The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-27
And Aldermen Start Extra Appro-
priation Of $500
TO ROUND OUT FISCAL YEAR
Board of Trade Requests That Street
Lighting Contract Be Held UP Pend
ing Investigation Concerning
Methods of Lighting.

City Clerk Mackay reported to the
board OF aldermen at the regular meet
ing last evening that the expenses OF
the health department up to date Tor
the year amounted 10 sl.I40.7s; thnt
bills totaling around 5000 yet remained
to be presented TO the finance commit
tee, and that still another outstanding
order amounting to Sl00 must be pad
shortly. Tho accounting showed that
additional provisions must be made TOR
carrying the department along through
the balance Of the year, and to that
end the clerk prepared motion calling
for an extra appropriation Of. 800. The
motion was passed to a second reading.
The following warrants were read for
| the week and ordered paid: Street de-
partment payroll. S252.9l; water depart-
ment payroll. $42.43; fire department
payroll, ss066; police department pay
roll. $06.2l (health. sl2l; g. A. Bcnis,
services as janitor, Sl4; DIR. ] II. Wood
ruff services as health officer. 800; Mrs.
John Hale, assistance in caring for pa
tients at detention hospital. 1855;
Barre Savings Bank & Trust Co., inter-
est on bonds. $1,000.
At this iuncture Of affairs. Basillo
Dente. a North Main street huckster, app
peared with some kind of grievance
concerning alleged intimdatory remarks
said to have been made by board mem
Der referring to hours observed at the
Dente fruit store. Mr.. Dente let loose
a flood of rhetoric at the aldermen. who
seemed content to let him do a large
portion of the talking He was still
expostulating when attention was
turned to the report of the building in
speetor The following permits were
ordered granted on the inspectors REG
concentration: Thomas Baird. to erect
dwelling on Long street; Y. Bruno,
to repair house at High Hoborn street;
Peoples Lighting Heating & Power Co.,
to repair brick work on plant off Depot
square; Presbrey Coykendall Co., to
build addition to blacksmith shop on
Wiley street.
The clerk read q communication from
the postofiiee department addressed to
the local custodian, in which the right
to abate taxes and assessments on gov
ernment property WAS asserted ne
matter referred particularly to the street
shrinking assessment levied on the new
federal building The department en-
closed a circular stating reasons why
the property could not be assessed Tor
the purpose named.
Chief of Police Samuel Sinclair fur
nished the following reports of police tle-
partment doings during the month OF
October: Total number of arrests. ID,
divided as lows-Intoxieation, 3;
breach of peace. 3; tramping, |; bur-
plary 2: breaking quarantine, l. The
report was accepted and ordered filed.
City Clerk Mackay reported that he
had notified the manager of the Console
dated Lighting Co. of the proposed meet
ing between lighting official and the
committee of the whole. The manager
replied that he would meet the commit
tee Wednesday evening at 1.30, COM
munication from the board of directors
of the Board of Trade asked that the
lighting contract be held in allowance
until a thorough investigation OF the
situation had been made The board
also asked that when the contract is
finally awarded provisions be made for
thoroughly lighting Main street. The
communications were accepted, and it
was decided to hold the joint meeting
of the lighting manager and the com
mittee of the whole, also inviting the
board OF directors to be present.
Alderman Ward of the street COM
mittee reported that new signs We're
about to be placed around the city and
in this connection he desired to bring
the matter of changing the name Of the
upper end of East street before the
board The continuance Of the street
il unnamed. he said. while a street which
turns at right angle to East street IS
designated by the same name. A,def-
man Rossi called to mind the fact that
there are three Spring streets. so called,
in the city of Barre. Abutting land
owners on East street will be consulted
before any move is made to change the
name of the upper portion
Manager John A. Hohan of the opera
house appeared and asked that the rent
al the theatre be abated for the period
Of five weeks of quarantine during which
the amusement place was closed at tho
order of the city attorney. The matter.
was referred TO the property committee