Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-18
Monday Evenings Meet
!, ing Proves a Busy One
Rev. Mr.. Prlng!e Wants Pool
Room Licenses Revoked.
City's New Cemetery to Be DesIg-
mated mount Hope"


monthly meeting Monday evening and
transacted a large amount Of business
In board of municipal officers a
hearing was held in the case of En-
nest r. Blethen of Augusta, alleged
to be insane and he was ordered COM
mitted to the Maine Insane hospital
for treatment.
In board of aldermen roll of ac-
counts No. 10. amounting to s629527.
was ordered paid.
An application for pool room IL
cense from Frank G. Howe was dis
missed. The city. marshal was or
dered to proceed against any one
found running pool room in the city
without a license. &" ''iit -1sA
The following letter to the mayor.
from Rev. Henry M. PrinRle, secre-
tary of the Christian Civic League of
Maine, was read and laid on the table
Mayor Frederick W. Plaisted. H's
Augusta, Maine. "'
Dear Sir:
The law (R. s., Chap. 81, Sec.
S-s) penalties anyone. who Keeps a
bowling alley. pool. bagatelle or bill
lard room without a license" and
authorizes municipal officers to Ill
cense suitable persons to keep the
same. A bond of mot less than 500"
is required that a licensee will not
permit gambling or drinking of in
toxicating liquors in or about his
premises" and the law says: "On
proof that any person. so licensed.
/ has violated any condition of his bond.
said officers shall revoke his license
and enforce payment of his bond to
their town; and no such person shall
thereafter be licensed therein for such
purpose"
/ respectfully request that the Ii
censes of Ira l.. Shirk. 1853 Water
street, Henry NJ Springer, ITO Water
street, and Charles GOrgaklis, 800 Wa
ter street, be revoked and the bond
of each sued. on account of their con-
victiOn on July I. 1910, for maintain
ing gambling places. The cases
against each were brought on my COM
plant in the Augusta municipal
court, and were sustained in the SUI
perior court (Semtember term) to
which the del endants appealed. l am
prepared to prove that the defend
ants are also guilty of allowing min
ors TO play without consent of par
ent. guardian or master" and of SELL
ing cigarets to minors. to show fur
Their reason why they are not suit
able persons to keep pool room.
Respectfully yours,
HENRY n. PRINGLE.
~. ] III r. Fill was elected
Ms &c i the augusta Water District
or three years, succeeding himself.
The lewiston. Augusta & Waterville
Street Railway was requested to re-
pair the paving in front of the federal
building.
It was ordered that the arc light on
the federal building lot be discontinued
| and that an arc light be suspended
from an arm on the corner of the AL
len building near the federal building
1t was ordered that the hydrant in
front of the federal building be re-
placed by a new, one. the location OF
the same to be determined by the COM
mittee on fire departments
Several petitions from the New
England Telephone & Telegraph Co
for the location of poles with wires
thereon, and one for placing its wires
underground. were received and hear
| ings ordered on the same.
A petition from the Kennebec Light
& Heat CO., to erect poles with wires
thereon OH Winthrop street from
Prospect street westerly to the Whit
ten road and on Monroe street from
Northern avenue to the Written road
was received and hearing was or
dered on the same for 100 p. NJ Nov
81, 1910.
The above company was granted a
location for line of poles and wires
to convey electricity across the city
farm and the northerly part of the
Leonard farm at such places and upon
| such terms and conditions and for
such consideration as the mayor and
| the committee on highways and sew
ers may determine.
In joint convention George NJ. Grot-
ton and Joseph f. Ellis were granted
cab drivers licenses.
Among concurrent matters disposed
OF were the following:
An order for q cross walk across
Child street, near the residence of H
II. Homer was referred. as was also
an order for suitable light on Dav-
export street. the location of the latter
to be determined by the committee on
street lights.
An order was passed for cross
walk across State street. to connect
with the sidewalk on the south side OF
Union street.
An order was passed for an electric
light on Hichborn street south of the
Augusta House.
An order was passed for an arc light
at the corner of Washington and Mon
roe streets.
An order for suitable light on MUIR
ray street. the location to be deter
mined by the committee. was referred
to the committee on street lights
1t was ordered that such portions OF
the Leonard farm, so-called. as have or
shall hereafter be laid out as Gene
MILD LIQUID CURES ECZEMA.