The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-08
MONTPELIER
City Council Did Nothing About Trolley
Franchise.


Although the special city council meet
ing Monday night was called for the pur-
pose OF ascertaining whether the city
will vote on the trolley franchise in a
special city meeting, the members spent
most of their time relative to the rest
room 1t developed that the Woman's
club had quit the I part OF the contract,
leaving the two caretakers in charge and
that the one which the Womans club
hired had stayed while the one which
the city had hired had stopped work. 1t
furnished quite little argument. The
council finally decided to take no action
ON the franchise and to leave the rest
room matter open until the regular meet
ing.
Attorney f. i. Gleason for the trac-
ton company explained that his com
pany would like to have the council au-
thorize the holding of the city meeting,
believing that if it was held the few OBJ
iecting bondholders would then line up
with the ma jority of them: but the coun-
ell took another view of the matter and
decided that it had accomplished its
share of the work. There seemed to be
a feeling that ratification would be diff
cult to secure if the bondholders had not
co operated in the matter An informal
vote showed that the council stood ready
to do all it felt ii could, but that it did
not feel like expanding money until the
company had carried out its portion of
the agreement.
Then Alderman Mills brought up the
old rest room trouble and he asked that
the city discharge its matron and pay
the Woman's club matron the portion
il had been paying its own matron.
1t developed from a statement made by
the city clerk that whether they voted
it or not such had taken place. After
the meeting was over, it developed that
the Woman's club had quit, Aldermen
Galleher. Shurtleff and Parker spoke
against closing mp the rest room, as Al
derman Mills suggested, during the early
hours of the morning and in the evening,
over which the council last spring had
quite fight The matter was left until
the next meeting. Alderman Galleher
reported several improvements IN the
street lighting accomplished under the
new plan by the installation of new
lights in different parts OF the city.
Word was received here Monday aft
ernoon that Harold Antoinette, the
youth who some weeks since was sent to
the industrial school from this city as a
delinquent child, had escaped from the
institution and that he might have come
towards his htN e here. In the same
message il was learned that Leon Shon-
tell. the Mortified youth who has es-
capped a couple of times before, has again
escaped from the institution and has
been out a week or so.
A piece of quick work was accom-
plished by the sheritf's department Mon
day evening in the catching of the man
who is alleged to have stolen several ar
ticles from the house of Mrs. Alma Luce
in Calais. The fact that the house had
been broken into was learned late in the
afternoon, with the result that call
was made to Sheriff Tracy. He gave the
information and description of the man
to his deputies. which include 4. ID. Sloan
of the police force Mr.. Sloan recognized
the man at the Central Vermont railway
station and landed him in the county
Jail. The burglary included the taking
of watch and chain, two bracelets,
brooches and other articles, as well as a
The board of control meeting takes
place to-day at Nergennes, having been
called for that place by Gov. IL. r. IRA
ham. who returned last week from Proyl- |
dence. r. l.. after attending the confer
enee of New England governors. Inc
governor has made a praetite OF calling
the board together in the places where |
the institution that is to be under IN
spection is located. and this Is the first
time since the appointment of Supt. Will |
son that the board has met with him. |
Another matter which will come before |
the board will be the construction OF |
new school dormitory at Randolph Cen
ter. Two sets of bids. both of which ex-
eeeded the appropriation of $4,000, have
been rejected by the building committee.
The school board will 60 ne further until
after the board of control has reached a
conclusion as to how they want the
building constructed.
Capt. Stephen Gushing returned Mon
dav from Washington, ID. G., where he
attended the conference concerning the
chairman of the legal advisory boards
The conference was largely given to
the conservation of finances, the pro- |
vost marshal general urging the local
and district boards through the legal adj |
visors to keep their expenses as low as
possible The members OF the local
boards Of exemption are paid by the
hour not 10 exceed seven hours day /
and not more than $50 a month. They |
are also entitled 10 certain amount Of
clerk hire. The other boards are paid m
proportion to this board.
Miss Francis KERN. who has been cash |
Ter in the McCuen store. has been pro-
NOTED to bookkeeper 10 take the place