Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14
THE TOWN MEETING.
The Village Corporation Abolished
important Appropriations Made.

Town meeting re-aSScmbled for the
afternoon session at 1.3O Monday when
the result Of the second ballot for third
49,; a. Ii. Wyman 257 and NJ. s. Ad-
ans 204. Frank p. Pennell bid in the
taxes at 9A mills and was elected.
Tire following appropriations i'll ad-
dition to those mentioned in Tues
day mornings paper were made: Sew
ers $2515, macadamiZing Water street
from School street to entrance to CO.
burn park $1,000; Abel Fl. Patten. in
jury to horse on highway $3.50; concrete
side on Turner avenue SI50; re-
pairs on cemeteries $500; expenses OF
Memorial day $3.50: Improvement of
Coburn park S400; free public library
$500; support Of schools $500; text
books and school supplies $1400; free
High school $500; repairs on school
houses $500; Improvement of Lawton
street $500; night watch $500: lighting
streets $2400; fire department $500; cX-
penses of fire department $1,000; hy-
drant rental 5000: police department
S4eT. The total amount appropriated
was $54,315.
The article in regard 10 the extension
Of the North street sewer was passed
over. but not without a warn. debate.
There was no doubt that the sewer
was needed. In the spring the water
stands on the North avenue plains at IL
depth of from four to l. inches. But the
trouble is that the pipe oi the sewer on
this avenue below I'll" plains is not
large enough to carry off an additional
n roir N 90 and tho will hn
tigated thoroughly before anything
further in the matter is done. A few
pers Qualities We're INDUCED in during
the diScuSSon.
To the great surprise of almost every
body it was voted 246 to 156 to abolish
the Village Corporation. A written bal
lot was demanded on this question. The
farmers We're strongly opposed to it. 1t
was then voted to assume the liabilities
of the Skowhegan Village Corporation
as they existed on March l..
a committee of three citizens was
then chosen from the floor to draft a
set of by laws for the government OF
the town, said committee to report at
the annual meeting in March next.
This was made necessary by the abol-
ishmcnt of the corporation. The COM
mittee chosen consists of II. NJ. Wes-
ton. L. c. Butler and K. T. Patten.
The article relating to the placing of
4 set of standard scales for public use
was passed over.
An article prepared by George W.
Cover the gist Of which was that the
library parlors be used by Russell
Post. No. 20. G.. A. r.. free of charge
as long as there should be an organiza-
ton Of the old soldiers and sailors OF
tie town. was acted upon favorably.
Ii was voted to accept the street
across the island as relocated by the
board of selectmen. 1t was voted to in
struct the Selectmen to buy a part of
the Hotel Heselton lot for the erection
of a municipal building at q sum not
to exceed $4,000. There was a long 'c-
bate over this. The article relatin,, 70
the erection of municipal building
was passed over as was also the next
one to see if the town would accept a
hall suitable for town purposes should
it be built by a corporation of an indi-
vidual.
The salary of the superintendent Of
schools was left with the school board.
Last year it was $1,000. The salary Of