The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-04
Unusual Amount Due to State
and County Tax Money
$4,287.60 TO STATE SCHOOLS
Council Last Nigh ed Week Oh
Street and W s. partment EN-
ployes by = 4our After Peu-
tic S Been Presented.

| In time lust long enough to read the
warrants and put the motion, the city
council last night spent over Sl2uOo
| from the city treasury, the warrants IN
cluding the usual frst-of-the month bills,
the weekly payrolls and, in addition, sew
eral large items, all of which, however,
had been approved by the finance COM
mittee so that the action OF the council
was facilitated thereby. Chief among
the items was the payment OF S4,2SI.o0
to State Treasurer Deavitt, the amount
being the city's state school tax money:
and next to it was S2,6T975, also to
the state treasurer for the state highway
tax of 1912.
The complete list of bills was as fol.
lows: F. b. Cate SS4, James P. Riley
S24, Martin Riley ss4.3l, Augustus NJ.
Rossi ss4, f. L. Scott SAL, Rensselaer,
Valve Co. $3.50. STANDARD Oil Co. of New
York s2TO.5g. A. B. Black Road Machin
erv Co. $780, T. L. Blake SS, street
superintendents orders S2299s, r. l..
Clark sBl IL. engineering departments
orders Slll.93, S. n. Parker $3.05, Amer
lean Asphalt and Rubber Co S46, Calder
& Richardson Sl60.lS, Smith, Whitcomb
& Cook Co. S2S.4l, Consolidated Light
ing Co. S5S2.l9, Robinson Clay Product
Co $780, Trow & Holden Co. S2.35, Rey-
nolds & Son Sl3.s3, George II. Cook sos,
George A. Reed 500, c. w. Averill &
Co. $3.50 Barre Electric Co. S5.25, Harold
L. Bond Co. $40, Cutler Bros. $3.50,
Jennie l. Even S3s, NJ. r. Fadden 50.
Canon Meter Co. S20l.60, J. M. Had
esty & Son $40, +. G. Minard $l.2S,
Pierce Butler & Pierce Mfg. Co. 81, Wal
worth Mfg. Co. S3S.0S, water department.
Sl2.64. William Brown S63, David Daw-
son S29.55, James Mackay $4,000, d. j.
Bovce Sl3.l6, Fred Gale S230T, b. W.
Hooker & Co. Sll0, c. n Kenyon & Co.
1923. Morse e. Jackson $3.50, care oil
the poor $500, w. f. Shepard salary
overseer S4l.60, Joe w. Jackson S25.
Alex. Hanton 1925, Joseph Rabideau
Sl25, J. w. Dillon S63.60, G. II. Pape
S479. state highway tax for 1912 S2.67o,-
rs. state school tax for 1912 S4,2S7.6o,
C. w. Martin SOC, discount city notes
s25l so. H. Il. Russ 75c, n. d. Phelps Co.
s63, Vermont Tel. & Tel Co. Sl0.24,
f. w. Bisbee Sl06.s0, NJ. D. Lamb So.
Fl. w Scott S3l.70, N. j. Roberts Sc.
street department payroll S413ll, water
department payroll s6o.37, fire depart.
ment payroll $77.37, police department
payroll S77.37. city hall janitor Sl4,
county tax for 1912 S535.95.
All the members of the council were
present at the meeting, and they cleaned
up the business in forty minutes. The
license committee reported adversely on
Alex. Coutts' and Levi Bianchi's applica-
ton for restaurant license; and the re-
port was accepted and placed on file.
The application from Cayhue & Guthrie
for a restaurant license at 90 North
Main street was referred to the same
committee with instructions to report.
The request of John, Turner for right
to build a eesspool on upper Merchant
street was granted. The request of J. 4.
Higgins and E. n Sanctuary for exten-
sions OF city water to proposed new
houses on fremont street and vicinity
at least three in number--was referred
to the water committee; and a complaint
IF bad street conditions on River street
N relation to the river was referred to
.he treet committee by Mayor Thurston.
Building Inspector Rand reported ia.
1orably on the following minor applica-
ions: Mrs. Margaret Cleary to reshingle
house at $50 North Main street; Mrs.
;. b. Durkee to make repairs at $40
North Main street; D. NJ. Miles Coal Co.
o erect woodshed; Harry B. Houghton
o build wooden garage, covered with
METAL, at 50 Elm street. The permits
we're granted, and the report of the in
pector was accepted, as was his report
N minor permits 2s in number-grant-
d by him during May.
One of the most important matters
'efore the council was the application of
he employees of the street and water
apartments, signed by thirty-seven men,
skiing for one hour less of work on Sat
rday afternoon, with the pay for full
ay. The men now quit work at
clock, and they asked to be allowed to-
nit at 4 o'clock. With very little dis
ussion. the council granted the renuest.