The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-21
Authorized in ResoIut' 81 .ach
Was Passed to s. ~ leading
BY BARRE CITY COUNCIL
Action Taken at Regular Meeting Last
Evening, There Being Little or No op-
position Expressed Petition for New
Truck Presented from South End.

OF indecision and one unsuccessful at.
tempt to adjourn, the Barre city council
last night ordered to second reading
resolution appropriatiug $500 for the
purchase OF a combination automobile
fire truck for the central station. This
action followed the presentation OF
petition from ten granite manufacturing
firms IN the south end Of the city for =
truck, and it was preceded by vote to
change the four-inch water main leading
from the street to the Jones Bros plant
IN the north end TO six-inch main, thus
affcrding better protection for that huge
plant,
The petition from the south end.
around which the movement for the auto
truck centered, read as follows;
In view OF the large number Of men
employed in the granite plants at the
extreme ends OF the city and the heavy
loss it would be to the workmen, the
employers and the community at large
If one or more OF the plants in the south
end should be destroyed by fire, we, the
undersigned granite manufacturers in the
south end feel that our fire protection
would be greatly increased and possibil-
ity Of serious fire consequently reduced
if the city possessed an auto fire truck.
$50 much depends upon the quick ar
rival of the fremen at confagration
that nothing should be left undone to
shorten the time between the fire station
and the more distant granite plants"
The petition was signed by Barclay
Bros, Robins Bros, j. r. Corskie & Son,
tfa,,t r n u. Il
Littlejohn, 0dgcrs & Milne, CaYswell,
Watmore Co., James c. Mortimer. Alex
Milne, Z, C. Glysson and George Straiton
Co.
"choice Narrowed to fwo.'
Alderman Rossi, chairman of the fire
committee, started the talk in favor Of
the fire truck, saying that already an
other similar petition had been fnada
by manufacturers in the north end and
that the two petitions represented a good
many thousand dollars. He said the COM
mitteee had looked over machines in Bos-
ton, Brookline, Newton, Springfield, Hol
yoke, New York and Burlington, and
they had narrowed their choice to two
machines; but the makes" of the two
he did not mention Alderman Rossi
then went on to say that the horses
couldn't stand the pace always; that
they had dropped in the street on n
second call to the far north end on the
same forenoon.
Sudden Switch to North End Discussion.
After his remarks. there developed
controversy MS to the distances fror the
central fire station to the extreme ends
of the city; and Alderman Wiley
brought out notebook which contained
statistics. showing it is 5000 feet to
Barclay Bros in the south end and 1900
to the end of Wiley street in the north
end
Alderman Thurston wanted to know IL
the conditions in the south end were
anything like the conditions at Jones
Bros He had been surprised at the poor
fire protection at Jones Bros He
thought there ought to be a hydrant
nearer the plant than 400 feet and the
four-inch main from the street should
be a sixincb pipe to give better pressure.
Alderman Wiley asserted at this point
that the fire committee had voluntarily
taken up the matter Of better fire pro-
lection for Jones Bros, but that moth
ing had been done as they were waiting
for some definite statement from the
However, he made the motion
that a six-nch main be substituted for
the four-inch main Just as soon as tile
are favorable; and the motion
was carried
A Few Moments of Silence.
That done, it looked as if the auto
fire truck proposition was sidetrackcd
for the time being, as no one said any
thing when Mayor AIutch asked If there
was any further business. The silence
became monotonous, and Alderman Will
lev moved to adjourn. The motion was
put and there was one yes and two
noes. Mayor Mutch expressed desire
for fuller vote, and on the second
+ry there was no doubt of the killing
IF the motion.
And still they said nothing. wherest
he mayor remarked that there was no
use sitting there ii they weren't going to
10 something.
1t was Alderman Rossi who filled the
and he started the others to
.alking. Alderman Brown and Alder
nan Ward expressed themselves in favor
II the automobile truck The former
hought some people considered all there
5 to Barre is the blocks on Main street.
But where would the blocks be, he said,
f it were not for the industries outside
hem?
Alderman Rossi wanted someone EN-.
powered to purchase the truck; and
here a dispute as to the nature of the
notion passed ten months ago authoris-
ng the purchase. The records were
,rought out, and they showed that on
April 2S. 1911. the council voted TO ac-
ept the recommendation of the fire COM
nittee favoring the installing of mo.
or driven truck and ordered the recon.
aendation carried ont
That information having been given,
Alderman Rossi moved that the city
lerk be instructed to draw up resolui
ion appropriating $500 for the pur-
hase. The motion prevailed, with no
otes in opposition but apparently with
ONE not voting. According to the in
truetion. City Clerk Mackay drew up
he resolution. and Alderman Brown
noved that it be passed to second
eading Alderman Browns motion was