The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-07-12
For Pavement Inside Rails
and Just Outside on !,
Washington Street
RECEIVER CLAIMS
UNDER COURT ORDER
Barre Decides -. to Buy
Whitney Far s,n Mar
tin F Ak

Refusal Of the ver of the Barre
& Montpelier II ON & Power Co to
/ pay for btum ,y macadam on the
roads right I .2ay on Washington
street, declins - !. of the city TO buy
the Whitney farm for 5000 in connec-
tion with proposed reservoir on Mar
tin brook and authorization to proceed
with construction of storage build.
ing for city machinery on Burnham's
meadow We're the principal items of
business at the regular meeting of the
Barre board of aldermen last night,
with Vice President Rogers presiding.
The Whitney farm is located on one
branch of the Martin brook and north
west of the old Martin farm bought by
the city in Wiliiamstown. The city
council az whole visited the loca
tion recently and considered the price
asked for the farm as too high. There
was little discussion of the matter, ths
purpose of the action being to place
the city's decination on record.
Receiver Volholm's refusal to pay for
the pavement on the street railroads
right of way on Washington street was
based on the temporary order Of Judge
8. G. Wilson, the receiver holding that
he was not authorized by the court to
pay for paving. merely to make such
repairs as seemed necessary in his fthe
receiverssl Judgment. He wrote that
the Traction Co was out cf the mat
ter and defunct and that the city
would gain little, or nothing. by charg-
ing the cost of bituminous macadam up
to the Traction CO. as a threat had
been made to do If the company did
not proceed with the work in ten days
City Attorney Dufficy was present at
the meeting and he stated his opinion
in the matter, after which the feceiv-
ers letter was referred to the city at
torney.
City's machinery has been deteriorat-
ing. il is said because of lack OF rea~
sonable storage facilities, and hence
the proposal to erect storage. build
ing, 100 feet long, on Burnham's mead
ow. City Engineer Ruggles submitted
plans and was authorized TO ask for
bids up to July IS, the city to lay the
Fourth Ward Streets.
Alderman Milne came up to the meet
ing with fire in his eye because of poor
streets in the fourth ward He said
hat Elmwood avenue and Perrin street,
ior instance, were in such wretehed CON
lition that doctors and grocers refused
20 make the attempt to travel the
'treets, some places being two feet deep
n r,rs. He said the abutters only
lsked that the city bring UP the ma
erials and they, the abutters, would
mild the streets. Superintendent Free
nan was present at the meeting and
we're not what they should be- because
f their clay soil but he was ready to
10 what he was instructed to do. II
vas left for the mayor and street SUI
to visit the location and
axe steps to remedy the defects.
II was suggested that complaints
bout using Gunner brook for dump
e referred to the board of health.
To Stop Jay Walking"
Alderman Venner wants to stop "jsv
Talking" on Main street by having the
rosswalk locations marked on the
dres of the sidewalks, also TO have
O-foot limit painted at corners to pre-
ent parking of automobiles within
hat limit The other aldermen agreed
nat whatever Jays" there were should
? warned TO do their walking on the
and thus avoid danger. The
ork will be done.
The matter OF sewer assessments on
eveland avenue, the sewer having been
ii1t few years ago, was left to the
ty engineer and street experimenting
The mayor was instructed TO notify
chitect Jennewein Of the proposed
ldiers' and sailors memorial that the
ty desired the life-size model erected
Barre, not in New York.
Building permits were granted. as
lows: Harry B. Wiley. heilhouse az
o South Main street; w c. Johnson,
dition 20 house on fremont street
r garage purposes; J. haivose. garage
Center street; A. H. Burke, sddi'
N TO house on Summer street; Hebert
Ladrie. addition % stoneshed of
est Second street r. ID. Munson's
plication to move garage from
ook street to Park street was re-
red to the street committee; +. Par
soni's application for a garage AZ
Imbert street to the fire committee
)verseer Of the Poor Scott presented
detailed report on expenditure for
ne and the report was accepted and
ced on file. A petition for street
ht on Boynton street wss referred 20
light committee. The Rel Cross
: authorized TO sell ice cream az
I'd concert next week. r. @. Crock
was licensed 20 keep pigs on Pros
Z street A letter was read from
Central Vermont Railway Co. IN
ponse TO a statement from the city.
IressinE intention to keep the CON-
" bitches near Railroad street
ned ont.
Bills Ordered Paid.
he following warrants werr read
ordered paid CITY cierk. payroll.
O7. street department. payroll.
aa7. engineers payroll. sso.lS. va
department. payroll. ss5.is. fre ie-
TRENT. payroll. sis7.7os -oiirr DE-
iment. payroll. siotls; =, L Booth.
tor. SO assessor. payroll s75.
10 Road Machine Co. final pavunent
crusher. Al so y n Niles Coal
lC0rfinued on Fourth Psre-l-