The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-01
Water Will Be Stored on
the Martin Brook,
West Hill
MEKKELSON FARM
BOUGHT FOR $500
The G. .ruction Is Ex-
pecf to Be Started
: Soon y


The q step toward construction Of
ne p ty water reservoir Ter Barre
was q en- BY the city council last
mig = hen resolution was passed to
d lid reading empowering the may.
or, city attorney and the water com
mittee ia. purchase the Mckkeson farm
at Martin brook in .Williamstown, tho
farm to be used as site for the pro-
poeed reservoir. The price which il
was decided to pay was $500. mo
tien was then made and adopted IN
structins the city engineer to prepare
plans for the new reservoir
The decision 10 purchase this farm
was reached at a presions meeting and
the trade with Mr.. Nicholson WAS
made since then. The deeds for the
transfer are now being made and il il
expected work on the new reservoir.
will begin as soon as conditions VIII
permit. With new reservoir on the
Martin brook the city viii be assured
an added supply for industrial uses
which il going to be much needed when
business in Barre is back TO normal
again.
Furthermore. with this new reser.
voir, Barre with an adequate supply
OF water for the east side and nearly
equal supply from the west side, will
be well protected in case Of accident IN
either line The cost of the new res
ervoir, including purchase price Of the
farm, is expected to be in the neigh
borhood Of $4,000
However. though OF the brightest
! from tine standpoint OF public good
the meeting was not without its
pathos for the long suffering. much
mandhandled petition Of the Montpx
| Ter and Barre Light and Power con,s
pany, for permission to ground its Sec
ondary eircnit. to the city water pipe,
was put to death. Az has been the eils-
tom. the matter caused no end OF dis
cussion. Alderman Shield voted for tie
proposal.
| in response to notification froui
the state fire marshal, the council au
! thorized the property committee 10
have installed center rail in the main
stairway of the opera house.
A resolution recommending that the
water department be compelled to pay
FIVE per cent interest on the balance
of the debit Of $41,3oa.a2, WAS passed,
During the course Of the evening, Al
I,.
danger to pedestrians and others on
Nelson street at night near the tobog
gan chute, and II was moved and car
ried that the street committee see the
secretary Of the Board of Trade and
request that that part of the street bc
lighted at night as promised BY the
secretary when he appeared before tho
council and asked for q permit for the
chute
Upon the recommendation Of the
lighting committee. it was voted 10
have installed small light at Birch
and Nichols street.
The reports were read. accepted and
ordered printed in the annual city re-
port City treasurer, directors Of the
Barre French library. city clerk school
treasurer and auditors.
The following bills were ordered
PAID: D. NJ Miles Coal Co.. $534G;
payroll. city clerks office. Ss6.07; pay
roll. street department. S30l.4o; pay
roll. engineering department. S3l.l5;
payroll. waser department. SS6.l5;
payroll. FIRE department, Sl95.05; pay
ron, police department. $3.50; G. J..
Booth, $50, Robert D. Maekie. Fred
eric A. Inglis and l. G Beck. so hours
each auditing city hooks. S32 each;
William Wishart, services and ex-
peifses for January. S5s.S5; Mrs. l. c.
Payne. sll.l4; Capital City Press, rec
ord book. s27.60; Granite Savings
Bank and Trust company. 50: Peter
Puricelli. care Of town clock for one
year. $50; II. NJ. Wilder. repairs to
Gre alarm. -; school treasurer, city
schools appropriation, $1,000; Mr.
Curtis. cutting three cords of wood,
s6.75; Siias Matott, cutting two-thirds
cord of wood. sl50; Frank Batchclde-,
cutting two cords ef wood. S4ao,