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

the City, would have given s3.55 to each I;
but your Council saw fit to take from that
amount sl,oo0 for the village High School.
In addition TO this. gave the school-room
ia Hancock Hall. which ean not be called
less than sleo. Also. they took from school
district No. Il. 500. district No 3. s225.
making IN all sl.425 to educate ahom s5
High School scholars ut this rate each
High school scholars draws s2i.92. while
the rest of the scholars throughout the
City draw only 500. Now. gentlemen il
i for YOU Ia see that justice i done To all
would sugg-si. however. ii our village
want High school they should CONSOLE
date the Two Districts, then. IL they do not
draw sufficient funds from the City to sup
port Il, "a raise tAe mo,lr, by district tax
this !, the only way We eau equalile the
school fund.
I'M rooH.
The contract with Mr.. J. l.. Moore for
the support of the poor. viii terminate to-
day. and |. with the consent uf the Alder
men. have requested Mr.. Moore to continue
until the iir,t of May: IA tho mean time
You will b. able to decide the hes, course
Ia pcr-ue.
| presume YOU will hc liberal IN your
conclusions. aud make ample provision for
those that have been thrown upon IN.
charities Of our Citv. There are some *.
cepti"ns. however. and ,ou should take
measures io remedy the evil There are
two di-s"lute characters that have added
some siN or eight IN our panper list. aud
Others that have done Cons,le able towards
the same. There j. family M the Fail.
Village, consisting Of man. wife. aud three
grown np sous. whom tho Cny /. Obliged
70 support in ldlcnc>,. when. IN fact they
are fully capable Of taking care Of them
scl'e> and finally. there atr the vastant~
aud drunkards Now gentlemen. ihcf. s.,
hat one "a. 10 deal With such persons
nam. g., hav" gooi Alm- House near The
village nherc W. can send them and Dbl 20
th"ia to work tor their living. Aid think
am safe ia saying that Ne .hail uo, bs
troublrl with such person, in ,h. future.
N>kNL ipuR
The crescent STATE law allow 81 ~ Der
week. &" every person committed g. The
In>an" Hospital. and the citic, ~ town.
sending persons Ia the Insane Hospital.
are obliged to pay the balancr u thu bin.
ior board anu cIuihin.. Il iho,, t-.r.ot.
have "'t PROPERTY To support thrm l4rtc.
hai II .uch pcr-o", ~ haze property 81
frirnd- able 81 support them, The, ~, lot
.utti'vl ~ the Stale AID.
There ar Al the present time live lrr-.irl.
that ~" have 3" provide Tor The au,ouut
required ior ihr.r ,upJofi j. $50 W
have npt hal the benefit 81 the >sa;r a.
lues aimee iog thc Insane Poor AMI w., npI
that NC ar entitled 10 several hundred
dollars Ihe Canncil cho-. { coinuii,t.c
% l""k aiirf d. aud have appoiHtc, Mr..
,ha-. JOY Ia make all tc,'..-,ary inye.,iga-
ton A. Augusta. ani u hc j. not able To-
ctie,-; settlement With The state Treasurer.
Il viii then come b"for" YOUR baar,l /
have D" douh, IN, that ven viii examine
the matter aui. II necessary. carr. Il to
ih~ STATE. Legislature.
rfIr ftHt rfr.HrafNT
Won ~il -cr by tie report II ,hl.f ~.
='u,cr wis=iu. rhr condition 81 our en-
slnr-
H. my ad,irc-> Ia; year mentioned the
no"r--iy IF q Steam Frc Engine | .til
unHA L wogld be valuable acquisition u
the 'Iiy w can purcha.c a good one. IL
bc uu by hand for si.;op or 81 .Opi. II
you 10 no; >"c III to purchase one. then
appropriate sufficient fund To- keep the
hand engines In perfec, order.
CRY MARSHAL.
| shall not be able 10 give You much in
formation ON this snbjcc, a. City Marshal
Squirting resigned his Office Ia October. ana
len no report. T.. II. Greedy was soon M
ter elected to this office. aud ha, performed
h, duty in faithful and efficient manner
With his experience OF six months | am
confident that We could find no one TO nh
this oiilcc more satisfactory than he. and
would most heartily recommend him for
reelection. His report viii De before y GU,
which will disclose his doings the past six
mouths
HANCOCK HALL.
Hancock Hall for the iirst two years
amer completion. while under the supcrin-
tcndcnee OF \. e.. Blalsdcll lid not pay
the running expenses.
rh- present year i, Ia. bcvn under the
charge If G.. ". NcNbegin and has paid
into the City Treasury sl2O 30. besides
paying all bills and building a temporary
Stage costing so.
EAfi ROADS.
There i a charter for Eai. Road from
Bangor to Calais. al-o a charter for "A Il.
T.. from Castine 10 Ellsworth 10 connect
with aid road here. have no doubt We
shall be called upon TO assist in building
these road. aud probably Il win come be-
fore your board this year, also some OF our
enterprising citizens have obtained a char
ter for Rail Road from the Falls Village
10 tide water. The distance a, YOU all
know j. - miles, with a very easy
grade, and il can be built and 10 running
order by sept. or Oct. for ", 0op dollars.
Now Gentlemen. thi, /, very necessary
enterprise, and one that should interest
every tax payer in our City, GU account Of
the heavy expense on our roads. About
$500 is expended annually on the lun-
Der roads, and if we had Rail Road they
could be kept in order for 500. Why
should we be taxed 10 death to keep these
roads in repair. Why not offer some In
ducements either by loaning the City
credit or taking stock. we have the power
to do either. We should do one or the other
and relieve the City OF heavy expense.
This road will pay from NJ to - per cent
on the capital invested. and why should
not the City take $4,000 or s25 600 in
stock. and have IL finished at once
We can get all the money that would be
necessary on 20 years. at $40 per cent.
interest: the road would take care OF the