Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23
Holds Very Busy Session
Monday Evening"
Election Of Officers Takes The
Greater Part Of Time.
Memorial Fountain Accepted from
The Q. D. Baker Heirs.

Ar adjourned meeting of the city coun-
Gil was held Monday evening and the
usual preliminary business of the year
was transacted.
Mayor Johnson announced the following
joint standing committees:
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Weeks and Will
hanson; Councilman Newman, Hanks
and Wardwell.
Bells and clocks-Aldermen Dutton and
Cote; Councilman Scribner, Lemieux and
W. A. Ward
Burying grounds-Aldermen Williamson
and Holway; Councilman Hanson, league
and S. c. c. Ward.
City Observation-Disclosures Taber and ,Hol
way; Councilmen Newman, Hanks and
Ware.
Enrolled ordinances-Aldermen Dudley
and Williamson; Councilmen Ware, Bar
bour and Merrill.
Finance-Aldermen Holway and Weeks;
Councilmen Barbour, Gannett and S. &.
c. Ward.
Fire Observation-Disclosures Taber and
Skehan; Councilmen Gannett, W. A.
Ward and Wardwe1.
Highways and sewers-Aldermen Hol-
way, Taber and Dutton; Councilmen
Bodwell, Shaw and Hanks.
Police-Aldermen Taber and Weeks;
Councimen Bodwell Merrill and New
man.
Poor observation-disclosures DuttOn and
Weeks Counclmen Hanson, Shaw and
Lemieux.
Printing-Aldermen Weeks and William
son; Councimen w. A. Ward, Hanks anG
league.
Schools-Aldermen Dudley and Skehan;
Councilmen Ware, Scribner and S. c. c.
Ward.
Street lights-Aldermen Skehan and Ia
Der; Councilmen Barbour, league anC
Gannett.
The committee on cemeteries was in
structed to inquire into the duties and
| compensation of the superintendent OF
turying grounds and to report thereon at
tho next regular meeting of the city
council with such recommendations as to
change in the term of said office and a.
to the duties and form of compensation
as shall be deemed advisable,
The mayor and committee on fire de-
partment We're authorized to lease or pur-
chase a suitable lot of land for the loca-
ton of hose house No 5.
An order that the sewer assessment of
$25 upon the property of Mrs. Fred Ham
len on Pleasant street be abated until
such time as a connection is made will
the said sewer as the said property il;
connected with the Bridge street sewer.
by private sewer
| Two petitions from the New England
Telephone and Telegraph c.. one for the
location of nine poles on Green street. be-
| tween Cushman street and Blaine avenue.
and the other for seven poles on Murray
street between Bangor and Pearl streets,
were received, and hearing on the same
was assigned for April at 7.30 p NJ. in
the aldermen's room.
Kervin r. Hanks and p. O. Charpentier
having resigned as members of the police
force, City Marshal McFadden appointed
in their stead the following: George ].
Mckinney and Benjamin Tracy and the
appointments were confirmed.
The appointment of the following spe-
cial police and special police for public
places were confirmed:
Special poice-Lawrence Roderick
Chester G. Burns, f. P. Barber, James
Stanley, +. w. Chadwick, f. II. White.
c. r. Fossett, Alfred Gagnon. Edward
Grondin. Michael Bolduc, Martin Ellis.
Josiah Ellis, Chester Stevens, Joseph
Grenier, George II. Griffith, Fred Neal,
Joseph Blanchette, Cyril Rancourt, Jo-
seph A. Roy. Joseph Provost.
Special police for public places-Bank
watchmen, Richard Ryan, George Fisher
and William Vincent. Court house,
James S. McKenney. Edwards mills, Ar
chic LeClar, Will Richards. S. d. Ella
Edward Goodbout, Joseph Pelletier, Jo-
seph Dostie. Mill boarding house. Henry
Dumas Insane hospital. Frank Winter
f. w. Murphy, Levi Hallowell. Masonic
Temple. Charles A. Wadsworth. Opera
house, Lawrence J. Colgan. Postoffice
Orville Coleman, Daniel II. Mosher. State
House, William l.. Thompson, Edwin A.
Weston. Augusta Trust Co., George F.
Fletcher.
Chester S. Kingsley was appointed milk
inspector
The Salvation ARMY was granted the