Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-06-03

Some Of our citizens, we know, would be glad
| to invest $500 or $1,000 each in that enter
prise. Let US hear from some of our citizens
on this subject. 1t should interest them all.
Doings of the City Council.
A meeting of the city council was held Sat
urday evening.
Petition of S. G. Mason, Edith A. Mason,
Geo. A. Prescott and Nellie p Prescott, for
damages to house and lot by raising grade of
street in constructing reservoir at corner Of
Middle street and Eastern avenue, on the east
side of the river, was referred to Committee
on Highways and City Solicitor.
Petition of Geo. w. Jones that Winter
street be put in a respectable condition." also
an order offered by Councilman Beal for the
same object, were referred to the Committee
on Highways.
Petition of Z. &. Doe for repair of gutter
and sidewalk on south side of Bridge street,
between the railroad track and the South
Parish lot, was referred to Committee on
Highways.
Petition of J.. ID. Mosher, G. II. Town, AL
bert II. Gardner, Geo. ii. Town and J. A.
Foster for compensation for labor performed
in clearing snow from highways in the East
ern District, (Which the Street Commissioner
did not allow, was referred to the Committee
on Accounts. The whole claim is GIG so.
Order offered by Alderman Z w. White
house, relating to cleansing water-closet at
west end of kennebec bridge, was referred to
Committee on Burying Grounds.
Order offered by Alderman f. W. White
house, relating to changing location of engine
house on east side Of the river, was referred
to Committee on Fire Department and Chief
Engineer.
The Joint Standing Committee on + nance,
who were directed by order April Goth to re-
port the annual order of appropriations for
the current year, reported the following:
Ordered, That there be raised by taxation
for the expenses of the current year, the sum
of ninety nine thousand dollars, and that the
same be appropriated as follows, viz. State
Tax, S24, 422.73 County Tax, Sc 90; In
terest, SIT 5000 Schools, S6,2j0. 90; High
ways, SO, 900 90; Snow Bills, 81 900; Def
cheney on Snow Bills of 1872, $1,000; Poor.
81 $685. Printing, $500; Discounts, $4,000;
Fire Department, s. 200; Hose and Repair
ing Buildings, $1,000; Cisterns, $500; City
Officers, $4,000; Attachments, $1,000; Police,
So, l50 New Streets, $500; Contingent,
S4,l76.29.
;; T. " C hlIEnorSE Finance
J. j. W. y. Cpsr, : Committee.
The report had been previously accepted,
and the order read once. The several re-
quired readings of the order were completed,
and it was passed in concurrence.
Report of the City Solicitor, to whom was
referred the petition Of John H. Miller for
damages alleged to have been sustained March
81, 1873, by reason of defect in highway-re
porting that the petitioner have leave to with
draw, was accepted.
Report of Committee on Fire Department
aud the Chief Engineer, on order of 18th of
MAY, directing them to ''report the amount
and condition of hose on hand, and the guam
tity, if any, ought to be purchased" was ac-
cepted. The report states that the 'Atlan-
tic" has % feet of suction hose, 800 feet lead
ing hose in good condition, and $50 feet OF
latter in poor condition; the Pacific" has "a
feet suction hose, 500 feet leading hose in
good condition, and $50 feet of latter in poor
condition; the "Cushnoc" has 20 feet suction
hose and 1900 feet leading hose in good con-
dition. The committee recommend that the
| city buy 1000 feet leading hose, q l-2 inches)
to be kept as a reserve, or to be used only
when actually needed by the fire department.
The Committee on Highways, on petition
of Ira ID. Sturgis & ais, for sidewalk on
| Crescent street, made report which was &C.
cepted, and recommended the passage of the
| following order, which was passed in concnr-
| renee:
! Ordered, That the Street Commissioner for
| the western district be, and he is hereby d.
rected to remove the old plank and joist from
! the sidewalk on the east side of Crescent ST.,
between the house of S. l.. Boardman and
Grove ST., and to gravel the same suitably for
| concreting.
The Committee on Highways made report
| on petition of S. Z. Plummer 4 ais, for side
| walk, which was accepted, and on motion of
Councilman Cony-
Ordered, That the Street Commissioner for
| the eastern district be, and he hereby is di-
rected to grade and gravel the sidewalk from
| the eastern terminus OF the present plank
walk on the north side of Lincoln Street to
| the South Belfast road, and from thence along
| the west side of the South Belfast road to
| Patterson street, as prayed for in petition of
S. Z. Plummer & ais.
! The Health Committee who were by order
of the city council of May 10, 1878 instruct
ed to inquire whether it is practicable to abate
| the nuisance resulting from stagnant water
| and other filth in the gully commencing near
| Chapel street and crossing State street south
| of the Mansion House." report that we have
examined the premises, and In considering
| the practcability of abating the nuisance 1t
may be well to refer to the causes creating 1t.
l
| 81 and Court streets receives a drain from
across Winthrop street, and number of
private drains discharge into it. A culvert
crosses Court street from this lot to the gully
| south of the Mansion House. In this latter
gully drains from the Mansion House and the
Mansion House stable are discharged, and
number of private drains of an offensive char
ac,er enter it. AS all these drains, in both
lots, are discharged upon the surface OF the
ground, very offensive odors are exhaled, cor
rupting the air and dangerous to health, and
your committee consider it practicable to
abate the nuisance. First, by preventing the
drains being discharged upon the surface OF
these lots; ample power for this is found in
the statute laws, as the owner of each drain
creates a nuisance. Second, the owners of
these gully lots, if they do not create nuis-
ance, would be liable for the continuance of a
nuisance, as they suffer or permit the private
drains to be entered and discharged on their
land, and the statute laws are sufficient
against them to abate the nuisance. Third,
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