Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-16
CITY MEETING.
NEW BOARD MEETS FOR Or
GANIZATI0N.
rev CHANGES MADE-EvERYTHINe
MOVING sMooTHLY--ALD. TRIP
AGAIN COLLECTOR.

AT 10 O'Clock Monday morning the
rewIy.elected board OF aldermen met in
Hancock hall for organization.
The aldermen's room WAS not as
crowded as the year before, and the situa-
tion was not nearly as interesting, as few
changes were made In the offices.
The board was called to order by City
Clerk Thomas e. Hale. Orrius W. Trip,
of ward /, was elected president OF the
board.
At the roll call the aldermen answered
ss follows:
Ward /, Orrin w. Trip.
Ward 2, Frank r. Moore.
Ward 8, John W. Mccarthy.
Ward 4, George w. Patten.
Ward s, Arthur w. Austin.
On motion OF Alderman Patten a COM
mittes was appointed by the president to
wait upon the mayor. elect and inform
him tba. the board OF aldermen was In
session and ready to receive any commu-
nicstion he wished to make. The presi-
dent appointed Aid. Patten as the COM
mittee.
Immediately after the entrance OF the
mayor elect Rev. ]. p. Simonton, of the
Methodist church, offered prayer. The
oath of Office, was then administered to
Mayor Hagerthy.
The city clerk also gave the oath to the
aldermen. The mayor made no speech
only few remarks on what bad been
done In the past, and what he hoped
would be done by the present board.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The principal business OF the morning
year. Following are the officers elected !:
City clerk, Thomas f. Hale.
City treasurer, Timothy r. Mahoney.
Chief engineer OF the fire department,
Charles w. Eaton.
First assistant engineer, William II.
Brown.
Second assistant engineer, Samuel e.
Chapman.
Chairman OF overseers OF the poor,
Michael J. Drammey.
For the berth OF street commissioner
James d. Pstten received two votes, and
q. Frank Newman received three. Mr..
"ewmsn was declared elected. This was
only Office that was not filled by .
unanimous vote.
Inspector OF buildings, Frank r. Moore.
Inspector OF meats and milk, DR.. George
q. Caldwell.
Auctioneers, E. K. Hopkins and Josiah
II. HiRgins.
Constable at large, d. L. Fields.
Assessors, r. B. Aiken, first; George w.
Patten, second; Levi w. Bennett, third.
City weighers. 8. J. Morrison, H. J. Joy,
J. e. Doyle, Frank s. Lord, Willis s.
Foster, w. w. Morrison.
Surveyors of wood, bark, logs and lum-
Der, J. F. whitcomb, J. f. Royal, e. W.
Gerry, K. x. Hopkins, s. P. Stockbridge,
j. o. Whitney, c. W. Mason, Z. j. Ire
worgy, r. Holmes, c. F. Rollins, j. A.
Austin, G. McGown, J. NJ. Bartlett,
V. f. Hooper, e. Bonsey, q. <.
Davis, f. s. Gail, F. A. Stock bridge. A. w.
Austin, c. P. Joy, F. L. Frazier, X. B. Car
ter, q. E. Higgins, o. Staples, }. A. Lord,
+. 8. Lord, g. T. Newman, r. WardwelI,
II. B. Moore, j. E. Bartlett, J. II. Higgins,
George r. Lowell, V. Smith, David L.
Salisbury, Samuel l.. Lord, Elmer l.,
KiDgman, Hoyt e. Austin, Almon q.
JeiIison, L. d. Foster, Emery Strout,
Charles Goggins, Charles w. Pierce,
James Waters, H. H. Hooper, Edward
Phillips, Martin II. Haynes.
Pound keepers and fence-viewers: Ward
i, @. 8. Cook; ward 2, NJ. G. Smith; ward
3, John Lymburner; ward 4, II. e. Austin
ward s, w. 8. Douglass.
Harbor master, Walter ]. Clark.
Member Of school board, Arthur w.
Austin.
Member OF board Of health, DR.. Frank
r. Simonton.
Sealer OF weights and measures, Walter
L. Smith.
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