Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-20

and themselves. There has been less
drunkenness and fewer tramps IMAM lot
years.
HIGH SCHOOL.
The high school has been under the
same management as last year Iroi
Powers and his assistants; me reriin
of Supt w. w. Stetson. state super,,n
tendent of schools is a credit to the city
COMMON SCHOOLS.
The State superintendent gives some
statistics concerning our schools whcu
are highly interesting and gratifying, 10
our neople Our schools are surpasseu ,' ny
few In the state and they surpass So
many. Mr.. Barber, who has been our SUI
perintendent for two years mas Workoa
hard for the interest Of our schools an
IL believe the citizens have aPprccidtedi
his work Appropriations Tor Scmool9 anu
| school work should always DC iipcra''
A CITY VAULT.
My attention has been called several
| times to the unsafe condition o. oui
books and papers and ] wnuia recon-" ,'r
mend that vault be built Tor that pur
pose | do not consider them SAFE wle IF
! they are kept and in case IF the loss 81
some Of them by fire, the daInaSe couiu
never be estimated. | hope that some
thing will be done for their protectioh'
/ APPROPRIATIONS.
| believe as | did last year. that each
| department should have money enough
to run 1t and then keep inside OF the dp-
| preparation unless something unforeseen
| comes up.
ASSESSORS.
Today one Of our assessors goes out of
| office. Whatever public place you nave
put him in, he has done credit to him
| relf and IN the cifv He comes to you
the second time as candidate h0r as,
SCISSOR and if you are wise, you VIII eject
again John +. Cunningham as second as
SCISSOR He will do our business and he
will do it right :.
| In conclusion | thank YOU and the cit
| liens of Gardiner for the honor mat YOU
have conferred upon me. May lie. VINO
has the All Seeing Eye, who guides and
controls our universe Suins ana dtec,
this body in the right ana the interest 81
our city.
The election of city officers followed.
the old officers. with the exception OF
| Alderman Milton, who was flfe war
den for Ward ). and II. Is. Morr"ll, VINO
has served as director of the Public II
brary for 50 years, being elected MI.
Morrell was rendered vote Of thanks
by the counsel for his faithful work
and {. $. Jackson was elected IN ms
place. The officers are:
City clerk. &. .. Wadsworth.
Second assessor, to serve 3 years J.
f.. Cunningham had Il votes and j. T..
Laid had 3.
| The present assessors were elected as
| overseers Of the poor. G. y. Johnson,
]. f. Cunningham and Orville Libby.
{. NJ. Drake was unanimously elect
ed city marshal.
For city physician there was great
deal of interest. Three candidates
we're in the field. and the present en-
cumbent won. DIR. W. o. cobb having
IS votes DR. +. f. Strout I. and DIR. y.
Sawyer 4. ,.
The election of Henry harrington as
treasurer was unanimous.
For collector of taxes. two candi-
dates We're in the field and the result
of the voting was: \. c. Page. 10; II.
c. Mari. 4.
For street commissioner y. e.
| Spraguc and a. +. Clarey We're in tn"
field Mr. Clarey won, having Is votes.
Mr.. Sprague. 10.
VIII &. Atkins was again unanimous
~ elected city solicitor.
e. NJ Drake. chief engineer. J. l..
Kendall. "a engineer and Elhridge Pot
tie. 3rd
The following fire wardens We're
elected: r. u. Lawrence, Robert COS
grove. NJ a. Harraden. Joseph Robin
son. ]. r. Dill and Jeston Elbridge.
Rev J. l.. Qumby will again serve
on the board Of directors Of the High
| school
| q. Il. ClaSon was elected to serve on
the school committee for years.
In the council room. CounCilmen
| Lawrence Russell and Libby were
chosen to serve on the joint standing
committee for the year In the alder
| mems room they settled down to the
original question of who should serve
| as president of the board. The vote
taken was the same as all the others,
3 for Haley and for Church. a dis
CuSSion then arose and the matter was
| left until the next meeting. Mayor
Patten then appointed Aldermen
Plaisted and Haley on the joint stand
ing committee Of finance.
1t is quite probable that the board of
aldermen will not have president this
| year. There is a deadlock that cannot
be broken both sides standing firm by
their candidate. The office is not an
important one and as the only time
that such an officer is needed is when
the mayor Is absent there is no show
| Of elccting one.
The council adjourned until Monday
| evening Of next week.
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