Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-05-08
SHARP REBUFF FOR MAYOR
Aldermen Refuse Him Permission
to Talk at Board Meeting.
hiSh' commissioners Cbns-
ti-ed for Ordering u Motor Tr,ck
without Authority md Rc.o,u-
ti"n for Purchase Tabled.

nail IH'N I'luSed TO hear Mayor Burke
make a speech, voted him down in fact.
and chastised the electric lieb, commits.
sioners numerically for orde,ing d,
motor truck without authority from the
board. Nothing could stop the city
fathers when they got started. and they
raced along with Che bit in their teeth.
declaring that hereafter the re.ns of
the city government must remain in
Their hands and that no one should hc
allowed to butt In"
The awakening on the board c,n,e sud.
denly. Alderman Dion was ,h,. member
who again raised the issue of whether
or not Mayor Burke should he allowed
to address the board He was suppottod
by "A majority of the m,mbo-s. and tho
vote was against allowing Mr. Rurlte IN
talk. The mayor made a strenuous effort
to get In q word. but Chairman Drew
raped sharply for order. Mr.. Rurko
declared that the refusal 20 ALLOW him
to talk was an insult (rap. ran. rap) to
the mayor of the city and the ceonlo
he represented trap. rap. a n Personal
charges had been made. ne said. and
" a series OF sharp raps cre. lively
silcnced the mayor and he retired TO a
rear seat.
Tho ey"s ~ the aldermen were opcrcd
through b curious chain OF ctrcum-
S'dhCoS' i al earn" aboUt through the
purchaat OF an automobile truck for the
municipal electric iight department It
appears that the electric lisht :n.n,s
%sloncrs, Or. Walter s. Vincent. ! J..
Childs and +. ]. Enrigh;, authorized
superintendent MacBroou t. ou: a
'uN "o"' .P General 'oh'ci" on
- - wa" "sNcu from thS
n al" ne '"''er oouS Nhe" h"tn'nS
VI Nv pi'Po'e" purchase nnti' the HSht
~ came IN last Monday
>, ono Wv o5N'' ~ ave '"e sum OF
49, "pPioFi'd'eu u the truck II had
- N'' aiH " pay - per cent.
~ ,'Noioe p'ce IN ADVANCE 30 the
,ba haaus "'"''" '"' approval oil
-,
" u'nE BUSINESS caused
49,. ~ NV o'"!" On Mon
- Wv II piopoS'" resolution
"Pl'oi' '"''on var reitrre" 10 the
- '" nN"' '"'ni"'SSloH-
| ru, '""ue"' VI t"e HEht
-. 'V''' 'o"'"ii'.'' l"aue Il re-
-" !" VIII" '"eS RECON-
..a", ''' y. Nv ''u'h' -
49, . 'NE 'r purchase VI
NO.. ~ " W. "'' eN'''" $500
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~
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m " ~ unia'' u any city
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"a. ~" pioN'"eS 'n"' no
~ sN n.''' ,"'ot,' ~ city III any
a - ''"ip''.'' ~ u'p"r'-
| "'' 'Dt"iiH'7 nv d"-
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d ''oiouNn eHp'a"a'o" was
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49,. 80 N''"
49, ~ - 'oo,sc ~ samson 10
" s'"le'nen' 10 tne BOARD
,i W" " Oo"'" 'ha' ne ma"
n'"tu Nv Hs"' department wanted a
''' 'l''' ~ submit priceS Vi
" " t"tS ~
- So any 7a''i'1t'o"'
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~"a"o' ~ 90 s"o"''t d III" "io"S
"''n ''"" D-N"eo
N" MINUS '"S' 10 Statc mat
ne was opPoS'u u t"' l'Sht COMMISSIONS
eiH H'et"o' VI "oths puslneSs ana II
''n' "' '"P caucus VI" So'''-
''c P"' - i"'i'"u through the mp
Propil"''o" 10 '"c HuOn "'thout ElNllS
any otho concern opportunity TO make
oloN' ne S"'" II .hat was the way the
"'uerHen "erc soihs L" 40 business ne
was re'aS 10 'esish'
AinPr"'ah r!ueI' s"o ne tad looked IN
u t"r ou'ol'op'c truck matter 10 n
cons'u'tAp'e o"'eH' since MONDAY mSht
9ho ma" oceh to'u % a member or the
hnenre committee not 10 bother about
u because ne ''h. men'h,r u the fnance
committed "on'd NIX " alright when
IN" matter came w before the board
last night
hartman vincent OF the hEt' comm =
sion theh mace an explanation to the
"o''o' re sd" ""' s'eclncations hau
""en reserved from all OF the leading
makers OF trucks ana that the truck
made by the General Vehicle company
had been crdercd because II was the
leHt truck Tor me department. purpose.
MI. MacBroom' ne SAID lad attended
the snow In New YORK pre-
Viously ana mad looked over ali the
trucks M Dr. Vincent s request The re-
suit was that inc commissioner had