The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-24
Nomination as Superinten-
dent Unanimously Con-
firmed Last Night
DIR. P. S. DUFFY MADE
CITY PHI IAN
A Part 80. lection Of Board
Of health Was Also
Made

Appointees for five of the several Of
fees yet untitled when the board OF al
dermen convened in regular session we're
confirmed last night and one nomination
made by the mayor failed Of confirmation
by tie vote. DIR. Patrick S. Duffy was
named for the Office of city physician and
his selection was unanimously ndorsed.
DIR. Duffy's name was the second to be
presented to the board for consideration,
DR.. j. w. Stewart, who was nominated
two weeks ago, having failed Of confrma-
tion by a vote of three to three. At
taehed to the office is salary of $3o0.
The mayor also presented the names of
DIR. J. W. Stewart, John f. Cook and
| C. r. oliver to constitute the board of
health. Voting collectively on the three,
the aldermen failed to confirm the APP
pointments, the ballots standing three to
three.
| Alderman Rossi then moved that the
ballots be taken separately and on the
first name, that OF DIR. Stewart, the APP
pointee was confirmed by vote of four
to two. Alderman Cook inquired as to
whether the state or the city has the
power to appoint a health officer. Later
he reconsidered his request to recall his
vote on the nomination of DR.. Stewart.
The second nominee John r. Cook, failed
| to receive a ratification of his appoint
ment by tie vote and Mr.. Ollivcr's
name was confirmed by a unanimous
vote.
just after the aldermen came out of
closed session later in the evening, the
name of james S. Wilson for the office
of street superintendent was presented
by the mayor. On the secret ballot Mr..
Wilson's nomination was confirmed by n
unanimous vote. Mr.. Wilson was APP
pointed by Mayor Ward in 1914 and is
completing his first term in the office.
More City Hall Insurance.
The executive session in which the
city fathers were closed during a greater
part of the evening also bore fruit when
the report of the property committee,
recommending that the insurance on the
city hall be increased from 100000 to
$4,000, was read by the clerk. The re-
port was accepted and the committee re-
ceived instructions to proceed with tle
work OF signing the policy contracts.
There was sizable gallary OF spec
tators gathered 10 see the aldermen in
action, although not all of them came
merely to look on. In an effort to slit
out the question Of permitting the Con-
solidated Lighting company to ground its
wires on the city water pipes. Alderman
Cook invited Manager c. +. Millar of the
company and Superintendent H. T.. Rey-
nolds of the water department 10 give
their views on the proposal. Manager
Millar reviewed the information which he
placed before the city council IN Sep
tcmber, 1914, and argued strongly in ia
vor of the plan. basing his claim for the
grounding process on the theory that the
fire hazard is lessened in buildings where
the wires are so grounded and that the
risk TO human life is decreased. Mr..
REYNOLDS told Of what he learned from
other water superintendents and experts
while on a soiourn in Boston recently.
Where Mr.. Reynolds found that Worces-
ter. Mass, and other cities had repudiat-
cd the grounding process. Mr.. Millar cit
ed a large number of municipalities m
which the plan had worked out success.
fully. The lighting company's proposal
was finally referred hack TO the water
committee with instructions 10 investi-
gate and report.
Frozen Hydrants.
Fire Chief {. B. Gladding and super
iEtendent Reynolds were the principal
witnesses IN questionable over the
weight Of responsibility in the matter of
frozen hvdraHts The quiz was not con-
ducted in the spirit Of criticism and both
officials manifested desire 70 know
whose duty il i 10 inspect the hydrauts
and repair damages. etc. ID developed
that one section Of the ordinsnoc rules
that the fire chief shall inspect the by
draHts once each month. Auother sec-
ton instruets the water department 70
keep an hydrauts IN repair and provides
an allowance for that purpose. Alder-
lnan Rossi thought The fire chief should
locate the defective hsdramts and report
his discovery 81 the water depaftmeut.
Nj. Gladding offered 10 assume tile vl,ofs
responsibility n the etF would allow his
department the sum If $40 pr year for
rarh hgamnt and add anothef man ts
tl,e regular forer Of IRE fciters n vas
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