The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-10
MONTPELIER
City Council Drops Plan to License
Motor Buses for Present.

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to leave the business Of regulatin,
motor buses plying through or t
Montpelier to the next legislature, ex
cept as these long distance buses com,
I under the city hackney ordinance. TIL,
ordinance, with amendments, has beer
, under discussion since last May, wher
Lit was drafted and passed. BY the
new ordinance, this ordinance of May
10 is repealed. The latter contained
provisions as to bonding the carriers
| for the protection of passengers and a
registration fee of fixed amount per
passenger. The hackney ordinance
which has been in effect for years, pro-
vides for yearly license fee Of one
dollar The new ordinance becomes
effective Aug. 81.
4 The original ordinance, as passed
May 10 and with amendments pro-
posed later, drew considerable pro-
test from the drivers Of busses running
through Montpelier, who claimed that
they would be unable to operate at a
profit if the ordinance were enforced.
The new ordinance was drafted fol-
lowing the co,v1cil's vote on motion Of
| Alderman j. H. Gowdy to table the
amendment to the. old ordinance. Ways
and means of adjusting the matter,
! owing to the lateness of the season
and the fact that the next legislature
win undoubtedly consider the regula-
tion Of the bus traffic, then came under
consideration, end the new ordinance
was framed.
A petition from the Montpelier &
Barre Light & Power company for the
extension Of their line about $40 feet
on North street was referred to the
city engineer with power to act.
Pavrolls and bills we're approved.
Building permits were approved ar
follows: g. G. Buzzell to single shed
and barn; A. c. Theriault to shingle
house; J. w. Taylor to shingle two
garages; George Seiywright to roof
house; D. w. Coryea to roof two
houses: Pete Billado general repairs;
u r. Maroni 10 single house; Rama
Guyer to single barn; James Boyle
to single house, f. u. Lowe general
repairs: d. X. Richardson general re-
pairs; Jennie G. Brown to shingle
house; Fl. c. Campbell general repairs;
ID. g. X. Hunt to single a house;
James Scales general repairs.
The sanitary inspector reported five
inspections on Barre street, one on |
Putnam, one on Granite, three on |
Elm, one on Main, -four on Beplin side.
one Of a sewer on Court street, and |
one interview with a garbage collector.
A complaint of the use Of the corner
of Marvin and Hubbard streets was
also investigated.
Milk licenses were granted to George
II. Rumney Of Shady Rill, Theo. T..
Lane of East Montpelier, Harry Haw-
kins Of Vine street, Guy NJ. Hale Of
East Montpelier. +. r Jacobs of Horn
Of the Moon, George Grout. p J. Nc
Ayoy, and T. J. Finn Of Worcester
branch Rougi Pinian OF 1874 Barre
street, Frank Garcia of 2s2 Barre
street. l.. A. Minott OF Worcester
branch. Jesus Ala of River street, w.
n. Buchanan of Worcester branch. RI.
D, Carr Of Ridge street. Dennis Boxx
II Hill street. Berlin, A. r. Baldwin
81 Berlin street. Mrs. j. NJ Coates of
Terrace street, L. L. Cutler of East
Montpelier, Samuel P. Hatch of East
Montpelier, w. c. Silloway OF Gene
cry street. and J. w Alexander Of
State street.
NJ. Gacicio was granted license to
conduct bootblaek stand and II. c.
.ithgow license for selling liniment.
Eugene Binaghi pleaded not guilty
n Montpelier city court Yesterday aft
rnoon to charge of possessing and {
furnishing intoxicating liquor. Bail
vas fixed at $500 and furnished by
red Doucette. The case was contin- [
ed to next Monday afternoon. IL
Henry b. Amey of Island Pond was f
a the city yesterday.
Assistant Judge George II. Dale re-
urned to Waterbury last night after J
he inquest before him into the fatal
automobile accident at the Riverton
rossing June IL. Z
Major George +. Carpenter left last s
ight for Camp Governor Hardness, G.
here the l72d infantry is in camp. v
Bastardy proceedings were brought
Montpelier city court Yesterday by Al
/. Viola Clark against II. G.. Smith. m
harles b. Adams of Waterbury ap- ol
Jared for the plaintiff. Bail was fixed q,
$3.50 and furnished by W. w. Hart Il
ell and L. A. Eastman Of Mortified. is
he defendant was bound over TO Il
'ashington county court pl
The National Life Insurance COM GO
lny's field day held yesterday, proved b
great success. The clambake pre- 81
ded over by Riley Bowers and served in
a large tent on the field was the 70
owning event Of the day and was fol-
we'd bv dance in the assembly hall -
the new building, for which Whites 1.
furnished music. At the -
ambake prizes were awarded for the "
Id events by l.. P. Brigham The
seball game between the married az
en- and the single men resulted in di
victory for the married mems team
score of too They will receive :
box of cigars as a prize. The batter r
were Gross and JAYNE for the mar
d men and Mobbs and Shepard for
E single men. The umpires we're
Itnam, at the plate, and Hayford, on
e bases. A special prize Of 81 was
larded to Miss Margaret Dobey in
? bean guessing contest. Miss Do
vs. guess was 7s5. the correct mum
/ being 7o2. The finals Of the mems
mis- tournament. between Messrs. II.
Jackson and Lyons. were won by
; former. In the finals Of the wom-