The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-13
CITY DEPARTMENTS
GET APPROPRIATIONS
Several of Them Are Getting to the Bot
tom of the Barrel in the Closing
Weeks of the Fiscal
Year

City departments specified in resolu'
ton offered at the regular meeting OF
the aldermane board last evening and
passed to second reading will need
$1,000 to tide them through the remain
der OF the fiscal year. 1t is known that
several departments, feeling the drain OF
heavy expenditures in 1916, are dragging
the bottom and the resolution now
awaiting adoption is expected to relieve
in mea sure the dropping finances III
certain quarters. Streets are to receive
81 $50 and the regular water department
appropria tion due at this time is $1,000,
The remaining appropriations provided
in the resolution are as follows: Poor,
81 900; park commission, 500; resurfac-
ing streets, $500; elections, $50, No op-
position was offered TO passing the reso.
luton along to second reading,
A. Tomasi is out with another build
ing plan at 10 Merchant street but be-
fore he goes ahead with his hammer and
nails. the committee of the whole and
the fire chief will look over his proposal
to add story to the two-s story tenement
already on the grounds and to extend the
ell section of the structure. Mr.. Tomasl
applied for permit through Inspector
G. NJ. Rand, who referred it to the com
mittee. Other permits granted on the
inspectors favorable recommendation
are: NJ. Villa, to erect a carriage shed on
Granite street, with the reservation that
one wall be of brick IL inches through
and that the wall of another structure
already erected must have a l2-inch brick
wall; G, w. Mann, to build six dwelling
houses on Wiley, Laws and Mann
streets. A. W. Ross was granted per
mission to move henhouse from Long
street to Maple avenue.
Alderman Reynolds reminded the board
that the three-year contract with the
Peoples Lighting, Heating & Power Co.
for furnishing steam used in blowing the
fire whistle is to expire Dec. 81. As
member of the fire committee, he recon-
mended that the contract be renewed at
the present price, $3.50 per year. Alder
man Shurtleff was for limiting the CON
tract to a one-vear term, but while he
was beginning to give his reasons for the
change, the remainder of the board COM
passed the delay by concurring in Alder
man Reynolds opinion and the three
year contract will be renewed, as 1t de-
veloped that the gas company is practi-
callv the only concern in the city that
can give reliable and continuous service
in the matter of blowing whistles.
Digging down among past petitions,
the fire committee reported that hy-
drants had been installed recently at the
corner of Cambria and Railroad streets
and at the corner OF Liberty and Hill
streets. Alderman Healy reported that
conditions on Smith street demand hy-
drant. The committee report was ac-
cepted. In the matter OF taxing shooting
galleries. the license committee, in ma
iority report, recommended that the dart
gallery at the corner cigar store be taxed
along with the rife range across the
street. The report was accepted.
Wiring permits reported by Inspector
D. NJ. Gilbertson were granted the fol-
lowing applicants: F. d. Beckley, to
change lights at II Seminary street;
Jones Bros, to install motor; c. A.
Clark. to wire for lights on Abbott ave
nue.; w. Milne Granite Co., to install
portable polishing mill; w. c. Johnson,
to install fixtures at "a fremont street,
Montpelier & Barre Light & Power Co.,
to install five meters.
Overseer w J. Clapp's charity depart
ment report for October referred to a
balance on hand at the beginning of the
month OF s370s and other items as fol-
lows: Appropriation, 500; disburse-
ments. s776.34; overdraft. s392s; turned
in for board of dependent, S46.4O; net
expense for month. S720.94. The tinan-
cial statement of f. o. Lee, superintend-
ent of the water department. for the
months Of July, August and September
was accepted along with the overseers
report.
Warrants approved for payment were;
Street department payroll, Slo92l, i,
street. surface sewer, sidewalk and health
accounts; water department payroll,
SG4.37: fire department payroll. S96.3o;
police department payroll, $ao:ss; G. A.
Bemis. Sl4, services as city hall janitor;
park commission treasurer, S402.75.