The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-17

spring To be used on maintenance work
An inventory OF tools, supplies, etc, a
fair valuation of which is $l3,l4S.lA, NAV
be found at the street department Office y
Sixteen New Cemetery Trust Funds.
Sixteen new trust funds were added to
the cemetery trust funds for Elmwood
and Hope cemeteries, according to the
annual statement OF the trustee, William
Mcdonald, There are now 200 funds and
! the total amount, SlS,s59.S0 is drawing
4 per cent interest. Elmwood figures are
given as follows; Number of lots, 1853;
amount of funds. Sl5,625; balance of
1915 and interest for 1910, Sl,lls32; ex-
pended in 1919, $595.76; surplus, $522.58.
For Hope cemetery the figures are: Mum.
Der of lots, 81; amount OF funds, So
234.s0; balance of 1918 and interest in
1916, Sl94.72; expended in 1916. Sl0572;
surplus, $50. The income account for the
aggregate of funds is as follows, Jan. ], ,
1916, unexpended balance, 1857 40; Dec.
20, 1916, interest on funds, S725.4G. to-,
tai, 81 ,3l2.95. Expenditure accounts
Dec. 20, 1916, city warrant, Elmwood
cemetery, flowers and care of lots,
S56750, Hope cemetery care OF lots,
Sl00.75, William Mcdonald, services as
trustee, 1914; total SOL 80.
From the cemetery commissioners the
financial statement for Elmwood aud
Hope cemeteries included the following
summaries: E'mwood. in hand, 81 ,9030s;
orders drawn and paid in 1916, 81 ,644SS,
leaving a surplus OF S6.25s20 Elmwood
cemetery assets consisting OF two city Of
Barre per cent demand notes at S.
SS7.S5 and a cash balance of $4,000. The
total in hand at Hope cemetery at the
beginning of the year was Sl0,S00.0l and
the orders drawn in 1915 aggregated 81
6S770, leaving balance of SS,203.2l.
Hope cemetery assets consist of three
city of Barre per cent demand notes at
So, 1880 and a cash balance of S40.4l.
Fire Department ain Good Condition"
"The department is in good condition
and the usual efficiency has been main |
tanned" is the opening notation in the |
annual report of the fire committee. Pur-
chases in 1916 included pair of new |
horses, two Dreager smoke helmets and |
500 additional feet of hose. The force |
was increased from four to seven regular I
men. Eleven new hydrants were in
which with new water mains, |
have greatly improved fire protection.
Withal, the department has credit bal
,nce of $342.3l, the report says. A policy 4
Of Improvement in the fire alarm system
md red lights for the fire alarm boxes
ire recommended.
Library Development.
From the library committee comes the
nforma tion that sos new books pur-
hased at cost of $30995 are classified
Us follows: Adult fiction CItalianl 81, Il
dult fiction 200. Juvenile fiction IA. At
cost Of $1,000, 1928 old books were re-
'ound There are at the present time
sos city books in the library which
we're purchased at a cost of S5,609.6l and
balance of S457.54 remains. The com
nd her assistants and recommend that
dditional new books be bought and old
mes rebound
Brief reports from the charity and ! II
,gislation committees refer in the first II
lstanee to efficiency shown by the over
ser and the city farm matron as well as
he city physician, and in the latter in
.ance TO a change, not specified in the Y
port, 20 sections /. 4 and 5 of the 26th
napier. revised city ordinances. The
gislative committee also states that
roposal to revamp the ordinance affect !
x the licensing of theatres is in its .
ands. :,
D1T.na DatxaJ II nav lad Ia,