The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-11
SMALL WORK DONE
BY ALDERMEN
Barre g. Chelsea R. r. Wants to Use
Small Piece of City Land for Brake
Testing Purposes-Minor
Building Permits
Sought.

If the board of aldermen were whit
tiers instead OF statesmen then som
edges of the oak board around whicl
they gather in the council chamber a
city hall would have been pared int
shavings while a quorum was in the max
ling at the regular session last night
Chairman Glysson and Aldermen Bruce
and Reynolds were the punctual ones
with Alderman Rossi appearing after &
half-hour's wait and Aldermen HealN
land Shurtleif among the absentees. May
or Gordon was present but custom, Cush
ing and the ordinances prevented hin
from converting the meeting into coun
lcil session in order TO transact the small
accumulation of business presented by
the clerk
Barre & Chelsea railroad officials, Supt
A. A. Stebbins, Atty. II. c. Shurtletf and
! Engineer Watson. presented blueprint
plan of a siding extension which the
company proposes to use for testing air
brakes. The proposed extension is to
skirt Enterprise alley and the presence
of the officials was explained in a request
to push the siding across small turn
out for teams which the road gave the
city when the river bed was changed. II
allowed, the extension will traverse a
strip of city land some 80 feet in length,
and accounting to the railroad company,
will in nowise interfere with traffic 1t
developed during the hearing that the
| turnout. 80 called. is seldom used by
teamsters, who prefer to turn their
horses at point several rods away from
the turnout. Supt. Stebbins explained
that the heavier requirements of air
brakes on the hill line made it patent
that an adequate testing track be estab
lishe,l in the Barre ward, this in order to
obtain the 100 per cent degree of eff
cheney sought by the company in its air
brake service.
The aldermen took kindly to the pro-
posal and permission to extend was
granted with the reservation that the
street committee make a personal inves-
tigation before submitting to the council
for its approval next week tentative
agreement. If the present plans of the
company are carried out, the testing
track, extending from a point near Pros
pect street to several yards beyond the
turnout in the rear of the Miles build
ing will be used for testing and not for
revenue purposes.
Mayor Gordon, reporting on the mat
ter of inscribing the granite slabs in the
city hall entrance with the names of
Barre men who enlisted in the war be-
tween the states, quoted f. L. Smith,
one of the original committee. as SAYING
that the inscription plan, as he under
stood it, had been abandoned in favor of
raising funds for the erection of sol
ders' monument II developed that per-
sons concerned in the slab memorial
could not agree on the length of the in
scription and the style of the letters.
the city fathers will not
tinker with the inscriptions this year.
Atty. j. Ward Carver presented a bill
from DR.. P. s. Duffy, lately city physi-
clan. for 1888, the balance, according to
the claimant. of money due him for serv-
ices. There was difference of opinion
rs to whether the city should be paving |
the doctor for period when other ply |
sicians were being paid to do his work |
and the bill was referred to the charity |
committee with instructions to investi- |
gate and recommend.
Overseer w. j. Clapp of the charity |
department. had a wholesome looking re-
port for the month of August, report |
which indicated that the net expense to
5he city for its poor amounted to less
han S500. or S49070, to be exact. The
sum of 800 was appropriated, there was
/ balance of $3.50 and the earnings of
ndigents and money due from other
owns aggregated sl2092. The report
vas accepted for filing.
Building permits were granted the fol-
owing applicants on the favorable re-
,ort of the inspector; Mrs, Sheplee, to
e-cover roof on West street; Harmon
'otter, to reshingle on South Main
treet; A. B. Wheeler to reshingle on
'entral street; Mrs. R. n Austin. to re-
hingle on Center street; A. S. Mast, to
uild a store addition at 80 South Main
treet; Homer Croteau, to build piazza
n North Seminary street; Harrison
frantic Co., to raise office building near
enter street; Barre Savings bank, to
uild stoneshed addition on Smith I
treet.
The report of the wiring Inspector was
ccepted in full and permits went to the 5
ollowing applicants: VI. & B. J.. & P. ]
o., 10 domestic meters; Steele Granite
o.. motor on West street: R. Calcagni Q
ire for Berlin street barn; w. II. West
,tt. garage lights, 20 Nelson street; G. d
omasi, domestic lights, 376 South Main P
treet; William Stephen, lights, Sc Pleas a
Mt street; Clarkson company. store
ghts, Morse block; o. H. Hale. store v
ghts, Granite street. John II. Bishop c
Beacon street and Mrs Goplon of h
ranch street were granted permission G
move small henhouses.
A resolution appropriating $500 to the o
Ilary account was read for the second n
me and adopted After some discus L
on, most of which was explanation to a
'me of the members who did not under
and the reason for the appropriation. a
arrant giving $500 to the Aldrich pub e.
, library for expenses was added to the I
eekly grist and approved. Other war "
nts approved were: Street department y
Iyroll. S42s.8s. street, sprinkling sew y
=, surface sewer. sidewalk and health e
counts; water department payroll. |
AIS; fire department payroll. S93.2l b'
lice department payroll s95.l4; G. A. Sc
ams. Sl4, services as janitor; George u
. German. postmaster. S2l36. postage. oi
hitting and stationery account. pa
co. H. MEMBERS AT HOME. Il