Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-14

decayed, and needs newfsillne and a new
| floor. Having looked the matter over we adj.
wise that this building be moved back from
the street some thirty feet: that it be new
silled, furnished with new flooring timbers OF
sufficient strength new floor laid, the lower
room raised 10 inches and sheathed with pine
boards on the ceiling above, to correspond
with the walls, and the whole be painted in
side and put in first rate condition, and that
the steamer DIR. Hill be taken to the east side
and kept in this building.
| We would further say, that the follow ing
practical mechanics have estimated the ex-
pense of the entire job as above described ~
! furnish materials and do the whole in a work
men like manner, furnishing new doors Ito
| the building, and placing it on stone piers
which shall reach below the frost, viz. Mr..
Hanks, Mr.. Lyon, Mr. Turner (Robert), and
Mr.. Moves, and that their bids range from
Sl65 to S225 for the work completed.
| We have further learned that span of
good horses will be furnished by Mr.. W. b.
Morse, whose stable is within 25O feet of the
engine house, in all cases of fire, for the sum
of 800 for each and every occasion
Gro. w. QrINBY.
THOMAS MITCHELL
The minority report was as follows:
Being unable to agree with the ma jority of
the Special Committee appointed to consider
the question of moving one of the steam fire
engines to the east side of the river, | beg
leave to submit the following minority report
as a few reasons why think the change
should not be made. First. Four-fifths of the
property that is liable to be damaged by fire
lies on the west side of the river. Second
| The engine house now used is well fitted up
for two engines and is as centrally locat-
ed as it can possibly be to pro-
tect the property of the whole city, and the
property on the east side is just as well pro-
tected by the fire department, as a much lar
ger amount of property on the west side is as
far or farther from the engine house as the
property on the east side and further, in case
Of a fire of any magnitude on the east side
of the river, if the engine was located
| there they would have to bring her on the
west side to obtain water sufficient to extin-
gush the fire. Third. The change cannot he
! made without quite large immediate" ex-
pense and would undoubtedly lead to much
larger yearly expense, ever afterwards.
Fourth. The Atlantic Co. now located on
the east side of the river was organized as "A
Hook and Ladder Truck Co., the Hook and
Ladder Truck to be purchased as soon as our
unused hand engines were disposed of. We
are now quite sure of selling one or both of
them, which will enable the city to purchase
'hc HUM anu i'auuei IruCh III once ioF tillS
company make inns report purely on the
ground that 10 grant the petitioners request
womb De 10 incur large unnecessary
expense uponthe now overburdened taX-pay-
ers Oh augusta therefore, with all dne re-
spect 10 'he Peutlohers' move that they
nave leave TO Withdraw
f. H. ALkkR'
VII hio''o'' Vi .,iner''ian io"nsehu 'he mat
Ter Oh damages lor removing brick ny "reen-
iiel iia'keii was relerreu 10 committee CON
slsting on NV SOLICITOR and the committee
on highways
Inc ron OF nose Company NO. !, APP
proved ny the Alderman Is: u. I. Flagg,
FOREMAN I. r. swan, Jr', Assistant FORE
man IL, h"Wse' 'ierk d, r Arnold r
D. sears " ieatoh' I, tharchlil' r. NJ
n"" man, \. y, bl''ut' !. IL. sears, W H.
Dung d; a Htot, sam llobetts, >. o.
weston d. a. Ne'chcii
H'epheh -. husseii was CHOSEN 10 take
care oi inc cry CLOCKS.
ne sum Oh Sioo was appropriated TO be
Palu ,',e augusta a'er 20, LOT wafer Tor
sprIhkiIng STATE 81, curing me summer.
Inc Mayor ana the committee on FIRE
department. were authorized 10 contract with
the AUGUSTA "a'er 20 Ior water IN case OF
vaars if ,bouqh, cxnodien,
J. W. Harlow and q. w. Pllsburv were
granted permission to dig ditch and lay a
i ns "aa' ,U g. '''''' 'o"se' ~ '"e so"'"
The Mavor and Chief Encineer were an.
thorized to contract for building platform
west OF me Engine House on Bridge St, Tor