Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-07
Makes Address Concerning Bushes:
Done During the Year.
City Officials Were Present and Many
Speeches Were Made.

Sdpie Sdl Nh"Soi iltcOmD Win GeOfSe
| Il. keene, president of the board of al
! dermen. or his right, and Samuel c.
! Manley, president of the common coun-
Gil. on his left. Then came the other
members Of the board of aldermen. the
members Of the council, heads of de-
partments and others.
For two hours the company devoted
itself to discussion of the menu, such
as only Landlord Merrill and his assist
ants are able to serve, as follows:
Blue Points on Deep Shell
Saited Nuts Queen Olives
Boston Celery
Mock Turtle Soup
Finger Rolls Iced Cucumbers
Baked B.ue Fish, Tomato Sauce
Saratoga Chips
Fillte Of Beef with Mushrooms and
Green Peas
Roast Vermont Turkey Cranberry Sauce
Potato Croquettes New Ruttered Beets
Parker House Rolls
Shrimp Salad
Frozen Pudding Macaro5ns
Cream Cheese Cheese Straws
Toasted Crackers
Black Coffee
Henry Gays
The menu cards We're very apprOpri-
ate. On the front page was the seal of
the city a2d below it appeared the
words of William F. Johnson as toast
master at the centennial anniversary,
July 4, 1854: Our city-May it's flowing
waters be the only element that shall
ever divide it," The second page con-
tanned the names of the present city
government.
When full justice had been done to
the menu. Mayor Titcomb arose and
addressed the party. Mr.. Titcomb re-
viewed the work Of the city government
during the past year in a speech of
about 20 minutes showing a keen in
sight and interest in the affairs of the
city.
Mayor Titcomb said:
Gentlemen: l wish to review with you
briefly the work of the city government
during the past municipal year. 1t is al
ways easy to make criticism after we see
how experimental effort has succeeded or
failed, and it is easy to criticise the ac-
ton of any city government at the close
of the year, but whatever criticism may
be made | know you will willingly meet
it and l feel that those whose interest in
the city affairs is such as to lead them
to follow the course of municipal legis-
lation, and whose experience is such that
they can judge of the management of city
affairs intelligently. will concede to you a
large measure of praise.
While in the history of our city there
have been occasionally single instances
of careless expenditures, the municipal
affairs of the city nave as a general thing
in past years been wisely and honestly
administered.
Fortunately for us, examples of needless
expenditures and carelessness in our city
government in all its history have been
rare. And when you at the beginning OF
the present municipal year assumed the
care of the city's municipal interests the
standard with which your acts would be
compared was a high one.
When you began the year, a careful ana
economical administration of the city'S
affairs was expected from you and
pledged by yOu and today all books and
records are open to the inspection of the
most hostile critic. OF the bonded indebt-
edness of the city, $16,500 matured during
the present year and has been paid. re-
ducing the amount hereafter annually to
be paid for interest nearly $1,000. The
amount of Indebtedness thus paid is more
than has been paid for many years past.
In~1S97 the amount of Indebtedness ma
turing and paid was $1,000.
In 1893 the amount of indebtedness ma
turing and paid was 1880.
In 1899 the amount of indebtedness ma
turing and paid was 5000.
In 1900 the amount of Indebtedness ma
turing and paid was 5000. ".
In 1901 the amount of indebtedness ma
turing and paid was $4,000.
than the city will be called upon to pay
for some time to come as these will ma
ture during the next two years but $S0Vo
In each year, so that the expenditures
made by you in payment of the city debt
were unusual and should be taken into ac-
count in weighing the disposition which
you have made of the city's revenues.
You have also paid for snow bills $35eo
more than was paid the preceding year
A single storm coming in February 1891,
cost the city about $1,000 and that was
paid from the revenues of the present
year. H-t
The committee on highways and sewers
have had imposed upon them labafious
duties during the past year. The amount
of repairs has been unusually large by
reason of destructive storms: ana when
we take into account the great number OF
permanent improvements, the large eX.
pendtures on highways would seem to
be satisfactorily accounted Tor.
Among the permanent Improvements
which have been made by you during the
past year in the western district are. re-
construction of the easterly end of Green
street with regarding and macadamizing
at cost of $3.50; grading and macada-
MIXING Chapel street at cost OF $tr,
grading Bradbury street; grading aHd
Improving Hnsseny au hilii On Mnntn nrsp
has been completed; Grove street graded.
raising the grade near Q. r. Wellman's
house about three feet leaving an easy
grade where Originally IL WIS steep, III
proving the grades on Gage street near
the shoa factory materially improving the
grade of both hills; also in the nature Of
permanent improvements you have con-
stfueted concrete sidewalks on bradbury,
Chapel, Capitol, Crosby, Court. Elm.
Gage. Green. Sewall. State, Summer,
winthrop and Water streets and on
Nnrthern avenue. Some of this work
nerhaps should properly be ciassed as re-
pairs but it amounts in all to 1887 square
wards There have also been CONSTRUCTED,
74l square yards of gravel walks, 4Su
square yards Of plank Naiks; the hgurS
IA. All ca SEES are those made by the street
rnomtaissianer and the city engineer. You
have also expended for work OF a perma-
neat character at the cemeteries about
5000.
In the eastern fistrfet: stone street,
Willow street and Arsenal street. have
been macadamized at cost of Sl10o; the
grading of Stone street for which we are
to pay the sum of $400. is not included
as a part of the expense of the above.
You also have macadamized Qannett
street. graded the sidewalk on Arsenal
street. constructed a new sidewalk on
Spruce street; graded and eoncreted
Gonr street sidewalk about 80 square
yards and erected stone retaining wall
On Stone street opposite the Harlow
house.
While the amount of ordinary repairs
has been extraordinarily large, you have
built large stone culveEt near the brick