Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-04-04
The MAYORS Address.

The Mayor .gnscs into business At once
ia his address. and stick, To hi text all
through. No subject. however trivial IL
tall. which il It i important to the city
i permitted e. escape hi, attention
and j. discussed or brought to the attention
Of the City government.
TIE city deb, ha> becn funded. OF the
city has voted so to 10. aud therefore there
vii he no prc-,iu. Demands ~ large. sums,
on the Treasury II i. al,o sIaiiN ine To-
l-arn thai our credit j. - -ooI that
40 trouble :. experienced in getting an thu
money IL needs
We like the suggestion 81 one c0mni--
,loner to manage our Road, Bridges g..
We ought To mud man among or ciii-
zen- who has the requisite xiii and knowl-
edge to attend 10 this duty 70 hi own and
She credit of the city. II l. a responsible
p'ace, and one that need Ia BE- filled by 4
ii III good bushes, habits e.. A. the
Mayor ,ay> the lumber road costs - much
that hul little remains for other roads
The sidewalk, are a nui-an &c GENERALLY.
and il i, high tune we took anew depart
IRE. and commenced 10 build permanent
ones. Let our citizens pay portion OF
the expense of having concrete walks, on
the principal streets.
The Mayor might have put the case oil
the High School in another way. and il
would have looked some different The
high school i open To scholars ofthe hole
town ifthey can pass an examination. and
scholars OF several districts have attended
IL. II is true that To divide the whole
amount among the whole number OF >chol-
would give the s3.35. but while only
81 per cent of the scholars out of the High
school attend their several schools il gives
them more than double the sum named by
the MAYOR. SO also the rent Of the school
room i logged in without any good reason
II does not come from the school fund IL
takes no dollar from the scholar. of any
school. Upon the same reasoning We NAV
complain OF the cost of educating the
smallest class OF scholars. for We need rs
scholars. Then. again. let Us examine
where the money comes from TO support
schools. II will not be far from the truth
TO say that three fourths Of all the money
raised for schools. In the city. T. paid by
| the residents in districts No. and Is.
where this high school has been ofthe most
/ benefit This money is divided among all
! the scholars in the city. aud then some
/ thiGy in addition i, allowed some of the
smaller districts. So we see when We get
/ down TO the hard pan. the back districts
are not being robbed. Again the sums
named a. being taken from districts No Is
aud 3. we suppose was taken because 20
A., many scholars of these two districts attend.
! ed the High school. II forty scholars re.
| curing the most attention Of the teachers,
are taken from the public schools in y o. 3,
| and twenty in No. 10. it gives the balance Of
the scholars attending. the benefit Of theli
absence. These districts or the scholar,
attending the schools in them, are benefit
ted to some extent, so they are not robbed
of all this money.
We have not combstted the position o.
the Mayor. for the sake OF doing SO. bnl
have only stated the case of this Higi
School in different manner to show thai
It does not present SO very aggravating I
case as to call for an immediate and des
perate remedy. We must so act that jus
tice. amiry. and peace shall charactsris'