Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-03-17

To compensate the city. all the fees of the
Judge will be paid BY the county to the city !;
unless the fees exceed the salary, 10 which
case the excess reverts to the county. In
addition to the salary. the Judge will receive
direct from the caunty his fees on liquor
warrants and libels in all cases where liquors
are actually seized. He will also be allowed
TO retain his fees in civil cases.
Under the same lay, the city marshal will
receive fixed salary payable from the city
treasury. Fifty per cent of the fees and
costs viii be paid over TO the city by the
county. / believe this fiftv per cent will be
enough TO compensate the city for the amount
you will have 10 add to the $500 now paid by
the city to that officer
The city marshal will be allowed. also, TO
have his fees on liquor warrants and hbels
IN the same manner as the judge with one ex-
ception; If the liquors are seized in transit,
the fees will not be allowed
unless the liquors are forfeited.
He will also draw his witness fees in the
higher courts. There are other minor features
in the Law, to which your attention will be
called. | would advise that committee be
appointed to carefully investigate the law and
ascertain the fees earned by these officers for
years past. When this is done, you will be
able TO give both of these officers fair and
adequate salaries. without in any way increas-
ing the burdens OF the city.
MANUFACTURES.
Undoubtedly the city has not realized all
Its expectations from its munifcent yif. to
the Sprague Company. But that Company,
notwithstanding its fnancial emSarrassmeuts
which, Of course, our people could not fore
see, gave us the magnificent dam, a perms-
nent tulkhead, a new cotton mill and other
buildings, making an expenditure here of
nearly q million d1llars-d0in- ncrmanent
work from which we shah receive be nefit in
time to come. The Edwards Mfg. Co the
present owners Of this f1e property are well
utilizing their presrri facilities and d, vj-iny
liberal Things for the future. They have IN
creased ~" capacity OF their mil. 700 spin
dies. ard have nov the RAINING ca
pacty OF $4,000 spindles. They in
tend. the coming season, TO further increase
to 10000 spindles. by the addition of new
building, and will call for $50 more regular
employees Through all the dell season they
have been running the mills at their full ca
pacity, giving employment to some 500 per-
sons, wi h payroll of Sl2 900 per month.
They manufacture about 10, 900 900 yards of
cotton cloth year. The present spring they
will resume work on the construction of their
new mill, and it will be completed about the
first of August. The company intend to
erect a number of large tenements for the use
of their operatives. l have not time TO men
ton in detail other smaller manufacturing
companies and diversified industries that al
ways spring up in the train of the larger. and
winch are of great help to the community,
furnishing not only remunerative employment
to a large number of our citizens, adding to
our population and valuation. and bringing
in foreign capital, but creating a market al
our doors for the products of our farms; as
it is the population to be fed that aids agri-
culture, statistics show that the value of cul
tivated crops is more than double in those
counties in our State that are classed as man
ufacturing.
Is CONCLUSION.
| congratulate our fellow citizens upon the
splendid manner in which the business of the
city has borne the severe strain of general
depression. Few persons have been out of
employment; general order and good health
have prevailed; we have been mercfully
spared the horrors of pestilence and the dread
of wasting disease; no disastrous wreck Of
business enterprise has occurred; business
men have maintained that confidence in each
other. which is so necessary to success, and
we continue growing city.
Seeking the guidance Of that Providence
that controls in the affairs of municipali-
ties rs well as of nations, let us see that no
harm comes to the good name of our fair city
and that we administer its affairs in such a
manner as to meet the approval of our fellow
citizens, whose servants we are.
GEO WEEKS.
March l6, 1885.
Following the delivery of the Mayors
address, city officers were elected with the
following result
City Msrshal-Henry T. Morse.
City Clerk-H. +. Blanchard.
City Physician-Geo. II. Brickett.
Street Commissioner, Western District
C. II. Blaisdell.
Eastern District-Amos II. Church
Superintendent of Schools-W p.
Young.
Engineer of fire Departmental. c. Flagg.
Assistant Engineer-J. O. Weston.
Auditor-E. c. Dudley.
City Solicitor-W. s. Choate.
Keeper of Kennebec Bridge-W. B. Small
Overseers of the Poor-H. w True for
three years, Thos Fuller for two wears, John
f. Ward for one year.
Assessors-W. II, Libby for three years.
Asa d. Townsend for two years, Joseph H.
Wall for one year
City Engineer w. Patterson
Treasurer and Collector-Guy Turner
Driver of the city team for the east side
Levi NJ. Poor.
Driver of the city team, west side-A. Nc
Csuslsnd.
Engineer of the steamer Atlantic. II.
Chandler
Fireman, steamer Atlantc-w. II. Will
son.
Engineer of the steamer Cashnoc-Frank I.
Clark
Fireman, steamer Cushnoc-Edward F..
Clark.
Keeper of the city Clocks. II. Russell
Bell ringer-Baker Weston.
FENCE VIEWERS -Eben Packard. Albert
n. Clark, Asa ID. Townsend, F. r. Chad
wick. G. w. Dudley, T. C. Hoyt. Hiram
McCausland, Elisha Barrows, George woos-
ter.
TrrHISGMES.-H. y. Morse, F. L. Far
rington. Elisha Atkins. l.. A. Church,
Stephen Folsom, Geo NJ Bean, Daniel Nor
ris, g. A. Robertson, Lewis B. Hamlin, S.
W. Lane. Chas. Fl. White, 6. A. Cow,
Peter Derse.
SURVEYORS OF LUNBER.-Ira n. Randall
J. G.. Webber. J. NJ. Longfelow, Joseph P.
Wyman, Alvin Fogg. J. w. Hanks John Fl
Church, James Folsom, Osgood Carleton.
Geo. b. Hovt, John A Mitchell, N c. Hal
lett. ] A Jones, stephen Heating l.. ID
Mosher, Cnas. Saunders. p. P. Hall. Free
man Barker, Greenlief Burrows, Charles
Mllliken, Sumner Barton, Joseph Farnham.