Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-14
$4,000 ON HAND.
Town Of Randolph in Fine
Financial Condition.
Appropriations Cut Over $1,000
Under Those Of 1910.
10 Organize Town Fire Insurance
Co. Rates Now Too High.

y considerable CIT in tile total
amount Of appropriations Was made
at TIE annual town meeting of Ran
duIisi Monday fureUaen Fer I'll, ycar
1%la tho sum Of S5J51 was raised hut
Il" tin year f@l1 this amount VAS
reduced tn Si354 However the murry
for the schoolfouss repairs. estimated
nj S!o3t: for the support Of the poor
estimated at $6do, and Tor the salary
Of the town officers. $saa. &ill be ta-
kcu from the treasury there being
nearly $5G9a cash on hand t. draw
fruHl. This NaHld bring tic tatal ap-
propria1ionS Wcli above tjIcS' of last
Year but with thr town in tho pres n,
sl}eee ssful financial condition the
am rInt raised viii not be 50 large as
in the past and the tax rate VIII prob
ally nor be over Is mills.
mother feature brought up in the
m cting was tin vote authorizing tho
s. lectmon TO "reanize Town fire in
surancc CompJuy This MAS done. it
is reported on good authority, u sec
If better rates cannot he secured from
tn. Insurance companies. Th. pres
eIt rate is ON per ccnE. t"t three
Y"ars Will" in Gardiner il is uno per
cert. for i've years and in Farming
d;tl" oro per cent. for four years. The
citizens OF Randolph claim that theY
bavc Iust rs good fire protection a.
tl"le is III Farmingdalc and that the
rate should BE- 80 higher. 1t is Dn-
ders.ood that il a better rate ean-
not he secured the town association
viii surcls b. organized
There Wrre s9veral changes in 10
town officers. those elected being as
follows. Moderator. +. y. Aver.
cicrk. l.. w. Gopdspccd; treasurer, l..
W. GoodSppcd; collector u. s. Taskcr
sclcctmrn, assessors and uXersocrs OF
the poor, c. +. Clarke g. y. Carson,
c. r. Moody. school committee for
three years. z G Moore; school com
mi,tee Tor two Years, Harvey Trask;
bridge committee, G. f. Clarke and j.
W. Rafttr; fire Wardens, the select
men: ennstabIos. W Il. James. d. s.
Tasiicr; truaut officer, W. u. james;
auditor, =. H. sherman; ro&d commits
siouer John w James.
The meeting Ms called to order at
> O'Clock BY J.. w. Goodspeed. town
c!olk, and AL business was completed
and the meeting had adjourned be-
fore II O'clock. After reading the
warrant F. T. Aycra was chosen to
serve as moderator and sworn in. l..
". GoedSp"ed w,s elected clerk sue
ccudinS \. G. Clark who has served
in that ofic" fps many years. 1t was
voted T. vote on the sclcctmcn SeDa-
ratelY. c. l. Clarke and G. a. Car
son were chosen as the first and sec
ond members without opposition and
tlian G. y. Moody was chosen as the
third member receiving a of the Sc
votes cast Th" other candidate was
Il. +. Conner, l. w Guodspecd was
elected town treasurer and it was
voted that the sclectmen act as town
AGENTS
There were two candidates for road
commissioner, John w. james and
Warren Palmer. The vote was by the
check list. The result; total vote,
81; necessary fer choice 45; J. w.
JalnfS had q, Warren Palmer II.
Harvey Irask was elected a mem
Der OF the school committee for two
y*drs over Della *. Moulton. Fred
{. Moore was elected member for
three years having &c of the 20 votes
cast. The other votes were for Mrs.
Mcuiton. Other officers elected were
as follows: Bridge committee. G. f..
Clarke and j. W Rafter; auditor. j.
H.. sherman; triant officer, w. T.
James, pound keeper. w. b. James:
fire wardens. selectmen. Constables
ID. s. Tasker and W. r. James. The
iatt'r IVES elected over George Der
rili, receiving IS Of the 40 votes cast
Efe seiectmen We're elected fence
Ie~ers,