The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-26
Secures a Loan of $4,000
from Lamoille County
Savings & Trust Co.
IN ANTICIPATION OF
REFUNDING iTNDS
Pays Off $4,000 Water
Bonds and 5000 of
Street Pa 81 Notes
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The Barre 0 ~ len last night ac.
cepted the bid che LamoiAe County
Savings Bank g. Trust Co. for loan OF
$4,000 on per cent basis, the eity's
credit being pledged on note in an.
ticipation Of the issuing of refundinq
bonds to that amount next summer
Authority for the issuing Of notes OF
bonds for refunding purposes was given
by the citizens at a meeting on May
20, 1919. The city clerk last night was
instructed to complete the deal with
the Lamoille county institution.
just prior to that vote the aldermen
passed to a second reading a resolution
authorizing the city council to issue its
note or notes in anticipation of refund
ing bonds
The city received several responses te
its offer OF its notes but few making
definite statement of bid.
The board handled other matters in
big figures last'night by voting to pay
off $1,000 Of city water bonds and six
months interest on $45 900 water bonds
to the Barre Savings Bank & Trust
Co., the total amount Of the warrant
coming to $1,000. The board also wiped
out an indebtedness of 81 900 to the
National Life Insurance CO., on street
paving notes and paid six months in.
terest on S2S,000 paving notes, the war
rant amounting to $500. The sum Of
$S, 900 was voted to the school treasur.
er on the 1919 tax returns.
Street payroll, $306.02; water payroll
Slsl.03; engineering payroll, s4473i
fire payroll. $l9025; police payroll
$l26.s5; city hall ianitor, $40; social
worker and overseer of poor, S26; Mrs
Grace Morgan, sl.20.
Aside from matters of finance, the
board was confined largely to routine
business, only four members being
present and Alderman Mcmillan acting
as president pro tenn. The free use Of
the opera house was given Dec. foi
an address by X. Of G. war worker
recently returned from Europe, the
speaker being billed here under the aus
pices Of the knights Of Columbus.
The street committee was instructed
to investigate complaint Of the dump.
ing of stone chips in the river north OF
Berlin street The street department
was also instructed to dig up and repair
culvert on Mrs. Browns property on
Plain street, the cost of the work and
materials to be paid by Mrs. Drown
It was the understanding, too, that the
city should straighten a ditch carrying
water off the property. Another cul-
vert matter at the corner of James and
Blackwell streets was also left to the
same department.
Permits were granted to H. S. Parks
and George A. Morris to keep COW on
AverilI street, to Goddard seminary to
keep pigs on the seminary property, to
John Brechin to keep a pig on Hill
street, to James Glass to keep pigs at
3 Dix street; .but a permit to G. Z.
Miner to keep cow on upper Mer-
chant street was held up until Mr..
Miner makes application for the tuber-
culin test
An arrangement for monthly re-
port by the overseer Of the poor was
submitted and the aldermen voted that
the overseer and the city clerk prepare
such printed form so that the over
seer may make monthly reports Of
matters in that department. The FL
delity & Casualty company's report on
a boiler in the city hall was accepted.
II. f. Caves complaint about light
not burning on French street the night
of Nov. "a was referred to the Lighting
committee.