Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-16
CITY GOVERN MENT.
Considerable Business Transacted
Report of Board of Health.

The city council held it's regular
| monthly meeting. Monday evening, with
Z quorum present in both branches
| In the absence of the mayor, the meet
| ing was presided over by Alderman
| Chas. r. Hall of Ward 8. Business
| transacted was as follows:
Roll of accounts, No. 6, amounting to
$S115.S2, was approved and ordered
paid.
| An order for q - o'clock series light
| to be placed on Gannett street, and to
! be located by the committee on street
| lights, was referred to that committee
A petition from Treby johnson, treas
urcr of the Augusta City Building Co.
! asking for Il reimbursement in the sum
of $50, representing the franchise tax
on the City building for the years 1901,
1902 and 1908. which had been paid by
him to the State under Chap. 229, Pub
lie Laws of 1901, was received, and an
order was passed empowering the
mayor to draw his warrant for that
amount for the purpose stated.
1t was ordered that the old watering
trough on Western avenue be removed,
and the stone one which is not in use
be located in place of the other and
also that the matter be referred to
the committee on highways, with power
to act.
An order for a hydrant to be placed
on Western avenue, near the residence
of G. A. Milliken, was referred to the
committee on fire department.
The use of City hall was granted to
the Grammar school students for grad
uation exercises, Friday afternoon,
June 10.
The following annual report of the
local Board of Health, for the NUM-
cinal year ending March l, 1908. was
read, accepted and ordered placed on
| file:
To the Honorable Mayor and City Coun-
Gil of the City of Augusta:
We hereby respectfully submit our re-
| port of the local Board of Health for the
| municipal year ending March l. l%3
The local Board of Health was composed
at tho commencement of the year OF mem
bers as follows: George G. Sheldon. VIII
| liam II. Harris. NJ D., and Albert ii.
Sturtcvant, NJ. H. The official organiza-
| ton was as follows: George c. Sheldon,
| chairman; William II. Harris, NJ. u: sec
| rotary, and Albert II. Sturtevant. NJ. D..
health officer Edwin r. Bean was elected
sanitary inspector and served throughout
|
resigned as health officer much to our re-
g:ct, as he was a valuable member OF the
board. DR.. Harris was acting health OIL
| Ger during the remainder of the year.
The vacancy on the board caused by Or.
Sturtovants resignation was filled by the
appointment OF Joseph f. Young on fFb-
| ruarv 70, 1903 The board therefore rcor-
ganized by the election of Mr.. Young as
secretary. The year was comparatively
| free from epidemic until November l. 1902,
except during the early part of the. sum
mer, when there was an epidemic of
measles to the number of 66 cases. No
vember l. 1902. an epidemic of typhoid
| fcver broke out which numbered 200 cases.
and still continued unaba ted to the end
| of the year. There Were two cases of
Smallpox during the year. The case of
H Qrrin Mcguire. L Scott street. report
ed June TO- 1902, by George H. Brickett,
Nj. D.. and attended by him. The other
case was that of Divide J. Cote, "A Frank
lin street. reported by Hector Guy. NJ. D..
! February Z. 1903 The board established a
tagion was confined. so far as this case