The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-09-28
NO CHANGE ON
FRANCHISE
Barre City Council Voted
to Lay Matter on the "
Table
MONTPELIER VOT : 5
TURN 1T J NN
Or Put the Quest 5 5 Up
to City Gov 8.
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Again 8

Slumber came to the petition of the
receivership of the street railway com
pany for radical changes in the fran
chise last night, when the city council
unanimously voted to table the matter
The company had requested that the
franchise be amended in such a manner
that the Washington street line might
be abandoned, the fare increased to
eight cents and workingmens tickets
to five cents, cars run not oftener than
hourly and the railway released from
any obligation to regrade between its
rails when the city should put in per-
manent paving in any street occupied
by the tracks.
Mayor Langley told the councillors
that Receiver II. J. Volholm had on
Saturday signed the communication re-
ceived by the council at its last meet
ing from H. C. Shurtleff, thereby max
ing the letter official. Mr.. Shurtleff had
neglected to append his title of coun-
sci to the receiver Of the road or to
embody in the letter anything which
would Indicate that it had been com
posed at the direction of Mr.. Volholm,
In order to amend the franchise, it
was brought out, it would be necessary
to call city meeting and the earliest
possible date at which the meeting
could be held would come after the :
next hearing on the receivership before
Chancellor S. G. Wilson Oct. s. A mo-
ton was made to table the petition
and the councillors sang the lullaby.
The report of City Engineer Sydney
L. Ruggles on the condition of the
bridges in the city was read and
showed that the Blackwell street struc
ture is in dangerous condition and in
need of immediate extensive repairs.
According to the report, the last paint
was put on the girders over the rust
and rusting has been going on since
under the paint. Most of the parts are
rusted badly at the street level, accord
ing to the report, and one channel OF
the northeast end post is rusted en-
tirely through. The sidewalk planking
and the stringers are dry -rotted, the
report said. All other bridges are in
good Condition requiring only minor re-
pairs such as replanking, scraping,
painting, etc
In view of the recent disaster in
! Chester. Pa, the sidewalks of the
Prospect and Blackwell street bridges
should be strengthened, the city engi-
neer declared. The council accepted the
report and ordered the recommends
tions carried out under the supervision
of the street committee.
Permits were granted to Mrs. Mary
Miles to build sleeping porch on the
D. 81 N Artb
Cole to erect garage on vacant lot
off Short street, to Mrs. Cora Bates TO
build a garage at Is Sheridan street,
to Robert Inglis TO build a garage at
"a East street and to Calder d Rich
ardson Co.. to erect two wood-shed ad-
ditions at Hills crossing.
A letter was read from Attorney Al
land G. Fay as counsel for Mrs. Calista
A. Smith ordering the city of Barre,
or anyone in the nanF of the city, to
refrain from taking sand or gravel
from the so-called Jail branch adjoin-
ing Mrs Smiths property on Washing
ton street. The letter claimed the re-
movals of sand and gravel from the
place caused Mrs. Smiths land to cave.
in. 1t also ordered that an accounting
of every load already taken from the
place be submitted to Mr.. Fay and
payment made for the same. Alderman
keast told the council that the gravel
taken came from the bed of the dam at
Phelps mills and that the city had
not encrosched on Mrs. Smiths prop
erty The matter was, therefore, or
dered laid on the table.
The following bills were ordered
paid: Payroll city clerks office, Sill
.O7: payroll street department, sell
.al: payroll engineering department,
s2s. .65; payroll fire department, SOL
.55; payroll water department, Sl40-
IS: c. /. Booth, $50; II. w. Scott, for
services as overseer of the poor from
Sept. l3 to 10, inclusive, $50; A. II.
Strouse Publishing Co. S2.S7; Gran
ite City Press, s2l.56; Clarence Robin
son for use of automobile for water de-
partment. $40; city clerk. for miscella
neous expenditures, sl6.06; F. y. Daus
Dupl. Co. $50; T.. L. Sibley Manufy
turing Co. 81; American Bank Ndfe
Co. printing bridge bonds, sl52.25;
city schools appropriation, $4,000;
Granite Savings Bank & Trust Co. for
six months interest on sll4.500 school