The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-26
TALK OF THE TOWN

Mrs. Elsie Dngwal is doing pastry
cooking at Jacks restaurant on Depot
square.
Dance, Montpelier armory, tonight
CAROLS orchestra. Special car to
Barre, adv.
Il Regular meeting of Sons of Veterans
auxiliary tonight at o'clock. Initia-
ton. Refreshments.
4 Patrick Massi of Maple avenue left
last night for Hartford, Conn, where
he has found employment.
Beginning next week the Aldrich
public library will close at o'clock in
evening instead of o, this to continue
during the summer months.
Remember the birthday party in the
| Congregational church vestry tonight,
Don't miss it. There viii be rollicking
fun in the old-fashioned lyeeum. Be
sure to bring birthday bags. adv.
The funeral of Mrs. W. G. Kim.
ball, who died yesterday morning at
city hospital, will be held from her
late home at Al Maple avenue, Thurs
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. b. G..
Lipsky officiating
Miss Mabel Middleton, bookkeeper
of the Depot square office of the Cook
! & Watkins Co, went to her home in
Cabot yesterday to remain week, aft
err having submitted to slight oper-
alton at the Barre City hospital last
week.
Howard w. Geake. a student of the
college of business administration. Bos-
ton university, is spending the week
at the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Geake, before leaving for
/ Portland, Me-, where he will act as a
/ representative of the Fuller Brush com.
pany of Hartford, Conn.
Though the eurfew law Of Barre is a
recent PRONUNCIATION of the city coun-
ell, which ordered the fire gong to be
sounded at $3.50 every evening as a cur
few bell and warning to boys and girls
under IL years of age, the police de-
partment has had as yet no opportuni.
ties to take into custody young folks
under this age to the police station for
explanation of their presence on streets
after 0 o'clock.
James T. Marion, who yesterday
! afternoon arrived in this city after
having driven from Cleveland, O., by
automobile. was, together with Attor-
ney S. HOLSTER jackson, president of
the l. VI. G. p. A., requested to come
Immediately to Boston by the Massa =
chuse.ts state board of Cancellation.
These two men were committeeman
of the granite manufacturers who met
the Granite Cutters international as
ISOLATION committee in Boston late last
March TO settle the wage question for
/ granite cutters. as was George Straiton
also of this city, who went to Boston
Sunday night. Messrs. Marion and
Jackson left on the 9:55 train last
night.
! The site of the old South Main street
| bridge and much of the surroundings
| is now a hive of activities, and bears an
aspect Of much construction work, Sus-
pended over the river on the large ca
bles OF the boom derrick Is pile
/ driving hammer of steam power. For
DAYS men have been employed driving
| spiles. II and Is feet long, into the
! auckland on the north bank OF the
| river 20 that a solid and safe founda ?
ton of cement may be laid there. Be
fore this was begun, however, Supt.
Lawes had all the granite foundation
| blocks to the old wooden structure re,
moved to the river banks and then dug
down several feet before driving the
spies. On the north side of the river
and at the rear Of the granite founda-
ton of the old bridge excavati ION work
is being done in preparation for sim
! lar cement foundation. Here r. ~ eN-
pected some difficulty will be expert
enced before solid base for such n
| foundation can be built as Foreman
Porter, when sounding this bank some
few weeks ago, discovered a depth Of
/ 3G feet Of auickssnd. As on the north
bank. spilrs viii be driven to the bot
I tom of the sand To meet the neces-
stiles Of people residing on upper South
/ Main street Webster avenue and vi
cinity. who are dependent upon city
water and gas Of the Barre Gas Co,
temporary connections have been made
over the foaf bridge. Just how soon
! the cement work will begin Is not
known bv Mr.. Lawes.