Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-10
MUNICIPAL ArrA1r.
Regular Meeting OF tn. n.v
Council. Sasy

mummy meeting of the citv
government occurred on FRIDAY av.:-
Inc Following business was tran.ac,aa !.
concurrence: 10
communication was reco;voa
williams Post, inviting the ci,v oo.o. oeIn
70 participate in the observance ofM en,
Day The communication was accentad a'
noli OF accounts No. 2. amonpt;a
S S,4o9 49, was read, passed and the 49,, "
bills ordered to be paid. '"e several
ne CITY marshal nominated VIM. u.
mon ~ policeman, and the council conf,rrad
nu"uha Gould was licensed as auctiona-
Board of Health. 'ef oi the
Joseph II. Manley and VIM. r. Smith
School, INC oohy high
In convention:
~ Inc members of the Cushnoc Fire Enp;ns
Co, were reelected. "s'"e
>. u. Brooks was elected truant office,
In concurrence:
ordered, That the street commissona, g.
the eastern district be ordered to gravel a.
sor ot. from the residence of R. B. Tnrne.
shop "achihe
Ordered, That the petition of Howard
anu others tor sewer across the lot of
. W. roger and others be taken from the file
anu reported to the Common Council
Orue,rd' That the street commissioner be
o'ueleu 10 repair the sidewalk on Oxford
street between Jefferson and Franklin street.
IN proper manner
The petition of F B. Smith and others 70
have the sidewalk on the north s;de ~
Patterson street, extending from Gannett
street easterly to the east end of land rs
Hehry "A. Taber regraveled and concerted
was referred to the Committee on Highways.
the JOINT standing committee on schools to
whom was referred the recommendation of
Inc supervisor of schools for the cunsoida-
ton OF districts No. IL and %, with remon.
STRANGE against their union from residents of
sain districts, reported that the districts
should be allowed to remain separate.
petition from w. H. Smith. F. w.
Whltehouse and others, asking that a plank
sidewalk be laid on the north side of the Bel.
fast road extending from near the Bartlett,
house ea>terly to and past the Leighton house.
was referred t. the Committee on Highways.
ordered, That the street commissioner for
the western district be authorized to rebuild
the sewer commencing near the west line of
T. o. Virkery's publishing house and empty.
ing into the Thayer sewer, in substantial man.
ner.
petition from L. X. Smith and 9th
ers praying that a sewer be built beginning
at the sewer now emptying upon the land of
lltcomb and Farwel at Chapel street. near
the north line of M. v. B. Chase, and built
to connect with the sewer opening at State
street, near o. Holway's north line, was re-
ferred to the Committeeon Drains and Sew
erS.
Hon. P. O. Vickery and others in COM
muucation, called the attention of the council
to the dilapidated condition of the sidewalk
on Green street, above Chapel street, and the
incomplete condition of the sewer extending
up said street to its present terminus in front
of Chas. H.Nason's residence. Referred to the
Committee on Highways.
Ordered, That the mayor, city solicitor
and chairman of the board of assessors and
their successors in office be authorized to sell
the real estate in Augusta and Dresden, and
the State of Georgia, coming to the city I'M
der the will of the late Lewelyn W. Lith
Cow and to make conveyances thereof in the
name of the city; the proceeds of such sale,
after paving all taxes and expenses,t to be paid
to the city treasurer for the benefit of the
Lithgo~ L,hrarv and Reading Room.
Ordered, That the street commissioner for
the eastern district tie authorized to repair
the sidewalk on Crescent St. extending from
East Chestnut St. to the residence of Charles
DeGrandy
Ordered, That in accordance with the pro-
visions of Sec. 1911 of Chap. of the Revised
Statutes the treasurer is authorized to pay all
taxes remaining unpaid on real estate as
sessed to Luther Swift previous to the wear
1884. and apply the same to tax deeds now on
file in the city treasurer's office.
III hot ha ollnUod JisnOu nj
of per cent on all taxes assessed for the
current year which shall be voluntarily paid
to the collector on or before the fourteenth
day of August next, and that interest be
charged on all taxes assessed, as aforesaid, re
naming unpaid on the first day of September,
1886.
Mr. Joseph w. Patterson presented commu.
nication complaining that on the 10Th day of
April while driving on the sidewalk on the east
side of Bangor street north of the North
Belfast road, the street being muddy and
dangerous, an assault was made upon him
by a man who said his name was Simpson
and who ordered him of the sidewalk into
the deep mud, saving that he had orders to
do 80. Mr.. Patterson asked that the
affair be investigated. Referred to the Com
mittee on Highways.
Ordered, that the mayor and street
commissioner for the western district De
authorized to purchase new road machine.
C. B. Caldwell and others petitioned that
a street light be placed on State street, south
of the State House, at such point as the
council may direct. Referred to the Commit
tee on Street Lights.
Ordered, That stone drain be built, ex-
tending from Chapel street, at the mouth OF
the sewer now emptying upon the land OF
Titcomb and Farwell near the north line OF
M. v. B. Chase; to sewer opening on state
steet near the north line of Oscar Holway
said drain to be of the same size as that with
which it connects, and connected with the top
and that the committee on drains and sewers
advertise for proposals for building the same
Ordered, That there be raised by taxation
for the current year the sum of S99, 1904
and that the same be appropriated as follows
s,,nort ~ Schools. 6,932sC
Reduction Of CITY Debt, ,ooo0 o az
Interest on City Debt, iy'o ooo 0s
Discounts, I'.oo ~
Attachments, $500 90 ~
Salaries of City Ofhcers, o'0 90 W
Support of Poor, o'V 10 w
Kennebec Bridge. 200 oo
S ~ ~ g ohool 1000 0C
County Tax, o ZOO NJ NJ
Fire Department, - s' 400 NJ NJ
Highways, Western District, a'ooOO.
Highways, Eastern District, ''o Oo "
up st ~. atrnats 2,700.Oo
Perm mont ImDrOy ementS, z,oUUW