Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-16

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RED ROUGH HANDS ''sc !, $780, g s; Sc:
are en- hand at the farm today. Some
Of them were Inadvertently omitted by
the overseefs, and many of them les
pecially those Of large amount) did APP
pear in the overseers schedule of March
l, 1885, but under such names that the
auditor was probably unable to iden-
tify.
Owing to the scarcity Of work during
the past year a larger number Of peo-
pie called for aid then for previous
year. The total number Of people that
was furnished aid by the DOR d4Lart-
meEt was 592.
The overseers estimate the property
at the city farm and aims house to be
worth $260000.
JAMES ]. MAHER,
c. r. CHOATE.
A. w. BROOKS.
The following is the report Of the
superintendent:
Crops, etc. raised on the city farm
for the year ending March l. 1897
$3.50 pounds of pork. 1900 pounds beef.
IS bushels sweet corn, IS tons hay, 81
bushels beans. SO bushels beets, 10
bushels parsnips, IS bushels turnips, 20
bushels peas. 200 bushels yellow corn,
500 bushels potatoes. 300 bushels apples,
80 bushels carrots, 10 bushels cucum-
bers. 80 bushels tomatoes. 1900 pounds
butter. 500 bushels oats. 15k bushels
barley, 500 pounds Of cabbage. 400
rounds veal. heifer calves.
Amount of wood. coal and groceries
delivered to poor from aims house.
$9O3S7.
Number of persons supported at city
farm during year ending March /. 1897
l40: present number as; average num-
Der, 35.
HENRY HARTUNG.
Superintendent.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved. that the thanks of this board
5e and are hereby rendered to the Hon.
Winfield S. Choate for the able. cour-
seous, and impartial manner with
which he has presided over it's delib-
arations fer the past year.
Charles O. Tibbetts was appointed
superintendent of burials and con-
irmed by the board.
Aldermen Weber and Parkman
we're appointed a committee on PEN
sions.
1t was ordered and passed in concur
renee that the city clerk prepare and
,ause to be printed the usual number
# cards containing a list of city of
icers as soon as said officers are finally
elected or appointed.
The following orders We're received
ard passed in concurrence:
Ordered. that the regular monthly
meeting of the city council be held
IN the Thursday following The second
o'clock, in the evening.
Ordered, that the mayor and city
treasurer be and is hereby authorized
make temporary loan for said city
If sum not exceeding $4,000 in antici
patton. ard to he paid out of the taxes
assessed by said city for the year
1897-'9S. Notes therefor shall be signed
by the treasurer and countersigned by
the mayor.
-Four petitions. signed by 1913 repre-
sentative women of Augusta was pre-
scented. as follows, and referred to a
special committee appointed consisting
of Alderman Dudley and Councilmen
Boyd and Murphy:
To the Honorable Mayors City Gov
eminent of Augusta:
The undersigned women of Augusta
respectfully request, that. in addition
to the existing board of overseers of
the poor, there be appointed woman
xrho cho1 bov-o outhoritu 0y;cit tho
poor house, inquire into its condition,
investigate the condition of its occu-
pants and to make recommendations to
the mayor and city government con-
corning their care. their physical and
moral improvement and well being.
These petitions were headed: one by
Mrs. James G. Blaine. another by Mrs.
Daniel Williams, another by Mrs. o.
car Holway and the other by Mrs. J..
Manchester Haynes, who has actively
interested herself in this plan. Among
the long list of prominent women
whose signatures are affixed to these
petitions are: Mrs. Lot M. Morrill,.
Mrs. p. o. Vickery, Mrs. Henry Brad
bury, Mrs. Samuel Cony. Mrs. E. c.
Burleigh, Mrs. Joseph Badger and
Mrs. Elias Milliken.
The following order was presented
and passed in concurrence: That. the
position Of janitor of the city building
is hereby created. The duties of said
official shall be to keep the City hall
building in clean and neat condition:
care for the fires make all necessary
repairs to wood work, and generally
do and perform all duties essential to
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