Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-21
wATERvuLE

Prof. Small of Colby preached at the Con
gregational church Sunday forenoon.
The report of the selectmen of the tow
of Waterville for the term ending February
goth, 1883 is just out. 1t was printed at tn,
Democrat office. Total liabilities of tn,
town are S1s,242 so; assets, s5.7Io.0s. Chief
Police II. G. Tozier makes the following
report: Whole number of arrests made
5S; assault, 5; stealing, l; selling cider, 3;
breaking and entering sealed cars, /; steal.
ing rides on cars, .; removing signs. j; ma
licious mischief, 2: drunks, 81; fast driving
: number of tramps cared for, 200.
Chief Appleton of the fire department
makes the following report:
The apparatus of the department in active
service consists of one steam fire engine,
one two-horse hose wagon, one hook and
ladder truck, one hose carriage and one reel
There are also not in service and of no use
to the city, two hand engines and two reels.
The force of the department consists of
a chief engineer and tw o assistant engineers,
one engine company, one hook and ladder
company and two hose companies, otficercd
respectively, as follows:
Appleton Plaisted, Chief Engineer; Robert
l.. Proctor, and Andrew l.. McFadden, as
sstant Engineer.
Increase Robinson, foreman; A. Thomp-
son, assistant foreman; +. A. Vose, clerk
and fraa and man
Robert l.. Stewart, foreman; Fred Thom-
as, assistant foreman; Seldom Whitcomb,
clerk and treasurer; and ~ men.
George Laundry, foreman; John II. Rich
ards, assistant foreman; C. c. Coro, clerk
and treasurer; and men.
Frank W. Davis, foreman; Evander Gil
patrick, assistant foreman; Chas. II. Hall,
clerk and treasurer; and . men.
The houses of the department are all in
fair condition and will not need any extensive
repairs the coming year.
The board of engineers has located dur
ing the past year 80 new hydrants.
Chief Appleton recommends fire alarm
system. 1t is not expensive and would save
much valuable time. Had one been in use
the school house could in all probability have
been saved.
In their report the school committee men,
toned the death of j. G. Soule and his faith
full and efficient work on the committee. The
school population of Waterville, as reported
April l. 1886, was 2,225. The census made
by Mr.. Soule, April |, 1887, gives the num-
Der of children between the ages or four and
sixteen years, as | ,9l6; between sixteen and
twenty-one years, 545; making total of
2 ,4Gl. The number of pupils in actual at
tendance during the last term was 9l2; the
average attendance was 1864
The number of school rooms belonging to
the town is 25. Three other rooms are at
present rented for school purposes; viz-two
on Front street and one on Mill street. In
addition to these, accommodations for the
upper grade in the Grammar School were
during the last two terms, in the
Coburn Classical institute. In the judgment
of the committee, building of about the
size and character of the Mill street primary
should take the place of the poorly heated
and worse ventilated ruin on Oak street; and
and the cramped and mal-ordorus North Plains
schoo. house should be disposed of, together
with the lot on which it stands, and build
ing ike the one recommended for Oak street
should be provided at some point south of
the present location.
The committee recommend improve ments
on the High School building; systematic in-
struction in vocal music is also desired.
Messrs Carpenter & Heath, custom tailors,
have removed to the Thayer store, Main St,
two doors north of Carpenters music store.