The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-06
Annual Building Report.


Building Inspector George Rand sub
accepted and ordered printed in the an
nual city report Besides additions,
foundations, balconies, doorways, re-
shingling, remodeling. repairs, moving,
patching, roofing, raising, razing, chin
ney construction, erection of pigeon
houses, hen houses and other minor OPP
erations in the building line, there were
permits granted in 1913 as follows:
dwelling houses, | schoolhouse, | bakery,
lunch room, / storehouse, | store, 2
offices, barns, l3 garages, 6 wagon
sheds. wood sheds, coal sheds, !
summer house, % piazzas. For a total
OF permits handled in that period, the
report referred to 53S, four of which
We're refused one cancelled and one held
over Divided into wards these permits
are as follows: Ward one, 81; ward two.
54; ward three, 1903; ward four, 20; ward
five, $50; ward six, 100.
December Police Court
Chief Sinclair's police department re
port for December was accepted as fol-
lows: Total number of arrests, 20, divid
ed as follows: Intoxication, 10; selling
illegally, 3 search and seizure, 2; breach
of peace, 6; neglect of children in school,
81 keeping house of i'll fame, / extor
ton, l. Superintendent H. L. Reynolds
of the water department also submit
ted his report for last month. 1t was
accepted and ordered filed.
On a motion made by Alderman Ban
croft the income from the Helen G. Wood
fund, so called, was turned over to the
mayor to expend as he sees fit. The in
terest, amounting to 5000, is to be dis
bursed to the needy poor. The mayor is
to give an accounting of the money
as soon as it is expended. Just before
Alderman Keefe of the
fifth ward complained of the slippery
walks extending between city hall and
Depot square. On his way up to coun-
ii meeting, he said, he had been besieged
With grievances from pedestrians. The
natter was referred informally to the
.hairman of the street committee.
Many Bills Paid.
The following grist OF warrants was
approved, among others, and ordered
,aid: R. l.. Clark, S79iS, supplies,
treets, surface sewers, sidewalks and
ire accounts engineering department,
,59.4l, services, streets, sewer, sidewalks,
treet sprinkling, and city records ac-
cunts; n. d. Phelps Co., S95.2l, re-
,airs and supplies, streets, sewers, side
walks. bridges and culyerts, public
buildings accounts n. ]. Roberts, Sl0.75,
,rinting, streets, street sprinkling, sew
rs. sidewalks, water and health ac-
cunts; f. J.. Scott, legal services, S49S0,
treets, water, miscellaneous, public
poor accounts; Smith. Whit
omb & Cook, repairs, Sl9.75; Consoli-
ated Lighting Co., S743.74, electric light
ng. streets. public buildings and fire ac-
cunts: c. W. Averill & Co. Sl7.lS, sew
rs. sidewalks, water, public buildings
nd fire accounts; Capital City Gas Co,
upplies, S4s.07.
George A. Reed. SIl2.5O. services as
ity engineer; V. +. Ayers, Sl0.50, lum-
er. water department; Cutler Bros,
oard and team hire. S32.2J, water and
re accounts; Rensselaer, Valve Co, S3G.
npplies, water account; Annie Robert
on. S3S, salary, water and salary ac-
1unts: Union Water Meter Co., S22.6S,
lpplies. water account; water depart
rent. $500, cash paid out; F. w. Ban
-oft. Si9.23, services as alderman: NJ
J. Keefe. S22.0j. services rs alderman;
ames Mackay. S54.90, recording deeds.
te.; II. c. Patterson, $3.50, services
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