The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-18
When Is The City To Acquire
Gospel Village Common?
SCHOOL CoMMR'S INQUIRE
Barre City Council Tells Them That y
New Board Has Come in and That
the Matter Will Have to Be
Gone Over Once More.

The old question of transferring the
meeting house" land, SO called. at Cos
lpel Village, made its perennial appear.
ance at the regular meeting of the cit,
council last evening, when School Com
missioners H. G Woodruff and Alexan,
der Gordon appeared to question thu
property committee on its action in tha
matter. Mayor Thurston explained that
the council had entered upon a now
administration since the transfer was
last subject of deIiberation and Al.
derman Brown added that the original
property committee had waited upoa
the call of the business committee az
the Congregational church, to which
body the property belongs, before TAX
ing any action. On the motion of A.
derman Patterson, the mueh-mootedf
topic was left for the consideration o.
the committee of the whole at some
future meeting to be called by ths
mayor.
City Clerk Mackay read the follow
ing warrants for the week, and the same
were ordered accepted and ordered paid:
Street department payroll, S36T.Ss; wa
ter department payroll, Sl25.4S; fire de-
partment payroll, ST6.37 police depart
ment payroll, Ss946; NJ d. Bemis, serv.
ices as janitor, $l4; c. A. Heath, paint
ing. 1929; r. L. Clark, supplies, s34. !.
The Date of the Fire Truck Order. :
A reply from the American La France
Motor Co., in answer to the letter sd.
dressed the firm by the clerk was real
before adjournment. In some manner
the company confused the date, 4-2d
treferring to the letter of April 26)
with order No. 26 and stated that, dill
igent search OF its files failed to reveal
any order mentioned A complaint reg
istered by the fire chief and also con
sdered in the clerks letter to the com
pany had to do with revarnishing the
hood of the fire truck recently purchased
by the city 1t was claimed that the
hood had evidently been packed before
the varnish had dried, and that an un.
slightly surface was the result. The
eriean-LaF France company stated that
it would pay the expense of revarnishing
the hood by some local painter if the
The clerk furnished the informa tiob
that the work could be done for $3.50
and he explained to the council that
he had written the motor company to
that effect. with additional light on the
question of the order said to have been
date 4-26 Afterwards Chairman Ros>
81 of the fire committee stated before
the council that the committee seemed
to be resting under cloud, and SO
he wished TO read all of the correspond.
ence that had passed between the com
mittee and the fire truck company since
were started. 1t was final
ly decided to postpone the reading OF
the letters until second reply was re
ceived from the motor firm.
Election Officers Paid for Actual Time.
Someone brought up the request OF
the ward clerks, asking for extra pay
for services rendered on election day,
and the chairman of the legislative com
mittee said that the report had not
been completed. Two or three aldermen
stated that a good many of the men
employed at the ward polling places did
not desire the allowance requested in
the petition and on the motion OF Alder.
man Dawson it was voted to pay the
ward officers at the usual rate for actual
time served.
Reports and Requests.
Building Inspector George Rand re-
ported favorably on the following re-
quests to build. the reports being ac.
3epted and permits ordered granted: c.
Stephano, to repair and reshngle build
ing at 10 Railroad street; A. Newland.
to make additions to house aud barns
1T 3s Farwell street; Arthur Fitzwi-
liam, to complete additions to house nc
81 Maple avenue; Alex Corey & Co.,
to patch roof and recover roof at Is
md 80 Prospect street.
Monthly reports from the water de-
Dartment and the overseer were read, ac-
,epted and ordered filed. The former re.
port included the expense account for
,ystem extensions on Camp, Franklin,
Zine and fremont streets, lso ut the
plants of Jones Bros, and
Brown. Carroll & Go. The committee
IN lights reported that Fairview and
'oss streets were poorly lighted and
recommended the installation OF one
Tungsten light on each street,
A petition was read from several in
liyiduals living north OF the Jones Bros
liant, and including representatives, of
)ssola & Dunghi and Emslie Bros, ask
ng to have the city water extended to
he city limits. and claiming that the
ity would realize returns of > per cent.
m the money invested. Later several
t the petitioners appeared, and the mat.
er, having been referred to the water
ommittee with instructions to invest
ate and report, was again discussed.
{ ended when the committee and the
etitioners arranged joint meeting.
A report from Charles Churchill stated
hat the crossing at the corner of Mer.
hant and Wellington streets was in
angerous condition, and that the con-
tr,ction of sidewalks on Merchant
treet remains uneompleted for a dis
ance of some fifty feet. Mr. Churchill
ffered to dispose of small portion OF
md near the corner of the two streets
the city desired to remove the dan
er by widening the street. Alderman
fcLeod reported the bad condition Of
he driveway entrance near John Cong
on's residence on Merchant street. and
he clerk told of needed repairs Oh