Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
TREASURER AUTHORIZED
TO BORROW $4,000
Street Commissioners Threaten
to Remove No Snow from
Sidewalks Until They Get
Some Money-Mayor Vetoes
Two Resolutions
with the years taxes collected within

With the years taxes collected within
few months and now expended. the
board of aldermen settled down to an
evening Of wrestling with different phases
of the city's finances Monday evening and
brought the meeting to a close by author
izing the city treasurer to borrow tho
sum of $4,000. This is to pay the state
tax of about $4,000, current expenses of
10000 and $4,000 which has been Dor
rowed and spent since the taxes were
collected I'm September.
What promises the most interesting de-
velopment in the city's affairs Is the
threat of the street commissioners to re-
move no snow from the sidewalks or
streets until they see the money "in their
hands," as Commissioner Thomas A.
tfnsworth expressed 1t to the board Mon
day evening. According to the street com
missioners, all Of whom were present,
the department has not any money loft
and II 1t had they arc of the opinion
that they have no legal right to spend
the money which is appropriated for
streets for cleaning off snow or sending
the snow ploughs around. AS a result,
unless something unexpected happens.
Burlingtonians will be obliged to walk
around in snow up to their knees il there
Ia a snow fall of any size before the first
of January.
'"e '''ee' 'oi"'i'is'S'one's 'h'e" polno
into the meeting by making the state
ment that they had no right to spend
any of the money. which had been appro-
priateo 10 tnelr department LOT tne pur-
pose Oh taxing care OF the snow Ihey
reao tne Jaw "nicn the! interpreted TO
mean mat tne ~ per cent OF tne granu
ns'' "nicn is al inc money they nave
,or .neir department, Is 10 DE useu only
III hlsn"ay WORK since burlington pc
calile city .ne money LOT ciearihg away
snow anu pioueh'hs the sioe"aiks mas
"eeh 'aheh out Vi 'his approprlatlon'
WHICH 'he ".a'e laws REQUIRE shail DC
spent III ,oao repair WORK. lily Attor-
mey ,lopNihs' VINO was present, SAID
.la' ne asreeo win tne commissioners
l. aiso soullueu piausipie 10 the commas
hioneis' Inc natter gentlemen showed
'iiel 'hey were not iooiihs D! presenting
'Uiii, u. ~ ,an which asheu ior re-
,un' VI sA'oW "nlch was spent curing
l'i9 IN removing snow Ihey asked an
opp opi ia'io't "a @i'"" Hiore 10 remove
any SNOW "hicn in'sht !aii curing TINS
inon'n me poaiu vi alueriheii coinpro-
iii'eu ny passing an appropriation OF a
,i'oh.h' pu. none seemed 10 thinK II would
De Favored ny Mayor jackson and the
general opinion was mat II the street
COMMISSIONER H'aue eoou tner tnreats'
s"o" STORM "ouio De tnlhg OF mo-
ilen' 10 peuestr'ahs' VINO Will De oDlged
~ i'f"",e 'ne si'ua''oi as men oio IN
.ne uarh ages Inc mayor mas untll
'i,e neA' regular meeting Oh the poard'
which 10 III january 10 CONSIDER the mat
.er anu 'hat VIII not let any money INTO
'ne etreet department tnls mohtn.
III me INJURY INTO 'ne SITUATION, Aioer-
man oaisse "an'eu 10 kho" what the
nuIins'oh lrac'ioh company old toward
.aAlhs care VI 'ne $40" ana was told
ny commissioner ohs"orth that they had
peeh paying tnlru OF the cost' or
httie more thah sl'uo per year
Inc meeting was SHINY attended. with
Aiuerihen bissette' Patrick Beecner and
Haoo absent anu most Oh the time was
spent IN listening 10 the walls OF dn1erent
departments LOT money inc Vetoes OF
mayor JACKSON ON tne resolutions APP
propriating so'VV 10 the water department
ana niakihs special appropriation OF
So'ofo'f 10 the street department were
reao' AL the ume they were read there
were not enough aldermen present to
pass them over the Veto for Alderman
Caisse hao lert the meeting. Aldermen
berseroh ana D"yer sustained the mayor.
SO this could not nave peen done any
way
Mucn tune was spent during the early
part Oh the evening IN trying to straighten
OUT the ihat'er OF buying electricity by
the water department from the electric
ign. oeparthieh,. rate OIL ID per cent is
"aiseu over tne cos. py the eiectrc
nsn. peop'e anu 'h's the water depart
iru". ''ii"hs is .oo i'iuoh as inc ouiioihgs
Gnu ''e !uioe mas mercy 10 oe run
NJ ."e', pam d. any 'ii''e convenient
e e'| ilen' department Hooo
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"oo.' up w seMuins ,ie.h in'o
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-, " "'e peeeh.
anu iepoi' Will oe "iaoe at 'he next
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costs in the bill
Further along in the discussion of the
street departments affairs the commits