The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-04
City Also Pays for Five
250-C.P. Lights When 1t
Gets Only 60 C.P.
OTHER STREET LIGHTS
COMPLAINED OF
The City Council Has Been
Checking Up the Matter
and Will Seek Rebate

That tb y of Barre has been pay
ing for street light which it does
not h9. i'd that it is paying, in five
inst9 for 250-candlepower lights
ans, getting only 6O.candlepower
~ was the substance of the report
I. he lighting committee, which has
en- checking up the street lights on
instructions from the city council, the
report being submitted last night at
the regular meeting of the council.
In addition, the committee reported
that it found very poor and dim lights
at several places" and has asked the
Montpelier & Barre Lighting & Power
Co. to replace those lights. A rebate
to the city on the one light not fur
nished and the five lights of lesser
power than paid for win be asked. The
report showed total of l20 lights of
250 candlepower and 100 of go candle
power. The report was accepted. At
the same meeting the lighting commit
tee was instructed TO report on COM
plant of poor lighting on the Spauld-
ing street hill.
The amendment to the city ordi-
nances, requiring a license for keeping
cattle, goats and swine inside the city
limits, was adopted and ordered pub
lished, but only after opposition by
Aldermen Scott and Keefe, the former
characterizing the ordinance as 'un-
necessary, unwise and unconstitution-
all and the latter referring to it az
expensive, bother and trouble A
roll call on adoption was called for, re-
sulting as follows: Yes, Mayor Glys-
son, Aldermen Alexander, Loranger
and Mcmillan; no, Aldermen Scott and
Keefe. Alderman Healy was absent.
The era of expansion in the granite
industry was again indicated BY the
application of Jones Bros Co. for a
permit to build an extension on the
northerly end of its main building, the
extension to be 36 feet long and to be
used for a cutting shed. j. A. Field
applied for permit to erect a two
story, two-tenement house on Wash
ington street opposite the main en-
trance to Elmwood cemetery. Both
permits were granted The chairman
Of the fire committee and the building
inspector reported they had granted a
permit to H. F. Cutler to build Chin
ney at the southern end of his Main
street garage.
Two designations in the fire depart
ment were handled last night. First
Assistant Engineer Peter Purichelli and
a callman, James w. Sullivan, resign
ing. Both designations were accepted,
and at subsequent meeting of the
board of aldermen Mayor Glysson's APP
pointment of Second Assistant John
Heney to be first assistant was unani-
mously confirmed.
Another resignation accepted was
that Of Rev. John b, Reardon as over
seer OF the poor, The council extended
a vote of thanks and appreciation to
the retiring official Mr. Reardon's
work as head of the department ended
last night, although he will spend some
days getting the affairs Of the depart
ment in shape to be turned over TO his
successor
The report of the social worker for
the month of October was read, accept
ed and placed on file The report COW
cred wide field of usefulness and it
gave credit for considerable assistance
rendered by persons not connected with
the departmental In closing, Miss Grid
lev said: I'VE desire, also, to mention
the fine public spirit which the depart
ment has discovered in the physicians,
the hospital and its personnel. That
spirit has been continuously a spirit of
community service rather than of mon
ey getting We trust it may not be
amiss to mention the great desirability
of teamwork between medical and So
cial agencies. Ii would seem, indeed, a
wastage of vital possibilities to permit
a modern hospital to remain a strug-
Cling side-issue, when a modern hos
pital should be the real community
health center"
The special committee on counter
proposals to the Barre & Montpelier
Traction & Power Co. reported that
they had a conference with the repre-
sentatives of the company yesterday
afternoon, at which time the city's
proposals were presented. The counter
proposition was taken under considera-
tion by the company. The special sug-
ar committee reported that it had in
terviewed one of the leading grocery
stores in Barre and had had the pres
ent system of sugar distribution ex-
plained more fully. 1t seemed to be
the opinion in the verbal report that
while there might be drawbacks to the
present system it was not as bad as
was pictured at the meeting last week.
The report was received as of progress,
The following bills were paid last
night: Street payroll, S344.22; engi-
neering payroll, $44.72; water payroll,
Sl73.l3: fire payroll. Sl96; police pay
roll, SI26s5; city hall janitor, $40; so
cial worker $40; DR.. v. 9. Goodrich,
city physician, 500; charity depart
ment, 81 ZOO; j. B. Reardon, overseer,
S70.sl.