The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-07
ASK CONFERENCE
ON MEMORIAL.
Barre City Council Dissat-
isfied With Some
Features
OF "PROGRAM" TO
SECURE A DESIGN
Committee Proposes to|
Start the Memorial
Next Year


came before the city council last night
and was considered at some length
without any action being taken other
than to seek conference with the
quarry owners who have donated $40
900 toward the securing of aSesif q
The reason for the conference reqf 1CU
is the dissatisfaction on the par ~
the council with some of the ! =
sions of the proposal, or pro Is u
as it is called. -
Briefly stated. the "progrs re-
lates how Boutwell, Milne g. a mum
Co., e. L. Smith & Co., Ir q Wells
Lamson Quarry Co., Standa - iranite
Co. Jones Bros. Co, J. X. rie sand
Littleiohn. Milne Quarry Co. contrib
uted $4,000 for the expenses of OBJ
tanning design and that the city
voted to appropriate not less thar
100000 for the monument; that thc.
above named quarry owners have ap1
pointed a committee to select by com
petition sculptor who viii design.
the monument and supervise its con
struction; that w. A. Murray has beer
appointed as advisor; that the advis-
or may reject any and all bids for
design; that the committee will invite
three seulptors to compete and WI
paw each of them $500 for submitting
a design; that there will be no appli
cation or admission to the competition
after Jan. 81, 1921.
Furthermore, the program pro
poses that the design shall be svm
bolic of the War of the Revolution
the War of 1912, the Civil war. thu
Spanish American war and the, World
war; that the superstructue to be o
Barre granite. from stock selected
the committee; that the bids shall ~
opened by the advisor: that the prize
of competition shall he $500. sue]E
amount to be part of the ten per-rent
of the total cost to the city, The sun
paid to the selected architect: that foul
other designs shall be paid for by thd
quarry owners at the rate OF S50
each; that jury OF three shall select
the design: that the award shall bd
made by May 10, 1921.
After the reading of the program
bv Clerk Mackay, the DOCUMENT beins
quite long, the members of the coni
eli went into earnest discussion, OF tie
features of il. So many objections
developed that the council refused y
have the program" signed on tbs
part of the city, and it was decide
to ask for conference with tn.
quarry owners in order that the dii
ferences might be discussed. il
hoped to have this conference late TIL,
week
The report of Chief of Police Sulli
van for November showed - arrests
of which four were for intoNicatioil
three for furnishing and selling liqun
and eight for breach Of the peace. Tho
report was accepted and placed on flc
An invitation from the city o
Brockton, Mass, to Join in n petition
to Congress to enact law giving I'M
interstate commerce commission thf
right to regulate the price of coal
the mines was referred to the legisla
tive committee, and there the matte
is likely 10 rest inasmuch as consid
erahle opposition developed among tbs
council men as TO the method proposes
in the Broekton plan. All agreed tha
lower prices on coal were desirable oe
there was difference Of opinion as q
the best method TO bring about thi
reduction. During the discussion Goa
middlemen came in for some har'
knocks. Some thought the coal retail
prices should be regulated as well ~
the prices at the mine. The Brockto1
plan did not include provisions TO Gov
or some of the features brought up
hence the virtual pigeonholing OF tb
request.
The FIRE committee reported on IN
spection Of glass eontainer gasolin
gauges, which the state fire marsha
had recently warned against The com
mittee had found only one such gaso
line pump in the city. that one at ith1
Palace garage and the garage propri
etors had assured the committee tha
explicit instructions had been giver
TO the employees of the garage 20 ss1
that no gasoline was left in the glass
container. With that, the matter restb
no effort being made 20 eliminate fhs
glass container pumping machpe.
Several matters respecting the operd
house. which had been referred to chs
property committee. were reported on
namely. that a roll of,rope had beer
ordered 70 hold IN sofne OF the drcp
IN the theotrc. thaN peimssio" an
been given for putting in 8 vent piri
from The cinema enclosure 90 the rcc
and that the furnishing Of electri,
light bulb. had probably been settled
The same property committee re
norted on the matter Of the use o
the American Legion headquarters
fold Church street school buildingl fci
an election polling plaoe in ward one
The committee reported that the 1Je
cion members interviewed did no1
seem 20 have the impression that ~
ritv was to retain its polling plsc1
there onlv until such time as suit
able place elsewhere for election pur
poses could he secured. The commit
Ice was instructed 20 confer furthe
with the Legion officers. c. Garibald
was given = permit 60 keep COW at
North Seminary street
Bills ordered paid we're - follows
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grading Al tbe South Main stres
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ter nav. SIf1ss. Ere pav. Sla2.h5. 70
lice nav. So X. street spfinkiinz 80
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