Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-03-24
Organization of the City Government.


ELLSWORTH, March Is, 1892
Board Of Aldermen, president Ellis in
the chair,
Meeting called to order Aldermen pres
ent. Beckwith. Eidridge. Ellis, Maddocks
ami Mahoney.
The returns Of votes from Ward 1 not
having been received it was voted to take
a recess until Two O'Clock p. NJ, same day
Attest CITY CLERK.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Meeting called to order president Ellis
10 the chair
Full Board Of Aldermen present.
The returns Of votes from the several
wards cast al the election held March
18th inst. were opened and examined, and
Albert II. Norris having received MAORI
~ Of all the votes cast was declared elect
ed, and the following order was intro
duced and passed.
ordered by the Board Of Aldermen, That
the city clerk is hereby directed to notify
Albert II Norris in writing that he has
been elected Mayor Of the city OF Els
worth for the ensuing year, that the Board
Of Aldermen are now in session and would
be pleased to receive any communication
from him he may wish to make.
Passed hy the Board of Aldermen March
leth.-ls92-
The vote being doubted the yeas and
nays were called for and following was the
result: Aldermen Beckwith. Eldridge and
Mahoney .oting yea Alderman MaddOcks
voting nav In response to the above or
der the Navor-elect, Albert II. Norris pre-
>entcd himself before the Board and the
oath Of hi, office was administered TO him
bv Arno W. King. justice of the peace
The Mayor then delivered his inaugural
address as follows:
Mayors Address.
Gentlemen NJ the Board " Aldermen
1t is hoped shall De excused for any de-
lay have caused your honorable board In
not being able to preside at your first meet
ing. You all know the circumstances
and owing 10 them. you will expect but q
| few words from me, as time has not al
| lowed since my election of yesterday, to
/ prepare any extended remarks.
The report of the last city government
! shows our finances to be in excellent con-
| dition; our city debt is gradually growing
! less: and would advise the continuance
! of the same wise course in your finances
| that at the end of our municipal year we
/ can show as good report as our predeces
7 sors have done.
There is $3.50 in outstanding orders tina,
! was overlooked in making up the last re-
/ port ! call your attention to it in order
/ that we may show them in our statement
1 at the end of the year, and not be misun-
| derstood, as it increases the debt of the
! city that amount.
There will be Sl7 600 of the city's bond
ed debt due June LIST, 1892, that you viii
! be called upon to provide for. either by
| taxation or an issue of new city bonds.
find contract made by the last city
government with Roscoe Holmes, Esq, OF
Ellsworth, for maintaining and keeping In
sufficient repair all the highways, town
ways, streets and causeways in the city OF
Ellsworth, same contract to run five years
all the work to be done in a thorough
and workmaniike manner. and to the
satisfaction of the Mayor and Alder
men. The contract shall not be terminal
| ed except by mutual consent, so long a:
the agreements are kept and performed &C
| cording to contract. If the question arises
| whether or not there has been breach by
either party. the question shall be left tt
three arbitrators, each party to have tel
| DAYS notice oftime and place Of hearing.
1t must be presumed by this board thai
the contract has so far been fulflled,a as thu
commissioner has been paid IN full, and
| find nothing on record to show that thu
contract has been broken. 1t will be you
duty, gentlemen of the Board OF Alder
men, to see to it that this contract Is ful
filled. If the commissioner falls to per
form his part of the contract, 1t VIII o.
your duty, if you can not mutually agre'
10 reference to the same, to have TIT
question left to arbitrators to determine
On the other hand if the commissioner ful
fills the contract with the city in such
way as to meet your approval, then ther
is no other way but to stand by the con
| tract.
We are paying slo5O per year for light
ing our streets. 1t seems to me tnat W
should have a better system for the money
we pay l do not complain of the amour
paid but it is the way the lights are ar
ranged. number placed among trees
are in summer Of no use to any one, whii
others are so placed that they are oene
fit to but few l think after careful ex
animation of the matter of lighting GU
streets, that you will agree with me tina
there should be an Improvement made.
The schools of our city are oil 10 nrst
class condition. We have recently Los