The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-24
Appointment Confirmed by
Board of r'men
Last .ilng
ASSES ,s GIVEN
,.ey AL PRIVILEGES
Will Start Annual Work
Three Days Ahead of
April l

Barrels city attorney for the munich.
pal year is to be William Wishart, who
held that position prior to the appoint
ment of A. A. Sargent. The appoint.
ment was confirmed by the board of
aldermen last night. Mr.. Wishart was
also appointed and confirmed as a city
grand juror, in addition to A. G. Fay,
who was confirmed at meeting re.
Gently held. No designation of the
state-paid grand juror has been made
as yet.
The appointment of Mr.. Wishart as
city attorney came toward the end OF
an evenings discussion of routine bust.
ness chiefly. The city assessors are
getting ready for their annual duty OF
taking inventories for taxation pur-
poses, and they applied to the board
for the customary privileges granted
them, namely, the right to begin opera
tions before April | lin this instance,
three days earlyl, to hire six men not
longer than 10 days to distribute blank
inventories, etc, and to purchase what
supplies they need. The aldermen
granted the privileges.
There was considerable discussion as
to the advisability of hiring men OF
boys to canvass the city with inven.
tory blanks, also as to the pay for
such service and other details and
those matters were left to the discre.
tion of the assessors.
Communications from Storrs, bridge
engineers, who are consulting engineers
for the city on the granite arch bridge
on South Main street, were read after
which the specifications were signed by
Mayor langley and Aldermen Keast
and Shield, to be sent to the engineers
to be executed by the contractors, tha
New Hampshire Cement Construction
Co. The matter OF unit prices on the
bridge was referred to Storrs TO be re.
vised according to the bid as accepted
by the city. The New Hampshire Ce,
ment Construction Co. is expected to
begin the contract as soon as the
weather permits, with the actual work
of laying the bridge started at earliest
low water.
Contested assessments against the
Barre & Chelsea railroad for paving
and for street sprinkling on South
Main street were referred to the city
attorney for action,
A resolution providing for a TEN.
porary loan of S2l 900, as voted by the
citizens last January, was adopted aft.
er having been read the second time.
Proposal for moving the tool house
from its present location at the front
of Elmwood cemetery TO a rear posi-.
tion was referred to the property com.
mittee. The supply committee was in.
structed to take up the matter of col.
lective buying of coal for the city's
needs in various departments. An in.
and out street light at the corner Of
avenue and Orange street
was submitted to the care of the light.
ng committee, while no action was
taken on application for a street light
IN Beckley court, a street not accepted
BY the city.
To the license committee were re,
erred applications by Luigi Romeri
or a lunch room license at 320 North
Vain street, by Petrie & Daniels for
estaurant license on Depot square and
~ D. n. Farrand for a pool and bill.
lard room license in the basement Of
he Bolster block.
Permits were granted to Elmer Taft
o keep pig at 81 Washington street,
o A. W. Hussey to keep a COW on Es.
ex street, TO Louis LAWN to keep five
,igs at 24o North Main street, to
'harles Minard TO keep pig on Mer.
I'd H. Reid to keep a pig on East
treet.
A request from the Regular Fire
ren's club" for a show license for the
'eacon show during the week of May
1 was laid on the table, on motion of
alderman keast. after Alderman Lor-
niger and others had expressed them
elves as against any city department
r employees of department partici-
ating in such a venture.
The supply committee was notified
nat W. A. Lane has 550-gallon gas
line tank he wants to sell the city in
sse the city goes into the Wholesale
uying Of gasoline.
A bill of ssl9.9l from the 0ldsmobile
o. Of Vermont for tires for the chem
Al automobile truck and accessories,
hich had been held up last week, was
-iered paid A warrant was also
avn to G. A. Psquet for Sla.03, that
arrant having been laid over last
eek. Other bills ordered paid last
ght were: NJ Erlich. SIP; street pay
N. S3O2.l5: engineering payroll, =
AIS: water payroll, Sl23.4S; fire pay
n. Sla465, police payroll, $50; city
N janitor, 500; Miss Gridley. s26;