The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
$22,236.18TO
SCHOOL DEPT.
City ( As r..ers That Sum to
80 lance of 1918 Tax
Appropriation
ALSO $1,278.17 FOR
DRAWING SCHOOL
City Councillors Find Fault
with Snow on the
Sidewalks

The city council last evening trans
ferred the balance of the city school
appropriation from the 1918 tax, amount
ing together with the note issue on the
new North Barre schoolhouse to S22,-
236lS, to the school treasurer to be
used, if needed, in support OF that de-
partment during the remainder OF the
year. The council also transferred the
sum of Sl,27S.l7 to the school treas
urer for the support of the evening
drawing school. At the same meet
ing the council voted to authorize May
or Ward to execute the deed transfer
ring the old Beckley street school prop
erty to Desidero, Frank and James Gui-
dici for $3.50, according to the bid ac-
cepted by the school commissioners.
For the present the receipts from that
sale will go into the general treasury
of the city.
The sum of $3.50 was voted for land
damages to Fred Durkee Morrow at the
corner of North Main and Blackwell
streets; $3.50, to the Elmwood ceme-
terry commissioners on a demand note
paid; S24l.l3 to the street department
weekly payroll, S4O.5S, to the water
department payroll Ssl04 to the fire
department payroll, SS4S3 to the police
department payroll and Sl4 for city hall
ianitor.
resolution was passed, abating Is
per cent. of the assessment against the
Barre railroad and abutting land own
ers of the old river bed inasmuch as
that proportion of the estimated cost
of $4,000 was not called for. None
of this is per cent had been paid in,
so that the abatement Is mere formal
ity. The resolution calling for the
abatement read as follows:
"Whereas, it was estimated that the
cost of changing the river, etc, would
amount to $4,000 and the Barre rail-
road and the abutting land owners were
assessed proportionate shares Of that
amount; and whereas, it only required
a sum equal tc So per cent. of the said
$4,000 to complete the work, therefore
be it resolved that the balance of Is
per cent assessed against the said Barre
Railroad company and abutting land
owners be and the same is hereby abat-
ed"
Building Inspector Rand reported fa-
vorably on the application of Thomas
Stacy to erect a dwelling house on the
easterly side of the junction of Brook
street and Maple avenue, measuring %
by 26 feet one story and half high
and of wood, and the council voted to
grant the permit.
Snow and Coasting.
A request for permission to use Park
street as far east as fremont street
for coasting purposes was acted upon
favorably as was done last year.
Then the subject of coasting brought
up the question of clearing the sidewalks,
of snow, and various members of the
council expressed their dissatisfaction be-
cause the street superintendent had not
started last Friday TO scrape the side
walks until / o'clock in the forenoon,
Alderman Patterson of the street COM
mittee said he had talked with Super
intendcnt DeBrune about the matter.
and the latter had told him that he
didn't start early because the horses
would have "petered out" before max
ing double trip. as would have been
necessary if they had started the work
early i'm the forenoon, since the snow
fell all through the forenoon, and the
walks would have filed up again.
Alderman Patterson also said the SUI
perintendent had complained of the lack
of horses to do the work properly, aft
er which several of the council thought
it would have been possible to hire ex-
ira horses if the city's animals had be-
gun to "peter out" before making the
second trip. One called it an Outrage"
that people had to wallow through many
inches of snow all the forenoon, and in
some streets, up to the middle of the
afternoon, 1t was suggested that two
Of the fire horses could be used provided
they were placed on sections near the
central station. In closing the discus
sion Mayor Ward referred the matter
to the street committee with hint to
arrange with the street superintendent
for earlier clearing of the walks in case
of another heavy snowfall.
At the close of the council meeting
the board of aldermen came together for
a minute session to hear the ap-
pointment of Clarence w. Clifford as a
city weigher to take the place of George
McPetrie, who has left the city. The
appointment was confirmed unanimous
ly, and the aldermen ended the last