The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-15
The Report of u Months
Showed a Sal of
$40 ,S.58
EX-OVET.ST1ER MADE
HIS FINAL REPORT
N. j. Roberts Awarded Con-
tract to Print Annual
City Report

meeting of the board of aldermen last
evening to be acted on before being in
corporated in the printed report for the
year; and at the same meeting bids, or
rather bid, was opened for the printing
of the report.
~ J. Roberts was the only printer TO
bid and his offer was accepted and a
contract was ordered carried out His
bid was at a rate of $l.S5 a page, an in
crease OF 20 cents over last year, ,l25
copies to be bound in paper and rs in
cloth; tabular pages to count double:
all copy to be in by Feb and the books
to be turned out at the rate of 500 bv
Feb, Is and the balance by Feb. 2S. There
was considerable talk about reducing the
annual cost of printing the city reports
by eliminating the weekly warrants of
the departments and Jumping them into
monthly accounts or yearly accounts;
but nothing was done in regard to the
matter because it was understood that
the charter would have to be changed.
0verseer of Poor Report.
First of the annual reports to be sub
mitted was that of Overseer of the Poor
William Mcdonald for the period from
Jan. l, 1918, to Dec. Is, 1918, when that
official was succeeded by Rev. j. B. Rear
don. His report showed the following
receipts: Balance on hand Jan. |. 1918,
S3449; received from the city treasurer,
SlS0S2.S6; city woodward, S52l.50; mis-
celaneous, S249.53; discounts, S244I4;
total, $40, Expenditures: SIS
$500; paid to city treasurer, $249.53;
returned to Treasurer Mackay, S26.S0;
total, Sl9,l32.53. The oyerseer delivered
1913 loads Of wood from the city wood
yard, of which l49 were for city poor
and 40 were paid for by money or labor,
leaving the balance unpaid for. The re-
port was accepted and ordered printed.
City Engineer.
City Engineer F. 0. Lee stated in his
annual report that all the streets had
been attended to; North Main street had
been resurfaced for 1000 feet; North
Main street from Wiley street north had
been dressed over; Washington street for
a distance of 100 feet had been resur-
faced; a permanent street was laid on
one side of Washington street from
Mount street to Bolster avenue, a dis
tance of 646 feet; the city bridges had
been looked after and sidewalks repaired.
The report was accepted and ordered
printed.
Street Committee.
In its annual report the street COM
nittee told of total expenditure of S32,-
l4.66 and earnings of SS,720.27, leaving
.he net cost Of the department So, 3,3g4.39.
The report told also of the installation
If a new system of accounting and it
recommended the policy of the compile
ion of little permanent street and side
galk each. we have the finest
main street in Vermont, if not in New
england; and we should pay attention
low to some of our side streets The
lin of the committee, concluded the re-
,ort, was to keep the streets in the best
possible condition at the minimum price.
This report was accepted, too, and or
Tered printed
'itizens to Decide on More Money for
Schools.
That ended the reading of the annual
eports; but a mass of other business
vas gone through. Alderman Healy
rought up the request of the school
for an amendment to the
ity charter allowing the levying of
erger tax for the support of the schools.
aid Alderman Healy; y believe this is
matter which ought to be taken before
he citizens" So thought Aldermen
alexander, Rizzi and Mcmillan; and
layor Glysson, a spectator at the meet
lg thought the same. Therefore, the
ldermen decided to instruct the mayor
D call a city meeting at an early date
, ha osN -. 4 IL
pinion on the matter, the school com
lissioners to present all the data pos
bile.
f. W. Mann Complained of Cost of Keep
ing Poor.
But to revert for the time being to the
larity department of the city. George
z. Mann appeared at the outset of the
eeting and asked for the privilege of
leaking on what he termed the exces-
We cost of the poor department during
le past year. He said he had been in
'rmed that the poor cost the city S2l 900
the year and he thought the expenses
,uld have been cut one half if not two
Iirds, if handled right.
"You. can have the job, said Alderman
lexander.
81 don't want it" retorted Mr.. Mann;
1t he proceeded to explain how he
ought the expenses could be reduced.
G declared that he believed in taking
re of the needy, would even give his
st dollar to help them; but, . he con-
nued, 81 don't think the people being
lped should hoard up money out of
y pocket, or out of the eitys pocket"
e then went on to tell of a former ten
It of his who was being helped by the
,y but who was seen by him tMr.
ann at one time (six years ago) to
III out roll of bills, and said roll must
We contained "as much as a hundred
liars" As a remedy for the high cost
the poor he recommended the con-
-uction of large building on city land
d that when people applied for charity
ey should be offered home in this
ilding. Mr.. Mann thought there would
an inclination by a large percentage
them to Scratch around" and support
cir families. He also would set them
work tilling the soil.
The aldermen took no action on the
ggestion, only Alderman Alexander in
posed the remark that the state board
charities and correction had expressly
used to permit of such herding of the
Or.