The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-22
LICENSES FOR
COWS And PIGS
Proposed by Barre City
Council in Shape of
Ordinance
PURPOSE is TO GET
CORRECT COW CENSUS
In Order That the Fight
Against Bovine Tubercu-
losis May P 4Thorough

If the prese- !. ans of the city coun'
Gil are carr 8 vt, it will be necessar,
to secure - ermit from the city q
keep a ~ or pig inside the cit,
limits - at the regular meeting q
the ~. council last night the heaIts
coml~>-tee, the city attorney and th,
city clerk were instructed to frame al
ordinance covering that requirement.
The purpose back Of the proposed ordi
nance is to get a complete census q
the cattle in Barre so that the tuhcr
culin test may be thorough.
1t was stated at the meeting by I'll,
health committee that State Catti.
Commissioner L. S. Brigham had prom,
ised to put an inspector in Barre and
keep him here until tuberculosis among
cattle here is eliminated. DR.. Harnil
ton, by the way, is already opcratu1s
in Barre ard vicinity. 1t was reported
| by members of the health committee
that three herds at least, which had
previously been tested for tuberculosis
have. during the last few days, beer
found to be entirely free OF the dis,
ease.
The health committee and two BARR
milk producers visited Cattle Comnris.
sioner Brigham recently and were mel
with a most cordial promise to do a I
possible TO clean out bovine tuberculo
sis in Barre and vicinity, the move hen,
being similar to operations now bcinJ
carried on in Morrisville. 1t was ths
desire of the state official that cattls
in the city proper be grouped in som,
central place for the purpose of expc
diting the test, and the health con,
mittee was last night authorized 4,
take such steps as are necessary to aa
in the prosecution of the work
Several Building Permits Granted
The council granted permit 70 Il
Peerless Knitting Mills Co to erect Il
factory on South Main street, the a,
plication covering the main factory an
boilerhouse and dye-room just In IN
rear of the main building. The wall
of the building will be fz-inch brie.
and on the first floor will be reinforced
The floors are TO be of hard pine ca
eept on the finishing floor, which vii
be maple. There will be brick-waB
stairway and an exterior fire escape il
the rear with sprinkling system IN
der each floor.
H. +. Cutler was given permit Ii
build chimney on the rear Of his "a
rage on South Main street but Mr.. Cit
ler's application for chimney on tb,
south end Of the garage was refused
because of shingled roof. Later tn,
council instructed the fire COMMITTEES
and the building inspector to look over
the condition OF chimncys in that sec
tion.
The Anderson, Fciberg company was
given permission to build an lS-fooi
addition to its main granite plant ofl
Smith street and to build another add
tion, 26 by 3G feet, on the northeriy
end of the plant, both new structures
TO be used for polishing mill purposes
William Rocks application for per.
nit TO move the house at the corner u
Summer and Merchant streets to IL
FMwell street in order to make room
for the proposed public garage at tn,
former location was referred to the
street committee
Wiring Inspector D. NJ GiIbertsoH
reported on his visit to the National
Association of Electrical Inspectors at
Springfield, Mass, last week and
thanked the council for the courtesy OF
the trip, the city having paid his cx.
penses, amounting to $26.
Other bills paid by the council last
night included note for Sl,0Sl so duo
the National bank Of Ncwbury on
horse deal Another large bill paid was
ISL, $50 TO Ludger Camire in settlement
of his claim for wood furnished the city
and over which litigation was started
Mr. Camire's original bill was $1,000
and the council claimed the wood was
not up to specifications, whercupon Mr..
Camire sued. City Attorney Sargent,
who was empowered to negotiate the
settlement, reported that the sum
agreed on was practically a discount
of Sl60, interest and suit fees includ-
cd.
These bills were also paid: Street
payroii, 904o.Uo; engineering payron,
s494S; water payroll, sl35-oS; fire paw
roll, Sl7076; police payroll sl2605;
city hall janitor, 500; social worker,
$40; j. r Spencer, compensation. S24.
The council voted the use Of the
opera house to the music and art com
mittee Of the Barre Womanis club for
the Marion Keeler concert Nov. II pro-
viding Manager Hoban had not already
booked the date; and it voted the opera
house to the use of State Senator Mar
tin Villas of Burlington for talk on
the league of nations, the address to
be held Friday evening of this week.
A resolution relating to department
al appropriations, which was presented
last week, was adopted. Toward the
fag end OF the evening the council went
into executive session.