The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-23
MONTPELIER
City Council Refused to Put Out the
Wrightsville Road Lights.


In spite of the fact that the Mont
pelier city council was criticised at the
1 city meeting recently the members as
sumed the same attitude last night
that they have shown toward each
other for several months, when they
met in special meeting last evening
The whole thing started when Mayor
Shurtleff asked the council to rescind
its action of year ago last May re-
garding the Wrightsville electric lights
and the council, four to two, refused
to rescind the action. As leverage to
get this done, it was shown that it
would be saving of<about S7S until
the end Of the fiscal year or about Sl03
until the March meeting. Since the
meeting it has been suggested that the
contract was such that il could not
have been rescinded anyway. Alder
man Maroni who was not present, was
called by the city clerk and the situa-
ton explained to him, and he voted
with Aldermen Farrar, Kelly and
Stratton against the motion. just be.
fore this the council had voted to ex
pend not to exceed 800 in new over
coats for the firemen. The Wrights
Vile lights have been the subject of
considerable discussion at times. The
lighting committee, with Charles Cook
son. investigated the conditions there
and as whole voted to put in the
lights. The motion was reconsidered
and ON the second effort the lighting
committee voted together again. The
lights were put in some time later
in the fiscal year, according to the ma
] iority of the finance committee, when
| the appropriations would stand 1t in
that fiscal wear. The finance commit
tee was instructed to prepare new
| budget based on the present unexpend-
ed balances and the income that will
be received from the recently assessed
special tax The street commissioner
/ was instructed to erect the usual slid
ing notices, prohibiting sliding on GER
tain streets, the same streets that are
generally named in the resolution The
street committee explained that the
i slow progress in Sidewalk scraping
4 Monday was due to the reduced help
in the department, only six men now
being employed; therefore some OF the
plows are not operating during a
| storm. The water commissioner was
| instructed to collect delinquent water
rentals. FINANCES were talked at con
siderable length, resulting in some. hot
shots being passed and finally resulting
/ in the above motion regarding budget
! The trolley service was impaired IN
Montpelier Monday afternoon when g
ear jumped the iron near the Y. NJ
| G. A. building and the repair car was
sent from the esrbarn to replace 1t on
| the track. Snow having filed up the
| tread of the tracks caused the accident.
! This was the second ear to leave the
| iron during the day and the service
| as a whole i'm Montpelier was poor.
! Mr.. and Mrs John Carroll, who came
here on their honeymoon and were Wis
iting with Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Car
roll. were called to their home in Clare
mont. y. H.. by the illness Of a niece
Of Mrs. Carroll, after few days visit.
At the regular meeting OF Mirror
Lake grange. No. 10, the following OIL
GERS we're elected for the coming wear
Master, Clarence rike; overseer, Henry
l Perrin; lecturer, Clinton Benjamin;
chaplain. Eliza Stewart; steward, Al
| fred Crandall; gatekeeper, Cedrick
| Shepard secretary, Emogene Bancroft;
treasurer. Arthur Brown; assistant
steward. Raynold Turner1 lady assist
| ant steward, Lou Andrews; Ceres, Sada
Brown; Pomona. Rose Reed; Flora,
Isottie Shepard; pianist, Ruth Ranney;
publicity agent, Clinton Benjamin. Mu-
SIC was furnished during the evening
hv the Brown family. Refreshments
| OF popcorn and home made candy were
served.
Bids for the Booth bridge in Bridge
water will be opened this afternoon 10
the st..e highway commissioner Of
fee This Is for a steel structure.
Judge +. NJ. Harvey is suffering with
hard cold.
Hattie +. Waite of Barre City has
been appointed by the probate court as
exeeutrix Of the estate Of Susan J.
Jones, late of that city. c. B. Adams of
Waterbury has settled his account in
the same court in the estate of Ovid A.
Seabury. late OF Waterbury.
The conference held Monday after
noon and evening in the Methodist
church was attended by about 100 dele
gates. These were 10 have been min |
lister and a layman from each parish IN
the Vermont Methodist conferfnce but
owing TO the storm some could not at
tend. TlTe conference was TO lay plans
for the campaign for Vermont raising |
its share Of the 81 .O00.O 900 wanted for
the Deaconess hospital in Boston. II
Is New England campaign The mon
ev i 10 be used as an endowment and I
TO clear up some deficits. During the /
evening Or. W. VI. Gilbert and DR.. J.
T. LaCounier Of Boston spoke upon the
plans. The evening meeting was
public affair and there WIS quite y /
good attendants. Those who were in 1
charge Of the conference arc well
p.eased with the results. Each church /
viii work o-t its own plans a. to the
raising of the money. No appoTtion- |
ment has been made to the Vermont
conference.
The word private" appears on the
ticket Office door Of the Central Yer I
mont railway station and il Is re-
ported that this action j. due 20 the 1
recent Ere AZ Essex Junction and that
trainmen caught in the ticket Office
ioafing win be penalized 10 DAYS time
This action vii stop considerable lib
erty that persons in small stations /
have taken in regard 90 ihe ticket Of
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