The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-28
MONTPELIER
Requests for Raise by Police and Street
EMPLOYEES Refused

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do business with this year than usual
after the direct state tax was deducted,
was the reason for the councils action
! Saturday evening in refusing to increase
the wages of the police department and
| the men employed in the street depart
ment. One of the principal reasons rela-
tive TO the police department is that
there was no request made at the begin
ming of the year and the fact that the
appropriation for the time of the year is
overdrawn, so there is only money
enough to pay the salaries, to say moth
ing about the expenses OF the depart
ment. AT a special meeting it was voted
to put in some permanent walks and stop
! the use of Granite street bridge. The
matter relative to the salaries was
brought TO the attention of the finance
| committee by action of the council last
/ Wednesday night, when the requests for
raises were made. The finance commit
tee studied its treasury and decided that
the finances would not permit raise in
! either instance There was also the fact
that if these were raised all other de-
partments would ask for raises in salary.
Alderman Smith fought for the police
raise, but the finance committee ex-
/ planned that there was no money to
make the raise and showed by state
mcnt that the police are getting the
! equal of $500 day and vacation pay
which the street department men do not
| get. Alderman Smith claimed the police
received only $3.50 a day. 1t is expected
that if the finances would have stood the
| strain. an increase would have been
granted. II is possible that even fur
Their retrenchment will have to take
place, possibly reducing the force one
man. In the street department the
finance committee were unable to find a
way to raise the pay. 1t was voted to
J lay piece of concrete sidewalk on East
State street and the street committee
was authorized to look over other places
for similar work City Engineer Hay
ward was not present to make his re-
port relative to the condition of the
Granite street bridge; therefore. no load
of over five tons can pass over the bridge
until an inspection is~madc. II appears
that a granite dealer has been disregard
ing the notice now on the bridge to that
effect. A bridge engineer will be secured
to make an inspection.
81 Livingston, who was in the Cana
dian army, visited relatives in the city
Saturday He has been once reported
dead but beat out the Germans although
he was wounded in one hip, in the face
and was gassed He leaves to-day for
his home in the Canadian Northwest. He
lived during his youthful days in Fay
ston.
T.. c. GitchelI has sold the John Nc
Avoy houses on Court street to G. II.
Almon, who il is understood, is going to
improve conditions about them.
Charles L, Carpenter and party of
Barre had quite an experience Saturday
evening while enjoying an automobile
ride towards Moretown. When near the
village a youth, who, it was said, had
ricketts,, threw a stone at the car with
the result that il went through the wind
shield, scattering glass about the interior
of the car but fortunately no one was
injured The youths father agreed to
settle for the damages.
An automobile said to be a Burlington
car and which did not have a rear num-
Der plate on it, had a funny but fortu-
nate accident Saturday evening near the
Green Mount cemetery. The car was
being driven at fast speed and when the
driver saw the newly spread oil he tried
to stop, with the result that he slid into
1t, the car turning almost three quarters
around, so that, going backwards, it
went over the bank into a field between
the road and the river Bushes stopped
the machine going into the river Street
Commissioner +. A. Witham called at
tention of the driver TO the fact that he
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driver did not look for it and seemed to
think he must have lost it between this
city and PlainfeId.
Persons in Montpelier were favored
Saturday with an exhibition Of aero
plane flying without any notice that il
was to take place. Men who had been in
the army were probably the first to real
ize there was a machine in the vicinity
and called the attention Of those about
them that an aeroplane was approaching
from somewhere. The machine, which
seemed to be flying about 1000 feet high,
came from the direction of Barre and
went towards Burlington.
Frank George has q queer experience
Thursday afternoon while coming home
from Worcester branch with load Of
hay, according to story he tells of the
affair 1t was the day il rained so hard
in that section and it appears that Mr..
George hurried to get under tree to
protect himself and load. Having done
so the thought of the old superstition
that lightning strikes tree came to Mr..
George, who drove into the rain again
and had gone but a few feet, he says,
when the tree was hit by lightning and
splintered. He was leading horse be-
hind the load of hay. This was knocked
down Mr., George says he was knocked
out for a few seconds and upon stopping
his team saw the horse lying in the road.
The horse soon revived and was able to
go on.
The case Of State vs.. T. G. Brown,
charged with selling watered milk, has
been continued until Aug. i, pending a
further investigation of different mat
tiers. 1t appears that the states attor-
ney, f. r. Davis, visited Mr. Browns
barns Friday in company with Officer
p j McAvoy, looking over the watering
conditions and other affairs about the
barn 1t is said that secret inquest
took place following the decision to con-
tinue the hearing until the above date,
The hearing was to occur to-day Judge
G. H. Dale presided over the hearing.
Mr.. and Mrs Il. A. Powers of Somer-
Vile, Mass, are visiting friends in the
city. Mr.. Powers until year ago was
assistant chief of the fire department in
Montpelier
The police and city grand juror are
giving automobiles and teams the once
over as they pass along the streets these
dave and II 10 found +ba{ MANY ora NOT