The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-08
COMMITTEE REPORTED
FAVORABLY ON ALL
In Addition, the Council
Transacted Great Amount
of Business

were granted privileges to do bushes.
seven days in the week at the reeuIa,
monthly meeting of the city council IL 81
, evening and because there seemed 70 he
difference of opinion concerning tho
purpose of certain others in making sim
, liar application, five persons or firms
asking for the lunchroom privilege We're
turned down, after the aldermanie L.
cense committee had made all original
|, report in favor of the entire eleven
Action on the applications was taken
while the council was in the midst uf
dealing with bulk OF business that
usually accumulates at the end of each
month. But the hydra headed form of
the lunch question, over which hours
were fretted away at prior meeting,
soon diverted attention from misceI-
laneous matters. Alderman Dawson
was absent from the meeting.
| Basing its report on a careful inves-
tigation of the situation. the license
committee recommended favorable ae-
tion in the applications of Oscar Borgll.
! B. Dente, the Vermont Fruit store. the
Barre Candy kitchen. Il. NJ. Laws for
/ the New England Fruit store. G. T..
/ " ppuN III, /. AHtitH. n. 81. trNIn-
rie for the Hub restaurant. Ernest I.e-
tourneau, Emslie Bros, for Jacks lunch,
and W. ID. Murray for the Eagle cafe.
The request of Mary David for "Sun-
day license was reported unfavorahlv
on the grounds that the committee hal
no right to grant a license as it was
termed in the application.
Alderman Patterson's inquiry as to
whether the report was complying with
the requests of the citizens at the last
meeting OF the board led Alderman Ban
croft of the committee to explain the
reasons whv the matter had been so
reported. The committee has consulted
the city attorney as well as the states
attorney, both of whom had defined
lunch as a repast probably to be on
ioyed between meals and to be con-
sumed on the premises where it was pur-
chased This might be taken to include
dish of ice cream and the free offering
of waters and pretzels which might ac-
company the frozen dainty.
Then, too, many of the applicants
might open up anyway, in the event
that the licenses were refused This
seemed likely under the present statn-
tory provisions. Alderman Bancroft told
of several places where counters for
serving lunches had been constructed and
in his opinion it didn't seem as though
the protesting citizens who appeared at
the meeting last week could complain
if only lunches were served within the
meaning of the licenses. Alderman
keefe hardly thought that licensas
helped certain class of applicants, since
they could sell just as well if they were
refused the councils permission. Alder
man Patterson thought the committee
should see that the provisions of tho
licenses were strictly observed wherever
granted. As whole, he also believed
the people wanted some of the places
in the report closed on Sun
lay, and if all licenses were granted as
the conditions would be
as bad as before.
City Clerk Maekay thought the comA
nittee should have secured a written
opinion from the city attorney and in
hat connection he urged all commit
ees to obtain written opinions as they
night be useful for future reference
md incidentally save the city the eX
,ense OF taking counsel for the second
ime On a single matter.
Meanwhile, the license committee mad
trcken from the list the first five names
ppearing and on the motion of Alder
nan Brown TO accept the report rs
mended, Messrs. Woodworth, Church,
iuthrie, LetourBeau, Fmsiic and Muir
sy were accordingly put in line for
mehroo,n licenses.
Big Calls For Surface Sewers.
Acting on petitions for surface sew
rs in several sections of the city, the
treet committee reported that the city
ngineer had made the following csti-
,ates on the cost should the council
ecide to install sewers wherever they
re desired: Berlin street. 500; Center,
Gorge. Howard and Oswald street., 50
No.; Short street, S3l0; Beckley strcct.
ij2: Patterson street, Sl07; SUMMER
rect. s47; Hill street. 5000. All toll.
le sewers would call for an expendi
ire Of S3.ss6. OF considerably more than
le $4,000 estimated i'm the finance eom-
ittees annual estimates. The street
,mmittee asked that e be allowed to
rry on the work according to its best
dement with reference to locality and
e expenditure of available funds. Al
.rman keefe spoke of the deploTable
uNlltni> ~ tue VICINITY Ni 'fthiEts IN
T. Howard and Oswald streets, cV-
essing his belief that a surface ssWcr
puld save the city a large exJsndi-
re Of money every winter. On ms
otion the report was laid on the table.
Spnng Cleanup Recommended.
Health Officer DIR. J. H. Woodruff sub
tied a report in which he advised ths
poimtment Of someone. preferably tire
airmsn OF the heaha committee. 10
Ike tour of inspection around fhe
amises in the city limits with a vIew
bringing about spring clean up. II
lditiOns seemed 90 warrant special at
ition. the investigator was TO not ~
; health officer. The report was re-
red TO the health committee on the
tion Of Alderman Patterson.
Alderman Keefe reported further hni-
= in the case ~ John sullivan. a
lng man who uas taken 70 the state