The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-13
MONTPELIER
Fire Department Authorized to Sell
One of Its Horses.

| consideration. The city attorney was
| instructed to draft an ordinance rela-
tive to gasoline cans and their use. This
| was brought to the councils attention
! by the fire marshal as a result of the
accident TO Minnie Carpenter last week
| The street committee was authorized
to investigate the need of retaining
wall in front of w, w Russelfs house
and will also report relative to the con-
struction OF q road to II. $. Tabor's
house. James Canning has given the
city bell to be used on the new fire
truck. 1t is over 100 years old and
will be properly engraved in memory
of the gift. The fire committee was
given authority to sell one of the
| horses that has been used by the fire
department as soon as the motor truck
arrives 1t is expected next week. Mat
To-. of the service charge in gas was I'M
| der consideration for some time with
the result that the legislative commit
Flee, to whom il was referred, will Sc
cure additional information bearing
upon the matter. II looked as though
the council was not in favor of the
service charge but seemed to feel that
the people would be better satisfied
with some kind of minimum charge
that would bring the company suffi-
Gent profit
J. +. Maun, superintendent of the
Central Vermont railway was in the
city Wednesday afternoon.
Mortimer Price of Middlesex was a
local visitor yesterday, as were Julius
and Wells Palmer of Waitsfield and
Moretown, respectively.
Twenty thousand trees have arrived
at Montpelier to be set on the land
owned BY the city about Berlin pond,
and workmen are taking them to the
| site.
Several of tine state-owned trucks
are now being used by the towns.
| Barre City has some. Barre Town
and East Montpelier are also using
| them in road construction TO get their
roads in shape before the heavy traf
| fic starts, The road in East Mont
| pelier is bad but repairs are being
made on it, where the Standard Oil
truck was stalled for several hours
| Tuesday afternoon and night. The
state highway department reports that
there is plenty Of help in and about
Montpelier and Barre, and is urging
| the towns TO get their work done be-
fore the granite trouble is over.
A horse owned by Mrs. Andrews
| from Berlin gave men considerable
trouble in the Cohen blacksmith shop
Wednesday AFTERNOON. Mr., Cohen had
shod the horses fore feet and started
| IL. 81 +ha h1yca
laid down and would not get up. Ropes
and tackle blocks had to be arranged
and the horse lifted TO its feet.
Wesley Lamphere appeared in city
court Wednesday afternoon, pleading
guilty 10 intoxication and, being I'M
able to pay fine of S. and costs, went
to the county Jail for 20 days Lam
phere said his home was most any
where and that he got some whiskey
from one man and alcohol from anoth
err. upon which he became INTOXICATED.
He was arrested Tuesday night by
Officer u. u. Sloan
Among the half-dozen reports re-
ceived by the secretary OF state this
morning Of automobile accidents was
that of j. C. Jones, driving the L. 7,
Salisbury car OF Randolph which was
run into by team in Barre. The
name of the driver of the team was
not given, but the report states that
the driver of the team reined up his
horse so that the wagon caught one
side Of the rear fender of the automo-
bile.
A marriage license has been issued
by the city clerk to Ira Gross Of Mont
pelier and Miss Gertrude Ladue OF st.
Adams.
The funeral Of Mrs. Caroline Hast
ings took place from her late home ON
Wednesday afternoon. Rev. w. ;. Mich
OILS officiating. The bearers were Fred
Hastings, Frank Barney Harold Bar
ney and II. NJ Smith The interment
was in Green Mount cemetery. Mr..
and Mrs. II. NJ. Smith OF Boston were
here TO attend the funeral
The funeral of F. d. Wing occurred
at 10 O'Clock this morning, Rev. G. W.
Redding officiating, The knights Of
Pvthias funeral service was performed
both at the house and grave The
bearers were members OF the lodge, b.
A. Sumner. Burt Brown, John Stone
and G. w Luce The burial was in
Berlin cemetery.
The Wood Electric company has filed
with the secretary of state certificate
that Il will increase its capital stock
to 100000 and that il proposes To is
sue $4,000 worth Of stock and that Of
the total capital stock, as increased,
there is now 100000 paid up.
s. B. Bates returned this morning
from Washington. d. c., where he has
been attending conference before the
post roads committee Of the Senate
relative 10 the continuance Of the fed
eral road assistance. He feels that
the federal aid will be continued but IL
is matter of how il will be handled
and whether some change will be made
in the form.
DIR. L. 4. Stanley Of Waterbury has
been appointed administrator of the
estate Of DR. d. ID. Groui. late Of Wa
terburv. The settlement OF the es-
tate OF Frances Jones, late of Water
bury, has occurred in probate court.
The city committee held a meeting
last evening when II. l.. Farwell. who
has been treasurer for four years. re-
signed. The matter Of selecting the
delegates to the convention was left
practically to II. J. NJ. Jones. who is
a candidate TO attend the national con