Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-20
Holds Regular Monthly
Meeting Last Evening"
witt Try to 0bviate Locomo.
tive Whistle Nuisance.
Votes to Sell Several School.
houses and Lots.

transacted as follows:
Roll of Accounts No. 10, amounting
in the aggregate to $6l2S.ll, was ap-
proved and ordered paid.
An application for pool room IL
cense from 4. A. Click was referred to
Il special committee, as also was an
application from Wilbur Stone for a
license t. run Il moving picture show
In compliance with an order u the
city council of Sept. u, 1908, directing
the city solicitor to inquire INTO the
legality Of the proceedings Whereby d
street Was laid out by the city from
State street nearly opposite the head
Of Bond street to Royal park so-caiied
and report thereon at the next regu-
ar meeting. solicitor Goddard submit
ted his report, advising that proceed
lnSs Tor laying out the street be COM
mnnceI anew. The report was accepted
and thu recommendation adopted.
II was ordered that whereas the fire.
uuent blowing of locomotive whistles
in the night time within the thicEly
settled portions of the city has become
injurious u the health and comfort OF
our citizens, the city solicitor be ana
hereby il directed to inquire how tar
the city council has power to regulate
the blowing of such whistles and also
whether the city council has power 10
prohibit the use of soft coal by shift
ing engines within the city, and that
ne report thereon at the next regular
meeting of the city council Il draft OF
an ordinance for the regulation Of
these matters il the city council has
The power in the premises.
An order was passed granting the
application of w. ID. Hutchirs ana
others for the laying out and establish
ment of 4 new street from a point OPP
posite the corner of Bond street and
state street to the northeast corner of
Lot No. on ROYAL park.
\ committee consisting of the Mayor,
Aldermen SEehan and Andrews ans
CCuncilmen HolWay and Dyer was dp-
pointed to confer With the Main.
Central Railroad in reference to IL,
danger DIT Bridge street CROSSING t
the Augusta fire department at nigh
and determine what actIon shall b.
taken to remedy the matter.
An ORDER Was passed for the ercct:o;
of Il hitchinS post on Myrtl" stree
near the residence Of +. Blaisdell. un-
der the direction of the street com
missioner of the eastern district, ;inC
another order for the erection OF {.
hitching post and stepping block in
front of the residence of +. e. New
bert on State street.
The city treasurer was authorized
upon the receipt of ST. and a release by
Warne: Taylor Of all claims wilic
lie may have against the city of .Au-
sHsta, to give to Mr. TAYLOR Il ,lIi;
claim deco of all right title and in
tcrcst which the city acquired by a tan
Coed dated June -. 1895. on account oi
lhe taxes of 1893.
The New England Telegraph anG
Telephone 60, was granted permission
10 change the location of it's poles Oh
Green street in front of the residence
Of John Prout. so as not to interfere
with the passage to and from said lot.
said change to be made under direc-.
ton of the committee on highway ant
sewers.
\ petition for Il street light on Page
street was referred to the proper com
inittec
-Nii 'ibI was pdSStu tlliiittIS ~
ID. HucchiliS, +. A. Strout Joseph Wi
hanson and Lewis A. Burleigh to lay
water pipe from the main runnine
across; the City farm. in Il southtrlS
dlrre ton to the north line Of Ian,
owned by them south of the City fan
tic same to be done under the lirct-
ZION of the ovcrseer Of the poor e,nC
tn city engineer provided the cnnsent
Of the Augusta Water District to con
meet with the main be first obraired.
cab drivers licenses were granted
/" +. \. Carleton. f. O. Buber anC
Clarence Fisher
1t was ordered that the interest ac-
count on the 1906 and 1907 taxes as
sessed against William Bookstaver OF
rroperty. of which Susan J. Packard
is the real owner, situated On the cor
ner of Capitol and Grove streets. ht
abated, and that the city tredsule
i" and is hereby authorized to scttl'
aid taxes for the face thereof This
action was taken in view of the iact
mat III the year 1865 this propert,
was assessed at $4,000 and the tax ac-
inaiiy paid to the city on the basis q
that valuation. though in fact the
property was bought for S2SOu aud til,
valuation has since been reduced to
$4,000.
The city solicitor and the city en-
2incer We're directed 20 investigate .lnt
report - the city council what land on
the east side of the kennebec river
at the city landing and adjacent there
to belongs to the city and to define
n" bounds thereof
The Mayor, Alderman Halks and
%oyes and Councilman Carl and Dyer
we're appointed a committee and au-
1of!zed and directed to sell at pub
lie auction or private sale the Howard
SchoolhouSe on the Bangor road the
Fletcher schoolhouse on the same road.
the Lamson Schoolhouse on the North
Belfast road the Ward road school
house: and the lots of land on which
the buildings stand. as such of them
as are owned by the city, ana also
the schNolhouse lot on the Hospital
read and the Mayor was authorized
to make. execute and acknowledge
TIE necessary deeds to convey such
pToprti"S in the name and in behalf
rt the CITY of Augusta.