Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-05

oef"en room, friday eve ming. The follow
ing are the orders posed in substance
Ordered, That the Mayor and City Solicitor
De authorized to lease for a term not exceed.
ing nye years q suitable armory and business
room for the use of the Capital Guards, At .
rent not exceeding $500 per annum.
communication signed BY Messrs. Arson
I. Morrill,, Edwin Hartshorne, and S. W..
Wyman. was presented, asking that q side
walk be laid out on the north side of Western
Avenue, to the house of Arson p. Morrill,
letter was also received from Hon. John
l.. Stevens asking for the same
ordered, That the Street Commissioner of
the Western District be instructed to gravel
the sidewalk on the north side of Western
Avenue from Se~all street to Chestnut street,
and lay stone cross walk across Chestnut
street to Western Avenue.
Ordered, That the Street Commissioner for
the Western District, be instructed to gravel
the sidewalk on the east side of Chapel street
between Western Avenue and Grove street !;
also the walk on Grove street from one end
of the concrete walk to B. F. Morse's resi-.
dence
Ordered. That the city marshal be instruct
ed to erect two gasoline lamps, one at the
junction Of Sewall street and Western Avenue
and the other on Grove Street near the resi-
dence of Mrs. Tolman.
Ordered, That the time within which the
collector of taxes of this city, for the wears
1880 sl-s2, is required to arrest and commit
to Jail for non-payment Of taxes, be extended
until the 27th day of June, 1884.
Ordered, That the Committee on the Fire
Department have the city reservoirs on Spring
and Sewall streets repaired. Also that they
be instructed to build . reservoir near Pet.
tingilfs Corner, not to exceed l25 khds. Ca
pacity.
Ordered. That Alexander McCausland,
driver of the city team, be allowed to occupy
| the tenement recently fitted ND in the house
OF the steamer Cushnoc he paying a rental Of
s6j for the remainder of the municipal year.
| Ordered, That the contract with the Bell
Telephone Co. be rescinded and cancelled
from and after this date, and that the Com
mittee on Fire Department be authorized To
contract with said company-for two telephones
to be placed in the houses of the steam fire
engine companies Atlantic and CushnOc also
to procure bell to be placed on the Cushnoc
engine house for the purpose of sounding
fire alarm.
Ordered. That the Street Commits sioner for
| the Western District be directed to build a
concrete walk on the north and south sides of
Madison House lot, said walk not to be more
than six feet wide.
A petition with many signatures appended
| ASKING tuat sewer Ue liumeuldtelt
ed on the north side Of Western Avenue from
State street to Melville street, of sufficient
dimensions to carry off the drainage from
large number of houses, now received by
surface drain, much to the injury Of the health
of residents in that vicinity, was presented.
| Ordered, That the Mayor and Committee
| on Highways be instructed to advertise for
proposals for the construction of $50 feet of
sewer on the north side of Green street and
200 feet on the north side Of Western Avenue,
no bid to be accepted for 4 larger cost per
foot than the city paid last year.
Ordered, That the Street Commissioner for
the Eastern District be directed to pave Cony
street from the east end of Kennebec Bridge
as far east as the stone cross walk on How
ard street.
Ordered, That the City Treasurer with the
advice and consent of the Mayor be author
lied to negotiate temporary loans to an
amount not exceeding $40 900 for the purpose
of paying current expenses of the city until
the taxes assessed for the current year become
| available.
Ordered, That the Street Commissioner of
the Western District be ordered to gravel
Water street.
Ordered, That the Street Commissioner be
instructed to lay . stone cross-walk across
| Western Avenue at the junction Of Sewall
street.
Ordered That the Street Commissioners be
instructed to lay plank sidewalk two planks
wide, beginning at Mill street, and running
to Pettingilrs Lane.
Ordered. That the City Treasurer be au-
thorized to convey by quit deed, all
the right, title and interest the city of Augusta
may have acquired by purchase at sales for
non-payment Of taxes, upon payment to the
city bv the party or parties who hold the right
of redemption of such tax titles or by their
representatives, the original tax and costs,
and interest thereon at SIX per cent per an
mum from the date of such sale to the date OF
such conveyance BY the City Treasurer.
Ordered, That II. X Choate be allowed to
erect two hitching posts in front OF his house
on Kendall street Also to set out shade
trees at the same place.
The Committee on the Fire Department re-
ported that they found all the reservoirs ex-
cept those on Spring and Sewall streets, in
good condition. The Spring street reservoir
being built on a sandy bottom will not hold
water, and is of no practical use. la the
opinion of the committee the Sewall street
reservoir should be repaired at once; also
that new reservoirs were required; one
near Pettingilrs Corner zone on School street,
east Of the brick school house one on WASH
ington street, Cushnoc Heights; one on
Cushman street. one on Grove street, near
| w ara IOl. neV tHaS Is o"ihs w
the great distances the steamers are obliged
to force water at the time of fires that so
many repairs are needed on the same.
Ordered, That the Committee on the Fire
Department ascertain at what expense
! wooden reservoir can be built on Grove street,
near where the brook crosses the street I; also
, to see at what cost the brook crossing WASH
ington street can be damned suitably for the
use of steamers at fires and for filing reser-
:. voirs on Cu,hnoc Heights and report at next
meeting of Board.
Ordered, That permission be given to Mr..
w. ii. Holmes to erect hitching post IN
front of his house on Lincoln street.
, The petitioners for sidewalk on Lincoln
street were given leave to withdraw.
A petition VAS received asking that GER
tain wall. situated on Water STREET, south OF
the Kennebec journal Office and on the east
side of the street, be removed or placed back,
as il has pressed and worked in upon certain
buildings and property owned by the petit
TONERS Referred to the Committee on High
WAYS.
The Committee on Street Lamps reported
on the petition of n. c. Hahett and others
that they RECOMMENDED that there be one
lamp on the corner of w ashingt0n and Frank