The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-06-04
PUEBLO, COLO, FLOODED
AND $4,OOOOOO DAMAGE
DONE; RAINS CONTINUE
MONTPELIER

al Life Insurance building was set Fri
day afternoon, having arrived IRON
Barre in the last few days and the
foundation baving become hard enough
so that the granite could be placed,
Masons, therefore, will be at work
henceforth The Briggs house will
probably be out of State street in a
day or so. The work of moving it up
Bailey avenue will be slower than it
was on State street, probably week
being occupied with the elevating and
moving of the house to the Reed lot.
Bids will be opened this afternoon
by the board of charities and proba
tion in their office in the State House
for the construction of the news shelter
home that is to be built in Montpelier
The appropriation is $1,000, and the
secretary expects to be able TO secure
the furnishing elsewhere. Four bids
have been received. Work will be com
menced soon as possible 1t will not
be very high building, for one rea-
son as q protection to the children
against fire. The location of the lot
Is in the angle of Main street near
Town hill
II. A. Stoekwell who has been EN-
ployed in the Brown store at Put
namsville, is to open store for him
self in West Berlin and was in the
city yesterday afternoon buying his
supplies.
Harold Howe of Mortified was To-
cal visitor Yesterday afternoon.
Chief of Police Connolly located
l7-year-old Gardner, Mass, boy quick
ly yesterday afternoon. A man came
here to see if by chance the boy had
come to Montpelier. and Chief Connol-
ly was able to locate him, with the
assistance of Johp II. Stone. in half an
hour He will remain here this sum
mer. His mother had become much
worried about him for it was not
known where he went when he left
home early last month.
A special meeting of Mt Sinai tenn
pie, Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, took
place in city hall in Montpelier Fri
day evening at which two representa-
tives to the imperial Shrine were elect
ed to fill two vacancies. Those elected
were Alex j. Smith of South Ryegate
in place of Walter Washburn, and A.
~. Halliday. of st. Albans in place of
Mr.. Bell of Burlington. Messrs. Wash
burn and Bell resigned because they
were unable to get away at the time
OF the annual session The matter of
holding the summer outing was left
as ii originally was arranged at pre-
vious meeting.
News has been received in Montpel-
ier of the death of Ernest jacobson
Of San Francisco, Cal, where he has
lived since he left here, some Is years
ago. He was in the florist business in
Montpelier and later in the west. He
leaves wife and one child. -
Friday evening it was learned that
the men from the water department
had found a l2-inch sewer main where
it was supposed there was an eight
inch main. Superintendent Ferry has
scarcely any maps to go by to ascer-
tain this data. He was expecting to
remove, what he had been advised was
an eight-inch pipe, to put in l5-inch
pipe before the new paving was laid.
The dirt is being replaced in the hole
to-day.
Judge Stanley c. Wilson was in
the city yesterday afternoon and while
at the county clerks office took the file
in the reeeivership of the Barre &
Montpelier Traction & Power company
to Chelsea to review the work which
the receiver. III. j. Eolholm, has been
doing.
The storm last evening put the FIRE
alarm system in poor order.
Company B of Ludlow has been or.
ganized This is the last of the rife
companies of the national guards IN
Vermont and Captain +. c. Vaile, who
was lieutenant in Company l at
Brattleboro, an ex-service man, is com
mander of the company.
The will of Clara Swssey, late Of
Waterbury, has been presented to the
probate court.
J. +. Knight of South Royslton.
graduate Of Norwich university, class
of 1918. has been appointed by the
city council as inspector on the paving
job in Montpelier. Mr.. Synder, who
has charge of the contract, arrived yes
terday and looked over the job. II is
rumored that some of the paving is
20 come from Concord. y. H., although
probably arrangements will be made
for most of it to come from Barre.