Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-10
Mayor |. G.iBunkef De-
|ivers Second Address.
J. E. Ne|son..City CIerk---C. H.
Harrington City Marshal.
Other City Officials Elected and
Years Business Begun.

The new city administration fell
| slowly but smoothly into it's proper
| place yesterday morning in the pres
ence of one of the largest gatherings
in the history of Waterville. The
| boards We're slow in converting but it
was probably due to the amount of
business on hand. The matter of or
ganization was the chief feature of the
morning and then everything was har-
monious. Party lines We're drawn in
the elections in offices of city clerk,
| city treasurer and one assistant as
| SCISSOR.
/, In the common council j. F. Part
! ridge of Ward 5 was elected president
and Frank w. Alden clerk. In the
board CT aldermen Charles D. Say
ward of Ward 2 was made president of
| the board.
I At 1870 in joint convention the city
| council received Mayor-elect l.. G.
| Bunker, who was escorted to the chair
by Alderman Cook of Ward l, Coun-
cilmen Winters Of Ward and Maheu
of Ward I. Alderman Sayward of
| Ward 2 who had been appointed tenn
| porary chairman, introduced the may
or and relinquished the chair The
oath of office was then given the may
| or by City Clerk Clair. Prayer was Of
fered by Rev. G. D. b. Pepper, D. D.,
LII. D
Mayor Bunker then read the inaug-
ural address which was as follows:
Gentlemen of the City Council:
We have gathered here today for the
purpose of selecting our subordinate
officers, making up our committees, and
generally getting ready to start upon
! the management for the next II
months of corporation valued at
nearly six millions of dollars, and shall
probably expend somewhere in the
neighborhood of one hundred and sixty
thousand dollars. And so it behooves
us to be very careful in the selection
of those upon whom we shall place the
duty of really doing the active work,
being advised and directed by us.
believe that every one of you present,
regardless of your political utilization,
desires that our work shall be COM
mendablc, and at the end of this year
the affairs of our city will be in such
condition that we shall command the
respect and confidence of the voters
and taxpayers at large. II you have
not at this time found the men to fill
the different offices upon who you can
place the most implicit confidence as
to their honesty and capability as well
as energy, l ask you to defer the APP
pointment Of such officers until such
time as you think you can select the
men desired / believe that the time
has gone by when the offices of the
city can be used simply as a knitting
work.
1t is not my purpose at this time to
make many recommendations, rather
leaving them to be made from time to
time as the occasion demands. There
are, however, a few matters to which
l wish to call your attention.
In making up the committees try
and put every man where he will be
of the most service and give the mi
nority a fair representation 1 shall
ask each committee to organize as
soon as possible and keep a correct
record CT all transactions. l think 1t
will be a wise plan to have either the
city clerk or clerk of the common
council act as clerk for all of the COM
mittees. Our city has become too large
1870 $50 'o''iiiCSo VI lOO IluCfl 1nDOrt-
ahce to be any longer transacted upon
the street corners by one or two mem
bers OF Il committee, the others know
ing absolutely nothing about the case
Before appointing your city clerk be
sure that he intends keeping the clerks
offlce open at least several hours of
each day and keeping all records
there.
snail insist on our police force at
tehdlng strictly to business while on
duty. and the first complaint received
VIII be thoroughly investigated, and if
the one accused is found guilty Of
violating the trust imposed upon him,
small ask you to join me in seeing
mat ne Is promptly discharged from
further duty. When the Legislature
meets in 1909, / hope large number
OF our citizens will join in asking that
our charter be changed so that our
police force can be put on civil SER
vice. think we need an extra police
man On the Plains and one for the
upper part of the city. particularly to
be at the station on the arrival of all
trains.
believe the foremost need of the
city Is that College avenue be macad-
anilzed from GetcheIl street to the
railroad crossing, and that a top coat
ing OF macadam be put on such a part
Oh the street as lies between GetcheIl
street down to where Main street Is
paved. Main street also needs to be ma
cadam'zed from Getchell street to the
ralIroad crossing. but we can hardly
expect to fix both of the streets in one
year. Oakland street, Western avenue
ana the other streets will need your
careiul attention. 1 hope that our road
commission will keep a detailed ac-
count OF the cost of each piece of per-
manent work
II VIII also be necessary to make
quite q large ammonia tier, 10. s....a..