The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-08

Gont'ngent.. 81 $50 50
| nlsuway .................... 159 1G
! ere Department.. :,....... 1,176 IS
aeneTai scaooi purposes. 165 ii
gree library ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 112 %
School contingent. t................,. % 1a
| Repairs and insurance, school
| houses ..................:. :........ 40 50
free text books. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 9S 76
| Total. .....................S3 So 335 OF
| The Finance Committee reported on the
petition of the Waldo County Agricultural
| Society for an abatement OF taxes, recon-
mending that the claim of the city be re-
leased on payment of costs. The report was
accepted.
| The annual reports of the City Treasurer,
Auditor, Chief Engineer, Cemetery Trus.
tees, Superintendent of Grove Cemetery
Librarian and Trustees of the Free Library
Finance Committee, City Solicitor, City
Marshal and City Physician We're presented
| and accepted. They were placed on iile or
| referred to the next City Council, according
| to the nature of their contents. The Treas
urers report will be found in our advertis-
] ing columns. The others are below
| The recommendations of the School Com
| mittee for appropriations for the ensuing
| year were read and referred to the next
| City Council. The recommendations were
! printed in The Journal last week in the
! report of the School Committees meeting.
The City Clerk was authorized to have
the reports of the various departments and
of the School Committee printed in a pamph-
let.
Charles II. Sargent, Collector of Taxes
reported collected on taxes of 1899, $37 $40,
O6; paid to City Treasurer. S37, 800 98 cash
in bank $19 OS.
Charles N. Black was granted permission
repairing the Wells store.
Peltiah Shaw was allowed So on his taxes
for maintaining watering trough.
Adjourned.
CHIEF ENGINEER.
William R. Ford, Chief Engineer, reports
the force of the department as 81 men, classed
as follows: ! chief engineer, . assistant en-
gineers, captains, foremen, 3 assistant
foremen, 3S hose and ladder men and fire
police. The department. has responded to 9
alarms at the house of F. L. Harmon, March
"a, aud at the house of N. E. Brown Dec. IA
There We're false alarms. The apparatus
of the department consists of , hand engines
pung, hook and ladder trucks, l on wheels
and l on runners, 3100 feet of good hose, l
Eastman deluge set and nozzles, 10 pipes, 3
gates Us and other equipments pertaining
to ire service The Chief recomme Ids that
the pay of the tiremen be continued the same
as before; that the city buy pair of horses
and equip them for the use of the city and
fire department: that the city make suit
able repairs and Improvement on Seaside
Hose house; and chat the city buy a small
amount of hose to keep the supply good.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Chas. P Hazeltine, William K. Keene and
f. F. Carrow, finance committee, reported
having examined the books, accounts and
vouchers of the City Treasurer and found
them correct, The details of the report are
included in the report of the City Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
To The Board Of 44lo7ermen aud Colunton
Coa7sca Of tie City Qf Belfast:
| The Trustees of the Free Library here
with present their annual report, accompa-
MED by statement of the tiuancia condi
ton at the close of the municipal year, and
| by the report of the librarian, showing the
! practical workings of the institution.
| The Library is entering upon the thir.
| teenth year of its Xlstence, with continued
prospects of growth and usefulness. More
room is beginning to be needed, not ouly for
! books, but for those who avail themselves
of them. AT times the seating capacity
around the tables proves insufficient These
| Il 1%.
no distant day in the future. During the
past summer the building has received
! thorough repairs and the roof and outside
woodwork were painted. An insurance OF
$1,000 upon it, and of S4 900 upon the books,
has been maintained. This expires in No
vember. In view of the increasing value of
the contents, the expediency of larger
protection suggests itself.
By purchase and by gift, enough Belfast
newspapers to form forty volumes have
been collected and bound. Some of these
] additions comprise the earliest papers print.
ed here. A list of all local newspapers now
owned will soon be published. coupled with
a request for aid in supplying Deficiencies.
| The whole number of volumes placed in
the Library from its foundation to date. is
9449. This does not include many public
| documents. Besides these, there is large
collection of unindexed pamphlets, and the
! like.
Early this year the Library sustained a
deep loss in the death of the Rev Dr. Geo
w. Field. man of enlarged and generous
| views upon all matters pertaining to public
improvement he has not only aided us by
his personal advice and counsel, but by
valuable and generous contributions to our
shelves, which will perpetuate his name to
coming generations of those who will proud.
| ly claim him as a native Of our city.
Respectfully submitted
| JOSEPH WILLIAMSON,
Chairman.
| Financial statement of the Belfast Free
Library, for the year ending March 5, 1900.
DR..
Dividends on Railroad stock. .......S 4S0 OC
Interest on Memorial Hall bonds. $50 OC
Interest on Belfast City bonds. $50 OF
Fines, and Catalogues sold. .......... SO Il
Interest on deposit. sit......,.......... 6j
1,S43 II
CIR.
| BUILDING ACCOUNT.
Repairs on roof and chimneys...... IA Ol
| Painting. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 19 SO
Other repairs. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2 sc
36 81
LAWN AND GROUND ACCOUNT.
Cedar hedge. Observation-Disclosures. SIS
Moving and levelllng lawn, flowers,
/, ETC.. % "a
80 O2