Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-30

The regular monthly meeting of the city
council was held on Saturday afternoon.
On motion of Alderman Atkins,
Ordered, That the city team and driver be
employed by the street commissioner for the
western district in breaking out the street and
sidewalks during the winter.
On motion of Alderman Hall,
Ordered, That the street running north
from Lock street, by John 2. Whitney, AL
fred Turner, and A. Small. be hereafter called
Allen street.
On motion of Councilman Cony,
Ordered, That the Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department be and he hereby is directed
TO accept the proposition of the Augusta Wa
ter Company to put in two hydrants at a cost
to the city OF twenty five dollars each per an
mum, one of said hydrants to be placed at the
northwest corner of the Court house lot on
State street, and the other at the crossing
where Green crosses State street, and
the Chief Engineer is authorized purchase
the same and have the same connected at the
expense>of the city.
The petition of Mandred O. Savage, that
he may be permitted to construct base
around the foot Of his sign post in front of his
barber shop on Water street, was referred to
a special committee consisting Of Alderman
S. G. Whitehouse and Councimen Cony and
Clapp.
The 22d Report of the Commissioners of
the Sinking Fund of the Kennebec & Portland
Railroad Company, j. W. North and Jos. H.
Williams, was presented in board of Alder
men and ordered to be placed on file in the
City Clerks office. The fund accumulated
amounts to $435, 1919. The Report says ::
The Commissioners, on the eth day of Oc-
tober last addressed circular to the author
tiles OF the cities and towns and railroad COM
panes interested, requesting them TO send
duly authorized agents to meeting to be
held in Augusta on November 4th following,
for the purpose of receiving from the Com
mssioners and from the Railroad Company
such scrip of the several cities and towns as
should be then delivered to them, and to re-
ceipt therefor, and to execute any writings it
might be necessary TO make in closing the az
fairs of said loan. At tho time and place APP
pointed, the Commissioners met the agents of
all the cities and towns interested; and Il. ID.
Rice, President, and Lot NJ. Morrill,, a COM
mittee of the Directors of the Railroad Com
pany, and also j. S. Cushing, Treasurer of
said Railroad Company, whereupon the bonds
Of the cities and towns lAaning their credit
were counted. Cancelled and surrendered to
the respective cities and towns, and were re-
ceipted for by the agents thereof The entire
amount Of the bonds constituting the original
loan was then delivered to the agents of the
several cities and towns, with the exception
of one thousand dollars of the bonds of the
city of Gardiner, and three thousand dollars
of the city of Bath, which were still outstand-
ing; and the agents of said cities, respectively
received from said j. S. Gushing, Treasurer,
deposit of like sums of money as security
for the payment Of said bonds when required.
The loan having been thus paid and the Sc
curities cancelled and surrendered to the sew
eral agents of the cities and towns, the Com
missoners, by the consent of said agents,
endorsed upon the mortgage to the commits
sioners the fact of payment and declared the
mortgage to be satisfied and discharged, which
discharge they caused to be recorded in the
Kennebec Registry of Deeds, and delivered
the mortgage to the Railroad Company for
further record.
The disposition of matters is further stated
by the Commissioners. With the submission
of this report tine affairs of the sinking fund
are closed.