains.
He said he had an experience recently
Of going to the night train and finding
the station closed and having to sit in
a cold car until it was time for the
train to leave. Several Of the aldermen
stated that the conditions We're bad,
especially in the winter time. People
20 to the train to meet some one who
Is coming in and if the train happens
to be late they have to stand around
in the cold or storm. Alderman Hoyt
moved that committee of the alder
men be appointed to confer with the
railroad officials and see if satisfactory
arrangements could be made TO have the
station open nights. The motion was
carried and the mayor appointed as the
committee Aldermen Hoyt, Wiley and
Brown
Alderman Thurston reported that some
time ago the street committee, pur-
suant to Instructions fTcfn the council,
gave a. Tomasi a permit to hang a sign
in front OF his block on Merchant street,
and the sign WAS hung in a manner sat
sfaetory to the committee. but since
then the sign has been moved, the al
derman claimed, 50 THAT it hung clear
over the walk The clerk was instruct
ed to notify Mr. Tomasi to put the
sign back where the street committee
allowed him tos hang it, and that the
council would give him one week in
which to do it.
Alderman Brown reported that Beck &
Beck had a grievance about a telephone
pole near their office on Granite street.
They claim that the pole interferes with
teams driving into their yard and that
they have asked the telephone com
pany to move it several times but they
have not, done So The matter was re-
ferred to the street committee with pow
er to act.