Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-18

Icense commissioners. The following wer
received: Isaac II. Lunt, 1874 North stree,
second-class; j. G. Belrosc. l5s ChurcI
street. iifth-class; Charles ii. Ellis. g,
worth Wfnoosk avenue, second class
David II. McCuen, IS North street, frs
UT second class; j. J. Kennedy, la Mai,
street. second-class; Thomas z. Clay. 10
#ttery street, first or second class: n
W. Lynch, l47 Main street, second class
MASON q. Beebe, IS Church street. fifth
e'ass; Joseph Mitchell. ia Battery street
lIrst or second-class r. II. Murphy, 3
Shurch street. first-class; George w
brown, II North street, first or secon,
ciass; Hayman Gladstone, he Intcrva
avenue, second-class.
FRIDAY the time limit for receivins
applications for licenses expired and m,
ooaro OF license mmissioners were ken,
ousv until eight o'clock. April % at two
p M Is the time set by the commissioners
Ior the first hearings on applications
me applications Of Augustus G. Slough.
ten, Thomas L. Lynch and Charles Caise
VIII be considered at this time. The an.
plications received Friday were as FOL.
lows: B. g. Gainey and q. p. Richie for
first or thlrd-class at 81 North avenue
John H. Dunn, first or second. at 1os
st. Paul street; Fred A. Garno for a. first
or second. at q North avenue; j. G. Bell
| rose Tor fifth. at l5S Church street:
| George M. Delaney for a second. at ia
Battery street; I. II. Lunt. first or second,
at 1884 Bank street; oliver Dupaw, second,
1919 North Winooski avenue: George
Wrinkle, first or third Mt 1o4 Battery
street; Alfred Demarco, second or third,
IL King street.
| Extensive alterations are being made at
the municipal electric lighting plant in
connection with the work of installing the
new turbine recently purchased by the
city. The turbine itself will be ready for
service In about three weeks. II is located
In the east section of the station and has
been raised four feet from the floor level
in order to be IN high and dry above the
dampness occasioned at times by high
water In the lake. The witchtoard and
other apparatus to be installed with the
turbine Is being surrounded with fire
proof materials and in order to guard
against fire the wooden cornice and
wooden tower of the electric light station
are being replaced with brick The electric
light poles scattered through the lumber
district will he covered with sheet metal
TO guard against fire. and stems vii, ho
taken to make a storehouse near the sta.
ton, owned by the city. fireproof
Five fires in about two hours kept the
fire department busy Saturday and be-
tween the bell alarms and the Stills"
tn" trucks didn't get washed up until to-
ward evening. The first alarm came in to
station one at rs in the forenoon and
was for a grass fire In tho rear of the
residence Of Or G.. f. Partridge on South
| mon street. About an hour later A
chimney fire was discovered in the house
OF Henry Barney on North avenue and
while the department was fighting that
blaze an alarm was rung in from box "a
for another small fire in the house of
1ber Blair at 291 North Bend street. The
truck from station two responded to this
call and extinguished the fire without
difficulty. At five minutes before two the
woods in the rear of the Arthur farm on
North avenue were discovered to be in
flames That and a grass fire in the Vi
cinity of the residence of C. l.. Smith on
Spruce street were easily extinguished
There is little doubt that by tonight
the ice In the lake with exception of some
of the small bays and harburs will have
disappeared. The south wind of Tuesday
did much toward that end and late in
the afternoon tho only ice which appeared
to remain intact was from Appletree
point down to Juniper island and into
Red Rocks. Tho west side appeared 10
be open from point three or four miles
from Burlington harbor. The ice in Shell
burnc bay went out early. as did that in
Plattsburgh bay. without causing any
damage TO amount to anything. In the
latter case the floes were crushed against
the brcakwater and one OF the light
houses was tipped so that it now slant5
at an angle of about Il degrees. 1t was
feared, because of the high water and
the substantial character of the ice a
week ago, that considerable damage
might be caused along the lake shores
when the ice went out hut il now looks
as though the worst was over and little
trouble is anticipated. The Ice went out
is April l..
To add to the fires. supposedly OF in
cendiary origin which have visited this
city recently. a blaze was discovered
sunday in a shed at the corner Of Hyde
street and North Winooski avenue The
fact that it was started Intentionally
was plainly demonstrated by the broken
boards which had been torn from the
walls before the tiremen arrived The
flames. which were easily extinguished
before damage of any amount had been
caused had their source in one corner of
the room and had scared the interior of
the wall somewhat. TIL person who set
the fire had made his way through a gate
which had been torn open and had later
gained an entrance to the building by
wrenching the boards OF the wall away.
No trace Of kerosene could be discovered.
but from the manner In which the walls
were burned 1t is thought that oil was
used to help the matter along. The Of
ficials of the fire department believe that
a number of the recent fires have been
set. probably by the same person who has
rung In the several false alarms which
have called out the department during the
past few weeks.
RAPPING ON WOOD.
(From Farm and Fireside)