The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-02
MANY RESTAURANT
AND PLUMBING LICENSES
Were Granted by the City Council-City
Engineer F. 0. Lee, Made Member
of the Park Commission.

Aside from the confirmation of the
appointment of +. o. Lee as park com
missioner for three years to succeed
George n. Tilden, whose term expir \
and who was not candidate again ~
meetings of the Barre city coune Mid
board of aldermen last night cSs de-
voted to routine matter Nine will
thus hold three offices, his Others being
water superintendent and city engineer.
His appointment was confirmed in a
brief meeting OF the aldermen following
a short meeting Of the council.
AT the meeting of the latter John Tur.
ney appeared with proposition to deed
l2-foot strip of land between Mer-
chant and Sheridan streets to the city:
and the matter was referred to the com,
mrttee OF the whole, which will consider
the situation this afternoon.
While thus having chance to ac-
qure real estate, the city also has an
opportunity TO dispose of some proper
ty, there being prospective purchaser
for the city's pasture on the southeast
erly side of Brook street This PROPOSE
tion was also referred to the committee
of the whole to investigate and report.
A large number of applications for
licenses We're favorably acted upon, as
follows: Henry Petrie, restaurant at
the Eureka stand on North Main street !;
Maberini & Gallagher. lunchroom. 200
North Main street; T. j. Mercer, restau.
rant, 64 North Main street: Petrie &
Gerbettie, lunchroom, Depot square; /;
Shepard cafe, Keith avenue; Mary Da.
vid, lunchroom, or cart, 3ll North Main
street; Ernest Lctourneau, lunchroom.
Hole -the-Wall, North Main street
Luigi Romeri, lunchroom, 3l2 North
Main street; w. d. Murray. lunchroom,
North Main street; John II. johnson. w.
J. Loughheed, G. w. Ayerill & Co. n. d..
Phelps Co., Alex. McHafie. f. A. Prindle
and Weston Walker. plumbers licenses.
The proposed amendment TO the ordi-
nances relating to fixing of firemen's sal
aries by the city council rather than BY
ordinance was read the second time and
adopted. The New England Road Ma
chine Co. has been asked by the council
to make good its guarantee on the stone
cruaher, which the city bought in 1917,
the claim being made that the crnsher
has not yet shown more than half the
daily capacity stated in the promise
The letter which City Clerk Mackay
wrote to the company stated that the
machine had not worked satisfactorily
since it was acquired by the city and
that, furthermore, the company never
sent a man to assist in the erection Of
it, as promised.
Complaint about non burning street
lights on upper Granite street and Brook
street was taken under cognizance by
the lighting committee. Nils Borg was
given permission to move a henhouse
from % Prospect street to l04 South
Main street.
The following warrants were ordered
paid: Rev J. B. Reardon, salary as
overseer and expenses, $l4S.50; J. f.
Spencer, compensation, s24; social work.
er, salary and cash paid, slS.0s; janitor,
SIG; street payroll, sl67 6s; engineering
payroll, s36.sl; water payroll, $79.sl; +;
FIRE payroll, sl5as5; police payroll.
Sl0l.2G. A bill Of s5s5.O7 from the re-
tiring city attorney, William Wishsrt,
was held up for the time being. because
of one item of $40 which the council
wished to confer about with Mr. Wish
art