Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-02-03
Doings OF the City Council.
The regular meeting of the city council
was held an Saturday afternoon.


On motion of Councilman Smith,
Ordered, Tha. the Committee on City
Buildings and Lands, together with the Mayor,
inquire into the expediency of purchasing a
| suitable lot of land in the western district,
| upon which to place an engine house or
| houses, at some convenient point within said
limits, and report at the next meeting Of the
| city council.
On motion Of Councilman Deliver
Ordered, That the City Clerk be directed
to cause to be printed on slips or leaves of pa
per suitable to insert in the book Of charter
and ordinances of 1868, all ordinances ordain-
| ed by the city council since the last compila-
| ton in 1865, also all amendments of ordi-
nances since 1868; also that the city clerk be
| directed to cause the same to be inserted in
all copies of charter and ordinances now in
possession of the city.
| On motion Of Councilman Cony,
Ordered, That the Committee on Finance be
ard hereby are directed 10 ascertain from the
city treasurer the amount Of unsolicited taxes
for what years, ard to report at the next IL ct
| ing Of the council as to what measure shall be
| taken to enforce collection of the same
| On motion of Alderman Z. w. Whitehouse,
Ordered, That petitions of Judith Richard
! son and Laura l.. Littlefeld, for remuneration
for alleged injuries claimed to have baen re-
ceived by them through defects in highways
be and hereby are referred to the City Solicitor
| and Street Commissioner of Western District,
| with instructions to investigate the same and
report what lie, if any, the liability of the city.
| On motion of Alderman Atkins,
Ordered, That S. c. Whi.ehouse and P. p.
| Hall, with such as the common council may
| join, be a committee to investigate the con-
sumption of gas by the street lamps, the man
| of oil
and whether there can be any saving made by
| changing the burners, or in any other wav, by
which the city can be relieved, in any degree,
from the large cost of lighting our streets
| according to the present arrangement.
| Messrs. Cony, Smith and Turner were
joined to tie committee on the part Of the
| Council.
On motion of Alderman Libby,
| Ordered, That the street commissioner for
the eastern district be and he is hereby di.
rected to pay Collins Howe, out Of the high.
way money advanced him, sum equal to the
amount of his taxes as assessed by the Asses
sors the current year, as per arrangement
heretofore made by the city with said Howe
for keeping the Howe road in repair.
On motion of Alderman l.. w. Whitehouse,
| Ordered, That the Mayor be and hereby is
authorized and directed to draw his warrant
| on the city treasurer for the sum of eighty
| eight dollars, the same to be in favor of Joseph
| Cavil in full of award OF W. j. Whitehouse
ct ais, made on claim of said Cavil against
our said city for care of David Tibbetts, as
per their report, and costs of suits brought
against the city, providing any and all suits
against the city by any and all of the claim
ants shall discontinue same, and accept said
sum in full of all damages and costs therein
claimed in said report and costs of said suit.
The city solicitor, w. z. Whitehouse, Esq.
to whom was referred the petition of Curtis
| Higgins, asking compensation for injuries
received on the sidewalk on Rines' Hill, re-
ported that he had heard and considered the
evidence Of the petitioner and his witnesses.
and in his Judgment the city is not liable for
any damage sustained by the petitioner by
reason of the injury alleged to have been re-
| eeived.
A petition was received by both branches
| from the Ere insurance agents in the city,
representing that there 10 stored on Water
| street, in various places, large amount OF
kerosene oil, exceedingly dangerous in case
of fire. and asking for an ordinance regulating
the keeping Of said OIL and also the keeping
OF gunpowder.
| The following ordinance was presented by
Alderman +. w. Whitehouse
BE it ordained by the City Council of the
city of Augusta as follows:
Sec. l. No person shall be allowed to keep
on storage at any one time, more than five
barrels, in the aggregate, of kerosene or coal
oil, burning fluid, naptha, and benzine, in any
building on any business street, or within
fifty reds of any dwelling house, in said city
of Augusta, under such penalty as is imposed
by the statute in such case made and provi-
ded.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the City
Marshal to make an inspection from time to
time, of all buildings in which said illumina-
ting or explosive substances are sold or stored,
provided the same be ON any business street,
or within fifty rods of any dwelling house as
aforesaid, and prosecute for all violations OF
the provisions Of this ordinance.
The petition and ordinance were referred to
special committee, consisting of Aldermen
L. w. Whitehouse and Atkins, and Council
men Dolliver, Mitchell and Cony, with in
structions to report at the next monthly mee.-
ing.
Adjourned.