The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-04-28
MONTPELIER
City Council Proposes TO Start Perma
nent Street Work.

The Montpelier city council last
night authorized City Engineer Ferry
to accept bids on permanent road work
Of not less than 1000 square yards
and not more than $4,000 square yards
TO be laid between School street and
/ the head OF State street and possibly
extending in either>direction and may
be toward the Rialto bridge. Ii any ex-
| tension is made vote of city meet
| ing viii be necessary. Bids will be
made for the following Kinds Of mate
rial~ Reinforced soncrete. bitulithic
with cement base. granite block paving
on cement foundations and tar ma
cadsm
DIR {. II. Burr, Commissioner Ferry
and Fire Chief Persons appeared rela-
tive TO cleanup week DR.. Burr said
such a cleanup should also include the
cellars Of private homes. The matter
was left to Messrs Ferry and Persons
to draft the program and organize the
effort.
W C. Cotton and J. J Williams op
posed the So gasoline license fee, the
former believing il was franchise tax
instead Of a police regulation under
which the license fees are collected and
the latter believing that the fee should
be $50 or 500 or else a nominal charge
of 81 The council later adopted the
ordinance calling for S25 tax. The l.
D Willcott Sons Co. by the National
Life Insurance Co. was given per
NIT to construct the Nationals new
building and to move the DeBoer house
across State street.
NJ J. Doyle appeared TO ask If any
complaint had been made concerning
noise around his house. There was no
formal complaint before the council !
but rumor had il that one might be |
filed The council believed that those
who had beeh pushing the matter had |
dropped it. Mr.. Doyle has been cutting /
stone. A motion Of March was /
amended so that b. W. Daniels viii |
have charge Of the land about the wa
ter supply under the supervision Of the
water commissioner.
The council talked at some length /
about parking automobiles The ordi
nances were looked up and it was
found that cars cannot he left more
than 10 minutes in a single place un
less the machine j. occupied Com
plants had been made a. to abuses hy
local parties parking their ears on the
shady side Of the street 20 that tour
sts and persons from out Of town can-
not approach stores on the shady side
Members of the Washington Aunty
'arm bureau will meet in the city hall
N. Montpelier at I o'clock Saturday
afternoon for the purpose Of listening
20 remarks 10 be made hy those who
ave been working ont a plan FOR more
inance- for the organization. +. b.
1ornwall of Midd'ebury. the county
gent in that section. who is also /
member 81 the national executive
,oard of the American Federation Of
farm Bureaus. will be one of the
peakers. while G. J. Cooper. who has
zen in charge of the membership cam {
aign in Addison county and j. now in
ration county. New Hamushirr. viii ;
lso speak 20 the members
Captain II. q. sheldon ard " a.
hastings left this morning for Ssndhar ,
ridge. whsre today they arr looking /.
yer The planting q 35no0 trees On
he bird sanctuary
4 ccuieren-e took plarp ye-te1lsr
ftcrraen relative Is thr seccptance 80 Z
~ Vermont ssnaforium az pittzfc-f 2
Y tho state. BENJAMIN Williams. rer-
1tin- -he Proctor interests ~ NtG
u-ditf. Chairman of TIRE uew boara. &
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