The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
MONTPELIER:
City to Close Several Offices in City
Hall

The city council at its regular meeting
Wednesday evening authorized the prop
erty committee to close all offices in the
city hall that can be closed, TO help in
the conservation of fuel This will prob
ably include the water superintendent
overseer of poor, city court and school
commissioners, on that side Of the build
ing, and council chamber on the other
side. Those occupying these rooms will
combine to use other rooms that must
be kept open. The city clerk was in
structed not to rent the large auditorium
of the building without consultation with
the property committee, the intent, It is
understood to be after the dates now
| fixed have been filled to keep the audi
forum as nearly closed as possible dur
ing the winter months. The bill present
ed by Mrs. o. c. Roberts, claiming dam
ages for hens killed and land damages
when Prospect street slid last summer,
was allowed. II Amounted to $50 Mrs.
Cora Chaffee, who has been the recepi.
ent of SO week from the war relief
fund will be notified to look to the state
for that money after next week. A
community Christmas tree will be ar
ranged for, as in the last few years. A
skating rink will be provided by the city
for the children, while the matter of
erecting a service flag on city hall for all
soldiers who have gone from Montpelier
to the war was left with the property
committee.
Col II. r, johnson on Wednesday re-
eeiVed message from the war depart
ment stating that postal employees have
been exempted from the draft in the last
Is per cent of the states quota until
after Jan. !. This will give the postal
authorities chance TO have the best pos
sible help during the Christmas holi.
days when there is always very heavy
traffic in mail and when the best help
that can be obtained is needed The adj
jutant general has also received notice
that travel fees for the local boards of
exemption are not allowed
Justice g. NJ. Powers of MorrisyiIle. |
who was interviewed in the city Wednes-
day afternoon at the request of the fuel |
department relative to the results wheh |
are being obtained in the municipal wood |
yard in his home town and which Justice /
Powers was very instrumental in secur- /
ing for the town said it has worked /
with great benefit TO the townspeople;
that over $500 cords of wood have been
distributed in the year and that every |
person who has made known their want
Of fuel Of that kind has been supplied.
He suggested that any town or city
planning to have yard should operate il
through its water department and that
such will take place next year in Morris
lille, although this season the work is
1nif1u donA by uyaata1 H. /,
aid that one of the most important
Kings is to avoid graft. The best thing
bout the wood yard at his home is that
he residents under the present trying
conditions have been able to have a plen-
y on hand. He advocated that other
owns sell their wood at cost as il done
n Morrsville, and that if any town is
flaming to get into the wood business !,
wants to contract with mills cutting
ny hard wood for it is one OF the big
est assets of the business. AT the ,
resent time Morrisville is cutting its
upply OF wood for next winter and when :
he winter is completed will have il on
and drying. The town was able to Sc.
ure sheds at minimum cost BY pur-
hasing some on the market at Bolton
year ago. Morrisville would be in had
hape this winter if it had not been for
he wood yard and Judge Powers pre-
lets that soon it viii be found that the
own has branched into the coal bust
ess which will help materially in the
of the townspeople The
God yard has come to stay, said Mr..
overs. II will be recalled that the
iarter of the village was amended at
ne last session of the legislature so that
lie wood yard could be estab lished The
digestion came from similar cond.
on in Maine. Mason $. Stone. execu-
We secretary to the fuel administrator,
rges that more of the towns in the
ate enter into the wood and coal ward
lsiness for conservation of fuel to their
sn advantage in trying times like these