The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-13


work revising the city ordinances in re-
lation 10 public health and would make
verbal report, or written report, just as
the board desired. A large number of
changes are likely to be made in the
ordinances, especially where the ordi
nances are in conflict with the general
law II was finally decided that the
changes should be submitted in writing
at later meeting.
Among the proposed changes is one
making the ordinances conform with the
new state law respecting the appoint
ment Of health officers There no longer
ia a local health officer and hence the
city viii not appoint a physician TO the
board Of health to act as secretary of
that board. The ordinances at present
read that the local board shall consist Of
three members, one Of whom shall be a
physician. 1t is proposed to change the
ordinances so that three laymen can be
appointed Another proposed change is
to permit the removal of persons suffer
ing with any contagious disease mot
merely smallpox TO an isolation hos
pital, providing they are not being given
the proper attention
The district health officer, Or. c. ii.
Burr, reported that during the month Of
July the following contagious diseases
were reported to him from Barre: Diph-
liberia !, chickenpoS |, whooping cough
10. DR. Burr stated that he would be in
Barre Aug 10 and would be pleased to
meet with the board and outline plans.
His report was accepted.
At this time Mayor Glysson reported
on his mission to the state board Of
health in Burlington last Wednesday
night to protest against the lack of SUI
pervision in Barre under the district
health officer system. He said that he
told the state board the city has no OBJ
lection to Dr. Burr but considers that
official TO be overworked with his 30
cities and towns to cover The state
board received Mayor Glysson courteous
ly and told him that it was the firm be-
lief of the members that the system
would work ont we'll when once it was
gotten into operation Members of the
state board viii be in Barre later to 90
over the situation. The mayors report
was accepted.
As to the states call for gravestone
records prior to 1870, the canvass TO be
made by the council before Oct | and
the report to be filed by the city clerk
before Jan |, next, the mayor was au-
thorized to bring in a recommendation
for appointment to the job of gathering
the data from the gravestones in Elm
wood cemetery, the only cemetery in the
city which contains bodies buried prior
to 1870 Clerk Mackay said that Barre's,
like all other towns records, was incom-
plete, especially for the period from 1927
to 1855. 1t is expected that man will
be put on the job within a short time.
Traction Company Notified 1t Must Pave
Washington Street.
Formal notification was delivered to
the Barre Montpelier Traction & Pow
er company that the company must pave
its portion of Washington street be-
tween Mount and Richardson streets
with the same material which the city
is to use in paying the westerly side of
that thoroughfare, namely cement.
There was some debate over the neces-
sity for this resolution of notification
inasmuch as the charter Of the company
demands that the company comply when
ever a street carrying the company's
tracks il to be improved; but it was
finally decided to pass the resolution MS
formal notification. The resolution
reads as follows:
'fBe it resolved by the city council of
the city of Barre, that, in the paving of
that section of Washington street lying
between Mount and Richardson streets,
it is hereby ordered and directed that
the Barre & Montpelier Traction &
Power company shall pave between the
tracks ON said portion of Washington
street and within two feet on each side
thereof with the same kind of material
as is used by the city on the remainder
Of said section Of said street, as provided
by sections and Of the amended
franchise granted to said Barre g. Mont
peIer Traction & Power company final
certificate May IA, 1918; and the said
wo,k shall be done at the same time as