The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-24
BARRE'S WOOD SUPPLY
BEING REPLENISHED
Aldermanic Charity Committee Reports
That Considerable Was Drawn
Into the City During the
Past Few Days.

Wood and more wood is in prospect for
Barre consumers, according TO special
report made by the aldermanic charity
committee at the regular meeting of the
board of aldermen Saturday evening.
Acting under instructions received at the
previous regular meeting the committee
canvassed the fuel situation thoroughly
before submitting verbal report
through Chairman Henry Alexander.
Dealers interviewed by the committee in
dicated that the danger of famine had
been practically eliminated through the
influx of many cords of wood from the
countryside. The shortage of the week
previous, it was explained in one quarter,
was due in part to the fact that teaming
facilities were taxed in delivering coal.
The committee opned that the advent
of good winter going had aided greatly
in moving wood from outlying woodlots,
and that for the time being, suffering for
lack of wood was unknown in the char
ity department. On the books of at least
one dealer, The orders of the overseer re-
ceiye the preference in being filled. Al
derman Alexander stated that Overseer
Mcdonald had purchased big load of
wood from a farmer, and that the load
had been dumped in his own dooryard
for dispersal among the poor. In com
pleting the report, Mr.. Alexander pre-
dicted that the wood shortage may be
more acute next winter, and suggested
that the city take steps to provide for its
charity department. To that end he de-
scribed two woodlots where quantities of
wood may be obtained in anticipation of
next winters needs. The matter was
left in the hands of the charity depart
ment.
To avoid conflict with holiday on the |
regular meeting night and the better to
city employees in drawing |
their pay, the aldermen met Saturday |
night and transacted small amount OF |
business in addition to approving the
payroll and other bills. The new system
1f conducting city finances provides for
he approving of monthly warrants in
he second meeting of each month, imme-
iiately following the meeting of the
nance committee. so that when the
yearly reports are in, il will be seen that
,ome of the accounts, principally those
If the regular payrolls. will cover IL
months, instead of II. 1t will tend to
make the expense account of the present
appear larger than is ac-
ually the case, for the reason that it
,ears the burden OF an additional month.
However. the mayor and his colleagues
believed that the change should be made
n the interests of city finances, although
he improvement will be more appreciat-
d by the next administration.
The next regular meeting, therefore,
gill be held Saturday evening, instead OF /
n New Years eve or on the night Of
he holiday. To provide for bills due at
hat time, a resolution appropriatipg the
GLOWING sums was passed TO the second
eading: Permanent streets, S2l4.99: po- +
ce, 800; public parks, S77l6 War I
ants were approved as follows: Street |
apartment payroll, sl01gl; engineering |
apartment payroll. $3.50; water de- {
artment payroll, s5o.3l; fire department ,
ayroll. Sl34.50; police department pay r
,ll, so9sl; G. A. Bemis, SIG, services !
} ianitor; Miss Annie Robertson. S47, IC
erical services; city treasurer, S34.a9, d
aid out on the street superintendent 9
der: Allen Lumber Co. $1,000 sup /
lees iJitCtilt W. Fi.poi sdppilN9s u
raeger company, SLIGO. supplies; Mrs. a
Forbes, supplies for the firemen: NJ. I
oter, .S4. supplies; Houghton & Rob t
$ 1915, f. d. Ladd Go. 1925, Larking Il
fg. Co $3.50, s. N. Parker Ss75, n. ID.
helps Co, 1915. fire department ac Il
unts; NJ. & B. L. & P. Co, Sl,6l9.S0, il
70 months lighting; park commission t,
s. S477.60, care of parks. Ipt
A jump from S400 to $500 in the salary c
DIR. !. A. Wark, the city physician HI
~ made on the recommendation of the hi
arity committee which reported an in al
stigation bearing out the doctors a
,im that medicine and other supplies a
We increased greatly in price. On the bs
of the building inspee al
r, John w. Magoon was given a permit
repair and remodel his South Main al
'eet house. recently damaged by fire. be