The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-14
LONGER TRIAL FOR
FIVE CENT FARE
Traction Company and City Will
Watch Results for Four Months
Before Proposing Permanent
Fare Inside City.

Business before the board of alder
men last night was so light that the
regular weekly session lasted only a
half hour, during which time a quanti
ty of bills we're ordered paid and some
minor matters were attended to.
Among the latter was proposal from
the Barre Montpelier Traction &
Power Co. TO try out the fiye-cent fare
inside the corporate limits for another
four months in order to determine
whether such charge under normal
conditions would bring in as much re-
ceipts as the six-cent fare. In other
words, the company was willing to ex-
tend the trial as proposed by pre-
vious city council, such willingness be-
ing due to the belief that the fiye-cent
fare had not received reasonable
trial in the four months expiring June
80 because of the excessive snow OF
March and the labor suspension during
all or part of the three succeeding
months.
The Traction Co. made formal pro-
posal for extension of the trial with
out submitting any figures as TO the
receipts for the four month period just
expired, and the board of aldermen
gave formal approval of the extension
of the trial Under the proposal as
originally made it was left to the re-
suits to determine whether there
should be five-cent or six-eent
fare in the city limits.
+. w. Chesley of Waterbury made
application for a license to run mer-
rv 20 round on the Pearl street va.
cant lot for two weeks, with a side
privilege of selling popcorn, soft
drinks, etc. All the aldermen consid-
cred that a merry go-round in that To-
cation would be a nuisance and voted
against the application.
The resignation of Raymond Z. Lu-
pien as regular fireman in the Barre
| fire departme was read and accepted.
Mr.. I.upien gave as his reason for re
signing insufficient salary"
These bills were ordered paid Calder
4 Richardson, $3.50; cash paid out on
street superintendent's orders, 1910;
II. F. Cutler & Son, Ss403; kempton
mills, $1,000; Montpelier & Barre
Light & Power Co., s7l3.92: L. Mcleod,
sal .o5; n. j. Roberts, Sll70; j. b.
Robinson, $3.50: Smith, Whitcomb q
Cook Co. sll.26; Allen Lumber Co.,
s67. IS; c. w. Averill & Co., s4l ~;
Keuffel & Esser Co., s3o.43; Lutkrn
Rule Co. 81 SO; New England Tel 4
Tel Co. sl723; S. L. Ruggles, cash
paid out, s2.3l; Barre Electric Co.
$3.50; Builders Iron Foundry, Si5Z.
o3; Burroughs Adding Machine CO..
Is 20; city water department, cash
psid out. s63Gl; Granite City Tool
Co. 50 cents. -
b n. Griffith. S23.25; Kee e-Lox Mig.
Co. 50: Perry Auto CO., $3.50; y. d.
Phelps Co. $500; Tilden Shoe Co,
so al. town of Barre, taxes, s34I y
| Tucker Tool ( Machine Co., s9.ll
waldo Bros. & Bond Co, $3.50; wal
worth Mig. Co, s42.79; Water WORKS
Equipment Co. sl5; Barre Gas 20,
s7a so; r. l.. Clark, sls.so; u. NJ
Miles Coal Co, sl,096.43; Reynolds a
Son 40 cents; American City. -;
American LaFrance Co. $50.s3; II. q.
Rennett SLAP: A. Cont, Sl.5o; Cush-
man Co.. 80 cents; Houghton & Robins,
$40 S., oldsmobile Co. of Vermont, oo
cents.
r A. Slayton, s45.44; Fl. W. Dubois
Co. sl7s; James ]. Lamb & Co.,
$50 o5; George Tonguay, % cents;
street payroll, s457.s7; engineering
payron. s47.73; water payroll slSl'l, /;
Are payroll. Sl9l05; police payroh'
sl02. .a5; c. l.. Booth, $50; Miss 6ridiey'
500 :. d. NJ. Gilbertson, wire inspector
sIl7O; A. VI. Flanders, S2l.75; water
rebates. $500; Edwin keast, alder
mans services, March, April, May
June. S67 so