Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-05-19

points, more especially On street I,gh..
| paving and the purchase Or j atc,r, -eit'
| The two branches went intn toir. .'
and the matter was thoroughly ov,tat.t
| by Mayor Philbrook The artIor .'t"
| was preliminary ana for tho n,r,,,...
clearing the way for the report w IL
| committee on appropriations. The mavor
went through the appropriations ~ i,n.
year and stated the amount the commit
zee considers necessary for this year. Tha
| following arc the lists; Bells ana clocks
| the same this year as last For counon,
the appropriation last year was 5000 M,
| the committee considers that sg325 wiu n,
| necessary this year. The common srbaoI
| amotnt Is increased from }li.JOg n M
| 100. TEC two extra elections which vytr,
| come during the coming year ana ia III
| pcnac u which will have To come opt "
| thc current expenses will Increase tbt.
| appropriation from $500 of last vear j,
5000 this year. The county tax wiu M
the same this year. The fire dapartmnn.
wants $3.50 this year IN the place M tba n
| 5000 Of last year The free library an-
| propriatlon will be the same The Hipb
school needs s575 more this year than Iast
increasing the appropriation from s5lJD NJ
| s55I3. The sum 81 1880 will be needed ths
coming year for interest in the place NJ
the Sl7V oi last year. An order was
passed later ia the meeting making tia
miscellaneous account for the coming
year $1,000 Twentyfour hundred dollars
VIII be needed u pay the Maine Water
COS. Dill for the ensuing year. The ap-
prDpriation for new streets can remain
unchanged. The amount for sidewalks
can be reduced from $500 To $1,000
The question Of paving will be an i'm
pOrtant one for the coming year The
portion of Main street from Silver street
to the Bay View hotel is very much III
need of repairs ana ought to be paved.
as il is one of the most travelled sections
of the city The cost Of paving the dis
tance mentioned will be i'll the neighbor-
hood Of sl-oO. The parks of the city will
not require any more this year than they
did last The sewer appropriation will
require an increase Of the $500 appropri-
ated last year To $1,000 for the coming
year The cost Of printing will be the
same The street department will need
an increase of about $1,000 In its appro-
priation. as there are some expensive re-
pairs 70 be made pn several Of the
bridges ana other improvements are nee
essary "a
The Waterville & Fairfield Railway &
Light 60. had a new proposition to make
IL regard To the lighting Of the city At
present the city owns two dynamos
which are run by power furnished by the
above mentioned company. Ii cost in
round numbers last year 1929 ID light the
city. If the city will purchase enclosed
arc lamps enough to replace the open
arcs now in use. the company will fur
nish power tu run them from it's own dy-
namos. furnish carbons for the lights ana
inner globes ana take the entire care Of
the lamps for Sl10N. The new lamps called
for will cost in the neighbOrhood Of 1920
Other necessary expenses under the new
system will make the entire cost about
$500. The appropriation necessary under
the OH system would be about $780, but
the dynamos Of the city are now in
dilapilatcd condition and it is doubtful
if they will last through another year.
1t is believed that under the new system
enough can be saved in q short time to
pay for the new lamps needed and that
in the end ii would be a saving for the
city.
The appropriations for the State tax,
the poor ana the 9. a. r. can remain the
same for the coming year as they were
i'll the past.
Repairs are necessary on the Ticonic
bridge ana it is estimated that they will
cost about $500 Through the courtesy Of
the Maine Central. its expert bridge men
have examined the bridge and a crew
can be secured 70 make the necessary re-
pairs at reasonable figure. If the work
is done by these men it Will be first-class
in every particular and all can rest as
surcd that the bridge will be put in a
perfectly safe and substantial condition.
The steam roller contemplated Will cost
in the ncighb0rhood of 5000. This matter
was tabled in a former meeting and in
the meeting III last evening action was
postponed that further information re-
gardng the matter might be secured.
The total proposed appropriations for
the ensuing year will be about S10SoO0,
which it will be seen are less than those
Of last year
After the two branches had again as
sembled in their respective rooms. the
following orders were passed by the al
dcrmen: That the committee on streets
he authorized to have Maine street, from
Silver street to the BAY View, paved:
that the committee on street lights DC
authorized to purchase enough enclosed
arcs to replace the open arcs now in use,
that the miscellaneous account be made
$4,000.