The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-15
GRANT TANK SITE
TO TEXAS OIL co.
City Council Locates 1t on the North
Side of Present Garage on
Railroad Street.

After another extended discussion,
the city council last night granted a
permit to the Texas Oil company to
erect its storage tank on the north side
of the present garage structure OF the
company on Railroad street, thus wild
ening the distance between the tanks
and the house of Alexander Garetto by
Is or 20 feet, Mr.. Garetto having OBJ
iected to the site on which the com
panv has built its concrete foundations
for the tank. The new site would place
the tank about Is feet or more from
the Garetto house.
Attorney Oakley of New York, who
appeared last night for the Texas Oll
company, stated that the company had
already sunk 5000 in the foundation
for the tank and did not wish to stand
that loss; nor did the company have
lease from the Central Vermont rail-
road whereby it could remove the tank
the 100 feet desired by Mr.. Garetto.
The protestant against the present
site of the tank foundation was also
represented by counsel, j. Ward Carver
appearing for Mr. Garetto and telling
of the promised financial loss to Mr..
Garetto through close proximity OF a
gasoline storage tank. Mr. Garetto had
already lost one tenant, said the at
torney. He also objected to the smell
coming from an oil station.
In reply TO the objection to the smell
| of an oil station, Attorney Oakley said
that he never had noticed stencil
about a Texas company station. More
| over. he thought the danger from the
| location of a gasoline tank was very
small, especially in this instance as
the slope was away from Mr. Garetto' s
house and if the tank should become
disrupted the flow of gasoline would
be away from Mr.. Garetto's house, lie
had known of lightning striking the
tanks of the Texas company but had
never known of lightning doing more
damage than to the paint on the tanks.
| 1t developed in the course OF the dis
cussion by the members of the council
| that the company had started to build
| the tank without securing de1nite
! location from the council, the first ap-
plication for the permit to erect the
| station having stated that the sta
tion would be 500 feet from any build
| ing on which representation the coun-
| ell had granted the right to build. sub
seauently it was found that the com
panv had laid its concrete foundations
with " feet of the Garetto house. The
company had picked that location be
| cause of it's accessibility from the high
way and the possibility for pumping
from the Central Vermont tracks.
After the discussion it was voted,
| four to two, to grant the permit on
the north side of the present garage
site. Alderman Keast and keefe wished
to have the tank placed still further
away from the Garetto house.
At a meeting of the board OF alder
| men prior to the tank site discussion
Mayor Langley's appointment OF harry
tC. Patterson to be cemetery commits
sioner in place of f. L. Smith, resigned
was unanimously confirmed. A petition
! for a footbridge across the river from
Brooklyn street to South Main street
was referred to the street committee to
investigate and report. The ID. NJ. Miles
Coal company was given permit 10
operate truck on the city streets,
Talk about the printing of the annual
city report favored following the same
form as last year by the elimination
of much of the tabular work and there
by saving expense.
| A large number of bills were ordered
paid as follows: Calder & Richardson
| Sl5.sO; Granite City Tool Co, S93,O2 ;
Kempton Mills, Sl09.l6; Montpelier 4
Barre Light & Power Co, s36.Ss; ,
| y. Parker, S3l25; n. ID. Phelps Co.
s39.Ol; j. b. Robinson, sls,96; r. A
Slavton. Sll7.02; d. NJ. Miles Coal Co.
1854: Montpelier & Wells River K. K
50; Tilden Shoe Co, $3.50; Allen Lum-
her Co slO.75: c, w. Averill a Co
s4p46 r. L. Clark, S5l5; Reynolds &
Son. 7.Ig; Barre Electric Co, S292.bs
Builders Iron Foundry, Sl7T6; Chap
man Valve Mfg Co., Sl2S.25; City
water department, cash paid out
s79.63
Cutler Bros, 81; Canon Meter Co.
500. Good Fellow Co. S6.sI; B. II. Crit
fitb. $3.50; L. Mcleod, S4l.3O; IL
Mueller Mfg Co. S22s.23; National
Meter Co. s774O; Neptune Meter Co.
Sss.s5; New England Tel. 4 Tel. Co.
sl4s6; Perry Auto Co, sl5O3; Rem
sselaer Valve Co., S3040; Smith, Whit
comb & Cook Co, sll.40; street de
nartment. S49.65; Trow & Holden Co.
~. Walworth Mfg. Co., S20.S9; Barre
Gas Co. $500; James Mackay, $3.50;
American La France Fire Engine Co.
sl.52.
III G. Bennett. $3.50; o. W. Boyear
81; H. H. Cishman. 81; II. F. Cutler \
SON. 81: Harvey & Mower. Ss.42; II
H Hodgdon. ss: Orient Spray Co.
| sS7. so; r. II. Rogers & Co, Sl4; J. A
wark. 500; George TOnguaN Zoe;
Lane Mfg Co, $500; StoTs bridge
engineers. 81. 400; street pay. SS5a-lo;
engineering paw. S3a23; water pay
sll322: fire pay. Sl96-55; police pay
So IS: c. l.. Booth. 500; Miss Gridley
s2e. park commissioners, S490' Hope
cemetery commissioners. interest on
citv notes. S526l5; Elmwood cemetery
commissioners, same, sls7.5l; insur-
anoe. sinking fund, Ss04.s0; two pei
cent to be added to sinking fund
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