Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-15

raised this year. or this amount
$4,000 received from the agency would
leave about $4.400 to be raised and
that a rate Of is mills would cover all
that and leave about $500 in the treas
ury without touching the $4,000 al
ready there.
Seiectnan Clarke stated that 5000
would be sufficient for the schools this
year with the increased amount which
would be received from the State. He
then recommended that Main street
from A. C. Clarks to Ayers stable be
paved and gave an estimated cost of
about $3,213. When the article was
taken up some present favored the
new form of macadam, used in Halo
well and Lewiston. 1t was finally
voted /" have the street paved and 10
leave ii With the Sclectmcn in what
way i, should be done and that the
bills be paid out of the treasury.
When the appropriation for the fire
department WAS taken up Mr.. Clarke
urged that more intcr":t be taken in
the department. and recommended that
two more men to handle ladders he
added to the membership. He also
recommended that arrangements be
made. il possible. so that an alarm
for Il fire IN Randolph be blown on the
Gardiner fire whistle. 1t was voted to
m"rcae" the company FIVE men.
It was voted to instruct the school
committee to unite with Gardiner ana
Farmingdalc in employing q superin-
tcndent of schools. The vote that the
street commissioner be allowed to
spend the money appropriated to clean
snow from the sidewalks and sand
them was doubted but was finally car
ried. The matter Of laying more
concrete walks was left with the Sc
lectmen but it was voted not to lay Il
walk from the sidewalk to the now
schoolhouse and an extra appropria
ton of $50 was made for that pur-
pose
1t was voted that taxes become due
May LIST and that interest on unpaid
taxes commence October list. The
school committee was authorized to
contract with the school committee of
Gardiner for tuition of pupils in the
High school The vote Yes" was
made on Article Is whereby the town
votes to adopt the provision of Chap
for the year 1907, as amended by
Chapter 50 of the Public Laws of 1909
relating to the appropriation OF money
necessary to enttIe the town TO State
aid for highways for 1910: under the
article it was voted to raise $500. The
town will receive another $500, MAX
ing in all $500 which will be laid out
on State road work this coming sea
SON.
The sewer on Water street will be
extended to Central street from the
hotel lot and the money TO pay the
bills is TO be taken from the treasury.
a little contest developed over the
tax collector. D. s. Tasker stated he
would furnish a sufficient bond in
$4,000 10 collect the taxes and have
them all in by March /. 1911. for five
cents Joseph Moulton said he would
do il for > cents. Each man they I'M
til Tas!er's bid of two and ehalf
cents was made and Moulton would go
no lower Mr., Tasker was then elect
ed tax collector.
The appropriations as voted are rs
follows:
Schools. s90h; school repairs, $.5:
school books. $l25: school supplies.
$75: school committee. $50; free High
school. SECS: street lights, $500: sup
port of poor 5000: town officers. $500;
highways. sl.0a0 fire department.
$500: Memorial day, So; clearing
snow from sidewalks. s1D0; concrete
walks. $500: schoolhouse walk $50:
browntail moths, SIS: State road work.
$500; hydrantS. $500: Maple Grove
cemetery. $a5: total. s3.j55.