The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-02
STREET OILER
DEAL HALTED
Dealer Does Not Desire to
Sell AS Barre Agents
Understood Offer
STREET SPRINKLING
RESOLUTION PASSED
Permit for $4,000 Gasolene
Tank Was Voted Last
Night

An open meeting of an nour ana
half, followed by an executive session.
occupied the attention Of the Barre
city council last night. In the open
session only routine matters came un-
der consideration, chief Of which were
the adoption Of resolution for street
sprinkling, the granting Of $4,000 gal
Ion gasoline tank iabove ground per-
nit. to Fl. G. Bennett on Batchelder's
meadow in the south cnd-and discus
sion Of the deal for a street oiler which
William +. Crowley company Of Bos-
ton is unwilling to carry through as
Alderman Mccarthy and Street Super
intendent Freeman dickered for the ma
chine.
The street sprinkling resolution, call
ing for oil or water, covers the same
streets as last year with the addition
of Center street, as proposed last night
by Alderman Ossola. 1t was said that
other streets, ON which abutters were
willing to pay the assessment, might
be added TO the list.
The matter of oiIing streets is. Of
course, held up pending the deal with
the Crowley company for the oiling
equipment or pending other arrange
ments. Alderman Mccarthy declared
they made the deal fair and square,
that the city would purchase the oil
ing equipment, with replacing OF miss
ing nozzles, for S235. Now the Grow
ley company writes that ii cannot
furnish the equipment with the nozzles
replaced for that amount.
II ought to be said In this connection
that the promise to sell the city the
equipment with the nozzles WAS last
minute agreement. made at the
station just AS the Barre men
were preparing to take the train
for home, and that the agreement
was made by another person than the
Mr.. Crowley who signed the letter de
claring his companys refusal to fur
nish the nozzIes. Still. Alderman Nc
Cartby and Street Superintendent
Freeman considered the man making
the agreement to be competent party
to deal with and they came home with
the understanding that the trade WAS
all completed and that the oiling
equipment would be shipped
However, the equipment has not been
as the Crowley letter makes It
clear. The upshot of the discussion last
night was that the street committee
take the matter up with power to act,
with some of the aldermen expressing
the opinion that the Crowley company
be notified that if it did not wish to
furnish the complete equipment, minus
the coil (which the city expected to
furnishl then the dicker was all of,
In the meantime, the street commit 4
toe will inspect some equipment at
A. to the $4,000 gallon gasoline tank
81 Mr.. Bennett, apparently no one in
the vicinity of the proposed site had
objected; and the fire committee. to,
whom the matter had been referred,
could not see any particular danger, so
Il recommended that the permit be
which was done. The appli-
,ant proposes TO erect small brick
building. in addition TO the tank, and
viii enclose the property with fence.
In connection with gasoline matters,
he council voted later in the evening
10 have the city attorney draw np an
ordinance prohibiting the placing, here
after, of gasoline pumps, water or air
pumps on the curb on Main street. such
lction having been taken after the
,ounciI had granted permit to the
Palace garage for a combination air
md water continuance, application for
which had been put in long time
sgo. 1t was said that so many pumps
md other contrivances on the curb
we're getting to be nuisance.
Another alleged nuisance at the
.urh on Main street was the action
If motor vehicle drivers in parking
heir cars for long stretches OF time.
coming out of store or
,ffice, cranking up and driving around
he square and coming back to the old
1tand, in order to comply with the
present ordinance, limiting the park
ng time. Nothing was done about the
alleged nuisance.
That the city is going to the gasoline
,ow-wows pretty fast was further in
Heated BY the five building permits
yranted last night for private garages,
IL follows: l. 4. Flint, 10 Summer
street; Fred Townsend, 25 fremont
street; f. r. Tarbox. 100 Beekiey
street: Samuel Gerard addition to
.arace and remodeling Of house roof.
I6 Beacon street; Alex Mitchell. 30
ross street. In addition, the council
roted a permit TO Nm. b. Albisetti 70
move a henhouse across her lot at 20
Foster street
On the other hand. the fire commit
ce recommended that A. Lsbrana he
rot permitted to erect a garage at
stipulated site at 80 Granite street be
.anse the building would Be too near
,ther property. The report was sc-
,epted.
Effort of George W. Mann 10 extend
ne roof Of = piazza at 2s Merchant
.trcet also came under tho disapproval
u the council, as the building inspector
'eportcd there was an oveFhang Of
hrce feet on adjacent property. al
hough il was stated II was Mr.. Mann's
,ontention he had the possession Of
irht OF way there. The matter Vas
-eferred 70 the city attorney with pow
y to act
The hulding inspector reported II
minor permits granted in March.
A resolution appropuatiug sloo A.
permaneht trus; fund to carr - the
rmeterv bot of r. p. Cranda1 past. O.