The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-29
IN RETURN FOR RIGHT
TO ENTER THE CITY
Tentative Proposals Were
Considered at Meeting
Last Evening

regular aldermanic meeting last night be
gan tinkering with the proposed fran
chise empowering the Central Power Co
, to establish transmission and distribution
, power lines in Barre. Most of the fea
lures desired jointly by the council anc
the representatives of the power com
, pany who appeared at the city hall with
! their petition fortnight ago, are pre-
served in the tentative franchise submit.
ted by the legislative committee. A few
additions and amendments were discussed
at the special session. after which it was
voted to lay the draft on the table until
the next meeting, separate copies to be
provided for each member of the board
in the interim.
Among some of the council members
there was a feeling that a stipulated
price for lights should be affixed to the
franchise so that the matter would not
have to be taken up again should the
power company succeed in obtaining per.
mission from the public service commits
sion to furnish energy for domestic and
municipal users OF lights. In this con-
nection rate of seven cents per kilo-
meter was mentioned. but it remains for
the council to consider this feature in
conjunction with the company's represen-
tatives before including it in the fran
chise provisos. With the aid of the city
clerk, the legislative committee succeeded
on the first attempt in framing a fran
chise, which, on the whole, seems to coin.
eide with the requirements that the coun-
Gil intends TO exact.
If il is accepted, the instrument will
grant the company the privilege of estab-
fishing its lines on South Main Circle,
Batchelder, Ayers, Boynton, West Pat
terson, Nelson fremont Sheridan, Wei.
lington, Merchant. Seminary, North
Main, Packard, Mill, Fairview. Burriham
and Blackwell streets N completing its
service loop. Poles may be set, conduits
may be excavated and wires strung un.
der the franchise agreement, but the city
reserves the right to have the wires
placed underground in any section OF the
city that it may see fit to designate. The
fiat rate feature is eliminated in section
which fixes the maximum charge for
power at one and seyen-tenths per kilo
watt. The duration of the franchise will
be fixed at later date.
Service must be continuous and il,
through any cause that may be traced to
the negligence of the company, sufficient
power is not furnished. the company is
liable to recompense consumers for the
damage caused by suspensions or INSULT
cheney of power. A bond of $4,000 will
be required TO indemnify the city against |
any costs, losses or other expenses caused |
by the introduction of the system in the |
"a pIt -, +ho ,ns
ment are not assignsble to any person
or corporation other than the
Central Power Co. and it is wisely speci
fled that the maximum rate already men
toned shall not be exceeded in charges
for energy passing over the lines set
forth in the first paragraph of the fran
chise.
Dealings with Railroads.
Two railroad companies figured in
agreements approved by the aldermen for
the signatures of the street and water
In an agreement submitted
by the city attorney, the Barre & Chelsea
railroad is granted permission to extend
traekage over loop of land in Enter
prise alley used by teamsters as turn
,ut. 1t is located at the north end of the
v,
rack shall be used only for testing air
brakes, that the crossing shall be proper
v planked and must conform to the
yrade of the alley. Alderman Shurtlef
.bought the city should demand a small
-ental per annum. but Alderman Healy
lissented from this opinion and gave it
Is his own opinion that such charge
would resemble small spuds. 1t was
inally decided to accept the agreement {
With the amendment that blueprint, to I
,e prepared by the city engineer. should
,e attached to the instrument in order
o designate the exact location of the
turnout An agreement whereby the {
ity is privileged TO extend its proposed
0-inch water main through the Granite
'ity driving park was ordered signed and
orwarded to the Central Vermont Rail a
vay Co., owner of the park, for sigma t
ure. "
Relief for Small Movies" Possible.
Relief for the small movie people who :
o not boast the seating capacity of large
ouses is in sight. After much investi- :
alton and a good deal of inquiring the .
eense committee turned in a report :,
-hich advocates a sweeping revision of :,
he ordinance which fixes a license fee of
2 per day on all moving picture theatres.
heretofore, no attention has been paid
D seating capacities, but the license
ommittee is of the opinion that a lump u
am works a hardship on the small movie
and to the end that the city.
fter assuming the role of a stern task
aster for so long a period, shall make d
roper amends TO theatre proprietors who nj
re raking in hard-earned nickles and tC
mes these days, the committee recon- a:
ended that the following schedule be tc
INSTITUTED in revising the ordinance; Ids
or all theatres seating 500 or less. 81 lcf
r dav; from 500 to $50. $50 per day; W
-er $50, 50 per day. Two theatres in W
,wn will not be affected by the drive on of
le ordinance and one. which comes un- Ii
T the 500 class. viii surely benefit. The
Of the committee were
cepted without any opposition. ~
Shooting galleries formed the next tar r.
1. Flanders & Goodfellow, having es- ds