Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-04
GARDINER. /.
The City Council Holds 70
A Lengthy Meeting.
Officers Find Quantity Of Liquor
in Team With Woman.
Funeral Of George LiIIy--."B obbIs"
Messenger Coming Home.

Messenger Coming nome
u,,,ere was difficulty in getting a
e,or,,m of members in the Board of
Aldermen last evening and as re-
s,lt the October meeting of the city
novernment was not called until near
~ q o'clock. Mayor Gray presided
with Alderman Hodgkins, Donneil and
Peaslee present
Ro,, of bills No. 7 amounting to
q oss OS was read and ordered paid
Tho report of Street Commissioner
Jones was read and accepted.
n.,ort Of Street Commissioner Jones.
,rhe rcport of Street Commissioner
Jones was as follows:
Gentlemen:
| herewith submit my report of the
prinjcpal part of the work done on
the highways and sidewalks since July
1st and money expended from March
9TH to oct. 1st.
HIGHWAYS.
The road machine has been worked
on Brunswick Road, Libby Hill Road;
Weeks Road: Capen and Marston
Road, IS days at an expense of-about
s37oOO.
The machine has been worked in
addition to this during the whole sea-
son in South Gardiner and the city
property 26 days. or total of "A days.
Green, Cherry, Mt. Vernon and Robin
son streets have been graded and
new driveway culverts put in the en-
tire length. Harden street has been
graded. ditclled and covered with
ashes; Libby Hill from Fl. < w. Co.
lower gate to their Office has heen
gravc;ed as well as Highland avenue
from Autumn to Mt. Vernon streets.
and Bridge street from Causewav to
Spring street. Besides this 525 feet
in length, front Of Lewrence Bros.
MILL South Gardiner, has been gray
eled, recurring IT'S loads cf gravel; a
pensive job. The heavy storm of Au-
gust 4th caused considera BILE damage
in the way of washing the hills and
filling up the sewers and culverts and
necessitated large outlay in cleaning
them out.
PERMANENT WALKS
| | have built during the summer 1900
feet in length on Central street: 1870
on Spring; $50 feet on Lincoln street
| 100 feet on Neal street: 1850 feet at
South Gardiner
The top coat for the permanent
walks in the city proper has been put
| in with ashes. which seems to be far
| superior to gravel. These walks are
all four feet wide. One hundred and
forty-seven yards of walks on Dem
mis- street has been covered with con-
crete; also the piece in front of Serb
ner's machine shop on Bridge street
| was able to select from the old
walks torn up good plank and string
ers to nearly lay 10 feet in length
on Iron Mine hill. that will wear for
several years. Eight hundred and
fifty feet of new forty inch plank
walk has been laid on Summer street,
about $50 feet on south side of Gull
ley hill and a short piece at foot OF
Maple street; 600 feet on upper High
holburn has been rebuilt, using what
old plank was good, balance new.
Nearly all tho old walks on west side
u of Cobbossee Stream have been re-
paired and put in condition for win
ter as well as some on the east
side of the stream. This, gentleman,
is the principal part of the work done
since July list.
Expenditures since March list are
as follows:
IN the General Highway Ac-
.o""' '.'....''..:. '.......... A2l4'13
Permanent Sidewalks ~ 1859 "a
repairs on walks. including
II the new plank walks . 1885. 81
II Respectfully submitted.
n ]. w. JONES.
ii Street Commissioner
Mayor Gray stated that his attention
naa been called to a worthy poor rasn-
~ IN south Gardiner and that the
income from the Augustus Hopkins
.o''o could be given to them. There
10 now ON hand s102S and an order
'"at the treasurer be authorized ia
pay over to the woman weekly pay
"e"'s 10 the best of his judgment
was passed.
III HE bill of Grace M. Wescott for
a"nage caused by employees of city
:" 'uSnlns streets amounting to $500
was READ. Last summer the bill was
f'eh'ed and referred to the city
,'''c'tor 1t was thought best to set
wv 'o1 The amount named than to try
na s'se' An order authorizing the
nas .ns"' OF tile bill was read and
Seu after considerable discussion.
noh l"".lon was read from the Ken
nons' Light and Heat Co. requesting
on PERMISSION M. ,. to erect poles and : lines
Nor, W. vernon street and 600 feet on
rosia n, street as there are a number OF
an1 , ~ N that section being wired
ser,;e company wishes to get their
deraa 70 them. A hearing was or
An oi 80 =. NJ. Tuesday, Oct. 1S
in a. introduced by John II. Wight
ass s,le common council was read in the
eooa. ROOM The order was to the
fr nar' that the sidewalk on Water street
'ne root of Vine street to the NJ. G
tim ~ g. lfelsht shed be put in safe condi-
foo, 'ot travel and that the drain at the
con, ~ vine, street be pnt in frst-class
tho as.'on' The order was: introduced ir
oro. eomnon council in August and laid
M ~, ~ september and then to October