Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-05-08
CITY MEETING.
Lrpn TO BUY HORSES FOR
HOSE CARTS.
,, no IT'S OWN STREET sPRINK-
,c-ALpERMEN MAKE WAR
.o.rNsr WIRES AND POLES.

.s.rdav evenings meetiH8 " eno ooeAu
,..rr,en was long, busy and spicy
The aldermen have declared war
:,st telephone, telegraph and electric
!. companies. They say the poles and
=. are not only unsightly, but in sew
=, cases on the business streets 50 sur
Ns huildings that in case OF fire it
ia he impossible to raise ladder,
~ lives might be sacrificed.
~. hoard Of aldermen fred three shots
- tho enemy's camp. The first was to
.,u.e the petition Of the telephone COM
..v Tor the right to erect poles and wires
csrtain streets; the second was an or
= q, the removal Of certain wires; the
Ia was a general order that al poles
r.;nted. incidentally it may BE- mem
;on.d that the city had asked for free
.,.rhone in the house Of the chief en-
;n.s, Of the fire department, and did not
n The telephone company has, how
.., agreed to install free telephone In
Ina engine house, as soon = It 10 ready for
/, The city already has Tres telephone
\ the sldermen's room.
A. the ssms meeting the. aldermen in
.reursted radical change in the fire SER
lin. voting to buy two horses for the
franklin street engine house. They also
,oted to buy . spfinkling cart, and the
Ieitv will do its own sprinkling.
THE MEETING.
The full board was present when the
melting was called to order by Mayor
Greely. The mayor spoke briefly on sew
enl important matters to come before the
meeting. and urged careful CONFEDERATION.
He said the buying Of horses for the fire
deusrtment, and the purchase Of .
sprinkling cart were in the nature Of an
observation-disclosures experiments are sue
.cessful and others are expensive. He
urged careful deliberation.
TELEPHONE APPLICATIONS DENIED.
The petition Of the telephone company
for the location of telephone lines on
several streets was taken up. D. E. Hur-
lev appeared in behalf of property-owners
on Union street to protest against the
erection OF telephone line on that street.
George H. Grant, who was present as local
manager for the telephone company,
agreed to withdraw the petition so far as
it related to Union street, and also for that
portion OF Oak street from Main to Church
streets.
Aid. Stuart, TOR the committee ON streets,
reported that the committee was unani-
mously opposed to granting the petition
entire. He said the streets Of the city are
now numbered by poles and wires, and
promises made by the corporations owning
them, have not been kept. The commit
tee would favor the granting Of the privi-
lege to lay wires through cables on any
street.
Aid. Stuart spoke also Of the number Of
wires around buildings on some Of the
principal streets, which made il imposai-
bic to raise ladders in case OF fire, and
were a source of danger from crossed
wires.
Mr.. Grant said the position OF the COM
mittee in desiring to Did danger from
crossed wires was we'll taken. That was
just what the telephone company desired
to do-keep away from the electric light
wires. The company now has nearly 500
bitches on electric light poles. II we do
not have permission to erect our own
poles, we will be compelled to hitch on
electric light poles, and thus increase the
danger.
By unanimous vote of the board,
the report of the committee in favor
OF refusing the petition OF the telephone
company was adopted.
NEW CITY DUMP.
Aid. Curtis, to whom was referred the
matters Of the city dump, reported that
the dump on A. E. Moore's property ON
High street was in bad condition, and the
dumping privilege was sadly abused. He
that the present dump be
1t was 80 voted. jeremiah Hurley made
the city . proposition to allow public
dump on his properly on the Stabawl
road, on the same terms IS those with Mr..
Moore. A committee was empowered to
accept Mr.. Huriey's offer, and make the
necessary contract.
REFuNDINe OF CITY BONDS.
The question Of meeting city bonds to
the amount Of 1880, which come due
June l, was brought up. The bonds will
be refunded, and possibly notes to the
amount Of $500 may be taken up and is
sued in bonds, making new bond issue
Of about $4,000.
The matter was laid on the table for
at a recess meeting which
ater was fixed for Thursday evening of
his week.
HORSES FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Aid. Stuart brought up the question of
Of horses for the fire depart
nent. He thought it would give better
Ire service. and would result in reduced in
'urance rates. He thought that as BUSH
ness proposition the purchase of horses
lor the fire department to be used in con-
JUNCTION with the street department, could
De made with advantage to the city. Two
men would be employed to be stationed
u the engine-h house. There would be
little or no change in number of members