The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-31
TWO ASSESSORS
SUE The CITY
For Wages Sid to Be Due
for Sc sRendered
,sssssr October
5fY COUNCIL WAS
NOT SURPRISED
The Case Is Returnable in
Municipal Court on /
Jan. Is

Jan. l3
Suits to recover from the city Of Barre
the sums of $50 have been instituted by
Assessors A. NJ. Rossi and Martin Riley,
according to a report made at the weekly
meeting of the city council Monday aft
ernoon. The writs were served on City
Clerk James Mackay at the instance oil
Atty. j. Ward Carver, who has been re-
tanned by the assessors. The cases arc
retmnable in municipal court Jan, IS,
and the specifications set forth the claim
that the sums named are owing the as
| SCISSORS by reason Of services rendered
1t cannot be said that the announce
ment came as surprise to the council
For more than two months bills submit
ted by the assessors for services which
they claim were rendered during tho
eight days ending Oct l5 have been held
up by order Of the council, the allegation
being made that the assessors did not re.
turn service for value they expected to
receive. The city fathers held their regu.
| lar meeting yesterday in order to O. X.
/ viz 'AAf pa Abllc bNApit -NiM lkdi D. 10
matter of the assessors was discussed at
some length, but action was deferred. al
| though the discussion on two occasions
reached the motion stage Alderman
| Healy's motion that Assessor Riley be
| raid for the last eight days service was
| seconded by Alderman Milne On the
rollcall, requested by Alderman Alexar-
der, it was found that Aldermen Healv,
Milne and Rizzi supported, with the may.
or and Aldermen Alexander aud McMil
Ian opposing. The motion was declared
| lost.
| When the debate took another tack,
Alderman Alexander moved that all tho
assessors be paid for the eight days end
ing Oct l5 and that if the city deserves
a refund from the assessors the city at
torney or some other attorney be author.
lied to collect it. After additional dis
cussion, in which certain phases of the
question were described BY Mayor Glys
son and Alderman Mcmillan, there was q
motion to adjourn 1t carried without
opposition.
! To meet bills which the council felt
should be settled before Jan / the treas
urer was directed to take the sum Of
s., 1870 from the sinking fund of the
water department The question of wa
ter department finances was considered
from various angles. with thesresult that
the city clerk and the aldermanic water
committee were authorized to make $
thorough investigation with view to re.
porting recommendations sometime next
month.
Alderman Milne launched plan where
| BY Barre NAV become the possessor of
one of the German cannon that may DC
distributed among American cities a.
souvenirs of the great war The membey
/ from ward ! said that other municipal
| tiles had taken the initial steps and sug
gested that the ordnance department
| should be solicited Later the mayor's
| special medal committee reported on tbc
selection of a design that is to be used
on the Barre medal for soldiers and sail
ors. and in authorizing the committee to
| proceed with the purchase of the medal,
the council also directed its. members to
confer with the war department 10 an
effort to secure German cannon.
Refusal to pay bill for $3.50, sub
mitted by the Barre Steam laundry, WAS
contemplated in a motion directing the
clerk to ask for correct bill, it being
alleged that charges itemized in the bill
received at city hall contained entries
which individuals had settled, A war
rant approved some weeks ago, for the
payment OF the bill was ordered can.
celed.
Recent additions to tho cemetery trust
fund are to be invested in Liberty bonds,
as the outcome of a suggestion made by
the city treasurer. At present about
$4,000 in trust funds is in local banks
while $4,000 is invested in city Of Barre
school notes. Around $4,000 viii be used
for the purchase of bonds
Even though trips TO Barre cemeteries
IN the city hearse are to be doubled after
to- day, the ride will be cheaper han in
neighboring communities, according to
Che report Of the property committee
which recommended that the price paid
Jones & Nye for driving the hearse be in
creased from So to s. u trip. The re
port was accepted, and in the new con
tract out Of town trips win be made az
the rate of 50 cents for each Of the first
three miles and p cents mile there
after
Permission for the use of the opera
house tomorrow afternoon. when com
munity sing is to be held, was granted
w. II. Goodfellow Antonio Bottaro was
given permission to move a henhouse
from Batcheldcr to Spring street, 4
bond for Barre citizen who is going 70
tuberculosis sanatorium for treatment
was signed by the council before adjourn
ment.
The following warrants were approved:
Street payroll, Sl6i; engineering Npay
/ roll, $I7.3l water payroll, Sl65S0; iiFc
payroll, Sl60S0; police payroll, Sl0662;
lG A. Bems, SIG, services as iauitor;
Elmwood cemetery, permits returned
ES575; Hope cemetery, permits returned
S4450: &. N. Tilden, Slt3, balance Of
park commissioners appropriation; 1918
cemetery trust fund, S3,29o50; go cents
cash paid out on the street superntend-
ents order; a. a. Milne, S5690 services
as alderman; 81 $50, Elmwood cemetery
notes refunded $2,l2770, water depart
ment sinking fund.