The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-10
MONTPELIER
Paperers and Paper Hangers to Receive
Wage Increase.


An agreement has been reached be-
tween master painters and local union
3lI, whereby the wage scale will be
72h cents per hour, or $3.50 per day, OF
eight hours, beginning March /, 1920.
On reply to an inquiry mailed to ten
| representative business men OF Mont
pelier nine agree that the present pur-
chasing power of 81 is only AZ cents as
compared to the first six months of
1914. This also agrees with figures fur
nished bv the United States govern
ment. On the above basis, the present
wage of $3.50 per day has a purchasing
power off only 1926, to compare with
1925. the wage in 1914. All members OF
the trade agree that it has been a low
paid trade in this city as compared
to their n~eighbors and consider it Just
and absolutely necessary to make this
advance.
S. b. Bates, state highway commits
sioner. has received from the federal
government an allotment of $4,000
pounds of black gun powder, bought
for war purposes but not used, now GO
ing to several states for road construc-
ton purposes and the amount Is Yer
mont's allotment. Mr.. Bates expects
that while he will not be able to ac-
complish as much with this as he would
with dynamite, good results will be
obtained in using it in blasting in road
work and that a considerable amount
of it will be used in the blasting in
Smuggler's notch, in which a contractor
will commence work as soon as the sea-
son opens.
Mrs. Florence G.. Nelson Of Newport
Is visiting with Miss Alice Robinson,
her sister.
Major Walter Harvey and family left
last evening for Los Angeles, Cal,
where they will make their home. Ma
ior Harvey, who was assigned to the
adiutant generals Office some months
ago. has experienced his first winter
with snow and the cold weather, IN
the quantity that we have had, but
he saws It has been one Of the pleas
ures of his life to live here in winter
time. He has recently been retired,
having served the required length OF
time in the army. He was colonel dur
inc the war and served in France.
Miss Irma Foster has gone TO Rut
land for a visit with friends.
H. T. Sands of che Tenney company
was here yesterday expecting the hear
ing ON the increase in the power rates
would occur to-day, but II has been
continued because OF the illness OF ,.
II. Jackson. incidentally while here. he
met the traction company employees
relative to their request for an increase
in wages.
The fall Of snow has materially re
duced the applications for registration
of motor vehicles in the office OF the
secretary of state. Persons who are
DESTROYS of securing their 1920 number
plates should bear in mind that now
il the time 20 make their applications
for business is light in the automobile
in fees Monday.
Capt. f. ". Gibson of Brattleboro
has been appointed by Gen. H.. T..
johnson as major in the judge advo-
Gates department of the state stan
corps and departments. This Is the
office that resembles the one held by
Stephen Gushing before the war, only
that more duties may be added TO 1t.
Major Thomas J. Hagan of Rutland
has been appointed commanding officer
in the medical department OF the LIST
Vermont infantry, which Is a reap
pointment. because he held this posi-
ton before the war. and he has author
ity to organize the medical detachment
OF the infantry. He will be stationed
in Rutland.
Mrs. Myrtle A. Cow OF Barre has
settled her account as eXecutriN of the
estate of James Cow, late of that city,
while T.. 4. Foss Of Plainield has set
tied his account as administrators OF the
estate of b. T.. Page, late of that VII
lage.
Mrs. +. H. Tracy is i'll at Heaton hos
pital, suffering with grip.
Miss Madge Warren has returned
| from Chicago, where she has been at a
conference of the life work secretaries
of the Epworth league organization
Miss Warren was elected secretary OF
the conference.
Coal conditions in Montpelier have. IN
a way. improved. but al the same time
thew are worse in some ways, owing 70
I the fact that the railroads have been
forced to take some Of the soft coal
that was in transit. Monday afternoon
4 carload of coal was set for the city
hall but tht morning the property com
mittee returned some seven tons that
IL borrowed Of the Langdon estate n