Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-24
"A. Il. White Believes He Can
Save Money for City.
Aioermen Table Elaborate and Ex-
pensivc Lighting system for
Church Strcet-A Rest sug-
gcsted for Mayor Burke.

Mi Nhl'e Chains that the city can save
Tl'1W annually and still have n modern
up-to-date rest room for women. A com
municat1on on the matter, which Mr..
Nh1te sent to the board, was referred
TO the finance committee.
Inc rest room which Mr.. White nro-
poses to establish in his restaurant vii,
oe located in the basement and will no
reached by stairs leading from the main
staurant and confectionery store. II
VIII be % by % feet in size, and eou,nned
win Two toilets, two set wash bowls. y
uoupie writing desk. reading table with
literature. two couches, six easy chairs
"iirors ana all other conveniences neces-
sary Tor the comfort of the public.
Inc proposition made by Mr.. White is
" rent this rest room to the CITY nt an
annual rental of $iO. He would emnlov
ms own matron. According to Mr.
"hlte fgures, the proposition to install
IL rest room in the Memorial building
mat mas already been accented bv tho
BOARD VIII cost in the neighborbood NJ
sl'ao annually, besides the loss Of ror+
from the rooms. Mr.. White statos tbat
'he use OF his rest room would COST tho
city about $3.50 per month az agoirs.
sl~ per month when maintained nv tho
CITY which would mean an annual say
ing to the city of HOO.
Mr., White stated that it has beo, hi,
intention at all times in nakirr o".
the Daylight Corner to equip and mair-
tain this rest room and in Justice to 49,
taxpayers of the city he asked the ho,r I'd
~ sNe the matter of renting his rest
room careful consideration.
Following is the proposition subr,i.,as
by Mr.. White:
April 10. 1913.
Hon. Albert s. Drew, Chairman of tho
Board of Aldermen:
Dear Sir:-Regarding the vote or yo,,.
poaro on the resolution regarding a rest
room | feel that there has been some mis-
understanding concerning the nropositior
OF a rest room being at my store at the
Daylight Corner.
1t has been my purpose from the time
OF taxing possession, to equip and main
tain a rest room for the benefit Of all la
dies while in the city.
l DO not want to be misunderstood at
this time that l am not heartily in accord
with all persons desiring a public rest
room, but I feel that it is the dutv If tho
city officials to exercise their powe~ for
the greatest economy possible in the du-
ties performed.
My proposition is. in my dgmer \
great saving financially to the city. there
fore the taxpayers interests are involved
In outlining the proposition. it might he
OF interest to you to know the actual facts
concerning the same. The size of the
room proposed is 30x20 feet, and will he
equipped with two toilets. two set wash
bowls, a double writing desk, q reading
table with literature. two easy couches.
Tour or six easy chairs. mirrors and all
other convenience necessary for the com
fort Of the public.
The cost of this to the city would be
the sum Of G!00.0g four hundred dollars
annually, and 7 would employ my own
matron.
In the proposition as outlined in the
resolution at the last meeting of your
board, ! figure that same will cost you
at least $1,000 twelve hundred dollars
annually or more, and when you take
in consideration the fact that you de-
prive the city of the rent of the room
which you propose to use as rest room,
you will find that it will cost the city
but 1888 per month as compared with
$1,000 per month as per the resolution
or your last meeting or an annual saw
ing of sl,l0Om or more.
This is a matter which certainly needs
careful consideration, and from the
standpoint of economy and public good
and will meet with the hearty approval
of the majority of our citizens.
trusting that YOU will call the atten-
ton of the board to this matter, and
thanking you in advance of same in the
welfare of public good, l am.
Yours respectfully,
A. r. WHITE.
When Alderman Fugere learned where
the rest room proposed by Mr.. White
was to be located, he declared that he
was not In favor of It. Alderman Buell.
also stated that he was opposed to any
such proposition. He said the matter
of a municipal rest room had already
been settled and he thought the project
should go through just as 1t was until
the city had time to see how such a
proposition was going to work out. The
finance committee will confer with the
committee OF ladies that have been APP
pointed to employ a matron and will re-
port on Whites proposition at the next
meeting of the board.
LIGHTING SYSTEM TABLED.
The committee composed Of Aldermen
hanson, Dion and Hall, appointed to
confer with Superintendent MacBroom of
the lighting plant regarding a new light
ing system for church street, made a re-
mort to the board in which they recon-
mended that inasmuch as the public serv-
ice commission has already suggested
that the city take some steps towards
the future elimination of the overhead
wires and poles from Church street, the
matter of a new lighting system should
be deferred until such time as the com
mission make known to the city what
must be done. This would avoid tearing
up the streets Il second time in case all
the requirements We're not met In Install
ing a new system at the present time.
1t was pointed out by the
that at present 800 candle power is re-
uuired for lighting Church street while
under the proposed new system 1t would
take II 900 candle power. In other words,
an mate cost of $500 for installing.
According to Superintendent Mac
Broom, the congested condition of wires
and poles on Church street would make
It impossible to set the new lights equal
distances apart. This would mean Sc
more poles to be added to the present
number and because of the shadows cast
by the poles 30 per cent. of illumination