Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
THREE TRUSTEES
Selected for Management Of
Augusta Water District.
Gov. J. F. Hill, Hon. G. E. Macomber
and Hon. T. J. Lynch Appointed.
City Government Has Numerous Inter-
estine Questions to Settle.

board of aldermen of Augusta, Friday
evening, for the purpose of choosing
three trustees of the Augusta Water
| District as provided by law. Every
| member of the board was present and
| the mayor presiding. A few citizens
were interested witnesses of proceed
| ings. The meeting was called to order
shortly before s o'clock
The first business being the election
| of the trustees of the water district,
Alderman Hall placed in nomination for
one trustee the name of the Governor
of the State, Hon. John F. Hill, and
| the nomination was seconded by Alder
man Manley. The election was unani-
nous.
| Alderman MeSSer nominated Hon.
George f. Macomber for a trustee, and
his election was unanimous. Alderman
| Purnton said that two Republicans had
| been chosen and it would seem that
| it might be we'll to put Democrat on
| the board, a man whom the people APP
proved for the position, and he would
nominate Thomas J. Lynch. Alderman
| Manley thought that politics ought not
| to enter into the handling of the city's
water supply; also that the East side
| Of the river ought to be represented
on the commission, and that he would
| nominate the man who pays the largest
individual tax in the city, and who
| through the different buildings he
owns is the largest taker of water in
| the city, and also was a man who
| through the city government had re-
ceived the peculiar training and eN-
| perience needed for the trustee of the
| Water District, and he would name
Hon. Lendall Titcomb. Aldermen Han,
| Cloutier and Mason were made a COM
| mittce to receive, sort and count bal
lots. The ballot resulted:
| Total votes S
| Necessary for choice 5
Thomas J. Lynch
Lendall Titcomb
| No choice.
| The second ballot was participated in
| by the mayor and resulted:
| Total votes .
| Necessary for choice )
| Thomas J. Lynch
| Lendall Titcomb
| Upon inquiry for other business, petit
| lions for licenses to deal in milk were
received from Joseph J. Howard, FL
mer e. Kimball, L. l. Wall, e. d. Cony,
| Arthur Il. Mason. ID. A. Hcwins. The
| Casavant & Cloutier Co.. Elbri3Sc G..
Lehr, J. A. Mclean, Seth r. Clark. Os-
| good Crawford, George T.. Scrbner,
| Alonzo Chesley, G. Z. Hanks, Cony &
| Church, l. A. Handy All were grant
| ed without opposition.
| The mayor announced that it had
been discovered that the appointment
/ Of a new board of health at the last
meeting had been discovered to be il
legal because it was not specified the
terms that the different members We're
| to serve. He would nominate Joseph
| +. Young for one year to take effect at
once, DR.. George f. Washburne for two
years to take effect when DIR. Harris
resignation goes into effect on July /,
| and Dr.. o. c. S. Davies for three years
| to go into effect at once. The nominal
lions We're confirmed. Dr. Washburnc
was appointed health officer to succeed
DIR. Harris, whose resignation of that
office goes into effect on the same date
as his resignation from the Board of
Health.
Alderman Sheldon asked that tho board
might hear the delegation of cab drivers
who were present. Q. n. Blackington.
secretary of the Cab Drivers Union, adj
dressed the board, asking that the cab
drivers license of John Hersom be re-
vokcd. The city ordinance recently pass
ed limited the number of, cab drivers to
20, except that all those then driving
were to be permitted to continue, AMI
there We're more than 20 of those and
Hersom's license had been granted after
the others. Also HerSom had violated
the ordinance which provides that the cab
drivers shall drive their own teams, and
he was not doing a ca b business at the
time that ordinance was passed.
Alderman Sheldon inquired if Mr.. Her
som had been notified of this and Enoch
Merrill said that he had told him that it
would be brought up Mr. Merrill also
wanted to insist that the city government
shall enforce its own ordinance. Alder
man Hall inquired what would be thought
if the ordinance should be found uncon-
stitutional and Mr. Merrill said that it
ought to be enforced as long as it had not
been so declared.
Alderman Hall inquired about another
instance where a licensed driver while dis
abled put on another driver temporarily,
but it appeared that nobody happened to
make complaint.
Fred Lawrence asked for a cab drivers
license for himself, on the ground that
he had a right. to earn a living, to put