Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-11
CITY GOVERNMENT,
Large Amount Of Business at
Saturday Night Meeting.
Inc Assessors Place Total Valuation
OF City at S6,e64,393.
oru'"ahce amending Sect ons OF Revised Or.
d'nances Passed to Be Enrolled.

CONSIDERABLE business was acted on
- ING meetings of both branches of III.
icy government. Saturday EVENING
epi uiiE :. Mayor Lane was proeent
p"t on account OF being i'll he Gallo
upon alderman SeWau to uresiIa o,,a,
we meeting of the board of aldermen
The committee on accounts n,.ace,,,l
ron Of accounts No. as follows. ,i+,
rooms ANA BUILDINGS. s11o5,. cn,,+ina
eiit' $i5'-S2; fire department. sl0g %
highways. Eastern district sf eo. bigb
ways. Western district. Ss2 4c; Ggh,inp
tlcetS' HoUo.cS; police, Sl4.l0; printing
anu advertising, $685.: snow hills
Eastern district, $33. - ana $96.C5: West
ciH ulStflCt, S3S9.9O: stationery and
pi''hK books. SI.15; support of insane.
&C. $423l and support OF poor. S1gS 0S F..
making total of $2.i52S 80. 1t was or
"ertd that the bills be paid.
me city engineer submitted q reDort
on the Washington and Franklin street.
and Northern avenue sewers. the 49,
sessments on which were made. Janu-
airy 10. showing the character of the
lots, whether vacant or otherwise ana
the present sewage connections. if any
He further reported that connection
with the new city sewers from every
lot assessed was entirely feasible The
report was laid on the table
The report of the assessors was read
and referred To the auditor. They re-
ported partially as follows: City valua-
ton. assessed. resident real estate. 3d..
co. .52S; nonresident real estate. S. 53S
Geo resident personal estate, Sl.617 .0SS
and nonresident personal estate. SOL.
IL making a total of So, S64 .393 Total
Village district valuation assessed. 81
31S,SS2. Total Williams district valua-
ton assessed. 81. $50, $50. Number of
polls in the city. 2930; in Village district,
1908 and in Williams district, 5S5. The
rate of taxation in the city per $1,000
was SO; in the Village district $50. ana
Williams district. 500. Appropriations:
State tax. So ,20lCS: county tax. So
012.0S: by order of city council. $l35.-
399. 40 and overlay for fractional divi-
sions, $142.56 making a total of Sl66-
67s.56 Village district assessment:
Amount appropriated. $500 ard frac-
tional oveilay. $S1S.l0, making total
of SS,31S.10. Williams district assess
ment; Amount appropriated. s29S1.S6
and fractional overlay of $685. making
a total OF $3503.76. Supplementary
taxes as follows: City, S4202S; Village
district. $55.11 and Williams district,
S17 making a total of 1929. The fol-
lowing attachments We're made: For
1898: City. $33oS2; Village district
SCI &c and Williams district, $7.79. For
1899: City. $3,701.70; Village district,
$312 .6S and Williams district, $11.2f For
1890: City. $12.415.29: for Village dis
trict. SILL and for Williams district.
$17.39.
Schedule of city property: city farm
ana buildings. $4,000; Atlantic engine
house and lot 5000: Capitol hose house.
State street. $l0G: Cushnoc engine
house and lot, sl500; Pine Tree hose
house. Bangor street, $50; Volunteer
hose house, Northern avenue, $50; city
scales and building, Commercial street,
s5On. about 2i1s acres land west end
Capitol street, $3.50; furniture IN ny
han and rooms. $1,000; part Of city hali
lot, $1,000: and about a acre lahu mean
isritt's gulley, SEQ.
The report of the inspector of kenne-
bec bridge was referred to the AUDITOR
He reported that he had carefully eA-
a,oinod two Of the Bond brook bridges
and the Kcnnebec river bridge ana 'iiat
10 found them in an entirely Satislac-
tow condition at the time of his eX-
animation.
A retition from Peter Quincy ana
others asking that the street coinnlls-
sioner be instructed TO ploW out the
sidewalk on Mount Vernon avenue
was read and referred to the commit
tee on highways
4 communication from the schooi
hoard in relation to charts bought III
1858 for So 50 by the supervisor TO pe
Maid for in three payments. ana oli
which SEQ was still due, was reau.
1t seems that the committee peirN e"
the bill should be paid but did not lee'
that they had authority TO vote the
nayment. inaSmuch as il was cohtr lct-
Cd so long ago. 1t was voted that y
should be paid and charged to the ap-
preparations for text books.
Collector Townsend reported that
of the taxes for 1888 of $lSZl-'-o' ne
had collected or credits of SlSl,99t-oo
leaving a balance due the city Oh ~io'
Wishing to settle the matter ne h'i"o
the offer to pay to the CITY treao"i
$50 in immediate settlement OF inc d'
count on the condition that MS oliitiai
hord for 1898 be discharged ana tnat
the interJs st of the city on the Ddidii'e
of Sl35 be assigned to him. ms aPIi W
nriation was accepted with the pro>i'
ion as TO the discharge OF the oiiicl"i
bond which was referred to the ndyol
with mower to discharge SAID pohu
when the Williams and Village sciioo'
| district taxes included therein Jaw
| been adjusted by agreement WIN So
districts or otherwise by the collector
| II WAS ordered that all city ono 81
who are required by ordinance 10 ''i'n
an annual report be directed 10 f'idNt
and file the same with the city ciei ~
on or before the fourth day OF MAJ -
| 1901 and that the city clerk reiei "a"
same forthwith to the city aunitoi-
1t was ordered that from ana -
the first day of March next the Ne"
England Telephone Co. shall a''''uol,'
nav the treasurer of the city. DIS o'''
nensat;on for the use of the kenneoeC
| bridge for the carrying of It's WHe''
oh sum Q s shall equal the sum '""
| ed by said company at us
taxes for telephones for telepho!ie'
dered or required by TIE city ioi
use of its various departments a'u
fcers from time to time And the hiaS
or was required to notify the con"