Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-17
INAUGURATION.
Continued from page So

-NtN SiuGNalh Oh east Siut VI Ci'N'Ni'NN
street New sewer along Gannett
street New sewer on School street.
Some concrete sidewalk on Stone street.
Completion of job of macadamizing
north end of stone street. Concrete
sidewalk on Washington street near
the French church. Concrete sidewalk
along North Chestnut street. Sewer
along Bend street. Concrete sidewalk
ON Chestnut street to Green street.
concrete sid walk along north side of
capitol street from State street to
Gage street. Petition of d. w. Emery
and others for reconstruction of con-
crete sidewalk on State street from
state House TO lane leading to Glen
wood spring. Grading Grove street and
covering it with crushed stone from
chapel street to State street. Plank
sidewalk on Townsend road from
Northern avenue to the French ceme-
terry. building sewer from the low
land in rear of Joseph Larrabee's, on
recommendation of the Board of
Health. and referred to the committee
With power to act. That the street
commissioners be instructed to look af-
ter the public dumps and see that they
were properly posted, and that they be
Instructed to have the cleaning5 OF the
city streets conveyed to city farm for
use as fertilizers. That the street en-
gineer be instructed to report the
names of owners and locations OF
buildings not connected with sewers,
with the distances from sewers ana the
feasibility of sewer connections Re-
construction Of State street from Capt.
tol street To residence of Col. Staples.
Repairing macadam on Cony street.
covering Melville street with crushed
stone and providing suitable drainage.
Painting and repl2nking kennebec
bridge. Immediate repairs of ScWall
street sidewalk. Repairing outlet of
cony street sewer. matchmaking Cony
street from Cony square TO Gannett
street. Gravel walks to be built on
both sides % Franklin street. One hum
drcd and fifty feet Of new sewer on
Pearl street north of Murray street.
Extending Western avenue sewer to
ScWall street. Covering Middle street
sidewalk with crushed stone. Macad-
auizing Arsenal street from East
chestnut street 70 Cony street. Plank
side walk on Cedar street to be replaced
win crushed rock. In addition to these
references the committee was instruct
"a to taxi" early action on all matters
referred from the former city govern
m, mt relating To streets and sewers.
It VS. ordered that all orders and
petitions hereafter received be referred
to the appropriate c0mlnittt Is and the
city clerk was instructed to hard the
papers in such cases to the chaiImen
of such committees.
In thu council an order wis passed
that the committee on finance be in
structcd to report an appropriation
Lill at ar early date without waiting
for the valuation To be taken. In the
board Of aldermen the order was laid
on tn" table.
Alderman Sheldon introduced an or
der that the street commissioner be in
structcd forthwith to remove the filth
and rubbish along the river bank be-
tween the postofiicc and kennebec
In idSc. and stated that it was the
recommendation of the Board of
Health OF which he is Il member. AL
dciman Manley objected to the city
Cl'dning up private grounds. The
may or inquired if the Board of Health
didn't have the authority to compel the
land owners or their agent to do it, and
thought that if such was the case it
would he establishing Il precedent with
unlimited possibilities of expense if such
action were taken. Mr.. Sheldon eX-
planned at considerable length that it
would only cost about $40, and if not
done it would endanger public heath.
TO go through the legal processes
would cause delays, and writing to
nearly every state in the union and to
some foreign countries. He didn't
want such diatory tactics in matter
OF such importance when so little eX-
pense was involved. After serving le-
gal notices there would he some who
would neglect to comply, and they
would he the best people on the street
and the leading business men of the
city. and he was not going to any such
startling procedure as to commence
criminal prosecution against those men
for any such petty sum. Alderman
Manley didn't think it was compliment
tary to hint that those men would be
law breakers after their attention was
called to Il matter. and if they were, it
would be Il good idea to make an eX-
ample of some of them. The vote was
taken by yeas and nays. Aldermen
Sheldon and Cloutier voting for the
passage of the order and the other six
members Of the board in the negative
and the motion was lost.
In the board of aldermen communi-
cation WAS received from City Marshal
Breen announcing his appointments of
deputy marshal. patrolmen and special
officers of the men now serving as such
officers. The appointments were APP
proved.
The mayor presented these nominal
tions to the board of aldermen for
their consideration. and all were unan-
imously confirmed:
Member of Board of Health for three
years-Joseph f.. Young.
Health officer-Dr. w. II. Harris.
Superintendent of burials-Charles
q. Tibbetts.
High school commttee-William II.
Williams and Fred w. Plaisted.
Inspector of kennebec bridge-Moses
r. Leighton.
Trustees of Lithgow library. Man
chester Haynes. Lendall Titcomb, b.
+. Parrott. james W. North.
Committee appointments were an
nounced. The members of the board