The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-23
Approach to So. Main Street
Relic Will Be Made
Safe
CITY COUNCIL VOTES
AFTER MUCH TALK
Another Motion Still Stands
to Let Work Rest Till Coun-
ty Supervisor Is Consulted


night and, after muc .dment, two
somewhat dissimila, s .ons prevailed
and still stand, y ing to lay the
bridge matter - table until such
time as the cc.xF AN take up the mat
ter with Cos .upervisor of Highways
r. s. Currier I'd the other being to in
struct the street department to fill up
the hole at the southeast end Of the
bridge. In each instance there was a
tie vote, with Mayor Glysson casting the
deciding vote.
When the oft-reviyed bridge project
came up at the close of long -winded
session, Alderman Healy moved that the
present wooden structure be raised and a
sufficient retaining wall be built. Alder
man Scott moved that the street COM
mittee be instructed to fill the hole at
the southeast end of the bridge and rip
rap back as far as necessary. Alderman
Alexander moved that the whole matter
be laid on the table until the council
could take up consideration of the situa-
tion with the county supervisor.
Alderman Mcmillan, chairman of the
street committee, wanted instructions in
some form or other, as he had been
pounded" about the South Main street
bridge in a disagreeable manner and he
wanted to get to work on it. Alderman
Healy thought it would be money vast
ed to make any temporary repairs and
not build permanent retaining wall.
Alderman Scott thought q quantity of
quarry grout could be set in and thus fill
the need temporarily at least; he was
against any large expenditure. Alder
man Keefe favored taking up the matter
with the county supervisor in the hope
Of getting some valuable assistance. Al
derman Loranger favored doing some
thing to make the approaches to the
bridge safe and satisfactory.
This above mentioned resume does not,
of course, cover all that the gentlemen
said, but it gives hint of what was
said When the call came for vote on
Alderman Alexander's motion 1.-THE only
one secondedl to lay the matter on the
table until County Supervisor Currier
could be consulted, the vote came out
three on side, whereupon Mayor Glys-
son broke the tie in favor of the affirma-
tive Aldermen Alexander, Keefe and
Scott favored the motion, with Alder
men Mcmillan, Loranger and Healy OPP
posed.
1t was not long after that action, how
ever, before the idea of Alderman SCOTS
original motion got through, although he
did not introduce the motion to "fill the
hole" 1t was Alderman Alexander who
made the motion to instruct the street
department; and it was another tie vote,
with Mayor Glysson casting the deciding
affirmative vote
Thereupon, Alderman Mcmillan, chair
man of the street committee, wanted to
know just what the instructions meant,
as he interpreted the motion that the
street department could either slide
grout down into the yawning crevasse
or raise the bridge and build a retaining
wall. 1t apparently was the sense Of
the majority that the hole should be
filled by sliding down grout, although no
more definite instructions were forthcom-
ing.
Quarry Owners Offer of $4,000 for
Memorial Accepted.
The poor old bridge on South Main
street was not the only thing which
aroused the oratorical flow on a hot
UiEnIs mere NhS ulblItI uCUdit Oit q
resolution thanking the Barre quarry
owners who had offered $4,000 for de-
sign for the soldiers and sailors memo
rial to be erected on the City park.
In order to get at the basis of the OBJ
lection raised it may be necessary to give
the resolution verbatim, which was as
follows:
Resolved by the city council of the
city of Barre, now in session, as follows:
"That the offer made by Boutwell,,
Milne & Varnum Co., James X. Pirie,
E. L. Smith & Co., Standard Granite CO.,
Jones Bros Co., Wells Lamson Quarry
CO., Barre Granite & Quarry Co and Lit
tlejohn & Milne Quarry Co., granite
quarters, to contribute the sum of ten
thousand dollars toward the erection Of
suitable soldiers and sailors monu-
ment to be erected in the city of Barre
is hereby accepted, it being understood
that the primary object for which this
amount is given is that of securing de-
sign for said monument and insuring the
use of improved material in the con-
struction of the same as stipulated in
said offer and that the balance of said
ten thousand dollars, if any, that may
GtultiH dlJtf Ilie pa y lltcut VI al SAPVHScS
in procuring said design may be used in
beautifying the surroundings of said
monument, or for such other purposes
connected Herewith as may be needed
and not provided for in the sixty thou
sand dollars appropriated by the city.
"And be it further resolved that the
city council express the appreciation Of
the aforesaid gift and cause copy of
this resolution to be sent to each of the
firms or persons who made said gift"
Reckless Extravaganza" Says Alderman
Scott.
Alderman Scott made opposition to
adoption of the resolution, first asking
for a copy of the offer from the quarry
owners and then, when that was pro-
duced, stating that he was opposed to
such RECKLESS extravaganza" as the ex-
penditure by the city of 100000 for the
memorial. He said he did not wish to
bind the city by adopting any resolution
of that nature as he was not at all sure
that the action Of the city meeting in
voting for the 100000 expenditure would
not be rescinded.
City Clerk Mackay made statement
concerning the status of the program
looking toward the erection of the memo
rial, saying that the construction had
been placed in the hands of the city