Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-01
HUTcHlNS MONUMENT.
Continued from Page Eighty

(COntlnueO ITOIu rage EiS NIL
tors and sec if suitable terms of union
could be agreed on. On the Sth of May
the committee made report. but their
views and that Of the executors We're
SO widely at variance, that agreement
seemed impossible. The committee was
discharged, and a. new committee
(Oakcs Howard, chairman) was chos-
en- in their stead. At d special meeting
(Sept. %, 1S54,) the committee reported.
Int it was unsatisfactory, and no ac-
tion was taken on it. Another commit
tee was now chosen with instructions
ito confer and agree with the execu-
tors' to "build a Town house and erect
a suitable building for an academy ~
he built in pursuance of SAID VIII
hoth Ito be in the same building anu
under the same roof and to be distinct
APARTMENTS. Capt Clark was chairman
IF this committee, but it is doubtful IL
he ever acted with them. The commit
tee reported on the Both inst tpeir
mort was long and elaborate. In coli
clnsion they recommended that ,'ie
legacy be accepted and recofliiieii'i'iS
a building, substantially such as M"9
later erected; that part oil the p"i'''',7
assigned to the use of the academy -
no ,nder the exclusive control OF truss
zoo, and title TO same vested IT. them
on, hold in fee simple The remaining
mart of buildings and lands To ne Nc"
In like manner by the toWn-that nv
building should be 42Xto let, Oh vi ~ ~
ar store with slated root, the Town ~
@,rnish the same and all to b" zone III
. thorough and permanent Hiiiiio'
,rbey estimate that such a pulldiliI
oon,Jete and furnished will cost from
sa5oO to $4,000 and are confident lhal d
r,,,, c.n he raised by subscription, 50
that the whole cost to the town VIII
not exceed $2Joo. - go,
This report was adopted 81 10 TO- "'.'
Samuel Clark, r. w. Kelley ana IA !"
r.,rpi, were chosen a building CUM
r,j+tee and given full power ana au-
.,,or;ty 10 select and purchase q SLIT
=, determine size, style. finish ana lul
n;shino Of building, and were specli' :
caIrv forbidden to BIND the town III on
ouo,,nt exceeding Scotland to nave
tho building completed by sept -
1s5f cant. Clark refused 10 serve an.
Ste,ben Cannon was app"Ih'e" III no
.,cod II was well in the summer "iiei
,,, WAC commenced. Delay was
caused byadltlieulty in obtaining sue
.na the work sWas then rapidly driven
,rho committees FURNISHED all materla'
..nd ,abor mas Done by the day, cxcep'
that contract was MADE WIN MI
lin (ona Of the committee) t" Il" 'h'
wood work for $3.50, to be cofnpieteu "s
thc eth day of December. me "''
cost including site, grading anu ir'''
in, as appears by report OF du'll'', .
male two wears later, was S"iHi.o'' 1t
,,,, first occupied by the town lor H.
,,nuol meeting. March, 1886 1t WaS
not then complete, and the town We
careful to stipulate with the committee
that its occupancy should Ill Al" wy
a.. construed as an acceptance Oh '''
work. ,.,,aa,
There was much friction between
town and committee in settling tilei
accounts and it was more thah 1--WE
,,aors hcfore they We're finally adJuSt
cd For this there were two causes. lS'
.,,a ,,raat,,, increased cost of builo!hs
over estimates, and %, the fact Una
(lrpllI tone VI WV
vas a contractor and Mr.. Kelley ''H'
a membeD personally iui h'7'
large amount of material
When the Academy rooms were COM
Melted they were opened Tor Seh"pi "''
terms were continued for several years
hnt a combination of causes. such a.
lack Of permanent fund, increased Fl
ticiencv of public high schools, pros
tration and arrangement OF business
cous.d by the war. mad" 1t ran [" re
crive adequate support and 1t WA
Chased. At present and for seNera
wears past it is used for kindefsar
ten sch.o supported by the town.
In 1886. an annex of wood was hnii
on the rear end of the building AT
cost of 1890 and the stage moved lh''
II In December 1885, fire orlglnat'nt
i'm the attic, entirely destroyed I'M
roof and the interior was 50 damaged
by fire and water as to require re-hh
ishing throughout. In conjunction VIII