Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-07

city had not grown msterisr,, .t...
that time and the force has noore t,an
doubled and the cost Of rainten.no.
gone to s2s,Oo0 per year.
! Here Alderman Patrick was askoa
how much of cut the salary commit.
| tee OF which ne was chairman. stip-
ulated in the report of the committees
! He replied that there was no at cut
and that 1t was not expresslv dosirad
that the cut in the force he made m
keep the budget. after the raise vas
in force. to within the same limit DC
| it is now.
Alderman Beecher asked how much
the 10 per cent. increase. If granted
would mean per year and Aldermen
| Woodbury. replied about S25oo iudc
| ing from the monthly salary bills of
the department which were on the
table. Then Alderman Hall said that
would mean only three or four man
taken off and Alderman Patrick re.
piled that two men taken off wouId
be sufficient to practically equal the
amount of the raise. Alderman Reecher
then asked why the police commits
| sioners were not before the board to
present their side, and nobody seemed
| to know.
! MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
A special committee delegated to in
vestigate the bill of j. Frank Kidder
presented several weeks ago tn tbe
board to recover his salary with in
| terest for the period when he was
| illegally deposed from the office of ali :
perintendent of the water department,
made report The report showed
that Kidder's bill was for 1925. 40
salary with the interest for five wears
/ "A
| Kidder. so the report stated had
agreed to compromise with the city
on the interest matter, having it
set a a four per cent rate which would
| reduce the interest money by s139 The
report as made by the committee recon-
mended the payment Of the bill for the
! salary Sl,2s6.40 without interest, because
| kidder had waited five years before put
ting in his bill and that the city there
fore did not owe him interest for bill not
rendered. This recommendation was ac-
| cepted together with the amount of the
bill and ordered paid. The committee
consisted of Aldermen Patrick, Hanhridge
and Deyette.
A, S. Gallup of the Berry-Hall company
appeared before the board in regard to the
tax listing of his concern, which was set at
| $4,000, claiming that the list was wrongly
given by somebody who did not know the
business ind when the firms nffice rou-
tine had been upset by the death of Mr.
| Hney. the employe giving the lister the
trial balance of January l. Last year it
was listed for sls, 692, adj a fair listing,
as compiled by Mr.. Gallup of this years
business should be about S37,112 He will
| appear before tile city council when it
| holds a session for the abtement Of taxes
The hoard n authorizo CRY =
torney r f. Hopkins to discontinue
three suits of the city in Chttenden county
court namely the suit of ejectment against
the Baldwin Refrigerator company for OBJ
| struction of Lake street; the city VS.. the
Central Vermont railroad and the Shep-
ard & Morse Lumber company for the OBJ
struction of Main street; and the city VS.,
a. s. Isham and others over Isham street
resolution offered by Alderman
Beecher ordering the names of all de-
! linQuent taxpayers to be published in
the Free Press and the Daily News in
patches of 80 per day commencing Sep
| TENDER /, 1919 and continuing until
all such delinquents and the amount
of their taxes unpaid had been shown
to the public. was ordered tabled. The
city attorney is to investigate the mat
ter of publication and will report back
soon.
There is about $4,000 worth of taxes
due the city and it is believed that
many delinquents will pay up rather
than see their names in print and have
their neighbors and friends learn of
their delinquency. Undoubtedly this
will be done, Is it is in other cities,
and those who do not wish to be in
cluded in the list are advised to pay
up their back taxes at once.
BRIDGES UNSAFE
report was received and accepted
from City Engineer Thurman W. Dix
on the bridges of the city. The re-
port showed that the bridge over Pot
ash brook on Shelburne road was set
Ting, that the walls We're beginning to
show signs of settling and that the
brace between the main retaining walls
had been removed, thus making the
bridge less safe The bridge over the
Winooski river also was declared I'M
safe, and the report showed that a
a big bulge has appeared in the south
east wing wall