The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-24
PROPOSE TO SELL
CITY STONE-CRUSHER
Aldermen Think They Are Paying Too
Much for the Work Accomplished
Other Matters Considered
Last Night.

For lack OF anything more VuineraDle
to carry BY assault, the board OF alder
men in brief session at city hall last
evening trained its guns on helpless
relic OF the paleolithic age, the city stone
crusher, putting that interesting adjunct
of the street department in such bad
way that it retained scarcely a yestlge
of its whilom caste when adjournment
came. An offer from local granite
manufacturing firm to do the eity's stone
crushing with its own stone erusher iur-
nished pretext for the attack. 1hat lt
is costing the street department nearly a
dollar ton for pressed stone with the
stone crusher in motion was one OF the
claims made and there were other argu-
ments against the retention OF a device
that apparently was regarded on all sides
as a next to useless anomaly, survival
of remote times when all that anyone eN-
pected of perfectly good stone erusher
was a mechanism that could reduce the
integrity OF Barre granite at the rate OF
ten or dozen tons day.
On the premise, then, that the ancient
.ouartz compressor is on the eve OF dis
plaeinO the South Main street bridge as
Barre's sole claim to bona tide example
OF the early Parnassian era in munleIpai
furniture, the city fathers proceeded fg-
uratiyely 10 lay the archaic structure un-
der their guns. The clerk, who Is some
thing OF an archeologist when II comes
10 retrospection in the matter OF city
property. estimated that the crusher IN
cost and maintenance represents an an
nual outlay OF $500. a conclusion which
he reached by computing the number oil
wears il has been in service, multiplying
the result by its original cost and adding
thereto the burden of equipping its inner
works with new steel jaws each year.
IL was telling argument in favor OF
relegating the crusher TO the scrap heap
and when Alderman Healy stated that
the market price for crushed stone the
country over Is only 53 cents, the near
dollar estimate made earlier IN the even
ing began 10 dilate. Alderman heast,
who was slightly inclined 70 enter the
lists as a champion Of medieval stone
crushing apparatus. quoted the street SUI
perintendent a. saying that Il Is costing
The department only lS cents per ton.
Alderman Glysson thought the city could
hoard a few extra dollars each year II
someone could be induced TO crush the
stone al 80 cents per ton. IL was gen
orally conceded that most granite manu-
facturers are anxious enough 90 give
away the grout that goes 20 feed the ra-
parious laws Of the stone crusher and IL
was finally decided 20 lci the street com
mittee dangle few offers IN front 81 the
Manufacturers and report At later ses-
sion.
Less Crushing Business Affairs.
James Gfogan dropped in for a few
minutes 20 see II the street department
would proceed at once 90 extend the sew
or and water mains on ElmwoOd avenue.
In ! report from the street committee.
together with . statement from tie city
engineer estimating the costs Of both
extensions al $50. there was favorable
comment on the project and the street
dspar,ment was authorized 10 60 ahead
with the extension a. requested ~ Mf.
Groran. who VAS the principal petiti1ner
when the request aas made last week
A request from MeMillan a retrie ior o
transfer of Emsiie Bros' restaurant D.
r-uss was granted The mputhly hnan-
eisi statement eft Water Suf.t. y. q. lee
Tor October uns rad and araerted Hnd a
resolution relating 30 the appropriation
af slnB iaF fhe street defarfmert. si't
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