Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-04-05
CITY MEETING.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
INEXPEDIENT FOR CITY TO BUILD
IT, BUT MAY BE HoPE-PRoPo-
STTION FOR NEW STREET
LIGHTING CONTRACT.


The board of aldermen closed the bust
ness OF its first regular meeting last
Thursday afternoon. The appropriations
| for the year were given final passage.
| The meeting was called to order at 3
O'Clock by Mayor Greedy. Aldermen pres
cut, Morang, Bellatty, ODER and Brady.
| John IL. Bresnahan and D. l.. Fields
were appointed constable Large, and
| Hoyt l.. Austin and Elmer l.. kingman
were added to list OF surveyors of lumber,
| bark, etc.
STREET LIGHTING CONTRACT.
2. A. Smith, OF the Ellsworth Electric
Illuminating Co., submitted written
proposition for new street lighting con-
tract. The terms Of the contract, in
brief, were to furnish the city wit nine
| teen or more 1000 candle power street
lights, Of the improved enclosed arc sys-
TEN, for $50 per year per lamp, the lamps
to burn every night till 10 O'Clock, and
after that hour on he moonlight schedule.
The contract was also to include the
lighting of Hancock hall as at present
for 300 per year.
The new style of street lamp which the
company proposes to install is acknow-
lodged to be greatly superior to the old
open arc lights now being used They
are the same as are now being introduced
in Boston and other large cities.
The proposition was received, and on
motion referred to a committee of three
aldermen, the mayor to be an ep- oficio
member. The mayor appointed as the
committee Aid. Bellatty, Morang and
Brady. The committee will report at this
evenings meeting.
COMMITTEE ON HIGH SCHOOL.
A. w. King, chairman of the committee
appointed to inquire into the feasibility
OF building new high school building,
submitted the following report:
To the BOARD Of Mayor and Aldermen.
GkNTLEMEN-The juiut committee appointed
by you to consider the request OF the petitioners
To your board that some action be taken to Sc.
cure new high school building, and investi-
gate the matter, beg leave TO submit the follow.
ing report:
We believe that there Is need of more ample,
suitable aud commodious room for the conven-
fence of our high school in order to enable that
school to do the most efficient work.
Two questions presented themselves to the
committee. First, Would 1t be advisable to
enlarge the present buildings and rooms, or
second Would it be more advisable, If anything
is To he done, to endeavor to procure new
building.
y majority of the committee were not in favor
of the attempt to enlarge the present building.
In their opinion it would cost quite IA material
sum of money to make such repairs and exten.
siohs as would satisfy the present needs and de-
mands of the school and that this would be i'll.
dvised. Accordingly it was the sense
of the majority of your committee that
If any material amount of money is
to be expended by the city In this mat
ter it should be done in constructing new
building suitable and adequate, not only for
the present demands of the school, but to be
sufficient for the future.
The question whether or not 1t is possible for
the city at this time to provide for the construc
ton of new high school building appears
upon investigation, to admit of but one answer
and that is that 1t cannot be wisely done. The
expense of a suitable building was estimated by
the committee to be from $4,000 to $4,000. We
find upon investigation that the present indebt.
edness of the city of Ellsworth is so near the
loan the necessary money to accomplish this
purpose. 1t seems to the committee that 1t
would be unreasonable and Improper to assess
upon the taxpayers for this year an amount for
this purpose large enough to defray the neces-
sary expenses of such building.
However much your committee feel the ne.
cessity of such new high school building
and however much they desire to have such a
building constructed. still they do not feel that
they can recommend to this board an appropria.
ton to be levied upon the taxpayers of this city
large enough to accomplish the object.
The manner and provisions under which the
town of BuCksport has recently been enabled
to secure needed and desirable school build.
ing VIZ by the offer of one of its citizens To
ing on the condition that during his life he
should receive from the town an annuity equal
to a small rate of intere annually ON the
amount of money furnished, and at his death
the annuity cease and the building belong to
the town Internationally, was discussed by
your committee aud it was urged that the city
of Ellsworth may be enabled to secure Il new
high school building under some similar pro
Visions
We therefore recommend that committee of
three he appointed by the mayor to Obtain, if
possible, the amount of money neccs sary to
build suitable high school building from some
person or persons, the city to pay him them
certain sum as an annuity during life and at his
or their death the payment to cease aud the
building To become the property of the city or
to secure the same under some similar pro
visions.
A. ". GREELY.
c. l.. MoRANG.
{. a. BELLATrY,
+. +. BRADY,
a. w. KING,
FRED l.. FRAZIER,
JOHN r. kNoWLTON.
The board voted to accept the report,
and to adopt the suggestion contained
therein. The mayor was authorized to
appoint committee.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The budget of APPROXIMATIONS WAS then
taken up, given two readings, and passed.
The only change from that first suggested
was in the appropriation for discount on
taxes, which was increased at the last
meeting from Il 800 to 81 800. The appro-
priations as finally passed are As follows,
the figures of the four preceding years
being given for comparison:
FUND. 1855. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. |
Contngent.... $1,000 $, 500 a 1900 a 700 ~, 900