Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-05
Town Warrant Posted for
Annual Meeting.
Men and Religion Forward Move
ment Organization Formed.
Mr. Sanford lnlured..0ther Personal
And Local Items of Interest.

The town warrant for the annual
meeting to be held, Monday, Mar. 4,
was posted, Saturday. 1t contains 70
articles. this being the longest war
rant that has ever been posted for
the town meeting. The first 30 articles
are of the stock kind that appear
from year to year.
Among the important articles are
those asking for sewers. One is asked
for on Hanover street, one on Main
street from Bloomfield street, one for
North street plains, which will cost
$4,000, one on Beech street starting
from Hathaway street, one on Fac
tory street to connect with sewer on
Hathaway street, and one on the low
er end of Mt. Pleasant avenue. Ar
ticle 80 asks for vote to macadamize
East Front street from Mechanic
street also Mill street and Mechanic
street. Money is asked for to repair
the highway on the Notch road, also
to extend Lawton street to Madison
avenue, to build a sidewalk on Me-
chanic street and Cedar street, to
build sidewalk on Madison avenue
from Charles Goodwin's to Cole Brook
hill to build sidewalk on Chandler
street from Madison avenue, and to
see If money. can be raised to repair
the sidewalk on Mechanic street.
There are several new lights asked for
on various streets in town; on West
Front street in front of residence Of
Joseph Roy; one at the junction of
North and Cemetery streets; one at
the junction of the road at the Eddy;
one halfway up Free street; and the
town is asked to accept and pay for
the arc light on Madison avenue es-
tablished by James d. Emerson. There
is warrant to see If the town will
place guide boards at the corner of
all the streets and highways in the
town, 225 being required One Of the
novel articles is to see if the town
will vote to publish with the next an
nual report list of all parcels of real
estate, showing for each the land
value exclusive of buildings. Another
one inserted by the same party is to
see if the committee of 100 wise men"
be chosen from among the business
and professional men, five from among
the farmers and five from among the
men who are working for wages and
have children in the public schools.
There is an article calling for the re-
pair of five of the reservoirs. Article
IS is to see If the town will vote TO
bny a pair of horses, harness and
such other equipment as may be nee
essary and install same in fire de-
partment building and raise a sum of
money for same. The town is asked
to accept the following streets: Bail
nd Johy
streets. Many citizens in town believ-
ing that the vote that was cast, Oct.
s. 1910, to subscribe $4,000 for the
Skowhegan-Athens Railroad, was not
legal vote have had an article in
serted to see if the town will ratify
that vote. There is an article again,
this year, to see If the town Viii
change the fire alarm to the fire de-
partment building The last article in
the warrant is to see if the town will
accept list of the names of all
streets in the town as official, there
being 107 of them as named in the
warrant
A new sawmill at Lakewood has
been built by Perley Corson and Will
liam Coleman on the lot where the
Spear mill was situated and burned,
a number of months ago.
Philo Steward has come out as a
Republican candidate for register of
probate for Somerset county against
Nathan Fowler, who is the present
incumbent Mr. Fowler has held the
office, for over Is years, and has al
ready got the, support of many of the
prominent citizens of the county for
reelection. Mr.. Steward, though hav-
ing never practiced law, WIS admitted
to the bar several years ago, and is
well versed in the duties, connected
with the office which he seeks. The
Democratic candidate for the office is
Adam Simpson.
Miss Blanche NJ. Emory, teacher
in the High school, passed the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. George Smith
in Smithfieid.
A. o. staufer, who has been eircu-
lating manager in the F j. Smith
Publishing House, since its removal
from Portland, has resigned his posi-
ton and went with his family to his
home in Philadelphia, Saturday,
where he has a similar position.
William Stinchfield has bought the
e. K Delano homestead on East
Leayitt street and will move his fam
lily there.
A special conclave of DeMolay Com
mandery will be held, on the evening
of March ~, at which time there Will
be an official inspection by Right Emil