The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-02
ROAD BUILDING
IDEA CLOGGED
The City Council Wavering
About Paving Project on
South Main Street
COST OF MATERIALS
NEW COMPLICATION
Council to Cancel the Insur.
ance on the City
Hall

More reasons for favoring agitation al
against action on the South Main stree
paving and bridge project we're discov
cred at the regular meeting OF the city
council last evening and after discussing
various old and new phases of the situa
ton for upward of an hour the council
ors turned to routine business without
achieving anything tangible in the way
of results. At the request of Mayor
Glysson, City Atty. Wishsrt reviewed
past negotiations with the street railway
company in the matter of paving dues
and finally gave it as his opinion that
sometime, sooner or later, the city, should
it decide to go ahead with the paving
would be remunerated by the traction
people or their successors.
There seemed to be an undercurrent
OF sentiment in favor of relieving the
year-old suspense by doing business right
off the bat, the traction company with
its franchise violations and Montpelier
with its lawsuit troubles to the contrary
notwithstanding. But this sentiment
was not expressed in the views Of Alder
men Reynolds and Loranger each OF
whom favored a policy of retrenchment
in these times of high prices, albeit the
former was for building bridge and ex-
pending money on gravel for the street.
Mayor Glysson thought the council could
purchase rails for $1,000 Aldermen
Healy and Milne came out hat-footedly
for action without delay Mr.. Healy
struck a high note, but true one, it
seemed when he said that enough of the
councils time, at 80 cents per hour, had
been expended to make a first payment
on the work Chairman Bruce of the
street committee concurred with the
mayor in the belief that bids should be
advertised for in order to find out wheth
er Aldermen Loranger's contention that
the price of material and labor will ex
ceed the appropriation voted by the citi
zens many months ago.
Before adiourning, the council ratified
the action of the voters in city meeting
Friday by adopting the report and reso-
luton presented by the property com
mittee, in which il was decided to cancel
insurance on the city building and create
from the premiums a private insuring
fund. Something was said about a mis-
take in shouldering on the citizens a
question which should have been settled
by the council and Alderman Healy, who
maintained that much Misunderstanding
had grown out of the city building insur
ance, stated that many people did not
know what they were voting for at the
city meeting. The acceptance of the
resolution did not meet with any opposi-
ton.
Something like $4,000 square yards of
road oil. described as No. 6, are to be
scattered over Barre's streets early in
June as the result OF visit from a
Standard Oil agent. Complaint was
made because of the oil spreader's tardy |
arrival in the city last year and the
agent promised to make amends. The |
to be sprinkled from the com
pany's own apparatus is go per cent |
asphalt and will cost the city eight and |
three-fourths cents per square yard. De- |
tails were left with the street committee.
Having abandoned for substantial rea.
sons an earlier plan to carry its own
insurance, the council has
with a local underwater for
on city employees and to the
md that the provisions of contract
with the insurance company may be car
led out the council directed the mayor,
he city clerk and the heads of the va
'ious departments to confer in the near
uture. On that occasion the policy will
De fully explained and department heads
will be advised of their responsibilities.
A request from the Methodist society,
lied with the building Inspector for per-
mission to reshingle the old church, was
eferred to the fire committee and per-
nits were granted other parties as fol-
ows: Ii. ID. Graves, to erect garage at
10 Washington street; A. H. Burke, TO
over roof at III Summer street; Mrs
!. J. Mead to cover roof and piazza at
| Howard street: A. A. Lamorey, to
rect garage on Sheridan street; J. NJ.
'orskie, to erect garage at IL Nelson
treet; Napoleon Cravalaro. to erect
srn on Berlin street. The report OF the
wiring inspector, covering many minor
ermits issued in April, was read and ac-
epted. Requests TO move buildings were
eceived as follows and referred TO the
uilding inspector with power to act:
:. G. Allen, garage, F. c. Eaton. garage,
!. Cabrana, henhouse, b. Maini, hen
ouse. The petition OF Mrs. Laura Z.
AISLE for a cement sidewalk and curb
n Sheridan street was referred to the {
treet committee. The property com I
littee was authorized TO confer with 7
utlsnd man on his request for a Teser- \
alton of dates for opera singers in Octo- :
er, 1917, and May, 1918. i
0yerseer William Mcdonald of the I
isrity department asked for an appro-
ration of 81 900 TO meet April bills and :
was granted on the motion of Alder :
ian Bruce. The oyerseer's monthly :
atement. referring to an income of ST. !
s7.l3 and expenditures OF Sl,l50l3, was
,cepted.
Warrants were approved for payment 4
! follows: Street department payroll, :
,4o.7a. street, sewer. sidewalk and health !,
fire department payroll, /,
1904; water department payroll, .
$3.50; police department payroll, =
1901; G. A. Bemis, SIC, janitor; A. L. !
owes, NJ. Riley, Augustus NJ. Rossi, S24,
Ieh, as assessors; A. NJ Rossi, SIS, as
sting assessors.