Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-07
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Large Amount Of Business Transacted al
Regular Monthly Meeting.

The regular monthly meeting of the
city government, last evening. proved
n very busy one and much business
was transacted. After the reading of
the minutes of the last meeting. the
following licenses We're granted:
Common victualer. Fuller x Footer,
Silas Hamilton. Frank III. Goodrich
and Edwin Harwood: billiard hall. A.
w. Morang and Henry K. Sawyer; IN
teiligence Office, T.. +. Dunlap. X. NJ
Whiae; auctioneer. NJ. A. Harradan
and W. G. Preble; TO keep and sell
gunpowder. Cross x Robinson. w. w.
Liz ermore and Decker & Day.
AL Wohman applied for a license to
run night lunch cart. This was
tabled until the next meeting. \ mo-
ton 70 table the granting OF licenses
for billiard hail, made by Alderman
Andrews and seconded by Alderman
COBB. was lost.
An order from the common council
asking that the mayor two aldermen
ana two cuuncimen be appointed To re-
pair or construct a drain in the rear
Of the tniversalist church MAS passed
the work to b. done At once. Alder
mems Russell and Andrews and Coun-
cilmen Turner and Burns Were APP
pointed
Ron Of bills No. >. amounting to
S1a0l.31. highway department. S,Cl.&5.
contingent. $32.a5; fire department.
$l3Lo2; poor and insane. $3s3.;g. was
ordered paid
A petition from +. T.. Potter ana 81
others living on Deanr street and that
vicinity asking for 4 street light was
referred to the joint standing commit
tee On street lights.
The joint standing committee on
highways, bridges and sidewalks re
ported favorably on two plank walk
across Harrison avenue ANA Ash
street and it was ordered built by the
street commissioner IL once. This was
settled after considerable argument
the joint standing committee wanting
to construct the walk.
it was voted To turn the stone that
was used in the construction Of the
| West Street tomb over to the street de
pdrtments for use III rebuilding cul-
Nerts and laying new cross walks.
A hearing was granted for the COM
ing Monday evening. to George l..
Rogers for the guardianship Of his son
btblSt W. ItoStfS.
\ committee of Alderman Russell and
Councilmen Eldridge and Harrington
was appointed to repair the gun car
riage on the Common near the soldiers
monument. This was in response to n
communication from a. w. McCaus-
land, commander of Heath Post, q. a.
T..
The matter of special police was
again brought up. After considerable
discussion. it was voted to appoint A.
w. Morang for the Gardiner Il Ran
dolph bridge; w. w. Wight. W.. G..
Heseltine and j. II. Wight for the NJ.
c. r. Z. depot. they being confined to
those places. The remainder of the
list was laid on the table for one week,
when the matter will be definitely set
tleG.
From the council. an order came up
ordering the sale of the lot known as
the 'Eldridge lot" at South Gardiner.
to be sold to the best advantage of the
city.
The bills of Dingley & Decker for
si2.72 for 1899 and Decker & Day for
s2.47 for 1900 for supplies for the Com
mon. and ]. a. Hunter for 81 for the
joint standing committee on accounts
and claims.
A report from the joint standing
committee on accounts and claims re-
commencing the payment of the bill
of F. +. Strout for medical attendance
for Frank MOnrO and abatement of the
taxes of Daniel Flanders and j. NJ.
Rchardson be paid, but that of F. W.
Wiley be not paid. The items were
taken up separately and that of F.. E.
Strout and F. w. Wiley were indef-
initely postponed, while that of the
other two We're referred back to the
committee on accounts and claims.
An order was introduced in the
consisting of one alderman and one
councilman, with the mayor, be a
committee to oversee the construction
Of the permanent road for which $4,000
was apprC priated. This order was killed
i'm the council. but the aldermen insist
ed on it's passage. The council would
not agree and q committee Of confer
ence was appointed The committee
could not agree, the council wanting
special committee of five or the COM !
mittee on highways. bridges and side |
walks. The matter was then laid on the
table until the next meeting. |
In the council an order was introduce |
ed that the sum of SEQ be appropriated '