The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-11
Citizer .cition Mayor to
81 Another City
sp Meeting
The CITY'S ASSETS
AND LIABILITIES
Alderman Healy Shows In
crease of Former Over
Latter in Five Years

South Main street bridge matter will
come into another city meeting for
further consideration. The petition
was presented to the mayor at the
meeting of the aldermen last evening
and asks the special city meeting for
the purpose of seeing if it will rescind
the action of the meeting of Feb. vot-
ing for a new granite arch bridge over
Jail branch on South Main street.
I'VE, the undersigned, legal voters
and taxpayers in the city of Barre, re-
speetfully request and petition that
you shall forthwith call and warn
city meeting of the legal voters of the
city of Barre to act upon the following
matters, to wit:
"D) To see if the voters will re-
seind the action of the city meeting
held in the city of Barre on the 4th
day of February, 1920, whereby it was
declared that a new bridge should be
erected over Jail branch on South Main
street
"f2l If said voters shall vote to re-
scind the action of said meeting, to
sec whether or not the voters will vote
to authorize the city council to proceed
with the erection of bridge over Jail
branch on South Main street,
"(31 If the voters shall decide TO
proceed with the erection of bridge
over Jail branch on South Main street,
to see, what kind of bridge they will
instruct the city council 10 have erect
ed.
"a If the voters in the city meet.
ing shall vote to proceed at once with
the erection of bridge over Jail branch
on South Main street: to see whether
or not they viii instruct the city coun-
ell TO pave South Main street from the
end of the paving as now laid to the
northerly end of said bridge; if so, to
authorize the city council to raise mon
ey in some manner to pay for the same.
'(5) To see if the voters will vote
to rescind all actions of the city au-
thorizing bonding for said bridge inn
provement.
'f6) To do any other proper busi-
ness in competition with said bridge over
Jail branch on South Main street. the
raising of money therefor by bonding
or otherwise. and in connection with
said bridge the filling, grading and paw
ing of that portion of South Main
street between the southerly end of the
paving as now laid and the northerly
end of said proposed bridge"
The petition was read to the meeting,
though addressed to the mayor, and
probably for that reason did not bring
forth any comment.
Earlier in the evening the city clerk
stated he had followed out instructions
and had sent out early yesterday no.
tices to various contractors asking for
bids on the proposed new bridge
Alderman Healy, chairman OF the
finance committee, felt that the pub
Jic had received an erroneous impress
Sion of the eity's finances from the
reading of the portions of the city re-
port as printed in The Times and he
stated he had been to the pains of get
ting comparisons of the city's assets
and liabilities from and including 1914
to 1919. In 1914 the city's assets over la
bilities were s470.Sll.25; in l9l9 they
were S5S7 .05l.l5. an increase OF Sll6,-
23g.90 in five wears. These figures do
not include permanent streets, bridges
and sidewalks constructed in that time,
which amount to S55,970.2S, added to
the above makes a total increase of
722lOlS. The total assets of the
citv, as figured by Mr. Healy. are to-
day Sl.454, 1879 Mr. Hesly also
showed a comparison OF the tax rate
of the city for general purposes for
six years as follows: 1914, Sl.20; 1918,
SI.24Ib; 1916, Sl.30; 1917. Sl32; 1918,
Sl.p: 1919. Sl6l, an increase of only
80 per cent when everything else had
increased at least 100 per cent. The
alderman also called attention to the
water department. which, he said, was
being generally criticized, and showed
that the operating expenses per mile
of pipe line cost each year for 10 years
as follows: 1909, S396.22; 1910, S392.65;
1911. Sl6a.36 1912. S44l.ll 1918,
S476.62: 1914. S43I.l3; 1918, S3sJ.S4;
1916. S39929 1917. S6ls.63; 1915,
s406.02; 1919, S43ls9
Other matters 70 come before the
meeting was the appearance Of William
Barclay and Alex Cormack to ask aid
for the bagpipe band Il was voted a
contract be made with the band for
concerts next summer at cost Of $3.50.
Chief Of Police Mitchell's report Tor
January showed only two arrests, one
for breach OF the peace and one for in
toxicatiou. This is probably the clean
est months record in the history OF the
department
The proposed amendment putting the
police force back under civil servirc
rules after il bad been ont side the pale
OF such protection for nearly wear,
was read a second time and adopted.
A request from the cemetery COM
missioners 10 move the Elmwood cemc-
terv Toulouse to the rear of the Lin
coin school Fairgrounds was refused to
he property committee and The school
commissioners and the matter II the
grade Of South Main street AZ each
approach 10 the bridge Was referued -
the street committee To investigate and
report. ". r. Nichols vas granted
permit 10 keep a pig
4 resolution approprlaiinc sl-t4H u
school purposes uss read a second time
and adopted Ciiy warrants were or
dared paid as foiioRs. George ". Cor
man. postage. sI0s2; street payroll.
sg1267: engineering payroll, sfA13,
water payroll. siE2 Is fire department
ps4rolf. sl95l5 poiioe payroll, Sl26-s5s
b n Gilbert son. - isry as wire inspec-
tor. SI29o. e T. Booih- Isnitor, So;
Ms 4 + Berfh. cleaning, 80 Mrs
israae Morzan. cleaning. Sl5os 2. NJ.
Tatn. services - ere chief So 7.sos
hae1 Treasurer. schools Sloeoo.