The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-02
Barre Is Under DR.. C. H..
Burr of Montpelier, Head
of the Fifth District
THERE ARE "a TOWNS
IN HIS JURISDICTION
Barre Has a Board of
Health but No Local
Health Officer

The city of Barre is now the
states district system of officer
supervision, being in dist, 20. s, in
which there are 81 cities s. GOWNS, in
cluding Montpelier as W ~ Barre, and
over which DIR. G. H. - # Montpelier
is the state-paid + 81 officer. The
matter was consid ~ at the regular
meeting Of the P4S city council last
night, although prerr.us notification had
been given that the municipality was to
be under district supervision rather than
TO have separate health officer Of its
own.
This action gives Dr. Burr the same
the local health officer, has been free to
exercise during his term of Office, but DIR.
Stickney still remains as member of
the local board of health with pay at the
same rate as that paid to the other two
members of the board. Heretofore the
city has been paying $50 month for its
state-selected health officer. Under the
new arrangement the salary of the dis
triet health officer comes out of the state
treasury. Burial permits and similar
papers are to be issued through the city
clerk, while heads Of households are re
quired TO report at once any cases of
communicable diseases in their homes to
the district health officer, who will direct
them to secure quarantine placards from
the city clerk and to place the placards
on their houses.
After the matter had been discussed
last night, Alderman Mcmillan moved
that the health committee investigate
whether or not the retiring health officer
| in Barre still retains his place as secre-
tary of the local board of health.
Building permits were granted last
night to the following: Jones Bros com
pany, to erect two-story Office building
| in front of the present office building,
the new structure to be 46 feet by So
| feet, to have seven rooms and two toilet
rooms on the first floor and one room
on the top floor, the roof to be covered
with felt; W. A. Bradford, to build out
side chimney, build piazza and repair
shed at los South Main street. In addi-
| tion, Robert Turner was given permis-
sion TO move his cobbler shop from Pearl
| street to johnson Street and Joseph
Parker was given permission to move a
henhouse from Hill street to Orange
street
Paul Seampinis application for a
| lunch room, or restaurant license at 303
| North Main street was referred to the
| license committee A petition for Il
sewer extension on Circle street to per-
nit of laying connection for the South
Barre Granite company was referred to
the street committee and the city enGi-
neer to investigate and report. The
same officials were authorized to investi-
gate an alleged nuisance on Addison
street caused by water running from the
Goddard seminary property and standing
! in a pool. The street committee and the
city engineer, in conjunction with the
city attorney, were instructed to investi-
gate the throwing of granite chips into
| the river off Granite street, the claim
being made that the river was being
narrowed at that point with increasing
danger to the property on the west side
of the stream.
Mayor Glysson asked what had been
done about the proposal made by County
Supervisor of Highways r. s. Currier
relative to contribution of $500 by the
city for part payment of a small bridge
in Barre Town, south of the Smith stock
farm, where the city water main now
runs through a small eulvert. Alderman
HeaIy reported that he had informed the
county supervisor that the city would
contribute the $500, that he considered
the city obligated. Mayor Glysson was
inclined to demur at such action, but no
| action was taken by the council.
Bills for clothing purchased for Barre
inmates of the county jail who are i'm.
prisoned for non payment of taxes were
ordered paid out Of the charity fund. A
bond for the placing of Francis Giguere,
aged II, in tuberculosis institution,
was ordered executed.
These warrants were ordered paid
S652.50, pay for callmen of the fire de-
partment; $500 to Barre City band for
concerts; $4,000, street payroll; s26.se,
engineering payroll; $l57.72, water pay
roll; Sl29.s4, fire payroll; $l34.0l, po-
lice payroll; S7l.20, Alderman Alexan-
der's salary; $40, city hall janitor; SIS,
social worker.
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