The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-01
YEARS REVIEW
BY THE MAYOR
Showing Progress Of NUM-
cipal Affairs in Barre
AND MMENDATIONS
Message of Mayor Mutch Was Presented
at City Council Meeting Last Even
ing-0ther Matters Of Routine
Nature Transacted.

mayor Mutcn altnuai message, Jue
annual reports of the overseer of the
poor and French library directors were
presented and considerable routine bust
ness was transacted at the regular
meeting Of the city council held last
evening. The two reports and the may
or's message full text Of which is
printed to-day. were accepted and or
dered printed in the annual city report.
The report of the oyerseer Of the poor
showed that he had expended for the
support OF the poor $6.075.45 during the
wear and had received from the city
$4,000. AZ the beginning OF the year
the oyerseer had balance on hand of
$83.6I and be ended the year with a
balance OF SS.6l.
The French library directors reported
that they had 2,270 books, valued at
So, 1891, and have an unexpended bal
ance Of $3200s.
The tangle which developed between
the city and the property owners over
the approach to the temporary foot
bridge off Prospect street was finally
Strengthened out last evening, when the
street committee and the city engineer
reported that on further investigation
they had found out that they had been
mistaken in regard to the right OF way
held by Alex. Corey, finding that Mr..
Corey's right of way was between the
houses owned by him and not the pass
agewsy which the city is using as an
approach to the bridge; and they recon-
mended that the contract with Mr., Stew
art be left as ii is. On motion Of Alder
man Wiley, the report was accepted.
The city engineer reported that he had
made inspections from time to time of
the Orange brook reservoir during the
ak months which have elapsed since its
completion and found it in satisfactory
condition, and recommended that the
contractors, Joseph Long a Co., be paid
the balance of their contract price, which
was held back by the city under the
terms Of the contract for six months
after the completion of the reservoir
The balance equalled one-iifth of the
contract price, or 81 ,553l4 and is due
February /. On motion Of Alderman
Brown, the report of the engineer was
accepted and the balance due the con-
tractors ordered paid.
The city clerk reported that he had
consulted cx- Alderman IT. 4 Cutler In
regard 10 the bill of 1928. which the
Acme Road Machinery company claims
against the city for supplies furnished
by them for the stone. .crusher in 1908
an dwas unable to get any satisfactory
information as to the legality of the
bills; but Mr.. Cutler thought that most
of the articles in the bill were supposed
TO have been furnished with the crusher
through verbal agreement made with
the agent Of the Acme company, of whom
the crusher was purchased. On motion
OF Alderman Hoyt, the matter was left
with the clerk and the city attorney
TO arrange a settlement with the com
pany If possible.
In accordance with the law passed by
the last legislature fixing the salary for
city grand jurors, a resolution was read
and adopted designating +. R. Davis as
the grand juror for this city, to receive
the salary which the law stipulates shall
be S400. Mr., Davis was appointed grand
juror last spring by the mayor. and here
tofore his compensation has been BY the
fee system; but the new law does away
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where there are municipal courts and
fixes a salary, and directs the cities to
designate one grand juror who shall act
and receive the salary.
The Barre city charter directs that
three grand jurors shall be annually
and the question was raised
by the council as To the position of the
other two jurors City Attorney f. L.
Scott. who was present, stated that the
other two jurors could act if they wanted
to, just the same as ever, only they
could not get any pay for it. He said
that did not complicate matters any,
as only one of the three jurors ever
had any part in the prosecuting of cases
In the city. The new law stipulates that
salaries for the grand jurors for the five
cities in tie state s&all be $500 for
Burlington and Rutland, S400 for Barre
and Montpelier and $500 for st. Adams
The mayor stated that when the legis-
lsture early in the session passed law
placing all the grand juror work on the
states attorneys. he had received Mr.
Davis resignation as grand juror, but
he had requested Mr. Davis to hold the
office. as he had information that the
would repeal the law before
the session was over and make some
other provision. as it was found that
Il was putting too much onto the states
attorneys, and for that reason the resig- |
nation was not acted upon.
A resolution was also read and adopt |
I'd on motion OF Alderman Wiley, re- |
Iating to the placing OF the FIRE and po- |
I;c, aoVa "a r,anfu uuIar fha oi..iI uorxssy.y,
rules and regulations. The resolution /
calls for amendments to the city ordi- /
nances for this change and instruets the |
legislative committee TO draw up the |
Building permits were
granted to F. r. Davis to erect a barn |
On Allen street and TO A. W. Clark 10 /
erect building of Hin street to be used
Tor a paint shop.
MAYOR MUTcH'S MESSAGE.