Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-14
CITY BUILDING
Again Subject Of Discussion al
Wednesday Nights Meeting
OF The City Council and Other cuisines.
Transacted.

VIZ
Tuesday evening.
An order was passed adjourning t,
Aug. 90, at 7.a0 p. NJ.
An order fixing the compensation fu
collecting taxes at IL per cent. on al
taxes for 1895 collected on or before Feb
l, 1896, and of / per cent. ON taxes O
1895 collected after that date. was passed
An order for an arc light on Patterson
street was passed.
A petition for a concrete sidewalk OF
Murray street was referred.
Alderman Cunningham introduced al
order that a committee be appointed b.
the mayor to dispose of the liquors which
the city o has on hand.
Roll of accounts amounting to S5363. S!
was read and ordered passed.
An order was passed authorizing the
mayor to make a contract with S. r.
Cannon for one year from expiration OF
the present contract for the care of Monu
ment park, the amount not to exceed
$3.50.
Alderman Dudley introduced an order
approprlating $4,000 to be expended under
the discretion Of the committee Oh high
ways in paving the northern end of Water
street, beginning at the Edwards Com
pany's premises and extending southerly.
Alderman Dudley introduced an order
instracting the committee to inquire into
the cxpodiency of grading State and Win
trop streets in front of and adjacent to
the Lithgow library, and report at the
next meeting.
The committee appointed to sell the
city liquors is made up as follows: Alder
men Cunningham and Cross and Coun-
Gilman Parkman.
The city building committee. consist
ing Of the mayor, Aldermen Cony and
Dudley and Councilmen Lane, Foster
and Colburn, was discharged. An order
was then passed that Aldermen Cony,
Dudley and Cunningham and Council
men Lane, Foster and Colburn. be au-
thorizcd and directed to forthwith exc
cute in the name and on behalf of thu
city, the following contract: (The con
tract being practically the same as that
published in the Journal, several days
ago, the business feature remaining III
changed-)
An order was passed directing the CON-
mittee to notify Lendall Titcomb and
other owners of the land, mentioned II
the contract, that the city accepts their
offer to sell and to request them to exc
cute a deed thereof to the Augusta Cit!
Building Company for purposes named.
These orders are supposed to obviatc
the difficulties occasioncd by the mayor
refusal to sign the contract to buy tn
land.
Hon. J. Manchester Haynes appearf6
and asked to make a statement of bis
position relative to the city building pro
ject. He said he wished to state bri. fly
some OF the reasons why he was opposet
to this contract for a city building. WheI
he arrived home he found several requests
for interviews with those who wished t,
oppose the plan. Afterward he had founn
not a single person In favor of the build
ing project, outside of those who by rea
son of circumstances would favor it. H.
had found some who favored a city built-
ing under certain circumstances, but had
not found any who favored the presen,
| project, while many did not know wha'
that project might be.
He did not wish anyone to think that
he charged either board or the syndicate
with doing anything but what the!
thought best. The criticism he had to
offer was that it was considered has lily
and that had it been considered more
carefully, some other conclusion would
have been reached.
Mr.. Haynes recounted the details con
nected with the existing arrangement for
Clty IOOlHo III ohS opSId 1lOuoc uIDCh.
When the terms of the lease come to be
considered, he left the matter entirely to
tho city. He had confidence In the city
government and confidence that the city
building then proposed was abandoned.
So he fitted up the rooms for the city. He
did think there was a moral obligation,
but if it were thought best to have a city
Guiding, he would waive all claims,
moral or otherwise. The rooms would
rent.
MI. Haynes said he consulted Gen.
Common about the muster, and he had
said he did not intend to carry the muster
away, but the e%itizens had shown but
little interest. He did intimate that if
this lack of interest continued someone
might raise the question of removing the
muster.
He did not think the scare was half as
big as they thought it was at the time.
He did favor an armory. 1t could be
buiit on This lot of the citu fnr lose thon