Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-11
Will Consider Storage and Sale
of Gasoline.
CITY Council Adds Few Names to
voting Lists and Selects officials
for Presidential Primary Next
Tuesday.

men. of ballo. and assisting ballot clerks
for the various wards. There We're less
than dozen names added to the lists.
The board of aldermen met for the pur.
pose of receiving the report from the
committee appointed mt the last regular
meeting to devise a means OF solving tho
gasoline pump question for this city, and
at this meeting Z. J. Cowles was elected
ward clerk in the first ward in place of
Clarence White. who has moved from
that ward.
The committee appointed was made no
OF Aldermen a. G. Mansur, j. l.. Hal
and G. II. Lessor The report which they
submitted to the board last evening ex.
plains itself and copy follows:
TO the Honorable Board of Aldermen of
the City of Burlington:
Gentlemen:-Your committee appointed
to consider and make report as to the
placing of gasoline pumps on the side
walks of the city. and other questions in
cident thereto. beg leave to report as
follows:
The charter provisions do not give the
city power to grant licenses for the stor-
age or sale Of gasoline by means of pumps
placed on the sidewalks or elsewhere.
A brief study of this subject leads TO
the consideration Of the whole question of
storage and sale of this commodity, name
ly: the location of tanks or other recep-
tacles for the storage OF ga soline by VEN
ders of the same The facilities for hand
ling it both indoors and outside, and in
fact the general subject covering the oest
and cafpgt ,1,tf T..
ing. selling and delivering OF gasoline,
which is conceded to involve IN It's use
some risk as to property and persons.
Your committee are aware that the sui
mission to them did not carry n survey
of this entire matter but they feel that
the question submitted to them was too
limited in its scope for they feel that this
whole matter above alluded to must
sooner or later he thoroughly investigated
and some proper action be taken bv the
city council touching the same.
iour committee therefore ask to be
renewed from making any specific report
at this time and respectively recommends
That this board appoint a committee TO
consider the whole matter outlined above
ana any other matter or thing incident
10 or connected with II and make full and
complete investigation, taking the nec.s
sarH time therefor, and report at some
future meeting with such recommended
ions as they may deem advisable the
city should take. having in view present
conditions and probable future demands.
FOR the keeping and the sale OF ga ,olne,
and also take into consideration where
and how 1t should be kept and how il
should no dist jbiitef.
isation is necessary to give the city
power to act in the promises; and that
pending such investigation and REPORT no
formal action be taken at this time on
the motion now before the board TO order
tho removal OF the gas pumps now exist
ing on the sidewalks, but to allow no
others TO ne placed thereon.
When the report had been read AL
derman +. w. Baylies moved its adop-
ton with the following resolution:
II move that the report and rec
concentration of the committee be ac-
cepted and adopted and the same COM
mittee be continued; and that this ac-
ton of the board shall not be con-
Sldered by any person owning or con
trolling any gasoline pumps in the CITY
situated ON the sidewalks as having
any leave. license or suffrance from
the city to continue the same thereon
or in any manner as prejudicing the
right of the city council to order and
effect the removal of the same or any
of them at any time
Alderman Baylies also suggested
that the report OF the committee and
the resolution as adopted be written
into the city's records. His motion
was carried without a dissenting vote
so that the matter is still in the hands
Of the same committee
James f. Mooney appeared at the
meeting to complain against the .aso.
avenue. He stated that it had beer
there nine months and that it was a
nuisance. not only to him but to the
general neishborhood. AS it was 2
special meeting OF the board this mar,
ticular matter could not be taken III
and Mr.. Mooney was advised to pu,
his complaint into writing, get sig
natures to it for the removal OF TN,
pump and tank and tender it at n I'm
ture meeting. The resolution passe,
last evening gives the board the rieht
to order any pumps or tanks which
arc regarded as nusances from tn,
streets OF the city.
BALLOT AND ASSISTING; CLERKS
Following are the officers elected
for the various wards of the city tc
act at tho time of tho presidential pri
mary:
Ward one: Ballot CLERKS. Charlie.
Gebicke, H. s. Perkins, j, E. Reeve,
and G. r. Wright; assisting clerks
Charles $. killam. George Anderson
II, Il, Hall and John Wilson. Jr.
Ward two: Ballot clerks. Franl
Waite. \. II. McNally. +. L. Murray an,
J, NJ. Stafford assisting clerks. Loui
Alpert, Max Alpert, George Saltus an,
T. Gravel.
Ward three: Ballot clerks. Edwar,
Mccullough. Lawrence sullivan. Octav,
Lavalle. ST., and Damase Peterson; as
sistinG clerks, Joseph Cummings, job,
I Vincent. william Smith and Georu
Barber
! Ward four: Ballot clerks, Thoma
+. Dooley. ST., j. A. Riley d. j. Beru
| by and +. f. Gohlke; assisting clerks
f. d. Nash. l.. f. Kittel, Emery Mar
tell and Alex Croto.
| Ward five; Ballot clerks. A. 7
Walker, Ferris l.. Brown, II. S. Gran
and william Gleason; assisting clerk,
G. +. Young. G. Il. Mcleod, George w
| McCarty and Van A. Nye.
Ward six: Ballot clerks, w. I
Estes, W. Il. Laprese. Robert Dennini
and John Seth; assisting clerks, Emo
Howard. j. Holmes Jackson. j. Il. Kel
ley and J. j. Monta
CANDIDATE FOR ASSISTANT JUDGE