Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-04-29

Improvement Bonds and coupons which have
been paid by the city Treasurer, amounting
| TO nearly nifty Thousand dollars.
Report of Committee on Finance. on petit
ton OF O. s. and H. g. Smiley for exemption
from taxes on their buildings and machinery
In them, for ten years, reporting leave to
withdraw;
Report of the same Committee on petition
of Allen, Small & Co., for exemption from
taxes on THAR buildings, power and machinery,
for the term of ten years, reporting leave to
withdraw;
Report Of the Committee on City Buildings
on petition of Overseers Of the Poor for ad-
dition to Poor House Building, reporting
leave to withdraw;
Report of same Committee on order to in
quire into the expediency of procuring or
leasing Hall for the Capital Guards as an
Armory, reporting that they have attended to
their duty and have concluded that
all that they deem expedient to pay is two
hundred dollars, and let them furnish their
own Hall, tor we were prepared to furnish
them with a good and sufficient one for that
money;
The foregoing Reports were accepted in
concurrence.
Petition of N C. Hallett and 25 others for
a sidewalk on Oxford street, two planks wide,
from the south side of jefferson street, run
ming northerly to the north side of Franklin
street. being distance of about sc rods
Petition of p. NJ. Fogler and II others for
drainage of Sewall street, between Green St.
and Western Avenue;
Petition of Daniel B. Sawyer and others,
for a sidewalk leading easterly from Petten-
gil's corner to the dwelling house of Daniel
Savage;
Petition of Samuel Titcomb and others,
for a concrete sidewalk between Bridge and
Winthrop streets upon the west side Of Pleas
ant street;
Petition of Robert L. Clark and % others,
for extension of sidewalk on north side Of
Patterson street, easterly TO the residence Of
Henry Taber, situated on said street;
Petition Of Geo. w. Quinby and others,
for a sidewalk on Murray street;
Petition + Benz. d. Gay and 10 others,
Belfast road, from Lincoln to Patterson
streets;
Were severally referred to the Committee
on Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks.
Petition Of Harvey Chisam and II others,
representing that the public wants require
that the reservation of twenty feet reserved
for a street or way which extends from the ex-
tension of Gannett street to and past the
dwellings of G. Haskell and Mrs. Rideout to
the extension of Pearl street, be accepted by
the city of Augusta, and that sufficient of the
adjoining land be appropriate by said city, to
make street forty feet wide between the ex-
tensions of the streets aforesaid, and same
put in suitable condition for public travel and
use; and that Gannett street be extended
from its present southern terminus to Lincoln
street, striking and intersecting the latter
street between the residences of Jacob Mer-
ril and Stephen z. Plummer, and asking for
the same. Referred to Committee on New
Streets.
Petition of Geo. l.. Brickett, President, and
Geo. X. Hatch, Secretary, OF the Augusta
Reform Club, praying that, whereas Messrs.
Villa & Miner have agreed to devote one half
the profits of each evenings entertainment at
Granite Hall on the evenings Of May l, and
3, for the benefit of the club. the usual license
fee be RENTED, and that said Villa & Miner
may be permitted to give their entertainment
without the payment of such fee, was received,
read, and the license fee RENTED.
Petition of John L. Chase to have his prem
ises set off from School District No. q and
annexed to District No. %, was read and re-
ferred to Committee on schools
Petition of Warren johnson in behalf of the
Augusta Water Power Co., for permission to
lay water pipes in the streets of Augusta I'M
der the privileges of their charter and with
such conditions as may be mutually agreed
upon, was referred to Committee on High
ways.
Petition of the same gentleman in behalf of
the same company, that the property of said
company be exempted from taxation for the
period of FIVE years from July /, 1872, was
referred to Committee on Finance.
Roll of Accounts No. 2, amounting to 81,
427.4l, was ordered to be paid.
Adjourned.