The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-17
AS Far North as Granite Street
on North Main
BEYOND THAT UNCERTAIN
City Council Adopts Resolution Calling
for Granite Blocks Part Way and Ta-
bles Street Committee Report on
the Remainder Of Street.

/ The city council held lengthy ses
sion last evening, at which a grist OF
business was disposed Of The resoll-
tion authorizing the street committee
to pave with granite blocks that portion
of North Main street between the end
of the pavement at Depot square ard
the northerly side OF Granite street,
which was read for the afst time last
week, was read for the second time last
evening and, on motion of Alderman
Brown, seconded by Alderman Wiley,
was adopted
In the discussion which preceded the
adoption of the resolution, Alderman
| Wiley asked the city clerk if there
would be money enough to carry out
this work providing it cost about So
600. The clerk replied that he thought
there would be sufficient funds if an
OF the other permanent work, which had
been talked of, except the upper end OF
Washington street, was cut out and the
paving was completed in time SO that
part of the assessments would be col
lected this year Alderman Thurston
stated his belief that it would be col
least an extra appropriation OF 5000 in
the street department.
Later in the meeting, the street com
mittee reported on the petitions of resi-
dents of North Main street, north Of
Granite street, that the street be ma
cadamized. The committee reported
that the petitions conformed to section
ID of the city charter in every respect
Alderman Wiley asked the committee
If that was an opinion of the city at
torney, and Alderman Thurston, with
out answering the question, said that
If the council was afraid of the report
it had better let it alone Alderman,
Wiley then moved that the report be-
laid ON the table. Alderman Ward sec.
onded the motion, and it was carried.
just before Alderman Wiley queried the
committee, Alderman Rossi moved that
the report be accepted and placed on
file; but his motion was not seconded.
Section Is of the charter referred 70
in the report is in substance as follows:
Whenever a petition in writing shall be
presented to the city council, signed by
the owner or owners of two thirds of
the frontage upon any street, and pray.
ing that the same be drained, graded
tered. or that any of said improvements
should be made, the city council shall
forthwith order and direct the street
commissioners to cause the work to be
done.
On the protest made last week against
the dust made by the city's stone crush.
er on Granite street, the street com
mittee reported that the street superin-
tendent thought he could remedy the
dust nuisance by boxing in the top Of
the crusher and the committee had or
dered him to do it, Alderman Rossi
said that the superintendent told him
last year that he could not box in the
erusher, and the alderman thought that
the erusher ought to be moved away
from buildings anyway, as the dust was
an lawful nuisance" On motion of Al
derman Ward, the report of the commit
tee was accepted.
A resolution, designating the streets or
portions of streets which shall be sprin-
kled or oiled this summer, was adopted
on motion of Alderman Wiley. Tho
stipulates that the street
committee, shall sprinkle with water or
oil just as their judgment deems best.
The following are the streets or por-
tions of streets included in the resolu-
ton: Ayers, Main, Depot square, Maple
avenue, Cottage, North and South Sem
mary, Granite West, Merchant, Pearl.
Central. Eastern avenue. Keith. Sum
ner, Elm, A viii, Washington, Liberty,
Hill, Academy, Prospect, Brook, Beck
lev and French.
The resolution relating to placing the
employees Of the street and water de-
oartments on an eighthour day. which
was presented last week, was taken up
again and after some discussion was left
,ver for another week for the street
Ind water committees to bring in a rc-
,ort after consulting with the employees
'egarding their preference to ali eight
lour day or fifty-hour week.
The mayor presented two petitions
igned by about % employees Of the two
departments stating that they preferred
he eight hour day
The city clerk stated that he noticed
hat nearly all of the names on the two
,etitious were men who did not reside
II the city, but were here Just for the
imebeing and would probably leave be-
ore a week. He said that fully 40
'er cent. of these employees were that
ind of men. The clerk also said that
omethlng ought to be done to stop
hese men coming here and getting
lace to board and, after working a few
ays. get an order on the superintendent
OF their money and skip out. leaving
heir boarding house mistress in the hole.
Ie said that it could be remedied bv
aving an understanding with the men
hat they could get no pay only on the
egular pay days, unless discharged in
he meantime.
The street committee reported that
hey had investigated the request for
sidewalk on Allen street and found
hat several of the residents of the
treet wanted the matter held up until
hey could make negotiations for buy
ig some land ON the opposite side OF
he street for a walk. as the LAYING Of
he walk on the side Of the street first
roposed would injure them consider
bIy. The committee recommended that
le matter be dropped for a while. The
.port was accepted on motion bv Az.
arman Rossi
The street committee renurted rc
, the curb boxes Of the city and .nrira
ater companies and the gas company
fConfinued on fourth papej