The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-03
Barre City Council Found
Little to Be Done
Last Night
BLANKET INSURANCE
is CONTINUED
Large Number of Bills Were
Ordered Paid-Jurors
Chosen

Matters of but little moment occupied
the attention of the city council on the
occasion of its dissolution last night 4
grist Of monthly warrants were approved
for payment and after the adjournment
of the council, the board of aldermen
came together in short session to confirm
the mayors appointment OF grand and
petit jurors. William Brown and AFRO
Noyes were appointed grand jurors and
the petit jurors were named as follows:
Charles Wood, George W. Parks, Grant
A. Lane, Wilbur f. Bradford Herbert L.
Leonard, William Perry, and w. II. Mes
ser.
A number of local insurance men, who
are to submit a proposition for blanket
schedule under which the city property
may be insured, reported that the rating
committee of the New England Insurance
Exchange had been compelled to postpone
action on a tentative proposal because
of a lack of a quorum at its regular
meeting. The committee is to meet in
Barre March 10 and until March 20 the
local insurance men are to carry the
ance on any other property, whose poll
cepted and action was deferred until
March 90
Reporting on proposal to secure n
new release system for the horses at
the fire station, the fire committee told
of investigating several methods of re-
leasing the horses and recommended that
change be made as soon as a satsfac-
tory device and favorable price are Sc
cured. The committee also submitted its
report on the request of Grant A. Lane
and wife TO build second story annex
to the front of their block at the corner
OF North Main and Seminary streets. If
the proprietors are willing to conform to
the city ordinances relating to the con
strnetion of buildings within the fire dis
triet and submit their specifications to
the council for approval, the fire commit
tee recommended that the permit be
granted The reports were accepted.
The chairman of the lighting commit
tee was asked for report on the light
ing of the booths to be used in oday's
election. He was later despatched on an
errand of investigation with a view tn
providing proper lighting facilities for
all polling places at daybreak to-day.
The report of the building inspector, re-
lating to the issuance of six minor per-
mits in January. was read and accepted.
Bills Ordered Paid
The following warrants were ordered
paid: r. L. Clark, SSl AT, supplies, streets,
sewers. sidewalks and water and fire
accounts; engineering department, $75,
work for different departments, streets,
and city records accounts; n. M. Nelson,
S75, teaming. street account; Paequet
Bros, Sll240. blacksmithing, streets.
sewers. surface sewers, sidewalks and
fire accounts; n. D. Phelps Co., S3043,
supplies, streets, sidewalks, water, pub
lie buildings, fire accounts; Reynolds &
Son, $2992, supplies, streets, sidewalks,
water and fire accounts; Consolidated
Lighting Co., lighting streets, S73293,
streets. lighting streets, public buildings
Tilden Shoe Co, $27.S5, rub
ber boots, sewers, surface sewers and fire
accounts; G.. A. Reed, services as en-
gineer, Sll2.50; C. w. Averill & Co,
sll.7o, supplies and repairs, water, public
and fire accounts; Cutler Bros,
team hire, SIS, water account: Mead
Morrison Mfg. Co., $3.50, repairs. wa
Ter account: National Meter Co., Sl,ls6,
Ndlti HltitlS. NhAti NCNpuHb.
Anna Robertson, S3S services, water
md salary accounts; Charles A. Lund
yren. S26.4O, services as auditor; James
Hackay, S62.63, services, salary, printing
ind election accounts; w. b. Marion,
,26s0, services as auditor; Z. i. Scott.
egal services. miscellaneous and poor
lceounts, Sl2.S5; sidewalks department,
'25, wood, public buildings account; c.
:. Andrews, SIS, rubber boots, fire ac-
cunt: c. f. Foley, Sl3 repairs, fire ana
,oor accounts; w. F. Shepard. support
II the poor S900 w. i. Shepard, $4l66,
ervices as overseer; Red Cross phar-
macy. Sls.95, supplies, health account;
g w. Cummings, $36S.93, printing city
eports, etc, printing account; F. w.
Bancroft. $3.50, services as alderman;
itv treasurer, 1928, for John and Va
ente Colombo cemetery trust fund; j. T..
Ioban, $63.60, services as alderman;
treet department payroll, S9s6o, streets,
ever surface sewer, sidewalks accounts;
water department payroll, S62.23; fire
apartment payroll, Ss2.29; police depart
nent payroll, Ss5lS; G. A. Bemis, Sl4,
ervices as ianitor; H. ii. Hodgdon, Sl3.-
.. labor on fire alarm, fire account.