The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-11
MONTPELIER


| +. II. Merrill, city treasurer, has com
pleted his annual report which was au-
dited by the committee Tuesday after
noon II shows that there was cash on
hand at the end of the fiscal year, Feb.
| |. 1920. of S5,4S406 against $6,40l AZ
! Feb. |. 1919, but there were more out
! standing obligation Feb. !, 1919, 1T Is
understood, than at the end of the same
period this year. This does not include
So ,303.03 in the county tuberculosis
| fund. which has been set aside, be-
cause the commission in charge OF the
! construction has not called for the
money. There have been orders amount
| inc TO 49, ,39S.57 drawn on the sinking
fund, which includes the payment of
| $4,000 of bonded indebtedness There
| is cash on hand in that fund Of SIS,
sg6.s2 with which to meet certain
bonds next year. The report showed
| that the city hall expense was S5,045.-
n, of which 1928 was lighting, ~ ,962
coal. of which over $500 was brought
over from 1918. Repairs to boilers cost
1892, and iantoI service Sl,SS6. There
were also some miscellaneous expenses.
There are rncollected sideTalk assess
ments of $3.50 covering five years; dust
LAYING assessments of $4l7, uncollect-
ed taxes $4,446, covering seven years.
Sheriff f. II. Tracy is completing ar
rangements for the fifth annual meet
ing of the Vermont Sheriffs' associa
ton, which will take place in Burling-
ton at the Sherwood hotel Thursday
and Friday of next week. The ses-
sions open on Thursday evening The
speakers win include Frank G. Archi-
bald. attorney general, and William A..
Lord of Montpelier. The election of
officers will occur Friday and there will
be several papers read during that
days session.
Miss Loretta Macmillan Of lion, n.
V. is visiting with her mother, Mrs.
loyal, and her sister, Miss Gladys Mac
! MILAN
The trains last evening were nearer
on time than they have been for several
eral days The snowstorm Of the day
did not seem to affect them 10 any eX
tent. The derailment at Sharon tied
affairs M so that the southbound milk
train crew were late in making their
return trip north and the train did not
arrive in Montpelier until about 1
o'clock, or four and a half hours late
The New England States Limited was
some over an hour late last evening
while the other evening trains We're
about that late The Montpelier and
Wells River train did not arrive until
almost o'clock
Bernard Pembroke is at Norwich uni
versitv assisting in training the wrest-
ling team of that college that viii
meet the Dartmouth team the 18th of
this month.
The Knights Of Columbus lost two
matches in bowling in the City league
Tuesday evening, the first of which
went to the Railroad five by score
of two points while the second went
Ia the Italian Pleasure club on a loss
Of three points Devettori was high
single man last evening with total
Of 100 pins. Sawyer was high three
string man with a total Of 29j pins.
Tonight the Red Men bowl the Yankee
division team.
Charles Daily has been taken by
Volholm's ambulance to Heaton hospi.
tai for treatment.
Louis Aron, who has been threatened
with pneumonia at Hcaton hospital, i
recovering.
w. b. Stratton went this morning to
Waterbury to look after the fish hatch
ery at the Lake Mansfield club, OF
which he is one Of the executive com.
mttee. The fish are dying faster than
il is believed they should. The super
intendent of the Roxbury hatchery &C.
companied Mr.. Stratton.
Engine l04 from St Adams is now
being used to draw the branch passen-
ger train, the regular engine having
gone TO the shops for an oyerhauling.
Only recently has the railroad company
allowed an engine OF the l04 type to be
operated on the Williamstown branch.
Mrs. Ursula f. Holt Of Waitsfield has
settled her account in probate court as
executrix of the estate of Reuben Bates,
late of that town.
II. NJ. Davis, deputy commissioner OF
weights and measures, is on the west
ern side of the state on matters con
nected with his department.
ne NpngItsStvhdl AtfNoiu " Itp-
has a story of the action that occurred
in the Senate that day when a bill pro
yiding for a bridge across Lake Cham
plain between Shoreham and Ticon.
deroga \. ". was passed II appears
that the bin originally provided for
construction between Orwell and Ii
conderoga but Orwell" was struck out
of the measure and "Shoreham" insert
ed. 1t was originally to be. construct