The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-17
Total Income for 1915, In
cluding a Cash Balance,
Was $500, 1877
CITY TREASUP
submit ! REPORT
Several Other Reports Were
Presented to City Coun-
Gil Last Evening

Departmental reports covering the year
1916 occupied much of the time at the
regular meeting of the city council last
night and when adjournment came at the
close OF busy session, long step had
been taken in the way of supplying the
printer with copy for the annual city re-
port, to be issued next month. Follow
ing the rejection of single bid submit
ted to the printing committee week
ago, the committee awarded the contract
to n. J. Roberts, whose final offer was to
| publish the year book at 81 Sc per page.
Reports from the city treasurer, the
street superintendent and several com
mittees were among those received at the
meeting. Others will be coming in dur
ing the remainder of the month, as the
material viii 60 to press early in Feb
| ruary.
Ex- Mayor c. w. Melcher, John Brown
and City. Atty William Wishart were
| among those who called at the peoples
house last night. Mr.. Melcher inquired
| If it was too late to register his protest
against allowing the Central Power Co.
to extend its power lines to Barre with
out a tax similar to the one levied on the
Peoples Lighting, Heating & Power Co.
some years since. Briefly, he reviewed
some of the proceedings that have led
up to francise negotiations in times past
and expressed an opinion that the council
should not discriminate in favor Of the
Central Power Co. in the matter OF grant
ing franchises. "They may buy up, sell
out or consolidate" said Mr.. Melcher and
as safeguard to the city's interests and
in the interests of justice to all he urged
that the question of affixing tax to the
proposed franchise be submitted to the
people on referendum at the March
meeting. In closing, he urged the council
to consider such plan before finally
committing itself to any bargain with
the power people.
John Browns protest against the
charges for water levied in two of his
tenement houses was quickly disposed of
for the time being when the complaint
was referred to the water committee,
which meets at city hall this evening.
City Atty. Wishart was present to notify
the council that James Spencer, through
his counsel 4. r. Davis, had asked for
hearing before the state industrial board
in the matter of an accident which he
sustained while in the employ of the
street department last July. The hear
ing is to be held in Barre Jan. "a and the
street committee was instructed to at
tend the hearing and to aid the city at
torney in procuring and presenting. if
need be, evidence that will tend to bring
out the real facts in the case.
Most important among the department
tai reports received is that of the city
treasurer, a digest OF which is given be-
low.
Receipts
Cash on hand Jan. l. 1916 ........ s9,109.si
Received from all sources 2el,o73.e6
$500, o,1ss.77
Disbursements.
Paid on all accounts .......... .s2sI, ,4o5.I7
sash on hand Dec. 80, 1915 .......a 1s,7Ts.60
ssoo.ls3.77
Summary of Income.
ash balance Jan. /, 1916 ....., s9,10s.S1
Tax receipts 1916 ......,.......,. i46.Ti7.4s
taxes ................... l,S72.7s +
Proceeds of temporary loan in an
ticipation of taxes .....s........ 47,232.o0
Proceeds of temporary loan in an
ticipation of water bonds ...... 2s,455.bb
withdrawn from sinking fund 80. 100000
Water department income ........ 3i,i6i-00
liquor license fees ............... $4,000
ents ...........-. .ss..... l,fol-ao
interest bonds trust funds and
deposits l,Auo-fo
emetery trust funds ............. 1.s7s.0o
how licenses ................... I,6S6.00
edder and other licenses ....... $500
log licenses ...................... 5e1.6O
eople's Lighting. Heating & Power
Co.. per cent gross earnings. el0.s6
ash refunded for support Of poor T56.27
ngineering work and damage to
transit ..+..s...-..-.t... e4s.Es
ire department, labor and mate
rial sold ....................... $500
and refund ..........,......... 1.2s5.so
ornament street assessments. 54Se2
llowance by state for state high
way work ..................t-. 100000
ilowance By state for resurfacing 6i9.Is
hare state highway tax .-...,.. 5000
,nes Bros share in running crush
er ........--....'...... 1880
are & Montpelier Traction
Power Co. moving snow 1886
Sc OF machinery of street depart
mcnt ......-.... ................ loa.eO
abor by street department. street
account .-..-....-....-.... 22b.Sl
-ading and material sold. street
account -..s..-..-.-.-. 1871
surance premiums returned. street
account ..-....-.-.s--.....-... 1885
'sh returned from psy-roiis
street account ....-.-S.......... seS
wer assessments ............... 1885
lbor material sold and freight
rebate. sewer account .......... s0s7
bor material sold and cash re-
turned from payroll surface sew
n account ................-... 2s.is
bor use OF machinery and ma
ierial sold. sidewalk account . 7s.s.
,tefial sold and use Of machinery.
bridges and culverts account .... 1s.-E
aes and costs. city court ...... 1880
are IN ministerial fund ...... sisi
,one from public pnrks ...... 1885
used portion Of Memorial day
appropriation -..--...+--...-..s 42.sh
lis city hall station ...-..4.... s7T
fund on rubber stamps $1,000 2ls
Total ..-.-.................. .ssee1ssT7
summary of Expenditures.
Warrants drzWn-9
to highway ..-...-..-......... si.ssi.ss
cets .....-..---.-..-.-...-- ls7ebs7
-rnanent strects --s.-.-....---.. 3TLfs
hting streets ..........--..--. F.T2Ac1
~ sprinklinr .-.--...--..---.. ZStas
-srs -.-.---.--....-...-...- ssi.es
face sewers ....--.---.....---. z.1sass
rwaits --.-.--.--.----.. 2EsZee
dscs and cuirerts --..-----..--- 1.cs1-a
zincsring trpzrtrasrt .---.s----- 1.es1-s4
ter 6ef,artnzeli .---....--..---- zfssss7
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