The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-26

! ing drawing school
In three hours city meeting in the
opera house last night, two hundred eti
zens transacted a great deal of business.
the most notable features of which were
the placing OF city employees in two de-
partments on an eight hour day, the re.
fusal to expend $4,000 for a public
school gymnasium and the establish
ment of a public evening drawing
school
The Mayors Salary.
Judge II. w, Scott was elected mod
orator, on motion of S. H, Forsyth. and
the meeting got down to business
promptly. There were eleven articles
in the warning the first of which re.
lated to the salary OF the mayor, city
clerk and city treasurer. Daniel j. Sui
livan started an evening of debate bv
moving that the mayors salary be $500
tor the coming year inasmuch as the
mayor has TO put great deal of time
into the work and ought to be better
compensated, although the city could
not hope to make it paying lob.
There was no further debate. and when
the motion was seconded bysJanes Me-
Donald viva voee vote was taken.
Chairman Scott at first saving he was
in doubt with the yeas apparently win
ming There were some cries of "Oues-
toni, but no further protest came
when the chairman ruled the motion
carried. On J. ?. Marr's notion the
salary Of the city clerk and treasurer
was kept the same as last year, which
was $3.50,
Same Compensations.
No change was made in the compen-
sation of the aldermen, auditors and as
SCISSORS. Even Mckenzie moved that the
amounts be the same as last year, and
n. d. Phelps moved to amend by TAX
ing up the offices separately, which pro-
posed amendment was lost and then the
main motion was carried The aldermen.
therefore will get 30 cents an hour, the
auditors 40 cents an hour and the as
SCISSORS $3.50 per day
An s-Hour Day.
The s-hour day for workmen in the
street and water departments found sew
eral champions. while others, although
favoring the plan, thought an affirma-
tive vote on the S-hour amendment, pro-
posed by j. T. Callaghan, would not be
legal because it went beyond the call.
which was to see if the city would
grand 50-hour week schedule with
the same pay as the men are now receiv-
ing for 81 hours.
Alex. Ironside had moved the adop-
ton Of the article, followed by Mr. Cal
laghan with his amendment to further
slice the hours to As at the 54-hour week
pay. Silvio Cardi questioned the legal
ity of the amendment under the read
ing of the warning James Mcdonald
thought they should stand by the warm
ing, as he understood that the s-hour
day was lost last year because instruc-
tions to the city council were
not legally made under the form of the
article in the city warning However,
in spite of the objection, the Callaghan
was carried, l05 to %. and
ShNAt AiAN NAAAAAG NtNo etNASlf lfANAs
Exempting New Industries.
Exemption OF new industries. the
fifth article, also called forth much talk.
f. G. Rowland moved the adoption Of
the article. aA showing the city in favor
Df exempting any new industry, outside
the granite industry, for term OF ten
years. which should locate in the city.
n nl,l,,a %,
llating that each application for ex-
smption should be brought separately
before a citizens meeting. Mr. How
and accepted the amendment; but City
Clerk Mackay stated that he doubted
he right of the city to discriminate in
exemption against the granite industry.
Mr. NIackay. therefore moved the fol-
owing amendment; That the legal yot-
rs of the city. in meeting legally as
embled express themselves in favor of
from taxation for a term of
i've to ten years any new industry that
nay be located in the city and that all
IMPLICATIONS for such exemption shall be
,laced before legally called city meet
ng for action on the same" The Mac
.ay substitute article was then adopted
without dissenting vote.
No Quit-Claim Deed
The old debate whether the city should
ecept a quit-claim deed of the Gospel
illage common" so that the school
might 60 ahead and inn
rove the property in front OF the lin
oln school, was turned down by ma.
ority OF only four votes. Commission
= Alex. Gordon explained the purposes
( the commission, saying that they
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