The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-28
MONTPELIER
City Council Votes to Raise Salaries of
0ficial5.

oiAASiHASs
The regular meeting of the city coun-
Gil took place Wednesday evening, the
most of two hours being occupied in an
argument relative to the salaries that
shall be paid the heads OF departments
during the coming year the finance com
mittee having agreed, at least majority
of them, upon raising salaries of all Of
the heads excepting the street commits
sioner, who has been drawing more sal
ary than other commissioners. IL was
/ finally decided last night to raise his
salary like the rest of them, so that the
salaries for the different departments
will be; Treasurer, 81 81; assistant
( clerk s6S2; overseer, 500; fire chief
| 81 200; police chief, 81 200; street com
missioner, 81 ,250; water and sewer com
missioner, 81 100; while the assistant
/ fire chief was raised S25 a year The
bond of the city clerk was fixed at 500
900, one half the sum which the city has
bonded for in the past years. The city
property committee was authorized to
make repairs on the council chamber and
clerks office. The property committee
was authorized to buy a searifier al
sum not to exceed 1855, the same to be
attached to the rear OF the city steam
roller for road work. The matter OF
sprinkling or oiling the streets this year
will be investigated by the street com
mittee, 1t may be impossible 10 obtain
oil this year. The report of the spoiec
committee to move the police depart
ment from the basement into the office
with the water commissioner was ap.
proved, the reasons for the change being
better accommodations, more suitable
e.. L. 4
being able to respond to calls of the
other department and il being healthy |
place for the men. Tho private Office |
for the chief of police will be in the
oyerseer's room.
The members Of the federal district |
board were here Wednesday afternoon /
and went through the papers which were
placed before them by Clerk j. q. Nor
ton, finishing up all the business except
ing some five questionnaires upon which
there is pending action The clerks are
completing the work now, that the re.
port may be made shortly to the war
department. The final classification of
nearly all of the registrants is nearly
done There will be a few papers arriv-
ing from time to time.
Gov. II. +. Graham has received from
Miss Katherine Crozier her resignation
as secretary of the state board of regis
tration OF nurses. to be effective at once
Miss Crozier was appointed early last
fall at the request of the other members
of the board. She has gone to France,
where she will be associated with the
corps of nurses from this country.
&. Pelini was arrested this morning by
chief of Police Connolly ON the charge of
breach of the city ordinance by riding
on sidewalk. He was caught in the
act by the chief, who took him into city
,ourt and there he was found guilty and
fined s. and costs. Each spring the po- I
lice department has to arrest two or
three adults and children before the
ordinance relative to bicycle riding on
he sidewalks will be observed.
A. 4. Emery went to Burlington this !
morning to accompany home Miss Doris [
Emery, his daughter, who is very i'll {
with a nervous trouble in the Mary
Fletcher hospital She appears TO be-
'ome better than she has been. G
Chief Connolly received complaint 7
Wednesday evening of boys stealing sap. q
buckets and other things of residents d
rear Capitol hill and taking these things '
o a shack near the place. Some of the c
hings were regained by the parties who Y
vent to the place. The boys included {
Timothy Lynch. James Dobbs. John and {
ames Gallagher. Chief Connolly called
he boys TO his office during the day and
viii not stop in the matter until the
hack crowd is broken up. The bows 3
re kindly inclined when alone. but
shen together get into trouble. il is
lsimcd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. d. Denny went to = =
Burlington Wednesday afternoon.
Two more sets Of binoculars have been =
resented to the navy department =
through the local recruiting office: They =
ere from Mrs. Nav D. Smith of Mont "
clier and Lille Bruce Of Barre.