Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-15
INAUGURATION.
Mayor FuIIe. and Aldermen
Take Oath of Office.
Address Of His Honor Concise and
Business-Iike.
Subordinate Officers Elected and Other
Business Transacted.

The ceremony attending the inaugu-
ration of MayOr-elect j. Warren Fuller
and the new beard of aldermen oc-
Cured at the aldermenS room in the
City building shortly after 10 o'clock.
Monday morning. The meeting was
called to order by City Clerk c. X.
Howe and on motion of Alderman
Goodwin, Alderman-at-large Willis was
made chairman. After the formal ex-
animation Of the credentials of the al
dermen-elcct, which We're found to be
correct, the oath was administered by
Judge Stafford of the municipal court.
On motion OF Alderman Clearwater
the chair appointed a committee con-
sisting Of Aldermen Clearwater and
Sands to notify the mayor of the tenn
porary organization of the board. The
mayor responded to the call of the
committee by appearing forthwith and
after receiving the oath of Office. adj
ministered by Judge Stafford and prayer
had been offered by Rev. w. d. Plum
mer, addressed the board as follows:
Gentlemen of the Board Of Aldermen:
1t is time honored custom, upon the
Inauguration of each new city govern
ment, that the Mayor address the board
OF Aldermen and incidently our fellow
citizens. upon matters pertaining to the
different departments OF city affairs.
He is supposed to give such informa-
ton as he may have, and to make those
recommendations that he may think
are for the public good. 1t will be your
duty, gentlemen, to consider these mat
tiers a little later on and act on them as
u {Cy no ;nfo of oil
FINANCE.
Our bonded debt is $4,000 dollars; of
this amount $4,000 are water loan
bonds and there are temporary loan
notes outstanding for $500 dollars.
This does not include loans made for
payment of current expenses in antici-
patton of taxes. There was paid last
year 1000 dollars of the bonded debt and
2400 dollars of. temporary loan notes.
The citys net Indebtedness is by the
trcasurer's report. S7S.O17.12 an increase
from last year of sS,3O3.62. The net
cost of the Maria Clark Grammar
school building to Jan. l, being $9,229.71
would account for this increase even. If
there had not been more than the aver
age number of unpaid bills from pre-
vious years. The figures also show
that the city council of last year could
not have been very eXtrayagant in
their expenditures.
Our water system is proving to be all
that its most earnest advocates claim
for il. The income from the water works
has been sufficient thus far to pay the
interest on the Water Bonds and to pay
into the sinking fund 1000 dollars.
There IS also to its credit on the books
Of the city treasurer. S3.592.SS; $500 dol
lars of which was received from the
sale of the Collins water privilege.
The Poor department requires and
has received much and judicious care
and attention. The appropriation for
the department will need to be about
the same as last year.
HIGHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS.
This department comes more to the
notice OF every citizen, as we'll as every
visitor to our city than any other, as a
matter of business as well as pleasure
we want our streets and sidewalks in
good condition and it costs money to
get and keep them as they should be.
This appropriation cannot we'll be made
an! lSsS tIitili ldSl year. Inc street
commissioner during the last year has
built some 500 or more feet of concrete
walk in front of the city hall and or
Water street think it to be good pol
icy to build some each year as it seems
to be the most permanent. yet in many
places we must continue to use plank
walks owing to the expense of grading
and difficulty of getting good founda-
ton for the concrete, in this connec-
ton I would call to your attention the
piece of road and sidewalk in front of
the property of the A w. & G. r. f.
The company in carrying out an agree
ment made with the city years ago
have paved the street in front of this
lot and have the sidewalk ready for
this spring. 1t is an JIM
provement that think we can all ap-
preciate. The city has the past two
years taken advantage of the induce
ment given by the State for State roads |
and We now have a good road from the