The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-08
City Council Votes to Pay
off $1,000 on the Lin
coin School ,s
LEAVING $4,000
YET TO BE PAID
Some Objection That School
Commissioners Meetings
Are Not Reported

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= probably isn't matter of consum
ing interest down in Haiti or along the
Galician front, but the city council at
its regular meeting last night voted to
pay $4,000 on the school bonds issued for
the erection of the partially unoceupied
Lincoln schoolhouse at Gospel village.
The order for the payment came to tho
top of the shuttle in big grist Of war
rants and served to bring out tho fact
that the Gospel village school at the
present time is not so thickily populated
with little people as it might be. Since
the eighth grades and teaching training
departments were moved to Spaulding
school to fill all the available space made
possible by the new annex, one-half OF
the Lincoln school has been closed until
the birthrate jumps agains.
The sum of $4,000 remains to be paid
on the school bonds and presumably the
mere mention of the payment prompted
one of the councillors to make an inquiry
concerning the regular meetings of the
school commission. 1t was Alderman
Keast who said he was only repeating a
question that good many people had
asked from time to time when he in
quIred as to the reason why the delibera
tions of the school board are conducted 1
in the dark. In other words, Mr.. keast
said, people had wondered why the press
is not entitled to the same representa-
tion at school board meetings as at the Z
city council sessions. Not that the coun
cilors are chafing under the strong light
OF the well.known public prints, but +
simply because the school commissioners 1
are doing public business and the people 1
who are paying the freight" have
right to know what is going on. A mem
Der of the press who used to look in on
the city council regularly once week
was present in the person of the mayor,
who said he once tried to look in on
the school commission and that he was
invited to show his credentials
or leave.
1t developed that the commission, un-
der the charter, is something OF law
unto itself when il comes to telling re-
porters where they get off, and so the
* press man didn't show his credentials.
There were those of the councillors who
expressed themselves in strong terms,
md there was talk of amending the city
,harter in the next general assembly,
but no definite action was taken.
A Jeweler Takes Out License.
David Gordon of weehawken, \. j., or
vas il New York? was present TO testify
is to the red tape which must be un-
'eeled before perfectly busy jewelry
nan. qualifying under the itnerant ven
Ter classification. can do business here IN
Vermont. IL developed that Mr.. Gordon
lad Knocked down handsome brooches,
,rmulu gold clocks and rolled gold cuff
inks to an eager public in Barre for a
ew davs before he learned ths. stats
icense was necessary. Thereupon. he
rev his curtains, hustled over TO the
tate treasurer's office, laid down a $500
,ond and paid S25 for a lirense. Next
e called in the local assessors, submit
ed himself to a physical valuation OF
is iewelry stock and then offered TO
av the license fee of S34.50 based on
1 500 valuation and a $2.35 tax rate II
. should be permitted to reopen his
uction business. Apparently the coun-
il was in mood 10 reward such an un-
sual show Of commercial patience IN
hett NARROWING ltuutss Ahi HAhs oHtNFa
.as granted a license forthwith.
Three solid hours Of work were given
yer largely TO committee reports and
he housekeeping propaganda which the
rveral aldermanic divisions began last
eek was continued with commendaele
,sults. The legislative committee, hsv-
,g looked over several curfew ordi-
ances. recommended an amendment 60
y ordinances which shall send all the
,ildren At l6 years and under home by
O'Clock; unless Of course, they are ae-
,mpanied hy parents or guardians. or
on errands. The report was
,cepted and the committee instructed 20
repare an ordinance incorporating fca-
lres Of the report.
Committee Recommendstions
In the following instsnces reports we're
,eepted and recommendations ordered
Irriad out unless otherwise specified.
ealth committee Recommendation that
srsvthe place footbridee - eliminated
"a IN pending conference With the
suer. E l. smith.
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