The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-13
City Council Considers the
Situation Quite
Serious
INSPECTION SHOWS
A MARKED SHORTAGE
Manufacturing Plants Are
Urged to Be Careful
of Supply -

That the water situation ia bound to
become acute SO long as the prevailing
drouth continues, developed at the regu-
lar meeting 1.-THE board of aldermen
last eveninf hen Chairman John E.
Hoban Of s. water committee, report
ing on - Committees inspection OF the
city's : .eryoir sources, declared that
evey.S ser of water in Barre must be
e' } nelly saving of the supply if an
- ending famine is to be averted. The
1 BARD was made aware of the conditions
at an informal discussion of city affairs
which followed adjournment after a
short business session. Nothing SO dras-
tic as an order calling for the withdraw
al of the supply from manufacturing
plants was seriously discussed, but it
was broadly limited that such recourse
would be made if the situation is not
abated. Consumers everywhere have
been asked to use due caution in con-
serving the water that now remains in
the reservoirs. The water committee
made a thorough investigation Of the
sources yesterday afternoon.
Every member was present for the two
hours business session that began at
o'clock and the mayor thought of retain
ing the pace thus established by provid-
ing reward of merit to be presented
to the various ward representatives for
continued punctuality. His suggestion
was not seriously considered. For the
most part, the session was one of pc
culiar, If unusual harmony 0utwardly.
the only semblance of ripple came
when Brown & Carroll, Depot square
granite manufacturers, applied through
the regular channels for permission to
erect an clubhouse on the banks of the
Jail branch, near their stoneshed. The
request was sandwiched between num-
ber of applications to build, and it was
Alderman Dawson who extracted the
mooted request from its neighbors after
the clerk had finished reading the re-
port of the building inspector.
Brown & Carroll asked to build a
structure that would extend out over
the waters of Jail branch. The mem
Der from No. 4 didn't think that favor
able action on the request would be con-
sistent with the councils stand of last
year on the question of erecting similar
structures in the manufacturing district.
Alderman Patterson had finished de-
claring that the council should favor
any move to improve the sanitary condi-
tions at the plant when Health Officer
Dr.. John II. Woodruff came into the
council chamber He was interrogated
he
chairman of the state board of health,
made on the occasion of the local health
officers recent conference with him in
Burlington. DR.. c. S. Caverly, the chair
man, had stated that the matter was
now in the hands of the state factory
inspector, who had full power to act in
such cases. As matter of fact, the
inspector had furnished each manufae-
turer in Barre with notices to the effect
that each must construct sewers and
provide for sanitary conyeniences at
once. With the chairman, DIR. Woodruff
had agreed that the authority rested
with the Inspector and to the latter it
also seemed that the council had been
spared the necessity of taking any ac-
ton whatsoever on the Brown & Car
roll petition. Along with several re-
quests to build, the application of Brown
& Carroll was finally accepted and per-
mits ordered granted In the case of
the granite manufacturers, however, it
was to be suggested to them that they
provide better convenienees at an early
date.
Other permits granted were as fol-
lows: Mrs. c.. f. Bolster, to repair store
front at $50 North Main street; Gran
ite Savings Bank 4 Trust Co., to COW
err roof of lunchroom on Depot square;
Rizzi Bros, to cover roof of blacksmith
shop of Blackwell street; j. r, Denno,
10 build chimney on South Main street;
Mrs. Nellie Callaghan, to cover roof at
100 Maple avenue and to cut win
dow.
DIR. Woodruff reported the conditions
which he found in the home of William
Thompson on Maple avenue. He had in
spected the family's living quarters at
the request of the chief of police. The
children of the household had been sore
" neglected, he believed, and upon some
1ne devolved the duty of seeing that
conditions there were immediately inn
proved. On the motion of Alderman
Patterson, the matter was referred to
,he charity committee with power TO
lct.
Reporting on the request for q side
walk near the Trow & Holden plant on
south Main street, the street commit
ee advised the construction of q walk
md recommended that the committee be
to proceed with the work.
The estimated cost was divided as fol-
ows: Walk, $3.50; wall, 500; curbing,
il75; of which approximately $3.50 would
,e borne by the abutters. The report
vas accepted on the motion of Alder
nan Bancroft, but Chairman Patterson
# the street committee asked for an
raj vote. All registered their votes in
avor of the report. On the motion of
alderman Hoban, the treasurer was in
tructed to pay Street Superintendent
Z. c. DeBrune for two days lost time
ast week On another motion by Alder
nan Patterson, Q question relating TO
he superintendent's claim for overtime
ay, was referred to the street commit
ee Alderman Bancroft then quoted
rom the story of a lady who slipped
N a stone which proiecfed fbrouuh the