Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-12-04
WATER FOR FORT ETHAN ALLEN
War Department Would Like to
Buy 1t from City.
steam Heating Plant Ordered for Fire
STATION Two, Mountaineering
Mayors DisnpprovnI of Scheme
The Strong's License.

| and adjourned until "Wednesday night
| This adjournment to a spccial neetin,
was for the purpose Of enahliro IN,
aldermen to find out ways and mean,
OF uding over large bill for sidewalk
| construction which Peter Sbeeran hold.
against the city and would like to hav,
! paid. Among other business to come be-
fore the meeting was proposition from
the war department suggesting an ar.
rangcmcnt by which the city shouId
! pump water for Fort Ethan Allen, the
government paying literally for the serv.
ice and supplying the mains which il
would be necessary to build
LICENSE FEE FROM THE STRONG.
Toward the end of the session II was
voted. on motion Of Alderman Boucher
seconded by Alderman Crane. to instruct
the city attorney to proceed to collect
the license fee for the operation of The
/ strong theatre. This subject was brought
up by Alderman Boucher, who thought
;hat If the little fellows running small
shows had to pay as they did. The
Strong ought not to be allowed to ignore
its fee. He said that If this state of
things were allowed to go on, Mr. Whalen
You are foolish. Look at me"
Alderman Crane said that this matter
had been called to the attention of the
board before, that Mr.. Whalen had been
summoned into court and fined and in
structod by the Judge to pay his license
fee. He said that Mr.. Whalen had paid
the fine but not the fee, and that when
n" had asked the city attorney why he
did not go for Mr. Whalon he had re-
ceivod no satisfactory answer. As we
were paying the city attorney for this
sort of thing, he could not see why he
didn't do it. The board then decided to
instruct that official to get busy in this
connection.
HEAT FOR FIRE STATION.
Some heat seemed likely to he gem
Grated when a resolution voted at the
last meeting authorizing the installation
Of a steam heating plant at fire station
NO. > was reported back by the mayor
without his approval. The mayor
grounds for this veto were that the city
was having a hard time to squeak
through this year without too great Il
deficit He thought that under the cir
cumstances this work ought to be put
off
Alderman Dion dissented vigorously
from the mayors position. He said
that the Improvement was absolutely
necessary, because the old system was
played out and would not heat the
huildioS. He reminded the members
Of the beard that it had been their in
tontion that about $3.50 of fire insur-
ancc money which will come into the
department soon as result of the
recent FIRE. should be applied for this
purpose. He thought the resolution
ought to he passed, in spite of the
mayors veto. Alderman Drew ex-
planned that this money would really
belong i'll the fire department and that
it would be quite proper to use it
there.
A vote showed all present except
Alderman Hall in favor Of the resolu-
ton and opposed to the veto The
veto was accordingly over-rid len.
MORE ROOM AT POOR FARM
DR.. J. b. Wheeler appeared before
the board on behalf of the board of
charities to call attention to the need
OF more room in the house at the moor
farm. He said that the building at
present was exceedingly crowded so
that il would be difficult to find room
FOR more inmates. There are two
rooms under the present condition Of
the building which have no windows
SO that whatever light and Ventilation
lntrudes there must come in through
III" uoorS' one advantage of having
more room at the farm, he continued
would be that tire innocent members
OF families in which the men refused
10 work might be moved to the farm
ana there taken care Of Under pres
eht circumstances the poor department
mas 10 give aid to the family to pre-
vent the Innocent members from suf-
iefihS ana the man has il passed over
10 hlfh' Or. Wheeler thought the mere
threat OF sending the wife and chill
uTen to the poor farm would in most
OF these cases result in the mans 90
ing to work without further calls for
assistance.
The board took no action on the sugges
tons
PETITIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
y petition signed by various prominent
residents of North Bend street prayin.
That the name of the portion of that
street for $50 feet east Of North avenue
be changed to Washington street was
read. ON motion of Alderman Crane IL
was referred to the street commissioners
a resolution empowering the CITY treas
urer to borrow not to exceed SIOO 0o for
current expenses, $4,000 Of which was +,
renew note to come due December "a
1913, was introduced by Alderman Du-
hamel. On motion OF AldernnaD Mo, 4.
was adopted.
a resolution was adopted providing for
Migrants on the corners OF Conger and
avenues and at Wright and Cen
trial streets. Lakeside.
1t was also voted to install an electric
light on the corner of Main and Lake
streets, and another on the east side n,
Pine street adjacent TO the end or ma
armory building
WATER FOR FORT ETHAN ALLEN
The water proposition for Fort Ethan
Allen was preached In a letter from an
engineer Of the war department 1t was
stated that the government would do the
piping from the end of the city pipes at
the Wlnooski bridge to the post The
post would use according to estimates
from 10000 to 10000 gallons per day
According TO c. II. Jones of the water
commission this would be a most desir-
able trade. II would mean an increase
Of about one-ifth OF the present pumping
capacity and a small added expense,
while 1t would bring in revenue of sew |
eral hundred dollars per month.
Superintendent j. Frank Kidder of the |