The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-02
First Time That Has Hap
pened in a Score of
Years, 1t Is Said
MATTERS DISCUSSED
ONLY INFORMALLY
Traction Co.'S Desire for
Revised Franchise Chief
Subject Taken Up

For the first time in score of wears.
so 1t Is said, the Barre city government
failed to muster quorum last night in
regular meeting, so there was only
an informal meeting of the city council
with Mayor Glysson and Aldermen
Scott, Loranger and Keefe in attend
ance; but, although the meeting was
slimly attended, there was great deal
OF talk for more than two hours the
matter of the proposed change in the
street railroad franchise being upper
most through a visitation from officials
of the Barre & Montpelier Traction &
Power Co.
There was no quorum Of the council
in spite of the fact that a majority
were present, because the rules of the
board of aldermen govern the city
council, and the rules of the board Of
aldermen say that four aldermen must
be present. Three of the six aldermen
were out of town, Alderman Healv be-
ing in the middle west on business
trip, Alderman Alexander being en-
gagged in revising the granite cutters
constitution at Quincy, Mass, and AL
derman Mcmillan being out with his
trusty rife in quest of the elusive deer.
Messrs. +. Z. Gleason, G. J. Cookson
and =. A. Harris of the traction COM
pany appeared before the informal
meeting of the four members Of the
council and explained the action taken
by the Montpelier city council last
week relative to a proposed change of
the franchise Of the company, that ac-
tion having already been reported in
the columns of this paper and being to
the effect that straight fare Of Is
cents between Barre and Montpelier
and the schedule for 45-minute service
be permitted, while the matter of a
one-man car should 90 to the public
service commission.
It seemed to be the sense Of the
Barre council last night that straight
fare of is cents and an hourly schedule
be tried out, with fve-cent fare in
side the city limits and more frequent
service inside the city As that plan is
somewhat at variance with the propos-
ais of the Montpelier city council, it
was decided to request the Montpelier
city council to meet the Barre council
in the Barre city hall next Monday
evening, with the selectmen of Berlin
invited to the same conference. The
representatives of the traction COM
pany viii not be present at the confer
ence
Another matter considered inform
ally last night was the proposed ex-
change of deeds between the city and
the Barre Theatres, Inc, Of small por-
tions of real estate on the southeastern
ly side of Pearl street, the company
proposing to deed a strip four feet wide
at the front Of the lot in exchange for
strip of about the same area directly
in the rear and running alongside the
present Pavilion building. The deeds
would give the city 20E-foot en-
trance to Pearl street instead of l615
as at present and would narrow the
street about midway to Summer street
to 201s feet, leaving the Summer street
entrance at b feet.
The present brick building on the
front of the Barre Theatres, Inc, lot
would project slightly on the eity's
newly acquired land, which would ne
cessitate lease as long as the present
building stands G.. H. Wishart. who
appeared for the company, stated that
the company proposed to limit the
lease TO five years and added that some
changes to the front building would
probably be made before the expiration
Of such a period, while a new theatre
in the rear would very likely be erect
ed in a still shorter time, perhaps as
early as next spring. The council had
already voted to make the exchange, so
that nothing remains now but the pass
ing of the deeds and the drawing up of
the lease.
Robert Mackie spoke in behalf of the
Barre post Of the American Legion for
the use Of the opera house the nights OF
Dec Is and 10 for a home talent play,
and the Legion was granted those two
nights
Two members of the water commit
tee stated in relation TO the recent pur
chase of a truck for the water depart
ment that they did not wish the public
to think they did not know anything
about the purchase Of the track, as
thev had bedn cognizant Of the nego-
tiations albeit they did not know that
the trade had been completed by the
chairman of the committee
Mayor Glysson signed the following
warrants: Street payroll, $3l3.34; en-
gineering payroll S44.73; water pay
roll, Sl2763; fire payroll, Sl03.75; po-
lice payroll Sl30l5; city hall janitor,
$40: Lamoille County Savings Bank &
Trust Co., Sl,24360 Interest on S37,-
600 city notes from Nov 20, 1919, to
Aug. /. l920); w. A. Nelson, 1925;
William Stephen, ST. G. A. Lundgren,
81; Miss Gridley, $26,