Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-16
CITY COUNCIL
Holds May meetine-Raft of Business
Disposed or

The city council held it's regular
monthly meeting Monday evening ANA
transacted the following business
Ron Of Accounts No. =. amounting 10
$@09l, WAS approved ana ordered paid
IN order was passed that all petit
tinns for new sewers be accompanied
by aa agreement that each petitioner
interested viii ask no attainment or
rostpancment of such assessment as
the city may see fit 10 make ON the
ground that no entry IL such sewer
will be made frem his lot
An invitation was extended to the
Maine Medical Association TO hold its
annual meeting in Augusta and the
free use of City hail and the necessary
committee rooms was offered the as
sociation.
A petition for a sewer on School
street from the present end of the sew
er, a distance Of 80 feet. was referred
To the proper committee.
\ petition for a concrete sidewalk
on Grove street from Capitol street to
Scott street was referred
An order that the city marshal place
an officer in charge of the baseball
grounds on the Harlow field to MAIN
tain order SO as to not disturb the peo-
Pie in the vicinity of said ball ground,
otherwise that the appropriation al
lowed be withdrawn. was referred.
It was ordered that the mayor and
city solicitor take such measures as
they may deem advisable to enforce
any claims which the city may have
| upon real estate by virtue of tax deeds
and 10 collect unpaid sewer assess
ments.
\ petition for a new concrete side
| walk on the north side of Winthrop
| street from Pleasant street to such
! point westerly as the committee may
| decide. the grade put into condition
and the curling readjusted was re-
| ferred
\ uetition for concrete walk on
| the east side Of North Chestnut St
! from Winthrop street to Bridge street.
was referred
An order for a standpipe for use
! OF the street sprinkler on the east
side of Chapel street at point about
IS feet from Winthrop street was re-
| ferrcd
y petition for -epairing the sewer
| which runs through the ravine south
| of Court street Was referred.
Percy NJ. Roynton was granted i
license 10 operate 4 boiler at the Pen
ney Memorial church.
| An order that n suitable room be
furnished in the City building Tor
use Of the street commissioners and
| stree engineer was referred
| An order for repairing about $50
| feet of sidewalk near the east end OF
| 4 f.f
\ petition for a concrete sidewalk
on the north side Of Scott street from
| State street 10 the east side Of Grove
street was referred.
| \ petition for a gtandpipo for street
splinklins purposes on lower State
| street was referred.
! \ petition was received for o new
| street from n point on Western ivenll5.
| on the southwest corner of lot of G.
! {, Richmond. thence running souther-
~ $50 feet to the northwest corner
| of lot of Guy a Dow, and a hearing
/ IN the same was ordered for June
10, 1911.
| The city marshal was ordered To
strictly enforce the ordinance relative
/ to excessive speeding of automobiles.
! a petition fer concrete sidewalk
| on the cast side of Maple street was
! referred, also a petition for repairing
! the sidewalk on the north side of
| Jefferson street between oxford ana
Washington streets. also one for II
| Street light on Dayton street, and
| one for gravclling or macadamizing
| the Thoma ston road near the Thorne
farif.
An order was passed Tor the in
vestigaton by i joint committee Of
the proposition of sprinkling certain
| streets with an electric ear sprinkler
An order was passed empowering
the assessors 10 take such action in
advance as shah assist them in COM
plying with the law relative 70 taxa
! tioa which becomes operative in 1912.
An order was passed FOR more
complete and more frequent sprinltling
of Bangor street. gasa
IN order was passed thas an appli-
cation be made To the Governor and
Council cor the appointment of Ada f.
Hunt as agent for the prevention of
| cruelty 10 children.
| The following ordinances were
amended:
Paragraph ~ of Section | of Chap
ter { Of thc Revised Ordinances OF the
rjt, If Augusta relative to the salary
f,f tba fjtr clerk was amended sn os