The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-10
BARRE PLANS
JITNEY RULES
City License, and J. Zee of So
Per Passenger 5 sat Or
$50 Maxi ! m
DRIVERS MI s BE
20 YEAI 3 OR OVER
3
Jitney Must : axe Out a
Surety Bond-Ordinance
Infraction, $40 to $1O0

q proposed ordinance submitted BY CITY
Attorney Dufficy in response to a re,
quest; and after short discussion the
ordinance was passed to second reading
and seems likely to be adopted n
Briefly stated, the ordinance (coyer
ing 10 typewriter pages proposes a
city license for motor buses. Il fee OF
! S. for each passenger seat and maxi
mum fec Of $50, drivers must be 20 or
lover, no driver habitualIy addicted 70
Intoxicating liquor to be licensed. a
surety bond Of $1,000 per passenger
seat and $4,000 for car to be re-
quired, the city or its agents not lia-
bile, limits passengers to seating capac.
lty, fixes speed of 10 miles an hour III
the city and eight miles turning. eor.
ners and at street intersections. re.
quires inspection of machines by gar
age men once month and provides q
penalty of $40 to 800 for violation OF
the ordinance.
City Attorney Duffiey stated that the
municipality has the right to license
and regulate iitneys; that Montpelier
i planning similar ordinances and
that Burlington and Rutland already
have ordinances. He stated also that
the requirement of a city license Would
cover the various motor stages which
touch Barre either as terminal or a.
station.
Wants 10000 Gallon Tank on Main
Street.
An amendment 10 the city ordinances
prohibiting the placing of any morn
gasoline, air or water stands on Main
street was proposed and like the iit-
ney ordinance. passed to a second read
ing. The proposed amendment forbidi
further installations between Wiley
street and the granite bridge in the
south end. The ordinance would be Ell
fective june TO-
In the meantime there promises n
be rush of applications. if the peti,
tons presented last night are any cri.
terion. One of the most far-reaching
proposals was that of G. A. Oliver to
set mp a 10000 gallon gasoline tank,
above ground, at $40 North Main
street 1.-THE Boyee property. Mr. oil.
yer proposes TO set his tank on the
back of the lot near Durkee place and
run a pipe to a service station near
Main street The nearest building ia
the big tank would be so or 90 feet An
500 gallon tank near Main street would
be placed under ground.
The aldermen considered this propos.
al matter that should be given pub
lie hearing and date was fixed for
MAY IS, AT p. m. Official no
tice Of which is TO be published three
times.
The Perry Automobile company
asked permission to place pump ot
! 900 gallons capacity in front Of its
new garage ON North Main street. and
Augustus Rossi asked for 500 gallon
tank permit at the corner Of Summer
and Pearl streets. Both these latter
were referred to the street
and fire committees.
The above matters we're by no means
.he whole Of business having to d0
with gasoline for the usual number OF
applications for private garages were
cut in, being as follows. Emanuel
Johnson, garage at II Division street;
Mrs. katherine Brown. garage at 10
Forsythe place; Mrs. C. J. Allen, re
OF a garage on Beckley
street; Louis Romanos, addition for
rarage at 80 Prospect street; ID. Gen.
'ralli. garage at 43l North Main street,
md also to build a piazza: Philip Beau.
leu TO make his garage at l42 Elm
treet about double the size of the per-
nit already granted: A. Fine and 9TH
rs, garage on Granite street; Mrs.
elizabeth Lecore. garage at 2 Farweli
treet.
In addition. G. Holmes was given
,ermit 10 remodel the roof of an ell a.
{, Q and II South Main street The ap-
lication Of the ID. NJ Miles Coal COM
anv to build two woodsheds st the
orner of North Main and Berlin streets
-as referred to the committee of the
rhole. which viii inspect the premises
'ridsy evening at ; o'clock.
aging Small Bills of Water Depart
ment.
Still there was something done be-
ides dealing with gasoline and its ac-
assories A resolution was adopted
ihich is proposed to regulate the small
r financial dealings of the water a.
artment. The resolution sets aside
300 in the city treasury on which tho
-ater superintendent can draw orders
} paw small bills of urgent paymcnt
.ithout necessity of waiting for the o.
{. Of the city council and when tho
300 is used up the mayor to issue =
arrant for another like amount. These
nders are TO be paid at the city treas
rer's Office. Included in the rcsolu-
on was the authority 20 the water
to keep enough money
" change in his Office and TO start =
,rckinr account in the hank 80 thst
. could paw the city treasurer weekly
y check unless the amount shouH
ing his accouut down lower than
90.
The proposal was scTlIfinized rather
oseIv and u was brought out thar =
milsr resolution relating to the streee
.partneut vas still N force with ths
Mount lust half thst proposed for tha
stcr superintendent II also was
ought out that the resolution uss
MOVED in the breach a. far a. keep-
z the $50 fund Vas concerned. ths
rect superintendent drawing his Or
rs vifhout regard 70 any fund 80
de far payment Of snail hilis Is
b. considered b. -sue ~ the ai5sT-
an that TIE street dspzrtmcat ruis
lCsntinusd On af,h Fas,l