The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-15

length and finally moved that Russell
Post be authorized u take possession Of
the rooms in the second story Of the
Library Building and occupy Them free
of rent 80 long as they maintain Their
organization This motion received
unanimous passage.
One hundred and fifty dollars WAS
voted TO build concrete walk on Tur-
Der avenue from Bridge street to Nes.
Front street. it being conditioned upon
the determination OF the bounds Of this
section Of Turner avenue ard the e.
tabhshing Of Its proper grade. 1t was
voted TO accept the relocation of Island
avenue az lald out by Commissiouer O.
II. Webb during he rebuilding of that
street in 1865
The question of purchasing lot Of
land upon which 10 erect a Munlcipa
building then came up under article
tweuty-third and the subsequent dir
cushion covered nearly every phase of
the question The advantages Of the
Bacon lot As compared with the Hes ]
ton lot were urged, and the question Of
any poss bic INIT as to location under
the legislative act of 1861 WAS taken up
Lewis A ndeTsUn argued at length that
the town was limited to the Island II
il WAS to build a town hall; L. y. Mer-
Till took the view that the compact
entered into when the towns of Bloom
field and Skowheean were united, TO
locate the town hal ON the Island, still
entailed moral obligation to do 80
which still existed even if the legal
provisions as to location had been waiy-
ed by the town meeting OF 1867 DR.. J.
\. MeIrill and other speakers were
equally Ct rtain that the town was per
fectly free to build hall where il
wished and was under no obligations.
leeal or moral to do otherwise. Mem
bers Of tie inves igating CON mittee who
have recently issued their printed -
port on the subject argued that the
legal asl eet of the matter was not one
that the meeting could determine aud
urged that the town vote to buy lot
with view 10 testing the question in
the courts. This view Of the case finally
prevailed and vote was passed instruct
ing the selectmen 10 otter L. ". Brown
for Section No. Of the Heselton House
area, as described in the report OF the
special committee of investigation,
$4,000 and if .his offer be not accepted,
To offer s., 800 for the Bacon lot, also
de cribed IN the same report lie
selectmen were authorized to raise by
loan or otherwise such portion OF $40,
600 as should be needed to carry out the
provisions OF this vote
The next article with regard to the
erection of Municipal Building VS.
passed over without division II is
probable that, if the proposition had
been strongly urged, vote might have
been passed TO erect building at once
but no one seemed ready to assume the
responsibility OF SO important step The
time required to carry the matter of 10
cation 10 the supreme Court and the
uncertainty of what the decision viii be
doubtless led 10 the feeling that il MAS
best to rest content With vote to pur-
chase a lot for the time being The ne
cessity Of public building was referred
to by nearly all who took the floor dur
ing the discussion and every one seemed
to accept the idea that hall must ii
timately be built.
The proposition submitted by some
citizen of the town In accept town hall
and Offices in the Merrill Block WAS
quickly settled 10y statement from Z
y Merrill that he was lot Consulted
with regard To it and that No such al
rangement would be accepted by him.
The remaining articles IN the warrant
relating to raising Of money tor various
purposes were quickly handled and it
formation regarding them does not re-
quire more than the statement that the
sums raised were governed by the recon-
mendatiou of the officers OF the town
that have charge Of their expenditure
aud that they were in nearly every IN
ance the same amounts as raised fer
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