Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-12

Grove streets. He recommended the
passage of an order giving him instruc-
lions TO take the necessary stems to
| condemn the property for city purposes
that ii might be brought to the notice
of the court for settlement. This adj
wee was taken and the order passed.
ON the claim of Mrs. Ballard of Sewall
street. for damage to her fence by the
snow plow. he recommended the street
commissioner be Instructed to repair
it. This was done. On the claim of
Mrs. Cynthia Allen for damages incur
req by railing on an icy sidewalk he
reported that Mrs. Allen had no legal
claim on the city.
A petition was presented by John H.
BRITT for 800 damages to his lot of
land on Capitol Street caused by rails
ing the grade of the street Another
similar claim was presented by Arthur
b. Mason of Bangor street. Both were
referred to the city solicitor and high
way committee.
The erection of a standpipe for the
use of street sprinkler in the section
near the State House was ordered. A.
n. Trask was given permission to erect
three hitching posts in front of his land
on Sewall street. 1t was ordered that
the mayor and committee on fire de-
partment be instructed to purchase a
street sprinkler and an arrangement be
m3pe so that the east side hose team
shall do the sprinkling there, and the
west side team be kept on its own side
of the river.
oscar Holway, Esq, sent a commune
cation telling the city government that
he owns the building at the corner of
Bridge and Water streets. and that 1875
square feet of the sidewalk in front of
1t is on his land. He is DESTROYS of put
ting in an approach to his basement
and shall do so unless the city chooses
to hire the land on which the sidewalk
stands. This was referred to the high
way committee.
communication from j. S. Little.
calling attention to his claim presented
eight months ago for damages incurred
to his property by the raising of State
street. was referred to the city solicitor.
Leslie E. Dyer was appointed a men,
Der of the board of registration for a
term of three years.
1t was ordered that a suitable set of
plans for sewer system be procured
by the mayor and sewer committee. The
examination of a strip of property on
which a winter road is located. leading
from the Western avenue to the Halo
well uuarries. was advised, and the
propriety of condemning the strip for
city purposes was requested to be in
quired into by the highway committee
The city auditor was ordered to
charge off the taxes for the years 1886 to
1892 owed by the Williams and the Vii
lage districts, and to eliminate the ac-
counts from the books. The committee
on city buildings was instructed to pur-
chase a set of files and cards for the
use of the city auditor. The finance
committee was asked to provide for the
appointment of purchasing agent for
the city. A petition for an arc street
light on Murray street, was referred to
the committee on street lights.
= The order providing for the payment
of 5000 for clerk hire for the 'overseer
of the poor. and $500 for the city audi
tor, was taken from the table by'Coun-
Gilman Fletcher, and an amendment
added providing that the auditors clerk
shall perform the clerical work of the
mayor. The petition of l. II. Sabin and
others for the opening of the school in
Stony Brook district was referred to
the experimenting school committee.
upon the advice of the committee on
schools.