Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-19
AT CITY HALL.
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erected on Cony street for the protec-

erected on Cony street for the protec-
ton of the city tools and machines.
Another new tool house has been
built at Mt. Pleasant cemetery. the
hose houses have received necessary
repairs and feed boxes and hitching
rails have been erected on Commercial
street for the use of our friends from
the country who come to the city to
trade.
Augusta is the first of all the cities
of the State to adopt the wise policy of
building good and permanent country
roads and last September work was
begun upon four principal highways
under a contract with the F. B. Lee Co
which is considered a very favorable
one for the city
The work was about half finished
last fall and will be completed this
summer by the assignees of the Lee
Company who have given bonds to the
full amount of the contract to com
plete the work according to the
original contract The city retained
~ per cent of the amount due the Lee
Company for work done last year and
can in no way suffer any loss by rea-
son of the failure of the original con-
tractors to complete the road build
ing within the specified time.
/ take much satisfaction in assuring
you that we may expect to see all the
roads completed, in accordance with
the contract and specifications and at
the contract price, by the middle OF
July.
The excellent work Of Oversecr Of the
Poor S2aulding is deserving of the high
est communication and in fact 1 can
lind only words Of praise to say of
every official who served with me dur
ing the year now just closed.
1t is only by reviewing the work of
the past that we may gain KNOWLEDGE
for the future usefulness.
In the important matter Of aprro-
rriatioES | trust that when, after due
dcl!beratiOn, YOU shall have fixed the
amount of money which may be ex-
pended i'll each department during the
ensuing year, you Will cordially sup
port me in an effort to keep within the
appropriations.
1t is not so much the amount We
authorize to be raised for needed ex-
rcnditure that will subject US to praise
or censurc, as the way in which the
appropriation is expended. 4 large
expenditure may be an economical one
and small outlay an extravagant one.
The taxpayer has q right to demand
full value for his money.
The encouragement Of commercial
and industrial activity is within our
province. The welfare OF the COM
munity is dependent on business de-
velopment. Business activity means
prosperity for professional men, as
we'll as for farmers, merchants and
wagecarners. The most cordial re-
lations should exist between the city
government and the business interests
of Augusta and | believe that you Will
in every way strive to promote them.
1hc time and tn. occasion cal for So
Jcr reelection and firm purpose. We need
ut the beginning of n new municipal
year courage and vigilance. reawak-
CHING Of civic pride and the cordial CO.
oncration of all citizens. Energy and
the right spirit will overcome every oh
staclc that may no encountered Every
citizen is entitled to his rights; ne can
justly receive no more. When de-
cision must be made let the question
he: "Whnt is right" ana tho answer.
1.-The greatest good to the greatest
number"
1t is n good and an cntcrprising city
in which our lot has been cast. 1t is
tho capital of our grand old state. the
home of Il happy. cont cnted people.
We are proud of our city; of her bust
ness street, the finest Of any city of
its size in this. or any other state: of
her churches and schools: Of her fine
public buildings: of her comfortable
homes; of her splendid farms; yes, and
of her good country roads. for in them
Augusta stands again a leader. She"
of all the cities of our State. has gone
out into the country. over the hills on
which she sits enthroned. and carried
the macadam highway to the door o.
the suburban dweller; levclling the
hills and filling the valleys; smoothing
some of the rough places in the farm
ers life and giving greater happiness
to many of her good people. She has
taken the lead in successfully battling
with the forces of Nature and in time
will make the tcrrors Of early spring
roads seem only n nightmare Of the
past.
But to nc moro than all else. the
greatest reason for pride in Augusta IL
found in the honest, cntcrprisln% and
hospitable men and women who are
cur fellow citizens and in whose best
interests We are pledged 70 administer
its affairs for the ensuing municipal
Year.