The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-14
MONTPELIER
City Council Discussed Consolidation Of
Some Offices.

The regular meeting Of the Montpelc
city council took place Wednesday even
ing. Routine business was done except
ing for the elections of the heads o
departments, in which there were M
changes. All of the aldermen are in ia
vor OF consolidation Of some of the head.
but after reviewing the matter they de-
cided that they are not paying the com
bined officers enough TO secure an etli'
cient engineer who would also be able
10 take charge of the other departments
Alderman Galleher started more than he
thought when he moved the election Of
G. +. Lackey TO succeed himself as over.
seer. Alderman Pitkin wanted to COM
bine that office with water commission
er. This started the arguments and Al
derman Mills wanted TO combine water,
sewers and streets with engineer TO save
money. but finely Mr.. Lackey was elect
ed. Others chosen are; c. Il. Roberts as
street commissioner; y. j. Chimney, water
and sewer commissioner; G. L. Hunt, at
torney; p. j. Connolly, chief of police;
health officer, William Lindsay; inspec
tor of paint. j. p. Holt, who earned 50
last year. The report was received from
| the school board that il had organized
| and that the chairman is II. j. NJ. Jones;
secretary, e. l.. Moulton; treasurer, II.
+. Bliss II. c. Shurtleff was elected
president of the board of aldermen. +. c.
Gleason announced that the American
Trust company, which holds the bonds
of the traction company, is ready now
for the city TO vote upon the granting
of the franchise and a special city meet
ing for that purpose is called for March
2G. Miss Agnes Fountain is to assist
the listers this year in their clerical
work.
A meeting of the executive committee
of the Vermont branch of the Red Cross
took place in the headquarters of the
state branch here Wednesday afternoon,
at which James Jackson, manager of the
divisional office at Boston, was present
and discussed, among other things. the
work of the year. Lieut.. Col. Harry
Pratt, chairman of the Vermont branch,
who is now attached to the Boston office,
presided over the meeting. As a re-
suit of the meeting il was voted by the
committee to reorganize the state. The |
plan which has been used for the last |
few years viii be discarded and county |
chapters will be installed in its place. |
This will make the work in Vermont |
correspond with that in other states, I
making uniform system of the differ
ent states. +. c. Mower of Burling-
ton was named as the chairman of the
on civil relations, whose work
is to look after the dependents of sol
diers, and n. n. Atwood Of st. Adams
was named on the executive committee
in place of j. L. Maun, who has re-
signed.
Gov. II. i. Graham. who has been in
ID. c .,for week on matters
n which Vermont is interested, including
he transfer OF the ll5 men who were
they could go to the lst Yer
mont regiment to that regiment, left
last evening for New York
md this afternoon leaves New York for
lis home in Craftsbury, by the way of
Burlington.
Commissioner of Labor Fred Biekford
# Bradford to-day was in conference
With Rollo g. Reynolds, head of the Vail
gricultural school at Lyndon, relative
o the plans OF Mr.. Bickford in placing !
he boys from the agricultural schools
his summer and as to the training of
oys at the school this summer.
Adjt Gen. II. T. johnson and the dis 9
rict board predict plenty of help on the I
arms this spring. One of the members I
I the latter board stated this week that !
e never saw SO many men becoming J
armers as at the present time. He new {
r realized that it was such an attractive r
mployment as he has learned since the a
lst draft regulations came into effect. t
dit. Gen. johnson a few days ago ad-
ertised for n man to work on his farm I
! Bradford and has received IA appliea-
ions.
Prof. H. II. Gibson and Prof. J. d.
Whittier of the state educational office n
i'll be in Morrisvillc Friday, attending
n agricultural meeting which Mr. Whit.
er and Prof. j. Il. Carrigan, assistant
, Thomas Il. Bradlee of the farm exten
on work, have arranged. a series of
Iese meetings, to which the farmers RI
&c invited, are being arranged and will q
; held in various parts of the state OF
Prof. l.. NJ. Beach, who has charge of 81
le department of installing evening and II,
lnday schools for drafted men to give az
lem an opportunity to secure a train al
g which will fit them to specialize when
icy enter the army, returned last even.
e from st. Johnsbury and is much
eased With the results found there. Is
even of the IA regstrants appeared for
e first evening school, which is conduct
in the Goss garage, with Leonard
,ss, who is foreman of the repair de- til
rtment, as teacher. They learned the to
eration of each part of any automobile pr
d will qualify as machinists. He has DC
ct with good success in Burlington and su
octor, where classes are working. At in
'octor the gas welding training is given, b,
G of the most ne. ded vocations in the W,
my. Burlington is having large at bo
ndance at its school. Montpelier and fu
IRE thus far have done nothing along r;,
at line but Mr.. Beach hopes when the
ung men learn that they can qualify
r special war service that they will
asp the opportunity. Prof. H. b. Smith W
Washington, ID. c., who has charge of
rmont in this work for the federal
yernment, will be with Mr.. Beach next
Elk. ab
In the educational department of the EN-
ate House Wednesday evening were su
,wn by Frank Reynolds many views OF mi
rmont which are used in the school tic
rk of the state. This was done i'm ser
king the selection = the set of slides wa
be sent to New York to be shown at Ma
Inner that is to be given by former tai
rmonter in New York, showing many lae
the villages. farming projects. cattle
! many of the beauty spots in the
te.
COMPLETE COUNTY QUOTA.