Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-11-08

Regular Monthly Meeting OF II. c,.v
Council.

VI the lily COUNCIL FRIDAY
evening the following business was transacted
concurrence.
holi OF accounts No. 8, amounting &c
eizoo-4 10 was accepted and the several &C.
counts ordered to be paid.
Inc Committee on New Streets reported
tnat they had laid out the Gage street extep.
sion 10 apitol street.
ordered, That j. S. johnson be authorized
10 set out one or more trees in front of his
lot on Winthrop street.
Oroered, That the Street Commissioner
OF the Western district be instructed to
ouiid cuivert and do such grading on the
gage street extension as he may be able to
10 oy the use OF any unexpended balance of
the appropriation for highways after the usual
falls work is completed.
5. NJ. Boynton and others peti,ioned that a
street should be laid out and constructed, be-
ginning at the easterly side of Oxford stree,
Two hundred feet south of Franklin street,
thence running easterly parallel with Frank.
lin street. Referred.
Ordered, That the Committee on Finance
De instructed to confer with John c. Grant in
relation to the sale OF a lot of land owned by
TINS city near said Grants lot on Dickman
ST., and report to the Council as to the ad-
visibility of selling and its value.
Ordered, That the City Treasurer be
authorized to accept the sum of SIS from Mrs.
Ann Staples, in full for her assessment for
entering the Winthrop street sewer.
Ordered, That the Committee on New
Streets be authorized to lay out Cumberland
street If, in their opinion, said street is for
the public welfare.
Ordered, That the Street Commissioner Of
the Western district be authorized to put
tpAt
Commissioner.
Ordered, That the chairman of the Over
seers of the Poor be requested to make q
monthly statement of the expenditures of the
poor department; also of the outstanding
bills against said department.
Ordered, That w. B. Lspham be author
lied to erect hitching post in front of his
premises.
The Committee ON New Streets reported
that they had laid out . new street as prayed
for by B +. Parrot and nine others, begin
ming on the south line of Winthrop street four
rods east Of the northeast corner Of w. H.
Brooke lot, thence running south parallel
with the east line Of said Brooks lot, fifteen
and 4 fourth rods to = lane, said street to be
thirty feet wide and on the eastery side of
said line
Ordered, That permission be granted Luci-
Us Hill to erect hitching post in front of his
residence on Eastern Avenue.
A communication was received from the
Augusta Water Co., asking = modification of
the contract between the city and the COM
psny. 1t was stated that changing the To-
cation of the reservoir from Cushnoc Heights
called for a REIMBURSEMENT of the pipe sizes on
Grove, State and Capitol streets; that the
provision allowing hydrants to be used for
sprinkling carts is one that in the interest Of
the city calls for = change, so that the
chances for throwing them out of order be re-
duced to q minimum.
The following order was passed:
Ordered That the Mayor be and hereby
is authorized in the name of the city and its
behalf to execute an agreement with the
Augusta Water Company modifying the con-
tract of May II, 1886, as follows:
l. To permit said company to lay and
msintsin an eight inch main on State stree,
from Grove to Capitol, instead of six inch
main.
2. To permit said company to lay and
maintain a six inch main from point Just
south of the railroad crossing on Rines
Hill, thence to Hartford Square, thence down
Grove street to Capitol, thence down Capitol
to Sewsll street, instead Of the main required
by said contract.
y Uut lTom ltcm eeNeblH tHe
words "and sprinklng Streets" and to pro-
vide in its stead that said company shsll erect
| such number of stand pipes rs shall be agreed
upon between the company and the Mayor, to
be located at points to be designated, and to
be used for filling carts for street sprinkling.
Ordered, That Jos. II. Hopan and other
owners of Granite Hall Block, be authorized
| to erect six hitching posts, connected by an
| iron rod on the south side of Market square.
Ordered, That the City Treasurer be in
| structed to pay to John Z. aud q. g. e.
| Ward the sum of So. 81, a tax wrongfully AS
sessed against them on the steamer Islander.
The Superintendent of Burials reported that
the city hearse had been repaired and paint
ed at an expense of S25.
Hon. John l.. Stevens went before the
Council in convention and spoke at consid-
cradle length relative to improvements in his
section of the city, and the building of the
Lincoln street extension.
Ordered, That the Mayor be authorized to
build the extension of Lincoln street, to
Cushman street, with any funds which may
be at his disposal.
The report of the City Treasurer was sub
mitted as follows and accepted in concur
renee:
To the Honorable Mayor aud City Council:
GENTLEMEN. i have the honor to submit the fol
lowing brief statement, showing the receipts anC
disbursements OF the city treasury for the month OF
October, 1886:
RECEIPTS.
Guy Turner, tax collector, e7,Sll Al
Cemetery lots sold Is OK