The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-01
MINOR MATTERS
BEFORE COUNCIL
George w. Mann Wants Permit to Build
House Said to Be Already Started
Improvements on Pros
pect Street.

Affairs of minor account occupied the
attention of the city council at its regu-
lar session last evening, the city fathers
adjourning early to participate in the
board of civil authority meeting in the
court room. George w. Mann presented
his compliments to the council and asked
that permit granting him the privilege
of erecting three houses on Mann street
be amended to include a fourth house,
which is now in course of construction.
His request was referred to the building
inspector and second request, to change
the grade on a piece of thoroughfare con
Meeting Wiley and Mann streets was
turned over to the city engineer Thorn.
as Blann, sr., was given permission to
move henhouse and Karl SAWYER was
awarded damages Of IS cents for hen
killed by dogs, the killing having been
reported to Alderman Shurtleff.
There was talk OF the charity commit
tees investigation of landlords alleged
abuse of a Foss street tenant and Alder
man Rossi, as the spokesman for the ten
ant, thought action should be taken il
the facts warrant. Alderman Shurtleff
inclined to the belief that the grand Juror
should be allowed to consider the merits
of the complaint and to the end that off
cial action may be taken if circumstances
call for action, the aggrieved parties and
other principals wiz be asked to attend
an informal hearing before the grand jur-
or and charity committee Thursday even
ing.
A report from the s-ceet committee
recommended that Louis Romanis' petit
tion for cement sidewalk be granted
1t developed that the sidewalk. extending
westerly from the Prospect street bridge,
is nearing completion and there was com
plant because the request Of Mr.. Roman
is seemed to take precedent over petit
tions that were presented earlier in the
year. On inquiry, Ii was said that Mr.. |
Romans assumed q large proportion of
the expense incurred in laying cement to |
his doorvard. The water committee re-
ported favorably on Eugene Chatot's re-
quest for water main extension, the re- !
port stating that the work viii cost S35 |
with a yearly revenue of So Mr.. Chatot |
viii dig the ditch and do the hackflling |
The charity committee recommended that /
DIR. p s. Duffy, recently resigned as city |
physician, be paid pro rata to Sept. 10.
All three reports were accepted.
Wiring permits We're granted the fol
owing applicants on the favorable re-
,ort of the inspector: Mrs +. i. Dens-
more, lights, 81 Beckley street; D. J.
Morse, lights. fremont street; George
Slora lights, lG Green street; George w.
Mann, lights, Wiley street. c. c. Nc
Farthy, lights. l05 South Main street.
iarrion g. O'Ieary. stoneshed motor; NJ.
lila, lights, SO Granite street; NJ. & B,
j. & r. Co., 35 meters; Mr.. Rowell,
ights, 35 Merchant street. Building per-
nits were granted George Slora for
wo-story piazza on Green street; ". A,
Bradford. for a barn annex on Ayers
treet; NJ. Villa. for a wagon shed and
iazza at 36 Granite street and H. D.
,tevens for horse shed on Smith street
Investigations having been made by the
Inspector.
Schools received their share of consid- I
ration in the weekly assignments ap-
roved in q small grist of warrants pre- :
ented by the clerk The balance OF the {
chool tax, Sl6,l5s.33, went to the school
oard along with the balance of the even
10 drawing school tax, Sl,773.33, Other (
'arrants approved for payment were: /
treet department payroll. S634.sS, street, 5
tate highway. sewer, surface sewer, G
ridge and culvert, sidewalk and health a
water department payroll, I
7l76; fire department payroll, S957l; n
olice department payroll, S90.S9.