The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-27
Chief of Pol : Get Increase
Of er Month
ASST. ENGINEER HAS MORE
Resolution Calling For Temporary Loan
of $1,000 Was Adopted Last Evening '
Many Matters of Lesser I'm
portance Were Considered.

Recommendation made by the com
mittee on salaries and adopted at the
regular meeting of the city council last
evening include an increase of $5 per
month in the pay of the chief of police,
who has hitherto received $75 per month
for his services and an increase in the
salary of George II. Cook, assistant in
! the city engineers office. Most of the
other salaries recommended are identi.
cal with the present pay of the city
departments and officers.
The recommendations made are as fol-
lows; Chief OF police, $50 per month and
/ weeks vacation with pay; patrolman.
/ S65 per month, one weeks vacation
with pay; fire chief, $1,000 per year; :
call men. $35 per year overseer of the
poor $500 expenses to be paid by the
city; city engineer. 800 per month; su-t
peTintendent of water department, $l,-e
00o yer year. city to furnish team ande
meet other expenses; superintendent of
/ streets, 81 200 per year, incumbent to
furnish team; assistant to city engineer,
! $50 per month with SO per month ad-
1 ditlonal for clerical assistance to street
/ superintendent; assistant to water SUI
/ perintendent. S3S per month; city physi
| lean. $500 per year; inspector of paint,
SOC per hour for actual time given in
work. The pay of the inspector of food,
DR. John w. Woodruff, will be deter
mined later. 1t is probable that an
annual compensation win be given in
this case. Alderman Ward moved that
tho recommendations be accepted and
Alderman Rossi seconded the motion;
carried
Miscellaneous business which came be-
fore the meeting, included the read
ing of the weekly warrants, which were
ordered paid. and the reading of the
water superintendent report for the
month of February, which was accepted.
Street Lights Complained OF.
The resolution relating to department
al appropriations was read and passed
to a second reading. With one or two
exceptions. the amounts appropriated
were well within the sums expended for
similar purposes last year. Alderman
Dawson asked for a comparison of the
appropriation for last years lighting
with that of this year. The figures
showed that the sum appropriated this
year considerably exceeded the provision
made for lighting last year. 1t was
tier explained that the possibility of
adopting an all-night services when the
present contract with the lighting COM
pany expires, had been considered in
making the appropriation. Alderman
Dawson's query led up to discussion
of the present street lighting service.
Alderman Ros i favored an immedi-
ate adoption of the all-night plan. AL
derman Brown submitted that the small
er incandescent lights were more suitable
for crooked streets than the arc lights
used at the present time. The are
lights are costing the city more than
three times as much as the smaller
lights. he said, He believed that resi-
dents would be better served in many
Instances with number of incandescent
lights than with one arc light the rays
Of which cannot penetrate the length OF
crooked streets. 1t came out during
the discussion that the city is at pres
ent paying SAC for arc lights and Sl4
for the smaller. less brilliant lights.
Alderman Dawson said that the street
light, in many sections Of the city had
been shamefully imperfect during the
they were growing DINNER each year
Alderman Ward believed that South
Barre was getting better lighting serv-
ice than the city.
Alderman Rossi was reluctant to place
the blame at the door of the lighting
as he believed that the city
was receiving as many amperes as the
contract demanded. He said that all
night arc lights could be secured for $64.
A communication was read from the
mayor. appointing John Mcdonald as
cemetery commissioner for three years.
The counei unanimously confirmed the
by ballot.
Temporary Loan Of $4,000.
After second reading, resolution
was unanimously accepted calling for a
temporary loan of $4,000 in anticipa-
ton of receipt of taxes up to August
10. The second financial resolution was
read for third time and accepted. In
it the sum of 81 500 was appropriated
for permanent road work with view
to securing the state rebate of one-half
under the law With this appropriation
II is proposed to extend the permanent
road work on Washington street to the
city line.
Frank Biermeyer appeared before the
council with a description of break
in the sewer which occurred on Branch
street last Sunday morning, flooding sew
real Easements in the neighborhood and
causing an undesirable stencil. Mr..
Biermever had brought the matter to
yhe attention of the board of health
md inquired why the break had not been
-epaired. City Clerk Mackay recalled
.ha fact that the board of health is sup
1osed to report such matters referred
% il to the city council. He believed
nat the council could act with more in
diligence in such matters if the MEM
,ers were apprised Of the conditions.
according to the agreement existing be-
ween the city and the board of health,
- said. the secretary should notify the
ouncil Of the disposition made in such
nses. Alderman Dawson moved that
he trouble described by Mr.. Biermeyer
,e referred to the committee on health.
rbe motion was carried.
Peter Chamberlain Of Merchant street
anne before the council and asked If
=, anpffeaf fion for a epWpr on Mpreha nj