Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-17
CITY COUNCIL.
May Meeting Brings Usual
Budget of Orders.
Highways, Sidewalks and Sewer.
Chief Topics for Consideration.
Telephone Cos. Petition Taken Up
Company Gets What It Wants.

Inc reSular iIontnly meeting or the
city council was held last evening, and
concurrent business was transacted as
follows:
An order providing that the city
building on Commercial street, occu-
pied by c. ii. White & Co., be repaint-
cd. was rcfcrl ed to the committee on
buildings. with power to act
The committee on poor department,
with the Oversecr of the poor, were au-
thorized and directed to contract for
the erection of IL shed at the city farm,
for the storage of wagons and farming
tools, also for the painting of the city
farm barn, and making such repairs
on the almshouse as they may think
necessary, the expenditure not to ex-
coed 5000.
An order that Western avenue, from
Scwall street westerly to the Gannctt
residence, be graded and covered with
crushed rock, and that the sidewalk
on the northcrly side of Cushman
street be laid in concrete, was referred
to the committee on highways and
sewers.
An order authorizing and directing
the street commissioner of the western
district to properly grade and concrete
that part of the sidewalk OH the north
side of Bridge street from North street
west about 100 feet, was referred to
the same committee.
! The mayor was requested to report
at the next regular meeting of the city
council, what rooms in the City build
ing, if any, are used for other than
city purposes, with his recommended
lions thereon.
The salary of the janitOr of the City
building was fixed for the present year
the same as for the year 1908.
An order that the street commits
sioner for the western district be au-
thoriZed to lay concrete walk on the
west side of Winter street, from Win
thrOp street to Bridge street, was re-
ferred TO the committee Oh highways
and sewers.
A petition from the trustees of the
Water District. for Il suitable room in
the City building, was referred to the
mayor.
An order for a sewer with the neccs-
Sary catch basins, manhOleS, etc, on
Cross street, from Stone street to Mid
die street, was referred to the commit
tee on highways and sewers.
| a request from the board of health
for a sewer beginning at Swan street
and extending along Gage street to the
trunk sewer, near the shoe factory, was
referred to the same committee, as WAS
communication from the board, call
ing the attention Of the council to the
fact that there was no sewer on State
street from Winthrop street to Laurel
to needed extension of the sewer on
Arsenal street, and connection with the
| East Chestnut street sewer; to the
| nuisance of the river terminus of the
Cony street sewer. and 10 the exposed
terminus of the East Chestnut street
| sewer.
| a claim from Almeda E. COwan, for
land damages by lowering the grade
of Bangor street, was referred to the
committee on highways and sewers,
and the city solicitor.
Roll of accounts No. amounting to
$o.S3.6G, was approved.
| A petition for Il sewer on Gage street,
from the intersection of Gage and
Swan streets, to the main sewer near
the shoe factory, was referred to the
committee on highways and sewers.
!, In board of aldermen, the following
appointments of special police by City
, Marshal Brccn, were confirmed: Joseph
r. Dutton. for pulp mill; John Morang,
for State street electric car; Herbert
Weston, for the Augusta Lumber Co.'S.
mill.
james w. Morrill, was granted u
license to sell milk.
The petition Of the New England
TclcSra ph and Telephone Co. was TAX
en- up. The matter WAS presented to
the board by L. G. Cornish, who stated
the objects of the petition, saying in
, connection Herewith that the conn
pany proposed to erect Il two story
brick building on the lot secured, for
, Il central Office, and that the battery
system would be used, whereby sub
, scriberS would be relieved from ringing
up the central office as is now the case,
. and would, in calling simply take the
, receiver from the hook. He then in
, troduced to the board one Of the CON-
pany's engineers, Howard B. Emery
: of Boston. who explained the method
, Of putting the wires underground, etc.
, and showed specimens of the conduits
and cables used. The meeting then
closed with the passage of the follow
ing order:
In Board of Aldermen,
Augusta, Me, May Il. 1871
Ordered That permission be and here
I by is granted the New England Teic
5 phone and Telegraph Company to lay and
maintain underground conduits and mon
: holes with the wires and cables to be
, placed therein, under the surface of the
following streets:
: Water street. 800 feet each way from
Winthrop street.
( Winthrop street, between Water and
. Chapel streets.
State street, between Winthrop and
Court streets.
4 Chapel street. between Winthrop anu
\ Court streets.
Also that permission be and hereby is
: granted the New England Telephone and
) Telegraph Company to erect and main
: tain distributing poles, with the wires 20
be placed thereon at suitable points i'll
> such portions of said streets as may b
occupied by conduts constructed under
this order, and on any street lEtersectin2.
any such portion of any Of said streets,
I at or near the point of intersection also
| to lay and maintain underground coz
+ duits. manholes. cables and wires on the
above or intersecting' streets for the pur.
D pose of making connections with said
. poles and with existing poles it may de-
Sira 10 r,Sa for distributing DIIrDOSpS anil