Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-14
CITY Fathers.
They Met, Monday Evening, and Passed Sew
eraI Orders Of importance.

At the meeting of the city government,
Monday evening, the following orders were
passed:
Ordered, That the mayor and city treas
urer be and they hereby are authorized to
issue bonds of the city, payable not exceed
ing twenty-five years from their date, bear
ing interest at not exceeding 4 per cent.
per annum, payable semi-annually, and
both principal and interest payable in gold,
for the purpose of funding the debt of the
city not evidenced by bonds already issued.
The bonds to be issued under this order
shall be coupon in form, shall bear the i'm
press of the city seal, and be countersigned
by the city clerk.
And it is further ordered, That the Or
der adopted by the city council July 81,
1894, for the purpose of funding the debt of
the city not evidenced by bonds already
issued, be, and the same is hereby. re-
pealed, no bonds having been Issued by
virtue of its provisions.
Ordered, That the street commissioner
for the Eastern district be and he is hereby
directed to have signs painted bearing the
ords: "This Is Private Way. Danger
Gus Passing" and place the same in con-
spicuous place at the south end of trav-
elled path leading from the west end of
Locke street, northerly, and at bridge
over a small brook some 40 feet north of
saic south end.
Ordered That the mayor be hereby au-
tborized to buy the f. G. Allen Co.'S steam
whistle, ard to make a contract with the
Augusta Lumber Co. to have it attached to
their boiler and for blowing the same as a
| fire alarm.
Ordered, That the street commissioner
for the Eastern district be and hereby Is In
structed to have the new sidewalk on the
east eide Of Bangor street, from Patterson
to Murray street, covered with crushed
stone, the expense of the same to be charged
to the appropriation for highways special.
The following was referred to the conf
mittee on new streets:
To the City Council of the City of Augusta :
The undersigned respectfully represent
that a street leading west from Chapel
street to land of j. l.. Wood, the same
being now known as Lamhard court, IS
public necessity that said street should be
thirty feet wide, and that the north line
thereof should be the south line of land OF
E. II. Doe and Hsrtwell Mcfarland. They
therefore pray mat Salu Laihoaiu SouA'
may be laid out and accepted by the city
as public street.
J. L. WooD.
A. w. CASE.
c. II. MASON.
Augusta, Aug. 4th, 1894.
An order was introduced to have an cleo
trio light placed on Green street, in such a
place as to furnish sufficient light tor
people attending service at the Methodist
church. The order was referred to the
committee on new lights.
The following order came before the
municipal officers
Ordered, That the question as to whether
the barges run by the A.. II. & G. R.R.
Co. between Grove and State streets and
the muster ground are subject to the or
dinance regulating licenses of vehicles be
referred to the city solicitor. He is hereby
directed to report his conclusion thereon to
the city marshal forthwith, and if they are
subject to said ordinance, the city marshal
| is hereby directed to collect license fees for
them.