Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-05-09

At the NEE ting OF IL tly so.e'u"
MONDAY ever ing, the sum OF Sloo was
appropriated from the contingent tund
toward defrayipg the expenses OF Mem >riai
day. Twenty-Five dollars OF this goes to
Hildreth Post and $50 to Heath Post, u. A.
r. An order asking for an appropriation
of $500 for new hook and ladder truck,
came before the board of aldermen, who
r. f.rred it to the committee on fire depart
ment, in which the council concurred, and
the committee recommended that the
ain ,unt of this appropriation be increased
to $3.50, and it was accepted.
An order was introduced asking that the
Joint standing committee on buildings be
authorized to advertise for bids to supply
the different departments of the city with
coal, all bills to include stowage, the coal
to be weighed on the city's scales
and delivered at such times and places as
the heads of departments might designate,
hich received passage and was sent up
for concurrence. In the board of alder
men licenses was granted as follows; To
Mrs P. F. Hanley Walter H. Merrill, f..
c. Wake field, permission to run billiard
hall; to F. II. Goodrich, as common Wet
ualer; to J. S. Lambard, auctioneer, and
to j. A. ackson j. c. Lander Geo. +. Reed,
Dngley Bros, VIM. w. Livermore and
Geo. W. Cross to keep and sell gunpowder.
The street commissioner was directed to
build the sidewalk asked for 10 Ward 6.
The reports of the chief engineer. city mar
shall directors of the public library and the
board of health were received, and the first
three were accepted. The latter was laid
on the table until the n xt regular meeting.
c. W. Kimball and j. W. Belts were ap-
pointed dog officers; w. J. Lander, city au-
ditor; John j. Marston, city liquor agent.
The following petitions were received and
referred to the proper committees From
F. Y. Baker and others for street starting
from the residence Of Mrs. John Osgood,
on Piummer street, to the premises of Free
man Y. Baker; from J. w. Jones and 9TH
ers for new street starting from the resi-
dence of J. W. Jones, on Highland avenue
from C. 0. Devon ort and others for a
street light on Dresden avenue, near the
residence of F. W. Douglass; from
A. H. Jordan and others for an
electric light at the corner OF
Lincoln avenue and Danforth street.
An order was passed prohibiting hawkers
from crying their goods, fruits or provi-
sions, within 100 feet of Depot square,
Water street or any other street, lane or
alley in the city in loud or noisy manner,
under penalty of not less than 81 or more
than IS. An order was passed instruc,ing
the city clerk to page and index the record
of births, deaths, intentions of marriages
and marriages from the year 1903 to 1874
inclusive, which are contained in five books
Roll of bills No. 3, amounting to $755 06,
were ordered paid. In regard to the appro.
piiation bill, which has held fire so long,
the board of aldermen failed to concur with
the council in regard to the purchase of a
span of horses to cost $500, but di concur
in placing the salary of the police judge at
5000 year. The aldermen voted $4,000
appropriation for a sewer on Spring street,
but the council, after lengthy debate, ln-
sisted on the purchase of city team, and
non-concurred on the sewerage clause.
The bill went back to the aldermen, and it
was agreed to refer it to committee OF
conference, consisting of Haradan and
Cunningham on the part of the aldermen
and jackson and Lehman of the council
This committee failed to agree and then the
board sent it to the council, concurring in
the item of $1,000 for the common and
striking out all concerning sewerage. The
council voted, s to !, to lay the bill on the
table until the next regular meeting. Ad-
| journed to the first Monday evening in
June,