The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-16
For Lighting the Streets of Barre
For the Next Period
ALDERMEN e, 70 FAVOR
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Peoples Gas Company Anxious to Secure
Part of Contract, While Consolidated
Company Has Submitted Bid for
the Entire Contract.

Although IN accepted report from the
lighting committee framed the opinion
! that lighting the streets by electricity
: is the most economical method avail
able, the board OF aldermen in session
last night instructed the lighting COM
mittee to further investigate the possi-
bility of dividing the lighting contract
between the Consolidated company and
the Peoples Lighting, Heating & Power
Co., with view to receiving estimates
on the cost with both companies furnish
ing part of the illumination II is a
pretty well-astablished wish on the part
of all the eldermen that Barre is ready
and waiting for all-night lights and Dur
ing the next few days the aldermarc
committee will make another thorough
investigation of both companies.
The light committee reported that the
gas company could not contract for light
1 ing the entire city, as its pipe lines
extended only through a portion of the
streets. 1t was evidently the desire of
/ the gas company to submit bids for six
| ty lamps. md in the opinion of Alderman
| Dawson the contract should be so ar
ranged that each company should re-
ceiye a part Of its benefit He also be-
| lieved that the contract should be signed
for one or perhaps two years. instead
of five years. as originally suggested.
Other members of the council concurred
in this opinion Alderman Rossi ex-
planned that fve-year contract could
be secured at saving to the city OF
$500 per year.
Afterwards, Alderman Dawson made a
motion that the Lighting committee be
instructed to find ont il the Consolidated
company would contract to light por-
tion of the city at the same rate as
submitted in the bid for the entire area.
The motion was carried
The following city warrants were read,
approved and ordered paid Street de-
partment payroll for week $26390; fire
department payroll. Ssl 40; water de-
partment payroll, S55.6s: police depart
ment payroll. S7s45; Arthur DoIan. reg
ister Of Suffolk county probate court,
ST. On the recommendation of Build-
ing Inspector George Rand, permits were
ordered granted as follows: f. G. How
land. cutting door and altering piazza at
81 Granite street; G. w. Averill & Co,
roofing horse sheds in rear of business
building at II North Main street; John
Gelpi, recovering root at All North Main
street; Mrs. l.. ]. Bolster, reshingling
polishing mill on Granite street. Mont
pelier seminary, reshingling house at -
and 81 Elm street; Mrs. Ellen Smith,
house at | i Foster street; So
cial club No. O. building brick veneer on
building ut "a Granite street; Antonio
Gialdi. reshingling dwelling at ID Hum
bert street
The committee on streets reported its
on the request of the YER
mont Telephone 4 Telegraph Co. for
to buld conduits on Wash
ngton street and recommended that the
request be granted. Later the resolution
-elating to The construction of the con-
luits was read for the third time and
IN the motion Of Alderman Ward the
was adopted.
In regard to the request of the school
that an additional tax of
oe on the grand list be made for the
,enefit of the schoo. fund. the committee
IN legislation reported that the question
vas of such vital Importance that de.
ision should be deferred until the mat
er is investigated by the committee of
he whole. On motion, the report was
ccepted and the recommendations werc
rdered carried out.
City Engineer George A. Reed submit
ed his report concerning the proposed
hanges at the entrance to Elmwood cem-
terry. and he estimated that the cost
t the projected alterations would not
xceed 1925. Several of the aldermen
elieved that the estimate was agree
bly, low. and. the report was accepted
.ithout a dissenting note. The estimate
lade provisions for setting and resetting
lrb stones leading from Washington
rect to the edge of the cemetery. grad
lg and cutting away a portion of the
edge No actions will be taken in the
tier until the cemetery commissioners,
ho made the request that an estimate
, secured. have seen the report.
The application of William A. Moore
II permission 20 move his hen house
ON a position on Currier street across
e land of H. NJ. Ayerill to his own
OF on the same street was ordered
anted. The clerk reported more de-
lied investigations into the beqmest of
e late Leonard p Holden of Boston.
though his findings called for no ac-
IN ID vas learned that the residue
mounted t. s4237l4 in 1908. and that
was invested in interest bearing mort
ges of per cent. II was estimated
at the interest ia the past four years
luld now equal S640. Adjournment fol-
we'd at $3.50 o'clock.