The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-02
OPERA HOUSE LEASE
FOR JOHN f. HOBAN
Paper Will Be Signed, Having Been Ap'
proved By the City Council at
Meeting Last Evening.

last night considered few minor maj
ters in addition, approved large nun
Der of warrants, and then adjourned
Because of absentees, the meeting wa
not called to order until 1880 and afte
that there was much of dawdlns
Among the tardier members were Alder
men Alexander, Healy, Milne and Ross
At one time while the advance guar
waited, Alderman Reynolds suggeste
that an officer be ordered to escort tn
absentees to the council chamber, bu
nothing came of the suggestion, AM
finally when a quorum was formed th
session got under way.
The opera house lease, submitted fo
consideration and eventually approved
is to be signed by the lessee, John L
Hoban, and by Mayor Glysson for th'
city council. Apart from the clause
which regulates the charges to be made
| by the city, the contract conforms tc
| leases that have existed in the past
One night stands are to cost the lessee
S22 each, three-night stands go in fol
$50, and the price for week stands Is
| Sl00 If the lessee uses the theatre more
than l2j nights in a year he is TO pay
81 per night additional. A bond OF $500
is to be furnished and the lease is to
date from Sept. /, 1917, to Sept. !, 1918.
Customary restrictions are placed on
prize fights, boxing matches and immoral
shows.
Reservation of the theatre for the use
of the city includes Memorial day, July
4, caucus nights, Sunday nights, two
dates for Spaulding and Goddard com
mencements, and five other nights in the
year The city is to pay the lessee $3
per night for lights Local societies and
associations desiring to stage home tai
ent shows may have the theatre for $50
per night unless the company is coached
by professional performers. The $40
rate does not include travelling companies
playing under local auspices. The mo-
tion authorizing the mayor to sign the
lease was made by Alderman Healy and
adopted unanimously.
Bills aggregating $500 were submit
ted by Sheriff +. H. Tracy through Over
seer William Mcdonald Of the charity de
partment for the board and lodging OF
Howard Simonds and Carlo Porluzzi
committed to the county Jail last spring
for tax deinquencies. On the motion OF
Alderman Alexander the bills were or
dered paid. The clerk uncovered a bill
for $l2450 which Sheriff Tracy submit
ted several months ago The bill covered
the cost of keeping Louis Canales and
November to May and it developed that |
The charity committee was asked to in |
sestigate the matter as long ago as last |
Nav Nothing had been done, and once
again the committee, the personnel of |
which has been changed since May, was
asked to investigate.
Reporting on a petition for street |
lights, the lighting committee recon-
nended that 40 candlepower lights two
,e installed on the corner of Bee n and
Newton streets and on Perrin street.
rhe recommendation was adopted, after
which Alderman Rossi stated that his
ommttee was not ready to report on
he request Of A. H. Buzzell for permits
ion to erect an electric sign He stated
n extension that Mr.. Buzzell desired the
ity to pay part of the cost of the
ign, inasmuch as its erection would
lake il unnecessary to continue street |
ght near the corner of North Main and {
earl streets Alderman Milne said he
-oudn't pay nickel toward a mans I
usiness sign Alderman Alexander re- I
larked that the sign would save the I
tv the cost of light. The lighting
was granted more time in 9
hich to obtain additional light on the :
latter. The committee of the whole /
that three or four loads of }
-aye be dumped into Maple avenue as t
, it. The report and recommendation
ere accepted Peter Mathieson, who
)peared with a request for tile in a
'ivate highway near the site of house :
hich he proposes to erect on Hale street,
as told that the street committee would
nfer with him this afternoon. Fl
Through the building inspector, n. NJ. b
eIson asked for permit to shingle \
Hiding on West street and on the for "
ers recommendation the request was lc
ferred to the fire committee. A. Gar 81
to was granted a permit to build a one I.
ory addition to his house at los Rail 81
ad street The monthly report of the Of
ring Inspector was accepted. q. A. la
ne was granted permission TO erect a Il
soline pump on South Main street, in
tn the reservation that the usual re- Id
,ictions be observed r.
State taxes made a big hole In the NJ
,nthly income as warrants were APP TIL
oyed for a levy aggregating S9,474S5.
e warrants, one for the school tax OF
323.23. and the other for So. l5l .62. the
te highway tax, were drawn in favor NJ
State Treasurer w. F. Scott and APP
we'd along with the following:
= W. Averill s CO., SlSl.67 and S6l.3S,
plies. several departments; V. f. tn
ers. Sl4, lumber Calder & Richard Gu
/. s47, fuel. street and water accounts; Br
mpton mills, Sl0050, grain and feed, of
eet and fire accounts; NJ. & B. L. & p. tel
f, Ss4259, electric lights, power and da
plies, several departments; n D. I'll
lips Co, SS273, supplies, street, side Of
ks, water and city building accounts; the
y. Parker, 81, harness repairs; Rey Tn
is & Son. Sl43.0i. supplies: Smith, ste
itcomb & Cook, s2l9l, repairs; J. +. the
ncer, S24, compensation for injuries lpal
IN Lumber Co. $500. cement, S57.05, mo
ber and repairs; Engineering News Lol
Record. S32 40. advertising; Trust the
crete Co., S3S9j. steel; y. d. Phelps Ru
S5l975, concrete; ID. c. Jarvis, 81
tcssional services; Frank Q. Lee, $3.50,
ry: Fav Mann, $40, assisting engi-
+: y r. Tel & Tel Co. Sl425, tolls Ere