The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-02
MUST PAY WATER RENT
OR HAVE WATER CUT OFF
City Council Takes Action on Matter,
Though Alderman Dawson Objects
to the Procedure

lily COUNCIL CD0NeHeu lOI less imam dl
hour last evening before going into ex
ecutive session and a larger portion d
the sixty minutes that the presence ot
press representative was tolerated was
devoted to the reading of the weekly
warrants, some sixty in number, and
the report of the building Inspector foI
the month of June. In addition to the
usual warrants calling for the payment
OF departmental salaries, several were
issued for miscellaneous accounts OF
varying kinds. The warrants were APP
proved and ordered paid.
Practically the only matter II :
caused the slightest semblanee OF dis
cussion came when the clerk read the
report of the water committee relating
to additional rules and regulations per-
tanning to water rentals. As the report
was finally accepted, henceforth water
rentals not paid after thirty-six days,
ten per cent. viii be added to the Srig-
inal sum due. Sixty days after payment
is due, the delinquent's water viii be shut
off until he pays the face OF the rental,
costs and the sum of So to cover eX-
penses. When the clerk had finished,
Alderman Dawson averred that it was
all wrong. He referred to a supreme
court decision which ruled that such
course was illegal. Alderman Pat
terson assured Alderman Dawson that
the committe lad sought the advice of
the city attorney in the matter and
that he had declared the action pro-
posed to be legitimate. Alderman Brown
moved that the report be accepted and
the motion was carried.
The report of the building inspector
recommended the granting Of permits to
the following applicants Carlo Partini,
to build a porch at 5 Elmwood avenue;
Presbrey- -Coykendall Co., to build addi-
tion to Office near their stoneshed; Mrs.
Helen NJ. Camp, to repair her store
building on Elm street; Arthur LePage,
to erect addition to his barn on Pros
pect street; r. Calderara. to cover roof
of his barn at 81 Central street; Carlo
Loronzini, to erect a dwelling on Gar
field ayenue EmsIie & Co., to build adj
dftion to manufacturing plant and to
erect smoke stack fifty feet in height.
The report was accepted and the permits
ordered granted The building inspec-
tors report for June showed that fifty
seven permits were granted to appli-
cants desiring permission to roof, re-
pair and erect. His report was accepted
and ordered fled
An application for a merry go round
license from Edmund Brown of Little.
ton, \. H.. was read by the clerk and
Alderman Brown moved that it be not
granted. At the interrogation of Alder
man Dawson, the author of the motion
explained that the merry GO round was
4 nuisance. Alderman Dawson thought
that the motion would deprive the young
people of much fun. The petitioner pro-
posed to pitch his tent on the Boutwell,,
Milne & Narnum lot on North Main
street Alderman Browns motion was
'arried.
A report signed by +. II. Morris, an
Inspector of boilers, was read by the
'lerk and in it the city was cautioned
% carefully watch the boilers in the
'ity building. The report was referred |
% the property committee with power
o report to the insurance company, at /
whose instigation the inspector looked |
,yer the boilers.
A petition was read from a dozen !
itizens OF Eastern avenue asking that |
he sprinkling service be extended along /
he avenue from >the residence of Mrs |
ones to Park street. A motion later |
made by Alderman Ward. adding the /
trip mentioned on Eastern avenue 10
french, Richardson and Orange streets |
s quartet of streets that should bene-
It by the sprinkling privilege was car
led unanimously.
Alderman Patterson stated that he
ad been approached by an East Barre
esident who desired TO purchase the
o-called Shepard property near the old
liver bed, provided the city would allow
i'm thirty days in which to move the
ulding. 1t was afterwards moved and
lrred that the propectiye buyer be
iven until August | to move or rae
he building, provided he satisfy the
treet committee that he owned the
roperty. The council then went into
session.
The only matter of Importance to
1me up in the later session was the
uestion of properly fumigatng build
lgs occupied by tuberculosis patients.
he committee on legislation was in
+rueted to draw up an ordinance COW
ring the necessity for fumigation in
lese cases and the members were in
.ructed to present tentative set OF