The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-02
CITY COUNCIL TALKED
OYER FINES PROJECT
Owners Press for Action on Moving
Permit Because of Approach Of
Cold Weather.


Work on the store project Of Abram,
Tillie and Irving Fine to be at
North Main and Granite streets, prob
ably will start soon. Irving Fine ap-
peared before the city council last night
and urged that speedy action be taken
on the petition to move the house on
the property to the street lines, because
Of the rapid approach OF cold weather.
The matter has been in The hands OF
the street committee and has been held
up to arrange for land for the sidewalk
which eventually will be laid on the
Granite street side Of the lot. MIR. Fine
told the council he would be willing
to move the house up to six feet and
one half of the Granite street hne 70
allow for this, and that he would sell
the city the land required for the side
walk at reasonable price when It
should be wanted. The street commit
tee will view the project again to-day
and indications point TO an agreement
being reached The Fines plan on alter
ing and remodeling the .house into two
stores and two apartments.
Alderman Keast called the attention
of the coundl to recent act OF the leg
stature which provides for the rental
of municipal courts to be paid by the
state. The property committee was in
tructed to confer with Judge Elwin l..
Scott on the matter as no rent had
been received for the city court room IN
city hah
A petition to erect large stoneshed
off South Main street, received from e,
n. Rock, was referred to the health
committee. The petition said that the
shed was to be built on the lot between
the Straiton shed and the lots on Web
ster avenue, but, because Of the prox
unity OF dwelling houses, Building In
spector Rand recommended the COM
mittee investigate.
Mayor Langley was authorized to
call d special city meeting to discus ;
the funding Of 100000 worth of water
bonds coming due Jan. ! for which
there is no money in the city treasury
to pay. The mayor was also authorized
to act as agent for the city in selling
the old city building.
The report. of Chief of Police James
w. Sullivan for October was read and
showed that seven arrests were made.
OF these two were for intoxication, one
for breach of the peace, two for larceny
and two for non-support. The report
was accepted and ordered filed.
A permit was granted to Frank Z.
Daily to move his pigs from the barn
at 70 South Main street to the Holmes
barn a short distance north on South
Main street and the council voted TO
grant PBilip Bisson of 3 Currier street
permit to keep a COW as soon as he
shows q certificate of test
A request FROM William Scott, over
seer of the poor. for 81 200 over the
balance with witch to pay October
bills, was granted.
These building permits were granted:
James Glass to move henhouse from
Liberty street to 3 Dix place; James
Lord TO move henhouse from Camp
street to l69 Washington street, and
the c. H. Bolster estate to move an 0id
barn al The Peerless mill to the ss'me
distance as the mill engine house.
These bills were ordered paid: Pay
roll. city clerks office, ss6.07; payroll,
street department, $4l3.7I; payroll, en-
gineering department, s36.65; payroll,
water department, Sl2S.03; payroll fire
department, Slos.s0s payroll, police de-
partment. SS4.05. c. l.. Booth, $50; wa
ter rebates. S27.45; library bureau,
Ss.04; j. ]. Lamb & Co, printing sta
tionery, $23.36; William Wishart, sery-
ices and expenses, S5l.l0; Il. +. Avery,
salary city physician for October, $50;
Goodfellow Co. gasoline, $5.ss; H. Will
liam Scott, salary overseer of the poor,
$50; Edwin Keast, services as alder
man, $4l.70.