Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-07-19

the street superintendent and his help
were suspended indefinitely No work will
be done on the streets until the street
committee have Investigated what is to
be done, and they have the power to hire
a new gang to do the street work and also
to hire new street superintendent.
There have been many complaints about
the street superintendent, George Shepard,
and his gang of men. The streets so far,
with scarcely two months of work done,
have cost the village 1887 Up to about
June 30. This, 1t was thought, was quite
expensive. After considerable discussion
1t was voted that the matter Of the super
intendent and his help be left to the
street committee, and that all orders be
given the superintendent Of streets in
writing. The complaint that he did not
obey orders given him will be better
handled in this manner. It was finally
voted that the street committee discharge
the superintendent and his help and that
the street department be re-organized.
The clerk was then instructed to write
the superintendent to discharge all his
men and that he consider himself dis
charged and that all keys and books be
| turned over to the chairman Of the street
committee.
Matters Of Importance pertaining to the
police department were also discussed
and the board is bound to see that auto
mobiles observe the law regarding
machines keeping to the right Of the high.
ways Their talk was particularly about
automobiles ignoring the "silent police.
man. at the junction of Main and Aller
streets. For the past few evenings this
practice has been somewhat overcome BY
one of the regular policeman being sta
| IN ~ If
evening.
| 1t was also voted that. the street
committee investigate the matter Of
putting in a sidewalk on upper Eas
Allen street, where there is so much
travel to and from Fort Ethan Allen
Here pedestrians have to walk in thu
highway and dodge the electric car!
and the many automobiles constant,
on this road This is not all thu
street committee has voted to lool
after, for they have on their hands thu
work of investigating streets that ar,
to be re-oiled: also the matter of hav
ing two trees removed on Weave
street that are in the sidewalk lin
which 1t is proposed to be built on tina
street; also to get specifications from
the engineer for the new sidewalk
and the highway on Weaver street.
The matter of letting the work 70
the cement walks on Weaver street
from Allen to Maple streets. and tn
cement walk on West Center stree
from Main to Follett streets was tn
subject of the call of the meeting. N
J A. Bundy of Burlington has underbi
Mrs. Sheeran, who for some years ha
been doing the work in this village
His bid being 1O% cents for sidewalk
10A cents for cutters and "a cents 70
J curbs. Mrs. Sheeran's bid was 1
cents for sidewalks 1914 cents for gut
ters and 55 cents for curbs. The mat
ter of letting out the bid for this wor
was left to the street committee afte
they get the specifications from the en-
. gineer. Noe Lavallee was the only ali
. sent member of the board. The bill
ordered paid were: Telephone compan!
$5.19; Champlain Trust company, 70
interest no order amounting to S4.S29
80, which was s120.74. which order
E in the Champlain Trust company; TIL
I Stevens Machine company, $23.26.