Putnam patriot., 1916-02-04
COMMON COUNCIL
Many Matters Discussed at Meeting
Which Lasts Until After II O'clock
An Attempt to Be Made TO Reduce Inter.
est Account and TO Bond Cify's
Floating Indebtedness

hdyol McOdIFy pfesluiHg. Inc only
/ official absent was Alderman al.large
| Lapalme who is seriously Ill.
Alderman Padgett reported for the
ordinance committee that the com.
| mittee was unfavorable to granting the
| exclusive right TO collect junk to the
Putnam Trucking Company. The rec
ommendation was accepted and a
| dopted.
Alderman Dupre stated that the
hose wagon of Eagle Company No. 2
was kept in Foreman Cloutier's barn
and that the insurance was on 1t as in
the hose house. He thought the truck
| should be transferred or else the insur.
ance. 1t was voted to have the policy
changed. The truck stored in Bruce's
burn, he sud, was practically worth
less and he thought it should be taken
TO Hose House No. as a dollar
month for storage could be saved. 1t
was voted to transfer the truck and
the city property committee was au-
thorized 10 sell it. 1t was also voted
that insurance on this wagon be dis
continued.
Alderman MeGarry for the fire conn.,
| mittee recommended that longer
roof ladder, rubber coats and rubber
boots for the officers, rubber coats for
the fire police, wooden mittens for all
the men, be procured; that curtains be
put in the windows of the hose house,
the electric lights repaired and that a
new post and floor be put in fire head.
quarters. Also collar for one of the
harnesses and that n sign be put on
the outside of fire headquarters. He
stated that the sign was for the pur-
| pose of keeping vehicles from standing
in front of the building.
The mayor STATED that he thought
all things absolutely necessary for the
good of the department should be pro-
cured. 1t was voted TO authorize the
committee TO procure the eoats, boots,
mittens, ladder, extinguishers and
Taper.
The police report showed s arrests
for the month, 2 sent to Jail, light out
107 hours, store doors found open and
tramps lodged.
The captain of police reported that a
meeting had been held and that Albert
Gagne had been appointed secretary
and John Mcclure captain of fire po-
lice.
A petition was received from H II.
Davenport TO erect building on
South Main street. Alderman John.
son stated that he thought such things
as the erection of this building, already
built, should stop. He said it was an
eyesore TO the city and that protests
bad been made against its erection
which was done during 1.-THE illness of
the mayor. He moved that the petit
tion be- tabled and it was so voted.
The health ofhcer's report was read
and filed. Bonds of city officers ,were
accepted.
The matter of the designation of city
telephones in the telephone directory
was discussed and plan of the local
manager to have them all listed under
general head, City of Putnam, was
approved.
Thirty jurors were chosen for duty
in the city court.
Lit was voted that the city engineers
telephone be discontinued on the
ground that there would probably be
little work in this department for the
next two years and as the engineer has
residence telephone an office sele.
phone was unnecessary.
George f. Holbrook was awarded
the contract for carrying prisoners to
Jail and the Windham County Observ-
es Was awarded the contract for print.
ing the city report.
The matter of an automatic gasoline
machine erected on the sidewalk in
front of local garage was discussed
1t was stated that the machine had
been installed by permission of the
street superintendent and fire chief.
~ was NotC0 tlut Tile Ofuiudnc6 COLL
mittee prepare an ordinance relative to
the collection of garbage.
Voted that the finance committee
take, up the m after of the city debt to
see if the interest account could not be
reduced and the floating debt bonded.
The city clerk brought up the mat.
ter of preparing the city abstract. 1t
was found that the council ut its meet
ing last November had passed vote
authorizing +. w Seward, city clerk,
to procure book and prepare the alb
straet. The IN lyor intimated that
several of the votes passed by the out
going council would lead one to be-
lieve that they had seen the hand
writing on the wall. There was con-
siderable discussion regarding this
matter but no action taken.
There was a lengthy discussion re
garding the insurance of the ire truck.
Policies and bills were received from
r. W. Seward and r. German. The
former was -, 900 policy and the lat
ter for $500. Il was brought out that
insurance companies generally made a