The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-31
Increase of 80 Cents Over
the Rate Of Last
Year
GRAND LIST WILL
PRoBABL' g,E LESS
Part Of Incr = in Tax
Rate Due + s tate and
Count = evies

| Barre City's x ate was fixed by
the city councisA Monday nights
meeting at s4 for 1922. This Is an
increase Of 80 cents over last years
rate, but 22h cents Of this increase
is state and county taxes, over which
the council has no control. The in
crease in the local city tax rate is 27ls
cents. The tax is made up as follows
| Direct state tax, 40c; state school tax,
l0c; state highway tax, 5cs county tax,
| 5He; city highway tax, 20c; citY
school tax, Si35; sinking fund tax l5c;
general city tax, Sl.69ac.
Although no figures have been given
out, yet it stated the city grand list Will
be about $1,000 smaller this year than
in 1921
Further business BY the city council
included the granting of building per
mits to Bert ST Cyr to erect store
house, l0xls, at rear Of dwelling at A.
Maple avenue; r. Sierra to erect gar
age at Farwell street Peter Abiatti
to move henhouse from II co 2l Ladd
street, to G. A. Heath to build gar.
age on Orange street, Gerald Holmes 10
.ct show window IN house at South
Main street
A petition to have Elm street oiiel
from Wendell place to fremont street
was granted. G. ID. Lotlrup of iI5
Brook street made complaint of streee
conditions in the vicinity Of his home.
He reported the next house below MIN
was numbered l65 Maple avenue, and
that there was great confusion as !,
which street he was on. Further, there
was no sidewalk in front OF his house
and he asked if conditions could not nc
improved. Referred to street commit
tee and city engineer.
The contract for l6 band concerts Ia
be furnished by the Barre City band
on Tuesday evenings, with the excep-
tion OF Spaulding commencement week,
was approved and ordered executed.
II. r. johnson was granted permit TO
keep pigs, and request from Walter
l.. Mains circus as to what license Zee
Barre, was answered by fixing il vt
$50.
City Engineer Ruggles submitted AZ
estimate as to the cost for a shed IN
which to store city machines, shed 10
be 1896 feet, at Sl,l00
The following warrants were read
and ordered paid City clerk payroll,
sS6.O7; street payroll, $1,000. engi
neer's payroll, s27.s2; water payroll.
se4.4s; fire payroll sl91-50; police
payroll, Ss2s5; deputy police payroll.
SOS; assessors payroll, Sl04; &. /.
Booth $50: city treasurer, superin
tendent's orders for freight. $l32.5s;
Noble Refining company, 81: Charles
Hrass and CO.. Inc, $6.l5; F. T. Sc
,uin, S50S5: w. E. Nichols. hay Sl0J.-
I6; y. NJ Miles Coal company. fuel
1880 Cushman company. repairs on
-rusher motor, $32.57; W. +. Crowley
md company, sprayer wagon, $2;5;
semet -Solway company, calcium car
,ide. s636.52; Granite City Press.
'65s; Crane company, 500; Builders
ron Foundry. Slls.99; National Meter
sl27.20.
Elliott Fisher company, s23.o7; Bir
ningham Pen company, 50; Capital
ity Press, 1922 tax books. $500;
frantic Savings Bank & Trust Co,
iscount note in anticipation of taxes.
l04.44; Granite Savings Bank & Trust
o., coupons due june l. lil22, $2,050;
National Life Ins Co., interest, South
lain street paving note, sl75; state
reasurer, hunting and fishing licenses,
county treasurer. county tax,
922, 81, ,s9s95; Fl. William Scott. sal
ry, $50; overseer of poor, May ex-
enses. 81 900.