Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-14
Inauguration Monday of
Waterville's New City Fathers

| The newly elected officers of the
city government were inauguratct
Monday morning at meeting held ii
the city council rooms. As usual Ol
such occurrences there was 4 large
number of citizens on hand to hear tho
| Inaugural address and wait for the
many appointments and election.
The address of Mayor Pattangal
was brief but contained strong Joints
| While he went but little into the busi-
ness affairs Of the city. the need OF
| the High school and central fire sta
ton were emphasized Economy was
the Watchword and every department
and committee was instructed 10 this
point. The features were the in
lcrcaSe of the tax rate To % mills and "A
rcvaluation 81 III" property, which
would give the city Il larger borrowing
lcapacity.
Several surprises were sprung in tn,
appointments made during the morn
ing. Charles II. Barton was appoint
led city marshal and MAS confirmed
| This appointment alone came as q
surprise to the outsiders. Th" deputy
| marshal. police officers and iauitors
We're laid over until an adjourned
meeting on Saturday evening at 7.3e
O'Clock. 1t is understood that there is
considerable wedding out t. be done in
, the force.
sumner Rowe WAS elected street
commissioner By one vote over II
&. Morse. Who has held that Office
during the past year
| .:,l.
the election OF David II. Spalrs of
Ward as president and William ].
IO'Bonn"it vas elected clerk.
IN the board of aldermen Timothy A
lOD"nnell was elected chairman.
| The meeting Was called by Acting
Mayor carey at l0l" O'clock and on
motion by Alderman Heath commit =
tee on credentials was appointed con-
sisting oT Aldermen FinncInore, Heath
ana Boshan.
ON motion by Alderman Finnemore
the Boards went into joint convention
In Joint Convention.
y committee consisting "f Alder
men Fnnemore and Reynolds and
Councilman Clement were appointed
Ia wait on the Mayor elect and escort
him to the chamber.
II" WAS sworn in by City CLERK Mark
j. Bartlett and after taking 0ath of
Office had the oath administered to the
aldermen and couneilmen.
Prayer was offered by Rev. G. r
Stimson of the Congregational church
| Mayor Pattanga1 then delivered his
| inaugural address rs follows:
| Gentlemen OF the city Council.
| ! shall detain You but briefly this
morning. i'll discussing the problems
| which We are to be called upon tC
solve during ttic coming year. Very
| few if dny of them can b. disposed oi
| by tie utterane Of mere generalities
1 ana Trey ean best be Diseased speci-
| ticaliy i1s we come To them. There al,
a few things however. which ma,
properly occupy our attention at the
| present time and which, at thc be
| ginning Of II new administration may
well be touched upon.
W. have inherited from preceding
| administrations certain business prob
| lens which NC must solve and certair
business condition which We must face
| We tlnd ourselves placed where W,
| are Obliged, at once, to complete &
High school building and provide q
| proper place for housing our fire de-
| partmcnt and at the sam" time find
| our borrowing capacity exhausted and
our tax rate undesirably high. Til,
| ordinary income OF the city will II,
| iiGrc than suffice to pay its running
| expenses and Vet it is impgratiV" that
W" should cXpend u considerable sun
l of money of
by careful economy in each depart
| Infnt doubtless u considerable. saNin.
can y" made But not enuugli to- lnnke
| the improvements which ar, dcinNn l"d
| We can borrow no NOR, money. That
resource is closed To us. On the other
| hand Wc must complete oUr purtlN
| finished school building and furuisI
it Tor occupation. We must. too. iuer
as impcratively. arranye FOR nov
| tire station Later ou, | shall MAX,
some G"tailcd suggestions III regard ID
| both of these matters
| At present. | desire to max" bu
| two. Both of n general nature and both
imagine, unpopular suggestions bu
deem thom necessary and popularity
| must yield to necessity. believe tha
| your board of assessors should make
| a careful revaluation and rclisting q
| tie entire taxable property Of tn,
| city am not criticizinS thc work .
| th" assessors. Theirs is q thanklcs
tasl, at best and / have no doub
| that they have, in the past, perform
cd their labcrs faithfully and vet i
| careful revision of the present Va!ua
tion could not help resulting in ,
| souewliat increased income Tor tn,
city and III something of an increas
in our borrowing capacity. In addi
tion to this, ii will doubtless be fount
| necessary to raise the tax rate t,
- mills Such a rate is too high. ]
is not your FAULT however that sucl
Il rate has become necessary. Con
| ditiuns compel it. And no criticism
SHOULD deter YOU from doing tha
| which YOU find necessary to be dor,
in view of existing conditions Evel
| with an increased valuation and al
| enlarged tax rate. there will be II,
i money to- waste this year and ther,
i should be none wasted. Absolutel,
/! honesty, strict economy and the appli
cation of business methods to every
! part of the city's work is possible