The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-16
MAYOR TELLS
OF YEAR'SWORK
Refers to Possibility Of Con-
tinuing Permanent Work
on So. Main Street
COMMENDS FIRE
DEPARTMENT
Recommends New Quarters
for the Police De-
partment

Municipal affairs in a multiplicity o
aspect. are considered by Mayor Eugene
G.. Glysson in the mayors annual mes
sage TO the citizens of Barre, which wa
presented at the council meeting last
evening. Recommendation contained IN
The message appear 20 be somewhat tenn
pered by a realization that the exigeneies
Of war must naturally call halt on
some of the projects which forward.
looking voters Of the city have hoped
for in recent years Attention is direct
ed 10 the considerable drain the call TO
military service has made On the young
manhood of Barre since the last annual
mayoralty message, and the wars effect,
directly and indirectly, on the city's prin-
cipal industry, is the subject OF pass.
ing paragraph.
Recommendations are not numerous IN
The message. vet in several instances the
mayor, without committing himself or
the next administration TO tasks that
may prove impossible of achievement in
the uncertain future, refers to improve
ments that may be made in number
of departments. He speaks of the pro-
posed new bridge over Jail branch on
South Main street, and a continuation of
permanent highway TO the brow OF Jock
ey Hollow Hill and thence to the present
terminus of macadam highway, New
quarters for the police is another rec
ommendation, and toward the close the
mayor urges that the policy of funding
lthe cemetery trust funds be continued to
the end that within two years contin
gent debt may be removed. The fire
department is commended for it's appli-
cation to duty in the face Of numerous
trials, and likewise achievements in the
water and street departments are the
subject of lengthy mention. Permanent
street work is dealt with quite exhaus-
lively and reference is made to the fact |
that S2,475 in street money due the city |
from the state is not to be paid until
later in the present year.
TO the Citizens of Barre
As one who was resident of this city
at the time of incorporation, % years
ago, it is with great interest that bring
to mind the many changes that have tax.
en place in that period; the great i'm
provements in our civic affairs, and the
increase in our material prosperity. The
iPIcctHt uuiBllljhlTdtlUH mas pHNPAfOTPu 10
make this past year one in keeping with
our former progress,
IL is needless TO mention that we have
been confronted by conditions over which
we have had no control that have made
our task of administering the affairs Of
the city in a businesslike and economical
manner. one OF extreme difficulty The
great cataclysm across the water has af
fected us in many ways. Many of the
very best of our young men have gone
from us, and are now doing their duty
nobly in the service Of the federal gov
eminent in the defense of right and jus
tice. Others are now working in the mu-
milton factories, while still others have
left to pursue other lines of endeayor I
As shown by the report of our building Q
Inspector, the erection of all classes of 7
has been limited not only by G
The increased price of materials, but by !
he difficulty in obtaining them. Practi- =
ally every city department has been b
by the scarcity of labor. and Y
he high cost Of materials. t
Our principal industry, the granite II
business, has been much better than one
would naturally expect under the condi- n
ions. The supply of labor has not been t
'qual to the demand, and no granite cut o
er has needed to be unemployed The IL
citations between the employers and EN- i
,loyes have been of the best, and both s: