The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-22
MONTPELIER
All City Officers Appointed Except En-
gineer-Consolidati May Take Place.

The city council met in executive SEES
sion Tuesday evening" when most of the
appointments were made. They are as
follows: City Attorney, George L.
Hunt; overseer of the poor, George II.
Lackey; health officer, DIR. William Lind
say; street superintendent, Clark b. Rob-
erts; water commissioner, John j. Glin-
ney; inspector of paints, James p. Holt /;
surveyors of wood and inspectors of mm-
Der, Bert G. Newton, Arthur A. Emery
and Arson Miner; pound keeper, Bert
j. Stewart; fence viewers, Harrison Lom-
bard, Harry S. Tabor and James c. Finn.
These were all re.appointed except that
of pound keeper, to which office Mr..
Stewart was appointed in place of +. L.
Putney, deceased. There was a hitch
in proceedings when the time came to fill
the office of city engineer. There was no
question as to the apability or good adj
ministration of the office by George A.
Reed, but there was some question among
the aldermen whether the office could
be abolished or some consolidation made
by combining the street, water and sew
err department. Most of the aldermen
thought Mr.. Reed could do better for the
titJ any outplut ihttl, bub lAt Ihat-
ter was put over until the regular meet
ing next Wednesday evening, and in the
meantime the council will investigate
further, although they admitted they
had no definite plan at the present time.
It is planned to hold conference of
the girls of the state here May 4, 5 and
6, and a committee is already at work |
on the details of the meeting. 1t is ex
pected that more than 25O girls will at !
tend.
Twenty-six persons were admitted to
citizenship in naturalization court here
yesterday.
Montpelier high school defeated st. AL
bans high Tuesday evening in the local
schools last game of the basketball sea-
son, the score being 40 to II.
MILDLY Mann, an inmate of the county
Jail, was in city court Tuesday, charged
with intoxication. He stated that the
liquor was carried into the jail and he
got his share. Sentence was suspended
until the completion of his present sen
tence. Michael Mcmahon was sentenced
to jail for 80 days on charge OF intox-
ication.
Mrs. Martha Ann Wright, aged 90
years, died Tuesday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs John II. Doherty, from
hardening of the arteries and eompica
tons She had suffered much from
rheumat ism and had been unable to leave
the house for Is or II years. Mrs.
Wright was born in Moretown, Nov. 27, c
1927 the second OF six children of Mr.. |
and Mrs. Micah Taplin. At the age of s
IS years she moved to Berlin and in t
1883 came to live with her daughter in h
this city. She was married to Samuel 7
Wright, ir., in Moretown Feb |, 1856, r
his death occurring Oct. "a, 1872. Mrs.
Wright was member of Trinity church. ,
The funeral was held this afternoon and 4
Inc body was placed in the tomb at r
Green Mount cemetery. In the spring in Y
erment will take place in Berlin. G
A verdict OF Sl,o5l.74 damages for the C
plaintiff was returned by the jury Tues
lay in the case of Haglin Stair Co. VS.
he Montpelier and Wells River rail
Dad in county court. The action was to P