Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-03-18

previous board, among other duties the
taking of milit n census.
1t was voted 10 reconsider The vote
taken at the ias' meeting. s| --fat5a out
the clause limiting ., 10 800
Mrs. Lufkiu repa ..... .-tla board that
her daughter, G..-= - sin, has broken
her arm by 81 t.t.. 5n State street an March
6. The mayor appointed s.I Lord and
Whitney comm ice ~ investigate tue
matter.
MORE APPOINTMENTS.
The mayor appointed John Silvy and
| Charles NJ. Whitcomb as truant officers.
David l.. Salisbury was ADDED TO the
list OF surveyors of WOOD and bark.
The mayor submitted TO the board a
letter from George y. Black asking what
the city would accept for the school
house lot adjoining the Black estate, and
move the building to some other loca-
| ton.
! This lot, originally part of the Black
estate, was decided to the city with the
condition that When 1t ceased to be used
for school purposes it would revert back
to the estate. Mr. Black now finds the
school an ANNOYANCE. and wishes its re-
moval. rne CLERK vas instructed to write
to Mr.. Black
1t was voted to hold regular meetings
of the board ON the inst Monday of each
month, at p. m.
CARE OF STREETS
The matter of care of streets was
brought up for consideration. The
mayor thought ali that WAS necessary at
present was to look out for washouts or
for breaking roads in case of snow, and
suggested that the aldermen could attend
to this in their respective wards. On
suggestion of the aldermen the following
men were deputized to look after the
roads for the ensuing month: George E.
Fullerton in ward ! Charles p. Smith in
ward 3, james A. Staples in ward 4, John
Carter in ward D.
CHIEF ENGINEER ELECTED.
After recess of ten minutes the board
proceeded to The election of chief engi-
neer of ii he fire depart ment, a. p. Jordan,
who was chosen at the last meeting, hay
ing declined to serve.
Mr.. Jordan formally presented his
resignation to the board, which was ac-
cepted.
a long communication reviewing the
position of the fire companies which
petitioned for the re-electio of John E.
Doyle, had been received by the board,
but was not read The board proceeded
to ballot, with the following result:
Elrst ballot:
Emerson ID. Carr .............2
John +. Doyle....
Il. q. Smith. ..................1
Second ballot:
Emerson ID. Carr.
j. f. Doyle. ..................2
john l.. Doyle. ..............1
Third ballot:
John Il. Doyle.
Emerson ID. Carr.............1
Mr.. Doyle was declared elected. The
announcement was received with unre-
strained cheers by the crowd assembled
outside the rail, and the crowd rushed
out of the room and went cheering down
the street.
The room thus cleared, the board set
tied down to quiet discussion of tax
collectors bond, tax deeds, collection of
taxes, etc.
1t has been the practice of some tax
payers of the city, men well able to pay,
to allow their taxes to remain unpaid,
and then trying to get rebate,
The present ulnyor and board OF alder
men are down on any such business as
this, and are discussing ways and means
to bring these delinquents to terms.
1t is evident, too, that they are in
earnest. They realize that there are some
who, on account of hard times, find it
hard to pay their taxes. 1t is not these
that the aldermen are after, but those
who can pay and will not, by their neg
Iect forcing the city to borrow money.
The aldermen also decided to overhaul
the tax deeds held by the city, to see If
sonnet hing cannot be realized from them
The board adj burned to meet the first
Monday in April.