Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-03
Meeting Of City Council.

At last nights meeting of the city
council considerable business was
turned off The first was that of the
roll of accounts the amount of which
was 5000. Petition for walk on Drum
mond street, referred. Petition for con-
crete walk on Western avenue was laid
on the table and an order that the
walk on the above avenue be grave!led
was also laid on the table. Petition of
/. S. Bangs for crosswalk on Front
street foot of Temple referred. IltF.'
Petition to grade Lockwood street
was referred.
Communication from Hon. W. T.
Haines relating to the cost of sewer on
Burleigh street, and that cost of same
would be $2630 was read. Committee
on sidewalks reported favorable on a
five foot walk on West Winter street
and Dalton street as far as Nudd
street. Gravel walk on Grey street was
recommended. Reported inexpedient
as to concrete walk on Western avenue.
The committee to whom was left the
matter of purchasing the Scribner-
Craig lot, reported that articles of pur-
chase had been drawn and the price set
at $1,000. Order for a walk from Ticonic
bridge to the Dunn block was given
passage.
An order by Alderman fitzpatrick au-
thorizing the mayor to draw his war
rant for 5000 to be drawn from the mis-
cellaneous account and for the benefit
of Ellery F. Brann, who was injured
while in the discharge of his dutp as
a fireman of the city. was given a
passage.
The committee on public buildings
was requested to ascertain the amount
of insurance is carried on the city
buildings. The mayor made the state
ment that the city assessors had asked
for recommendation regarding raising
the amount of poll tax from 81 to 3d.
An order from the common council
authorizing the street commissioner to
place a catch basin at the corner of
Gold and Gray streets was amended to
make the abutters pay one-half the
expense, was passed and sent down for
concurrence.
An order was introduced recommend
ing to the assessors that the poll tax
be raised to So.
Mayor Redington stated that Uncle
Windell had told him that he had been
damaged about $50 in the moving of
City hall and if the city would give
him $25 he would be immensely pleased.
Mr. Wndall is very old man and very
poor, who has for some time sup
ported himself by raising flowers. The
board granted him the $25.
The mayor said that Officer Jackson
had asked him to request the city coun-
Gil to pay him for damages to his wheel
while in the discharge of his duty.
At this time the matter of street
sprinkling came up. There was no en-
couragement offered in favor of the
city doing the work and the matter
was dropped.
Prof. A. l.. Lane. representing the
board of education, addressed the board
on the question of the amount that the
board of education would recommend
for the appropriation for the proposed
new schoolhouse. He made allusion tn
the number of scholars in the school
now to be changed and advocated a
large and convenient building, thus
| making more schools. He said that
seven additional school rooms are nov
needed, provided the present two rooms
in the College avenue are destroyed.
| The board of education therefore rec
commended six-room building, and
that an appropriation of $12, 900 be made
| for the same. Mr. Lane said the
school board had figured the thing
down as fine as possible. This sum
does not include the furnishings, but
| there is nearly enough spare furniture
| in the city to furnish the new building.
Alderman Lunt was in favor of an
| eight-room building in which at this