Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-08
THE. CITY FATHERS.
Hold September Meeting-State Road
Question-BalIot Clerks.

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Hold September Meeting-State Road
Question-Ballot Clerks.
| The September meeting of the city
government was held last evening,
owing to the fact that there was not
a quorum present on the regular meet
ing night last Monday Mayor Gray
called the meeting to order with AL
derman Hodgkins. Donnell. Peaslee,
Potter and Bragdon present
| The bond of Henry Harrington in
$4,000 as city treasurer was accepted.
! A communication from Paul D. Sar-
Egent State highway commissioner, re-
kgarding the putting over of the build
| ing of state road until next year was
received and an application to join this
years fund with that of next year was
| made out. BY this arrangement the
| $500 appropriated by the city and the
| 500 from the State will be combined
with the same amounts of next year
| if the city appropriates- the same. This
will give the city about $4,000 for State
road work next year. AS no bids nave
| been received for this years work it
was decided best to put it over until
another year as the season is now so
! far advanced and with larger amount
of work for next year it was thought
that more bids will he received.
Roll of Bills, No. 6. amounting TO
s7431.97 was read. passed and sent
down for concurrence. Common coun-
| Gil concurred.
The following list of ballot and cleo
ton clerks submitted by the Repuh-
l;can CITY committees was accepted ana
confirmed:
Ward ballot clerk. Charles II.
Berry: election clerk, James Andrews.
Ward 2--Ballot clerk. George F.. Col
nv. election clerk, Otis Blaisdell.
Ward S-Ba1lot clerk. John Milton;
election clerk, Bion H. Buzzell.
Ward 4-Ballot clerk, Frank +. COL
Inns. election clerk. Frank w. Hamlen.
Ward 5-Ba!lot clerk, Fred w. Nudd,
election clerk. Jerry r. Desmond.
| Ward 6-Ballot clerk, Judson Han;
election clerk, Van r. Beedle.
The Democratic city committee rec
commended E. B. Norris as election
clerk in Ward and George Gross IN
Ward 2: ballot clerks were recommend
cd as follows: Ward 3, Elmer E. Wing;
Ward S, S. o. Soper.
Water street this summer. 1870 feet,
was S12s2.O0. much less than was es-
ti,nated. 1t waA voted to make the
assessment on the abutters as one
third the total cost. TIE date OF the
hearing to the AUDITORS was SET DIS
Monday. October nth.
A petition for hydrant at the JUNO
| ton of Pope street and Hlghiaho
avenue was received from the conl-
mon council The latter body voted
to refer to the joint committee on
fire department and the aldermen
voted to concur.
| The bond of the \. f. L. & I. Co.
| in S.. 600 for the work of laying con
Quits on Water street was accepteo'
| Alderman Potter read petition
from about 60 residents of Waro o.
asking that a night Waterman De hept
there for the next two months IL
has been customary to nave the
Waterman during the summer months
but not during the fall. 1t was voted
not to grant the petition as there was
no available money for that purpose
in the police department
| At 9 o'clock the boards met IN JOINT
convention to take up the matter VI
q sewer on Lircoln street. Inc ioca-
ton is where a considerable amount
of sewerage has been deposited from
Trenont street It was decided al
visahle to connect the sewer on ire
mont street with that on Lincoln
street Engincer~ Danforth estimates
that IL would cost $3.50 to build the
ccnuection This would take care OIL
nearly all the residences on Lincoln
avenue and these could be looked after
Inv connection at cost OF apou.
sooo DIR. Doyneli stated that conoi-
tiorS in that section are now very oau
and IT is menace to public heaitti
and should he taken care Of The ap~
n,,opriation for sewers this year Is
s2O0O md as the Water street sewer
! is HIT s1es2 of which one third is to
be received back there Will De su'iic-
| lent money to Go the work.
| Alderman Donnell moved that the
sewer be built and that the sewer
committee be instructed to advise LOT
bids and have work carried forward
and built this fall
Mr.. Danforth' gave an estimate OF
the cost of drains to carry OIL the
surface water on Brunswick ana
4 washington street as follows: Con-
4 crete. s375.: iron 500; vitrified pipe
4 about 5000. The drain is needed As
Is seen whenever there are heavy
Trains. Dr. Lamb thought that as there
are several other places in the city
lreot,ing such drains and no money
available that the matter be left over
flor another year.
1T was decided to continue the mat,
4 Tor for another month and the JOINT
i convention dissolved. ~,
4 eThe aldermen then considered the
i s,,hiect Of removing the scales or
4 NSaine avenue infffont OF W. ID. Har-
tr;nrtons coal office and after con