The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-23
And Will Place Sinking
Fund in Quarry Savings
Bank & Trust Co.
WORDS OVER STREET
WORK FOREMAN
Alderman Dawson Inclined
to Find Fault with
Arrangement

Benc's $4,000 sinking fund IL 20 be
deposited with fhe Quarry Savings Bank
& Trust Co for the next three years at
the rate of 4.76 per cent. according to
. report made by the aldermanic finance
committee and accepted by the city
council by unanimous vote at its regu-
lar meeting last night. The proposition,
one of three submitted by the Quarry
Savings bank, when bids from three To-
cal banking institutions, including the
Granite Savings Bank & Trust Co. and
the Peoples National bank, were opened
at a previous meeting of the board of
aldermen, was framed as follows:
I'VE will pay you 4.16 per cent in
terest annually. payable on demand, for
said sinking fund and any addition that
may be made thereto up to May l.,
| 1916"
The finance committees report as
read and afterwards accepted on the
motion of Alderman keefe, WAS as fol-
lows After having carefully consid-
cred the various bids submitted for the
sinking fund, we believe that the third
proposition made by the Quarry Saw
ings Bank & Trust Co. is the most adj
vantageous for the city, as ii assures
MS of our income Of 4.76 per cent. on
the fund for the next three years at
least, and with the other propositions
we might secure a larger per cent. for
a short time, and lose more than we
would gain by doing so. We would
therefore recommend the adoption of the
proposal at 476 per cent for a term
of three years. (Signed H. G. Patter-
son, William Brown, j. f. Hoban fin
ance committee"
Hiring Street Work Foreman.
The nearest thing to the smell OF
powder that has pervaded the atmos-
phere of the council chamber since one
night last fall came toward the late end
of the session. This time Aldermen
Dawson and Patterson became involved
in a contentious discussion and before
the finish came, Mayor Ward, Alderman
Bancroft and Alderman Brown were
seen to enter the lists. For the space
of fifteen minutes the room was full
of rhetorical ballsties.
1t all happened when the fourth ward
member told of meeting the president
of the granitecutters' local on the
OF city hall earlier in the
evening. The meeting centered around
the existence of second street super
intendent and it was Alderman Daw-
sons desire to learn if two superintcnd-
ents of the street department were really
in the city service He had never met
him officially. so the inquiry made by
the president of the granitecutters moved
him to confer witt. Street Superintend-
~ ~ L. n% h.
was lighting lanterns along the lower
end of Washington street. Alderman
Dawson asked Mr.. DeBrune if he had
a foreman and the street superintendent
replied in the affirmative. "What. an
,ther one doing nothingl' was the alder
mans surprised rejoinder, az he quot
I'd before the councillors.
Mr. DeErune, according to the alder
nan. replied: ''Then you near that
lont do anything?" Alderman Daw-
,on said he answered that the street
was non-producer. His
urn to make reply, the superintendent,
laying in mind evidently, the Adam
smith. Ike appelation, mon producer"
old the alderman he would resign if
lis services weren't satisfactory. He
vas furnished the information that 100
applicants would be ready for ling
t the jon should ne see fit to resign.
Scene H. finds the reader transported
rom twilight out of doors OH sprng
light into a room where tobacco SMOKE
angs low and eight men are seated
round table.
Well Alderman Dawson thought it
tas a matter that ought to come before
he board Mayor Ward said the street
had a right to hire
brennan If he wanted one. yes, one for
aeh gang in reply to Alderman Daw-
pms inquiry. About this time Alder
ian Patterson. chairman of the street
1mm:ttee. WHO had hitherto maintained
rigid silence. took occasion 10 break
lance or two lie declared that Z
lderman Dawson or anyone else had
,mplaint To make on the superintend
It it was to be registered with the
rect committee He added that All an
ser would be given whenever the COM
Ittec received the complaint. Further
ore. IN his opinion. Alderman Dawson
al something of a desire to get into
ie papers" when he voiced il before
e council Alderman Patterson thought
at such methods had the effect OF
sting reflections on the street commit
G before that body bad a chance to
ar the complaint.
Continuing. the member Of the second
.ihwick. told OF sanctioning the super
tendent's decision to employ a fo-e-
an over a gang OF - men employed OB
ashington street and he believed that
50 doing the city hai saved money.
ayor Ward drew attention to the wa
r superintendent's practice OF hiring
foreman in order that the best Te-
- ~
e departmental heads were following
2 right course m employing foremcu
hich led Alderman Dawson 90 inquire
~ they objected to his qucstionirE
L the publicity that wouH follow j:
sy were sure thev we're dong right.
Alderman faWsou made scveral REFER
res concerning the right Of the people
know al about eity affairs. The
Ivor asked inst wherein hc recognized