Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-06
CITY S CREDIT 0 R S
CLAMOR|NG FOR MONEY
Aldermen Experience Difficulty
in Finding Cash With Which
to Pay Bills-Hore to Borrow
$4,000 by Loans Running
Four Months

TOuI tMOVtuo
The board OF aldermen Monday evening
voted to borrow the riuch discussed
S7ooO12 by means of loans running four
months The hack ordinance WIS brought
up in revised form and met with the
approval of several hackmen who were
present. MS we'll as the members of tho
board. large number OF appli cations
FOR renewals OF licenses ware received
and most Of them were approved.
I. was stated by some members OF the
board that, with money fuctuating as 1t
In at present and hard to get, III. banks
would not take Up long term loans, but
would take up short ones Alderman
Woodbury. reported foi the board OF
finance and said that there were no april
cations front outside banks 10 tale up
;Ec loan advertised at the last meeting
and that the banks IL this city did not
wish to tie up any MONEY. The rcsciu-
ton to borrow money for four months
was passed by q vote of nine to thrae.
Those opposed to this method of procur-
ing money were Aldermen Mitiguy, Dwyor
and McGrath
The hack ordinance rs passed %
third reading will divide the city into
section contained in "A line drawn from
the foot of King street to South Winoo-
ski avenue, to Pearl street and down
Pearl to the Battery. The second zone
will begin at the corner of Pine and
Howard streets and run up Howard to
st. Paul. down st. Paul to Shelburne
road and from there up Ledge road to
South Prospect. to Main. to University
place, to Colchester avenue. to Mansfield
avenue, to North street, to North Pros
pect street, to the Lower road. and over
that and up First street and thence
, around North Bend street and out on
, North avenue as far as the tunnel. The
third zone takes in the remainder of the
city with the exception Of that section
north Of the Institute road. Fares will
be 25 cents for each passenger within the
first zone. 50 cents for one passenger in
side the second zone and q cents more
for each extra passenger going to the
same destination, and s1.O0 for the third
zone, with ~ cents for each extra pas
senger.
The hackmen who were present at the
meeting objected to several of the appli-
cations for hack licenses the grounds
That the applicants were not resident tax
payers and the grounds that some
had been convicted of various offenses
and some had had licenses revoked in
the past. These licenses We're referred
,C the licensing board for investigation
Or. D. c. Hawey, chairman Of the
board of park commissioners, appeared
before the board and read the acceptance
by the board of the handsome gift to
this city of Smalley Park by Mayor and
Mrs. j. Holmes Jackson. The board
recommended that the board accept the
ri. -iti, ha opha f
and resolutions, prepared by Alderman
Patrick thanking Mayor and Mrs. Jack.
son for the gift, were adopted.
When 1t came to the matter of paying
the monthly bills. it was announced thai
only the salaries could be paid and thai
creditors were clamoring for money
Alderman Caisse said that in the electric
light department. which Is a source o.
revenue to the city. the Westinghous,
company and other creditors would
/ quickly stop doing business with the de
, partment unless bills were paid promptly
The matter was laid on the table unit
later, when a resolution providing 70
+ borrowing money for a period Of fou
4 months was passed.
number OF communications were read
n One from the Plumbers Union asked TO
: the appointment of a plumber as inspec
n tor at a salary of 1850 per year. An
other was for an increase In the saar
O of the superintendent of the water de
Y partment to $3.50 per year, and other
, for signs These last were approved bu
the other matters were referred to diff
= ferent departments. The o. l.. Hind
company asked permission to put in
cement sidewalk on King street as ia
as the curbing to extend down as IA
II as the front of the dwelling house mex
= to the factory. The Queen City Cotto
# company asked permission to put in side
q walks on Wright, Central and Lakesid
l. avenues The company also asked permis
< sion to move its old office building acros
It the street. All these requests wer
d granted.
D. The agreement between the city an
II the Drury Brick & Tile Co. was adopted
II The company now has permission to opel
20 ate its truck through the city. tn
in Sells-Floto circus was granted permits
e sion to play In Burlington the latte
Of port of the month on payment of fee
IS Thomas Stanton anG Ernest Gaboree
u Shelburne asked permission to peddle IL
Z. in the city. A number Of the aderme
ID thought this permission should not
e. granted on tho same grounds that lcens,
K were not heing granted nonresident hacl
Of men.
" some lnttre3t was awakened In II
board when bills from the city assesso
were presented. 1t was learned that II
assessors. becoming imbued with Il
al spirit Of the times, had increased the
a wages from $500 to 500 per day. Que
j.. tions passed around the board as to wi
by told them they could do 1t, elected 20 r
ey Spouse and some OF the aldermen sa
of that it would have been kinder of the
II they had only told them they want,
IT. more money. The matter was dispos
ie of by sending the bills back to the asse
at sors to see II they had not made a mi
be tane IN their bills. A sum not to exec
&c 500 per year was voted for the maint
wv rance of rooms for an office for the poll
j." woman.
of Bills ordered paid included: DIR. Charl
"a A. Ravey s2o3.s6; streets s2,797.l5; wat
s2.l25; electric light 7.O6l56; fire SCI
u. park $2l2; library 1884.
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