The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-21
Fourth Of July CeIebrators Get
Usual Restrictions
FOR SAFE AND SANE DAY
Seekers for License to Sell Fireworks
Must Satisfy the Chief of Police
Regarding Fitness Of Location
and Other Details.

Reports of committees took up much
Of the time of the city council at its
regular meeting last evening, and at
its close the board Of aldermen was
called together by President Thurston
to act on an appointment by the mayor
naming James p. Marr as cemetery
commissioner to fill the vacancy caused
by the death OF Harry w Whitcomb.
On vote being taken, the aldermen con-
hrmed the appointment, four in favor to
two against
The aldermen also instructed the
city clerk TO communicate with the
Barre railroad in regard to moving
the Shepard house OH Prospect street
so that the city can lay out the street
over the old river bed This matter
was brought up by Alderman Wiley,
who stated that the work OF filing the
river was now so far advanced that
the street will soon have to be laid
out, and the Shepard house is in the
way of the proposed entrance from
Prospect street
The city clerk reported that in order
TO comply with the new law that city
and town treasurers' offices shall be
provided with the necessary weights
and measures for testing purposes, the
city would have to get few more
weights and measures and balancing
scale to add to what there already is
at the treasurer's Office to make the
equipment complete. On motion of Al
derman Wiley the matter was left
with the clerk to find out what the
expense would be to complete the equip
ment.
! 1t was also voted that the committee
Of the whole meet at II O'Clock this
morning to confer with L. NJ Seaver.
representative Of the National Humane
Alliance society, in regard to the loca-
tion Of the new watering tub at City
square which the society presented to
the city last winter.
At the meeting of the council the
question of maintaining safe and
sane fourth of July in Barre was
brought up by the city clerk and the
council voted to adopt the same regu-
lations as were in force last year, which
in substance are that the sale of fire.
works shall be confined to the hours Of
midnight to midnight of July 4, and
that all applications for licenses to sell
fireworks shall be referred to the fire
chief who shall inspect the location
and recommend whether a license shah
be granted 1t i also further stipu-
lated that giant fire crackers Of more
than five inches in length, pistols,
canes, etc, using blank cartridges or
caps, shall not be sold.
The street committee reported in fa-
yor Of strengthening Newton street as
requested by G. T. Gregoire, and that
the exchange Of land necessary for the
work be made On motion OF Alder
man Wiley the report was accepted
and the recommendations ordered ear
ried out The street committee also
recommended that the petition for
sewer extension on Valley street to ae-
commodate the house of Santo Manera
be granted The engineer estimated
the cost at S425 On motion of Alder
man Wiley the sewer was ordered ex-
tended
The following building permits were
ordered granted; i G Venner to build
piazza on Warren street; r. + Bar
ton to reshingle house on Howard
street; Frank X. GredIer to erect a
cottage house on Stowe street; George
Il Bond to build two piazzas at 2S
East street and to Beck 4 Beck to
raise their office building on Granite
street and erect chimney The regu-
lar monthly report of the water de-
partment was read and accepted.
The boiler inspector reported that he
had inspected the boilers on the road
roller and the stone crusher and found
them in good condition The city en-
gineer reported that he had no further
to offer than he had
already made in regard TO the erection
of a sidewalk to the Granite street
bridge. and on motion Of Alderman
the report was accepted Tho
lunch room license held by Jesse Cayhue
was ordered transferred TO Emslie Bros.
Alderman Ross of the lighting COM
mittee reported that he had consulted
with the lighting company relative to
the lights in the Beckley street school
building which are used at election
times and the company had offered
the lights at meter rate or at 81 per
year per light On motion of Alderman
Wiley the matter was left with tbs
lighting committee with power to act
A request was received from the In
Bible School society for the
lse of the opera house. Sunday after
ioon. July 25 for 4 public meeting and
m motion Of Alderman Wiley the re-
luest was granted Alderman Mcleod
eported that complaints had been made
% him about the condition that the
itreet sign posts about the city were
n, and that they ought TO be fixed up.
ie said that many Of them were down
md others were SO weather worn that
he names could not be distinguished.
rhe matter was referred to the street
ommittee to attend TO-