Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-08

amounting to between two and three
inches. There are no indications that
this settlement will stop until failure
has occurred, unless large sums of
money are spent in maintenance. I be
lieve the most economical procedure
lies in the construction of new
bridge"
In regard to the other bridges. Engineer
Dix went into details and told what the
conditions were. The Winoosli bridge is
safe for loads of ten tons; Spear street
four tons; Heineberg three or four tons
Grove street five tons; Institute excel
lent. Nearly all of the bridges, with the
exception of the Institute bridge. require
considerable work. however. The report
was accepted and laid on the table.
ELECTRICITY FOR COOKING.
Superintendent NJ. G. Clark of the cleo
trio light department was before the
board and took up with the members the
subject Of furnishing electricity for cook
ing purposes at rate of three cents per
kilowatt. He said that he could do this at
a profit and the rate would compare ia
vorably with $1.5O gas. The board passed
a resolution authorizing him to make that
rate. He stated that already his depart
ment had received inquiries and he was
confident that the receipts could be in
creased materially at a time when the
drain on tho load was not excessive. A
minimum OF $3.50 per month will be re-
/ qured.
STREET COMMISSIONERS REPORT.
! The street commissioners made a re-
port for 1919, with several important rec
ommenda lions for the coming year They
announced their intentions of making a
complete statement to the board each
month of the expenditures of the de-
partment. together with plans that were
being considered for the future. They
told why several items should not be TAX
! en- out of the regular appropriation The
| sprinkling tax which in former years
| amounted to only a small item was now
considerable one and should not come
out of the appropriation The same was
true of the city engineers salary. the
bridges which will be a big item this
year on account of the Potash brook trout
BILE cutters and sidewalks and other out
side expenses They quoted authorities
for asking for additional appropriations
for this work.
PATRIOTIC LEAGUE GETS 500
The early part of the evening was de-
voted to a miscellaneous lot of business.
Mrs. r. II. stone of the Women $
Patriotic League appeared before the
board. She asked for an appropriation of
$500 to help pay tho expense of a detention
lroomSfor women and girls who were IN
the care of Police Matron Austin. During
the last year the organization, which was
made up of nearly all the womens as
sociations in the city, had paid the entire
expense of the room and found IT too
much of an undertaking. They could hein
nd all J1irG
the aid of the $500. This amount was APP
propriated.
The matter of changing the name OF
Bissell street to Lake View terrace was
taken up again. This has been snapped
around since May 1918, and Alderman
Patrick moved that the matter be referred
to the street commissioners with lnstruc-
ltlons to report back at the next meeting.
Evelyn and Julian Linsley, who own
property on Foster street, applied for an
abatement of $73 in their sidewalk assess
ments. The abatement was made in those
cases which were taken into court. hut
Mr.. and Mrs. Linsley were not in the
ity and did not know Of the circumstances.
CITY Attorney Hopkins said that legally
the city was not compelled to pay the
money back but there was no question
as tn the moral right. in the opinion Of
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LAkEslDE fEotLf' WAN 'AhS
4 petition of the residents of Lakeside
for a hearing before tho board for the
purpose of presenting both sides of the
Question as to why the cars are not run
ming to Lakeside station was read and
the board voted TO hold special meeting
next Monday night when the Burlington
Traction and the Lakeside people will he
asked to present their cases.
Sixteen hundred copies of the city re-
port to be published at least two weeks
before the March election, were ordered
published under the direction or the mayor
/ The RESIDENTS or PARK avenue presented
a petit'on asking the noaro 10 oroer 'ne
nigh pressure gas pipe or the burhhgton
Light u Power company TO be moved from
the south side OF PARK avenue to the