The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-09
MONTPELIER
All Present Department officials Reap
pointed BY Mayor Lille.

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| All city officials whose appointment
is made by the city council were re-
appointed for the coming year BY the
new council at its first meeting, held
in the city hall last night. The reap
poin,ment by Mayor d. X. Lille OF
Patrick J. Connolly as chief Of police
was confirmed by vote of the council.
Alderman George +. Carpenter was
elected president of the council. Alder
man Carpenter was also designated
city purchasing agent. The new coun-
Gil will sit as a committee Of the whole
on all matters commonly left to com
mittees, thus avoiding confusion and
following out the practice of last years
council
The city officials appointed were:
Vaney B. Persons, chief of the fire de-
partment; ID. W. Daniels, overseer Of
the poor; Martin Gil Ferry, street com
missioner and water commissioner;
George Emslie, tree warden; DIR. G. Fl.
Burr, health officer; Mrs. Rosemary
Harmon, assistant to the health off
Ger; A. G. Theriault, city sheriff;
Charles II. Reagan and Robert John
son, constables; George Hunt, city at
torney, V. B. Persons. forest, fire war;
DEM M. q. Jenne, paint inspectors;
Charles v. Kent, poundkeeper; Harry
S. Tabor, James G. Finn and Harrison
Lombard, fence viewers; Waldo H.
Farrar, Arthur A. Emery and James A.
Ewing, surveyors of wood. The APP
pointment by Chief of Police Connolly
Of Edgar d. Sloan and Frank b. Bald
win as patrolmen was confirmed. Kent
Il Smiths stable was designated as the
pound.
At the next meeting of the council,
the heads of the various city depart
ments ara to be called in for consulta-
tion, Mayor Lille stated. By agree
ment of the council, all regular meet
ings this year are to begin at 1880
p. IN.
Mayor Lille and City Treasurer It.
r. Merrill were authorized by vote of
the council on motion of Alderman
Carpenter to sign necessary temporary
notes in anticipation OF taxes as and
when the notes are needed The gen
eral city funds stand at present in the
vicinity Of $4,000, Treasurer Merrill |
stated, but money may be necessary |
for different purposes before the taxes
begin TO come in.
The mayor and city treasurer were |
instructed by vote of the council also
on motion of Alderman Carpenter, to
solicit bids on the city's account from
the various banking institutions in the
city and to place the account with the
bank presenting the lowest bid
City Treasurer T. K. Merrill was in
strueted to arrange for the bonding Of II
the city officers for the same amounts II
as last year, namely, $1,000 for the city
,lerk, $4,000 for the city treasurer, II
81 900 for the city sheriff, 81 900 for
The chief OF police, 81 900 for the over
seer of the poor and $4,000 for the
treasurer of the board Of school com
nissioners.
The Mechanic street bridge was dis.
'ussed and Alderman Carpenter was
instructed by vote OF the council, ON
notion of Alderman Edison. TO obtain
lafa and prices ON steel and concrete
ridges and TO obtain specifications on
he same. He was given authority to
ncur expense necessary in drawing up
peciications and designs. Four alter
Iatiyes were considered in regard to
he bridge, namely. repairing the pres
mt bridge, building light wooden
ridge, building a heavy covered wood.
n bridge and building a steel and con-
rete bridge. The first was held unfeas-
Bile because OF the risk in using any
art of the bridge as il now is light |
ridge was held impractical because Of
Isk. A heavy wooden bridge would cost
bout as much as steel and would be
ark, and unsightly, the council decided,
steel and concrete bridge is therefore
,oked upon as the best solution of
he problem. The means TO pay for the
ridge was discussed, as no appropria-
on has ever been made for this pur.
ose and there is no estimate for Il in
ne budget. The erection OF a bridge
as decided upon at the city, meeting,
ut no further instructions were given
he council. The estimated cost of a
eel and concrete bridge is in the
of $1,000.
Streets came in for a good deal of
scussion, as did the water supply
iscussion Of the purchase of an auto
obile sprinkler TO keep the streets
ct down in the summer indicated that =
he of these machines will be bought