The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-02
MORE STIPENDS
FOR OFFICIALS
Firemen, Policemen, City At
torney and Water Of
flee Assistant
GRANTED INCREASES
BY CITY COUNCIL
New System of Paying Call
Firemen Goes into
Effect

GllGCI
Still stunning the hateful glare o
publicity, the city council retired int
executive session again at its regula
meeting last night Immediately afte
transacting the weeks accumulation o.
routine business. Alderman Healys mo
tion carried the city fathers into the stal
ehambered cloistcrs where the pryinl
eyes Of the unelect never penetrate, but
later they returned to open session and
voted substantial increases TO members
Of the police department and the water
ment, the city attorney and the water
office assistant, Previously much OF the
time had been given over to discussing
Everett Hood and his widely travelled
house on spokes; also the light which
John B. Brusa burned for three weeks
during the smallpox quarantine, and the
matter Of garbage collections in 1918.
Salary increases were authorized
through the adoption of report from
the salary committee. The following
changes were made Chief Of police, ST.
200, an increase Of $50 chief OF the fire
department, 81 200. Increase Of 500;
street superintendent, 81 1000, unchanged; !;
water superintendent and city engineer,
| 81 500 unchanged; overseer of the poor,
$500 unchanged; city attorney, $500, in
crease OF $50; regular policemen, $50
monthly and one weeks vacation, in
crease OF So; regular policemen after
! two years service $50; deputy chief, S93
monthly, increase of IS; assistant in the
water office, increased from S47 monthly
to Sli weekly; members OF the board of
! health, building inspector, inspector OF
paint, Inspector of electric wiring, 30
cents per hour, same; first assistant en-
gineer in the fire department, SIS per
year, increase Of S25; second and third
assistants, sos, increase of $50; captain
of each call company, $l2 above the pay
of the call men.
new system of paving the members
Of the call fire department is in vogue
now, as the result of the investigation
and recommendations of the committee.
Hitherto the call men have received S35
yearly, with a stipulated amount hourly
after the first hour of a fire. Under the
new arrangement each call man is to re
ceive $l50 per call for general alarms. !
and after the first hour of service -
cents per hour For attending meetings |
or registration he is to receive 81, and |
the pay for each practice drill is to be 81 |
Moreover fine Of 81 is to be imposed |
for failure to respond TO call. although |
tho captain of each company Is author
ized to accept excuses if the call man
was detained by illness or by absence
from the city.
Miscellaneous Business Done.
When the garbage collecting system
was suspended late in 1917, househoders
were assured that the collections would
not be renewed until April |, 1918. Thus
far nothing has been done TO renew the
daily trips of the garbage man, and as
the time for spring clean-ups is at hand,
Alderman Milne suggested the question
by inqurng whether last years plan
was to be followed out. He thought that
the present condition OF city finances die
tated retrenchment, even in the matter
Of cleaning up. and to that end advocat-
ed monthly instead of weekly collections.
Alderman Loranger thought that the .
weekly collection had been justified, but
his colleague from ward | held that less
frequent trips would bring about the de
sired results. Mayor Glysson believed ,
hat the public should be willing to take
are of. part of its garbage inasmuch
Is money is tight at this moment. Al
iermsn Hcsly counselled investigation
md moved that the street and health
committees return TO the next meeting
With recommendations. The motion car
led {
Everett Hood is going to have some t
Iealings with the city attorney and the '
ldermanic police committee. II all came a
bout when il was stated that Mr.. Hoods a
veil known domicile is now anchored r
mid the blackened ruins of the Wells d
.amson granite plant at the north end. II
he hegirs OF the Hoods when they trav- a
led eastward a few weeks since was dc
cribed at length and someone furnished
he information that Mr.. Hood is legally
resident of Berlin. 1t WAS thought +
hat continued residence on the Wells
amson property would entitle him to a
ote here in Barre. etc, and to the end
hat the Hood house may be located else ,
here the matter was finally left to o.
ity Attorney Wishart and the police It
1mmittee. .
From j. Il. Bruss came a statement ol
skiing that the city reimburse him for "
Spenses incurred during the period of pl
IS quarantine The statement was al
cmized as follows; Room at IS per W
onth. So; light, burning all night for
lree weeks, Sl.25; lamp globe, 40 cents.
he bill was referred to the health COM
ttee after some discussion. 4 report b
om the same committee recommending
iversely on the request of Peter I.abelle
IT settlement along similar lines was
ad and accepted. The inquiry from w
r.. Dix as to whether the city would he
cept deed of Dix place, and another -
nall street leading from Brook street w
as referred TO the street committee. hs s
Olson aud Giovanni 0igiati were a.
snted permits to move henhouses un- "
r the usual restrictions. "
Plumbers licenses were granted {. ". 50
rerilI q Co, John H. johnson aud Alex l.
cHafie. Licenses were granted as fol-
vs., on the recommendation of the IL
nse committee; Lunchroom. Baltimore.
A. Murray; pool and bowling, Mur-
n Weafer. Requests from Mary tn
Ivid. Eureka restaurant. Petrie & Ne al
llsn and =. y. Clark for lunchroom H. tiV
nses. and from Joe Merle. sam D'Ago.
no and John Rosso for poolroom d. a
nses were referred 10 the committee. sp'
Ie same committee. reporting ON the Of
luest Of l. Romeri for = lunchroom gu
snsc, referred the matter 10 the police
q license committees for further invcs- on
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