Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-03-11

al Tor oscar Z. BarrowS.
For third assessor the vote stood:
" hole number OF votes.
Necessary 10 choice
Charles w. Bowker.--.--------u
W. 3 Stsroird ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
oscar Tracy
Charles 81. Howard was elected treas
urer, and Harry D. Cole collector, with
out opposition. The collectors compen-
sation was fixed at l.2 per cent.
A ballot was taken for chief engineer:
Whole number Of votes
Necessary TO q choice AZ
Chares W. Bowker.
oscar Tracy .---.--------------------3
W. A. Porter
D. K. Clifford moved to fix the salary
OF the chief engineer at $1,000 per year.
The motion was seconded by several
voices, and was given unanimous pas
sage.
For first assistant engineer Stanley NJ.
Wheeler received II votes to for w. A.
Porter, and for second assistant Merton
A. Millett received votes. The salary
of the assistant engineers was fixed at
$40, the pay Of all the engineers being
thus doubled.
Walter L. Gray, who had completed
his term on the water commission, was
reelected by a unanimous vote.
There was very brief discussion of the
matter of street lights, the contract for
which with the Norway and Paris Street
Railway Co. has expired. Y. d. Bolster
said he did not believe in making long
time contract, and moved that a contract
be made for one year, which was carried.
10 tno - fy
that the lights should be put on at night
not later than one half hour after sunset.
10 relation 10 providing place for the
storage of the corporation books, there
was some discussion, Assessor Wheeler
calling attention to the need of protect
ing from fire the books which are in
daily use, and there was talk regarding
the cost of safe, or Of a vault built in
conjunction with the town. IL was final
" voted that Mr. Wheeler should store
in his safe such of the books as be could,
the rest TO be kept In the vault at the
Trust Company, all for compensation.
Appropriations as stated above were
made practically without discussion for
care of parks, public library, fire depart
ment, water and hydrant rental, and
then the matter Of police was reached.
+. A. Heidner called attention to the
conditions Of disorder which prevail to
some extent in the crowd about the post
office corner, and with the boys aud girls
who gather in the post office at mail
time, and said that a policeman was
needed TO see that order is maintained,
not for the purpose of making arrests,
but to instruct those needing II in the
maintenance of order. he moved the
employment of policeman.
Asked by moderator Gray whether he
meant day or night policeman, Mr..
II sidner said he meant one who should
be on duty all the time, day and night,
and on hand at such times as his services
seemed to be needed.
w. j. Wheeler said that there was
more truth than poetry in Mr.. Heidner's
remarks, and that We need policeman's
services.
l.. s. Sessions and a. w. Dennisou en-
dorsed Mr.. Heidner's remarks, and AL
bert ID. Park said that a place where q
policeman was needed was as the rail-
road and the station when the Sunday
excursion trains are running in summer.
Y. d. Bolster said that as far as our boys
and girls are concerned, he didn't be-
lieve we needed policeman in uniform,
any more than cat needs two tails. He
thought two or three good constables
could accomplish all that was needed.
There was some more running fire of
discussion, and Mr.. Heidner moved the
appropriation of $500 for police. On q
rird rOce vote this was declared lost.
Rev A. t. McWhorter said that some
thing should be done to correct condi-
tions.
Mr.. Heidner moved to appropriate
5000, and on RIGA p0ce vote there were
some voices In opposition, but the mo-
ton was declared carried, and the vote
was not doubted.
For miscellaneous account 1926 40 was
raised, and no appropriation was made
for debt and interest, Moderator Gray
stating that the $500 of water notes out
standing would doubtless be taken care
of by the income from the watersystem.
Temporary loans not exceeding $500
as necessary were authorized, and the
usual formal vote was taken to apply
the income Of the water system to the
expenditures on the system.
With regard to the uncollected taxes
of 1905, 1909 and 1910, 1t was voted To
abate them, and the sum of 1924 81 was
raised for that purpose. There was no
opposition. =.
Article II related to the installing of
Ere alarm system. Under this Chief
Engineer Bowker presented Mr.. Tiffany
of Boston, of the Gsmewell Fire Alarm
Company, who arrived here in theafter-
noon, and had Investigated tentative
plan for a re alarm system for the viii
iage. Mr.. Tiffany spoke at some length,
or planning the system which was sug.
gested. II comprises about tive miles oil
line construction, in three loops, center
ing iu Market Square, with thirteen
boxes distributed about the village, with
whistle signal. His figures for the sys-
TEN were SlS62.
Several questions were asked OF MI
Tiffany and replies given BY him.
A motion to pass over the article wal
lost on a vira uoce vote, and there was
something of a pause. Finally George
r. Eastman moved that fire alarm sys
tenn be installed, and this motion wa
carried uira roce with some voices In op
position. ;,
No appropriation was made, but Il
| was voted that the matter be left in TIT
hands of the assessors to investigate and
report ut . future meeting.
without much discussion 1t was votet
IN instruct the assessors to Install sucl
lights as are necessary in Moore Park
and one ON the road leading to the resi-
dence Of George A. Briggs. Also raise<
sl2 90 for care of clock In Deering Memo
rial Church.
Article 81 was ITO see what action tn
CORPORATION will take In relation to tn
claims Of Almira J. Kenney and tn
Cum mipgs Manufacturing Co., and au
thorizs assessors to settle same ous o.
conrt. or to contest them in the courts.
As il we'll known, these claims are 10
diyersiou of water for the villag'
s,stsm from Stony Brook. on which tn
ciaimants have mills. The county oom
missioners allowed to hrs. Aenney $4oo