The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-13
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tagious Disease-2Health Officer Wood
ruff Gives Exact Statement of
Conditions Regarding Latter.

departmental reports ana routine
business occupied the members OF the
board of aldermen at the regular meet
ing last night, and at the subsequent
meeting of the city council II. f. Cutler
appeared to ask for redress on piece
of concreting said to have been done by
Street Superintendent Jesse G. De3rune
in the basement of Cutler Bros large
livery barn off Washington street. The
lWeryman declared that he had paid
nearly S400 into the city treasury for
a bad job. The council members seemed
more directly concerned in ascertaining
who did the business on the citys end
of the deal. City Clerk Mackay stated
that the $3.50, more or less, which Mr..
Cutler claimed to have spent ON the con-
Icretlng. was paid into the treasury.
/ In his monthly report submitted for
October Health Officer John II. Woodruff
| furnished the following interesting vital
statistics; Number of deaths, l3, pro-
ceeding from the following causes: Pull
monary tuberculosis, 2; intestinal tu-
berculosis, Brights disease. apo
plexy, 3 valvular disease of the heart,
| /; bronchitis, /; lobar pneumonia, he,
patio cinhosis, cancer of the heart and
still birth, ] each; births, 20, of which !
nine We're boys; contagious diseases, 7
smallpox %, suspicious cases, probably
smallpox, 4; total. %; chickenpox (sinee /
October III, 2: measles. / /; typhoid fe-
yer. | diphtheria, l. All contagious dis I
eases, he stated, had been carefully T
guarantined and all rooms contaminated :
had been thoroughly fnmigated upon the
release Of the quarantined persons The
report was accepted and ordered filed.
The following warrants were read and
ordered paid: L. L. Scott, legal services,
sl47; street department payroll. Sl44.32;
water department payroll, S56.l3 fire
department payroll, 1851; November
elections, s2l2.40; police department
payroll, S90.46 tSl2, health account;
DIR. J. III. Woodruff, services as health
officer, $l00; G. A. Bemis, janitorial
services, $l4 Agnes Hale, assisting at
city farm, $40; street superintendent,
cash paid out on orders drawn, $l7.93;
C. w. Emerson, labor, water account,
S3l .25. Overseer of the Poor w f. Shep-
ard submitted his report for October,
stating that S5lS.S6 had been paid out
for the support of poor during the
month. The report was accepted
The request Of f. n Normandeau that
he be allowed to move the old Blackwell
street hosehouse which he recently pur-
chased, to point II feet south, was
granted with the provision that the
building be not left on the street line.
No action was taken on the request of
a concrete company TO be allowed a
bid on the city's next paving Job. The
firms communication was left to the
street committee.
Building Inspector George Rand re-
ported favorably on the following re-
luests for building permits G. Fl. Reid,
10 build barn on Spaulding street G, G. |
Mascot estate, to cover front of build
ng at o. % and 96 North Main street
With brick veneer, and building exten-
lion to the structure on the east side;
e. n. Normandeau, to erect second story
IN ell of hosehouse on Blackwell street;
'lrs. Charles Zanleoni, to cover stairs
It 24l North Main street; Mrs. II. b.
iale. to reshngle building Mt 7 Summer
treet. On the motion of Alderman Pat
erson, the permits were ordered granted
With the exception of the Mascot es-
tate's request In the latter case. it was
moved that the petition be referred to
he committee of the whole for investi-
alton, as recommended in the building
lspector's report.
In his report. of the bridge inspection,
ty Engineer George A. Reed stated
hat all of the bridges in the city were
\ good condition with the exception of
he South Main street structure. All
ad been recently painted with the ex-
option of the Prospect street bridge.
he Blackwell street bridge had been
,planked. he stated. and other struc-
lres had been treated to minor improve
rents. The Mill street bridge, he de-
AIRED, was in an unsafe condition, due
to the condition of the rail,
,ad bridge nearby. He claimed that
he latter structure was not properly
Ipported.
On the motion of Alderman Patterson,
le communication received BY the coun-
last week from the Peoples Light
g, Heating & Power Co.. along with
her matters concerning the lighting
ntraet, was referred TO the lighting COM
ittee with instructions 70 further in
stigate and 70 report to the board. s
he aldermen adjourned at this juncture
d the council meeting went into ses-
)n.
City Ignorant of Conereting job
Before the councillors, II. i. Cutler ap-
ared and made known his grievance in
few words The concreting in his
sement. he said. had been done about
year ago by Street Superintendent
c. DeBrune The street official had
-imated that the work would be sat
actory, and he had paid his check Of
10 or s400, say $3.50. into the city
.asury. Last spring. a portion OF the
rk, namely that done in the horse
lis. began 20 pan out discouragiugiy.
terwards. Mr. Cutler learned that ear
ges which he placed in storage on
basement floor bad sunk through
concrete coating clean 20 the ground.
Alderman Ward said he had lately
N called 20 investigate the work. and
was able to corroborate Mr.. Cutters
" In the main. Just then the mayor
ed members Of the street committee
state Just what they knew about
city's deal with Mr. Cutler Neither
street committee Of last year nor