The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-20
Intimated by Alderman Rey-
nolds Against Street
Committee
EXTRAVAGANCE
HINTED IN p"GGING
Aldermen Writ ; y Tell One
Another to nd Their
Own ; siness

Dunn DUN ballistics of the verbal sort
whistled at random about the city coun-
cil chamber last evening when the coun-
ell men, in their regular weekly assem-
bly,, hurried through the accumulation Of
routine affairs and devoted the remainder
of their allotted time TO using the prod.
Alderman Reynolds was in charge of the
question box and when he lifted the lid
there was trouble in much the same vol
ume that issued forth from the well
known box OF Pandora. For divers and
sundry reasons, bids on the South Main
street paving project were not opened and
it looks as though the council had done
tinkeriug with that thoroughfare for
time, at least.
Ii isn't to the credit of the city fathers
that they were out OF order most of the
time at the fag end of the session, but it
is hardly to their dscredit that the mar
ket condition of steel rails and the like
is not such as to warrant further action
on paving plans.
Disposition of the state road money
was the subject Of a startling peroration
from Alderman Reynolds, who said that
$4,000 had been expended in wards |, ;
and this year to the utter exclusion of
the other bailiwcks, when he was in
formed that County Supervisor Currier
had designated Merchant street as the
section where the money is to be ex-
pended. Mr.. Reynolds directed his in
quiry at the street committee and was
informed that Merchant street was desig-
mated when il developed that rails for the
proposed Washington street cement work
could not be purchased. When Alderman
Reynolds intmated that the street COM
mittee was using star chamber methods
in directing the apportionment he was
quite fatty informed by Chairman Glys-
son that the street committees doings
were no concern of his.
Moreover, the chairman recalled time,
ne said, when Chairman Reynolds of the
fire committee invited him to keep his
oar out of the fire department current
and he broke off by allowing that as he
had had il ''handed" to him. lie was TAX
ing advantage of the opportunity to toss
ii right back across the table. Alderman
Reynolds parred with query as to what
the street committee had done with three
complaints from ward in the past
month, particularly to the grievance OF
| Prospect and Hillside avenue residents.
He was told that the committee is doing
its best to serve all complainants and
that ward grievances will receive at
tention in due time.
Alderman Healy interrupted the oral
msnslaughter by asking the mayor if the
colleagues were in order. The same deli
cate question with Alderman Healy un
der suspicion of giving Cushng's manual
side bender came up a few moments
afterward when Alderman Shurteh and
Mr.. Healv came together in a clash over
the big hole which the water department
dug on North Main street. Mr.. Reynolds
/ lifted the lid on the question box again
and this time asked If the water COM
mittee could conscientiously approve of
/ the commission basis employed Ill doing
| the work. To which Mr.. Healy replied
that the emergency justified the means.
! Mr. Shurtleff averred that he or Mr.
| REYNOLDS undoubtedly could have saved
| the city more than $1,000 if they had
done the work and suggested that one
economy would be the elimination of all
but one boss Questions Involving the
determine the terminus of the eight-inch
main and the alternative OF sinking holes
at intervals were being warmly discussed
when adjournment was taken on the mo-
ton of Mr. Reynolds.
After considerable discussion in which
hastily contrived report from the char
itv committee made certain recommenda-
tions. the office of the city physician was
declared vacant. inasmuch as the commit
tee had given its opinion that DR.. P. s.
Duffy's absence from Barre is permanent.
Overseer w. j. Clapp. who called in to
see what action had been taken toward
filling the office. was told to employ any
one he should see fit until an appointment
is made.
Reporting on the ownership OF corner
of Pike street. the street committee stat
ed that clear title to the thoroughfare
can he obtained by paying the sum of
500 to land owner. A resolution au-
thorizinr the committee to take the pre-
liminarv steps by making a resurvey OF
the street and appropriating 500 for
land damage was passed to its second
reading. 4 petition for a cement side
walk from the Prospect street bridge to
Il. f. Mowers residence, which was signed
DIV LOUIS hpnldDtF. was ltitii'N "
committee to investigate.
The mayor was authorized to sign the
opera house lease with the new lessee,
~ T.. Hohan. with an additional rider at
tached which inhibits the manager from
charging strictly local talent companies
more than $50 per night for the rental of
the theatre. A bond guaranteeing the
state immunity from expenses in the
case Of 4 child receiving treatment in the
Austine institute at Brattleboro was
signed with the understanding that the
child's father. in turn, protect the city
from liability.
communication to the mayor con-
tanned the resignation Of W. NJ. Spear a.
.perial police and the resignation was
accented Rev. Edgar Grassland sp-
reared with a mapped appeal for relief
from surface water conditions in the vi
rsnitv Of the First PRESBYTERIAN church
ard fhe rcauest for an intake on Summer