The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-08
DISCUSSED COAL
PRICES TO THE CITY
Council Got Heated over the Subject as
to Alleged Discrimination in Purchase
Want More Money to Finish Road
Work on North Main Street.

and the enervating temperature eause'
that august body OF legislators to wea
countenances that were woeiuIly bedrag
/ gled before the adjournment fever spreaC
the length and breadth OF the table. Sucl
tender topics as the opera house least
and the proposed new motor truck fol
the water department were tabooed, but
the monotony OF uninterrupted gal hle
a telling effect. Adjournment was taken
none too soon.
Alderman Reynolds had an irritating
little grievance TO air about alleged dis
elimination in the matter of purchasing
coal and Alderman Glysson OF the street
department sent up the distress signal
Tor more money in the resuriaeing pro-
ject on North Main street. That was
about all, apart from the routine affairs.
The coal business worked its way to the
surface when the clerk, in the course Of
the warrant readings, mentioned a bill
for $40 due the Morse q jackson firm.
The member from ward 4 alleged that
the majority members of the supply COM
mittee, namely, Aldermen Healy and
Shurtleff, passed up a chance to purchase
coal at 81 20 and 30 cents per ton cheap
er, according 10 the size OF the chunks,
! by ignoring the Cooperative company on
! Granite street.
Briefly calculating the amount OF coal
recently purchased, Mr.. Reynolds stated
that Si3 could have been saved on one
50ton jag and that the city would have
profited TO the extent of $3.50 in buying
$50 tons from the Cooperative people.
Aldermen Healy dismissed the impeach'
ment as being too ridiculous to consider
He said that the Cooperative man want
ed s25 or $50 TO do business for the city
and agreed with Alderman Shurtleff that
the committee couldn't do business with
Granite street on a business basis.
Alderman Rossi interiected the remark
that the city saved money last year by
dealing with the Cooperative company,
and Alderman Reynolds asked his ward
colleague if he remembered anything
about a bin for so tons from the D. NJ.
Miles Coal company, which was consid
cred at a finance committee meeting
some time before and had then dsap
peared Mr.. Healy couldn't remember,
he said. and asked sharp question as to
whether a man should be expected to re
member everything. Alderman Glysson
recalled some conversation in committee !
meeting about the bill Alderman Healy !
amplifed his previous query by testify |
ing that he didn't carry everything |
around in his head and asked Mr.. Rey !
nolds as to what manner of man he
thought he was addressing The clerk
was interrogated and he recalled that |
s..
in the warrants around July |. The an
thracite rupture was not widened when
someone put an end to the pickering by
moving that the warrants be paid. The
motion carried.
Chairman Glysson brought in some in
formation considering the money tether,
the end of which was reached, or approx
mated, on North Main street. He
thought that the work could be contin-
led for 81 900 with the $500 now remain
ng and quoted the county road supervi-
;or as expressing his belief that the state
would furnish $500 for the permanent ,
work if the city would appropriate an
'Qual amount Otherwise the $500 rem 4
lant would be used to make the unfin :
shed strip as passable as possible. The {
ilemma was discussed at some length ,
nd then it was voted to appropriate the /;
500 If an equal amount is subscribed by {
he state Washington street was then i
rought under the selrchlight and the
treet committee was instructed to in +
estigate the feasibility of cement and
aving and to report its findings. s
A letter to the mayor stated that
'arre's share in the maintenance of the a
County Farm bureau is 4
274.S4, as computed by the state tax v
1t developed that Barre,
ARE Town, Montpelier and Waterbury .,
re paying a much as two thirds of the "
ssessment, but no one seemed to gain.
~ the fact that the money is being
ell spent
Building permits were granted as fol t.
ws: j. II. Mccarthy. to remodel barn d,
/ South Main street; Rowland Brothers V
Cave, to build block addition on North s.
ain street; George Reed, to reshingle m
6 and Spaulding street: John Cleary. iw
reroof at $50 North Main street NJ. Iw
illa's request to erect new barn on cr
ranite street was referred to the fire er
and the same committees re- ac
,rt advising that his request to move la
cepted. Arthur Barber was given per pc
isson to move henhouse from Wiley pa
rect to the Richardson road w J.
app and the Montpelier & Barre Light pc
= & Power company were granted wir W;
g permits The report OF the water te
perinteudent for July was read and ac- We
pied wa
Warrants stamped with the approval ha
the council were punched as follows; or
le Times. S64.35. advertising. taxes, tn
-eet. water, city buildings fire health, or
hitting and stationery elections and dog sal
ense accounts; A. w Allen Co. S24, th'
le, street departments c. w. Averill & on
!. S70.7a, supplies. street, bridges and wo
verts. engineering and water accounts; ha'
W Badger & Co, 81. supplies. street orl
4 police accounts: II. F. Cutler. S27.57, rar
1plies. street and fire accounts; Drown sid
itor Co. sos, supplies street and fire few
cunts: Johnson Paper Co, Sl6S, sup Of
es. street account; kempton mills. cat
. 40. supplies. street and fire ac aga
Ints: r. Mcleod. SS.T5 labor. street VIII
cunt: d. NJ. Miles Coal Co. s6717. our
4 street account; Montpelier & Barre the
hit & Power Co. S677.so, streets. light ider
streets city building and fire ac- agi
nts: Municipal Journal So. subsorip- unit
n street account. $. y. Parker. 81 rs. con
airs. street account; y y. Phelps Co. 7
Qn supplies. street and water ac- res.