Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-09

The School Boarth<v secured the hall
in Burleigh Block for school room, to ac-
commodste the oyeif,w from the North
Grammar School, ard 1t will be pu, into
shape for such occupancy at once. There
are about thirty scholars to be thus ac-
eomodated. Down on the Plains. allhou gh
added facilities have been provided the
congestion continues, and another school
will have to be s'arte! there before long
The need of the rev school house continues
to have plenty Of practical ilustrs'ions.
1, now costs 80 600 for the electric
light. on our streets. and it is said
that This is better GIFTED city than Au-
gusta IL has been decided by the city
government to establish three more arc
lights, one at corner OF Front aud Temple
streets and one each on High and Green
streets. BY some il is though, that it would
BE- better, instead Of pat'iag in any mere
are lights, to use the incsn1escent, and run
iHOfF VI iiicIif VA fHtthi AlTih Offt " tAsti
extent CT territory. Complaint is made
that some of the arc lights hang so low that
they strike iato the eyes Of travellers ap-
preaching them, with dazzling effect.
At the mte'ieg of the city government
Tuesday ighi, $500 was appropriated to
be- used on the streets. The original APP
propriati0n Of 5000 has been exhausted,
and unless there is a radical reform in the
management of the street department this
last Appropriation will not be long in melt
ing away. No satisfac DRY account is given
Of the expenditure of this unusuaily large
sum Of money! and one of the Alderme II
declares that outside Of the Job on the
| lsios, shich did not cost over $1,000, aud
which some claim ought not to have cost
over $1,000, there cannot be pointed out
work which $1,000 would rot pay FIR. On
Friday it ia expected thatane Street Com
mission ill be elected, the matter not bav-
iny been reached on aecounl Of other bust
ness at TIE las. meeting. 1t is hoped tina
some one will he secured who al least has r
knowledge of the rudiments of road build
ing. Ii would be money for the ely to get
good man fer this position, even if they
have to go some distance to find him.
youog man who ia here from another
part Of the State attending one of our fine
schools. Is very enthusiastic in his aimira-
lion of Wsterville, which be believes to he
the most beautiful ci;y in the whole state
He says however. that when he came here
he vas filed with astoushment that the
people ssould tolerate such wretchc1 side
walks ss are en- cuntsiyd in every direction.
Ia one place there will be seen plank
walk which cplls fer constant watching and
| constant patching then we have section
with no wslx at all. then cougiomera-
| ton Of gravel AMI pebbles is encs uttered
then a lot of stun that can he walked over
with a'ont as much con fort as the same
quantity Of peas or shot spread cut, and 50
on II is too bad iha: the beauty of this
exc ptionally beautiful city is allowed to
rem'ir marred from year TO year by a state
of things er tirely needless. We took &C
cssion to say in these items some time
since, that IN the matter of sidewalks.
Na.eryiilc is n leas. twenty i've years be-
hind the times. We have no desire to
modify that sia,eme brt VIXEN We notice
an Improvement il anything. we shall nat
he backward about speaking of It,