Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-06-14
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Business Transacted n The Regular Meeting
last Eveaiss.

! At the regular meeting of the city gov
srnnient last evening tbs following orders
were passed ia concurrence
/ Ordered. MAT the mayor be author
ised TO draw his warrant in the
sum of Sis2-ts To pay the bills
( fer services and expenses connected
with the board Of registration. hereto an
ne1ed, and that the same be charged TO the
contingent account
/ Ordered. Tha, the mayor he authorized
/ to draw his warrant in the sum of $500. in
/ full settlement of the claim Of Mrs. Joseph
! Kicker against the city of Augusta for in
/ jaries sustained by her on the sidewalk on
I Western avenne.
Ordered; That the Bond Brook bridge
near Webher 4 Cages be replanked as the
sane is in a dangerous condition. The
/ same to be done under the direction of the
committee ON highways.
/ Ordered That the mayer be authorized
to purchase a kettle to be used for making
concrete.
| ordered. That each street commissioner
F be hereby instructed to take account of all
sewer pipe delivered to the city in his dis
, ,riet. to inspect the same and see if it is in
good order, and 10 report the amount and
condition before the bills are paid.
/ Ordered That the mayor be hereby au-
/ thorzed to contract with A. T. Fuller for
stone to be used in the stone crusher.
/ Ordered, That the chief engineer and
committee on FIRE department be authorized
( to purchase at once three dozen hose span
ners, three dozen spanner belts, II sets bose
couplings, four play pipes, 800 feet of hose,
the cost of the whole not TO exceed $3.50.
! ordered, That the road and sidewalk on
/ Bangor street from Henry Smiths store to
/ IL. A. Rand's house be properly drained,
I raised and grayeled
4 Roriered. That the street commissioner
I for the western district be instructed and
authorized to build a gravel sidewalk on the
north side of Child street from State street
/ to the house of Mr.. Dolan.
( Ordered, That the mayor and committee
of finances is hereby authorized TO contract
for the construction of foundations and
superstructure, suitable chutes, platform,
etc, for the completion of the plant for
breaking stone.
7 Ordered, That the mayor and committee
on drains and sewers be authorized to make
necessary repairs on the Gage street sewer.
Ordered That the Oak street sewer be
continued and connected with the Water or
Winthrop street sewers; that the mayor
and committee on drains and sewers be
authorized TO order the same done at once
Ordered, That the pay of the Capitol
Hose Company, composed of ~ men, be
fixed at sl60 per year, beginning at the
date of their organization that the chief
engineer be authorized to make up the pay
of said company to June |, 1892, and that
the mayor be- authorized TO draw his war
rant therefor. 5La
1 ordered, That the Mayor and committee
on finance enquire into the advisability of
selling the land owned by the city north
of Capitol street.
/ Ordered That the committee ON finance
be instructed to inquire into the matter of
compensation of the collector of taxes and
report at a special meeting of the city coun-
ell to be called before the taxes are com
mitted TO the collector.
/ The report of the consulting engineer
John Il. Cheney, in relation to his examin
alton of the iron bridge, was spread upon
the records.
The following order was passed in the
board of aldermen.
Ordered: That the acts of the mayor in
contracting for the painting and inspection
OF tnt htHnebet bTligt ne anu tHt same dTt
hereby ratified, and that he be further au-
thorized To contract with suitable parties for
plauking the same the entire cost of paint
ing. inspection and planking not TO exceed
the amount appropriated therefor.
An order authorizing the chief engineer
to purchase hose wagon for the use of
Atlantic Hose Company, price not 10 exceed
$50 was tabled.
FEI,, .,f lao. foo birb,r
that gravel sidewalk he built on Child
street. north side, from State street to the
house Of Mr.. Dolan, was accepted.
An order relating to the supply of sta
tonery was referred to committee on
finance.
Councilman Cunningham introduced an
order that no sewer pipe be bought for the
city until written proposals on the same
shall he asked for and received by the con-
mttee on drains and sewers. Also that
they make contracts for buying and laying
the same with the approval of the mayor
and board of aldermen as provided for in
chap & sec. 2 of the city ordinances.
( When this came to the aldermen it was
referred to the committee on ordinances.
on the ground that it conficted with the
section referred to as it didn't take notice
, of the amendment that had been made to
said section Aldermen Cornish supported
this view.
When il returned for concurrence to the
council there was opposition on the ground
that the order was correct and that it did
( take notice of the amendment, as it required
the approval of the mayor and aldermen as
provided in the amendment to the original
section The yeas and NAYS were ordered
on the vote to concur. There was tie vote,
Cunningham. Gushing and Doughty voting
no; Davis, Randall and Chandler voting
yes. The others were absent. The decid
! ing vote was cast by President Dudley in
/ favor of concurrence.
/ The matter of laying ont highway from
! State street to the Maine Central in place
/ of the road now through Britts gulley was
discussed and still left with the committee.
] The petition for hearing on the location
of electric light poles which was put in by
( Charles Doughty several weeks ago came
I up for consideration. Mr.. W. II. Williams,
supt of the Augusta company wished the
matter to be put over till next month as he
then wished to put in petition and both
could be acted on at the same time. Alder
man Fletcher moved that the matter be laid
over. Alderman iIersey saw no reason
why the matter should be delayed again on
account of the other company. They re-
quested it laid over last month and bad
time to put in their petition.
The matter being put to vote, Aldermen
Cornish, Hersey and Crawford voted that
it be acted on Immediately, and Aldermen
Matthews, Fletcher. Brooks and Barrows
voted it lie on the table.
! Aldermen Brooks moved, in the board of
aldermen, that committee be appointed to
look over the accounts in regard to the
painting of the bridge, and the motion was
carried.
In Joint session, Charles y. Hsmleu was
chosen city treasurer.
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