The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-13
Also Interest on Two Sets Of
Bonds and Other Warrants
ALDERMEN IN BUSY >>JR
In Addition, the - at It's Regular
Meeting Last .hng Heard Several
Complaints, Mostly as to the
Condition of Streets.

With all the members present. the
board of aldermen put N an hours solid
work at the regular meeting last even
ing, although there We're no matters o.
unusual Importance to be considered Az
the outset, the aldermen approved
large number of bills, as follows:
Currier Park Improvement association,
500 street department payroll, s2l023;
water department payroll, $52.2s; FIRE
department payroll, 1892 police de-
partment payroll, s622l; balance of zoe
school tax and part of Lincoln school
money to school commissioners, S9.377.-
33; Barre Savings bank, six months in
terest on S57 900 refmding bonds, ST.
$50; Barre Savings bank, six months
interest on $4,000 water bonds. 81 ,4s7.-
%; interest on Elmwood cemetery funds,
s2644l; interest on Hope cemetery
funds, S32ll5; T. L. Smith, interest on
cemetery trust funds, S325.S9; library
committee, from dog licenses and fees.
S374.50; Jones Nye, for driving hearse.
from May, 1910, TO May, 1911, s25S;
street department, for installing drink
ing fountain on South Main street, $7.7S;
Jones Bros. Co, for setting up granite
fountain, S22.5S; G. A. Bemis, janitor
city hall, Sl4.
Water Supt. Reynolds made report for
the month Of November, and the report
was accepted and placed on file
Building Inspector Field reported the
following applications: C. H. Wishart,
to build two-story dwelling on Perry
street; G. w Mcmillan q Son. to cover
root to motor and compressor house on
Blackwell street A. Seampini, to build
woodshed on Berlin street; c. S. Cushman,
to build storehouse back Of residence
on Beacon street; Mrs. i. A. Houghton,
to repair laundry building on Wheelock
place; d. J. Boyce, TO enclose piazza for
kitchen extension on Grant avenue. All
the permits were granted, and q miscel-
laneous permits granted by the inspector
were also approved.
The deed from the city to Brown. Car
roll & Co. for land off Depot square was
approved with the stipulation introduced
by the latter that they be given the
same right of way over a driveway OH
the north side as the city held. This
driveway is sixteen feet wide.
A resolution relating to departmental
appropriations, which had been passed
to second reading at previous meet
ing. was adopted, setting aside moneys
for carrying on the work of those de-
partments.
Various Complaints Registered.
Paul Kingston reported through com
munication that he was contemplating
fencing in his property on North Semi
nary street and that the fence would en-
compass a city hydrant now located
there he claiming that the hydrant is
on his property. The matter was first
referred to the fire committee and the
city engineer to investigate and see If
the hydrant is on private property, but
at the earnest solicitation OF Mayor
Mutch, who was spectator at the
meeting the street committee was in
cluded in the motion of reference
Whether or not to approve the grant
ing of shooting gallery license to Peter
Bombard in the Scampini building on
North Main street came in for eonsid-
erable discussion. The license had been
granted from the city clerks office direct
without the matter having gone before
the aldermen, 1t was first moved that
the granting of the license be approved,
but when Alderman Brown expressed the
desire that the matter be looked into
first, the application was referred to the
license committee to investigate and re-
port
James Taylor of Elmwood avenue
made vigorous verbal protest about what
H.. ~ ktfac rapi- Iaclr nf n44
to his thoroughfare, street which, he
said, was used by two or three hundred
people He said the street COMMITTEES
built sidewalk there last August and
after the first cloudburst- she,
the sidewalk, went out. He said the city
spent S25 on the job and it was a poor
job at that, like throwing good money
after bad. Now the street, as well as the
sidewalk. is impossible.
On this protest, Alderman Rossi moved
that the matter be referred to the street
committee with power to act, which mo
tion brought Mr.. Taylor to his feet with
the declaration that they didn't want
It referred to the street committee, as
they weren't satisfied with promises and
wanted the full board to act on the mat
ter. Nevertheless, it was referred to the
street committee with power to act.
Another protest about the condition
os streets was made by Upland avenue
people, in the form of signed petition
for gravel walk and also tungsten
light. The petitioners said they wanted
safe place to walk; that the footing
was dangerous and that walking on the
avenue was like going into a dark room,
to which one is unaecustomed As
measure of relief in the past, the people
had set up rejecting lamp on neigh
boring piazza in the effort to make the
street less dangerous; and they thought
taxpayers shouldn't be compelled to light
the streets as well as pay the taxes.
The street and lighting committees got
that matter just before the close of
the meeting it developed that there are
many streets in the city which are in
bad shape, as the result Of the warm,
wet. spring weather in this month Of
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