The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-04-10


Free Text Books and Supplies -. l2O 81
School Repairs and Insurance $50
FIRE Department t..................... 261 "a
General School purposes.... 343 81
$2,585 81
The following orders were read and passed
in concurrence with the council:
Ordered. That electric lights of 60 candle
power be installed as follows: Six liphts on
Head of Tide road, beginning at the church in
North Belfast and extending as far as Holmes
Mills; eight lights on the Citypont road be-
ginning near the Patterson crossing and ex-
tending to the j. W. Peavey store; six lights
on the Searsport shore road beginning
at the end of the present lights and
extending toward Searsport; six lights on the
Llncolnvlie ROAD, beginning at the J. G. Town
send residence and extending to Dunbar cor
ner so-called; one light at the junction of
Charles and Saimond streets, and three lights
on the back Searsport road to the chapel
Ordered That the mayor appoint commit
tee of three for the purpose of designating
the streets to be sprinkled by the city and that
said committee be authorized to hire or buy a
street sprinkler; and it is further ordered that
said committee be authorized to hire good
team at forty cents per hour to alternate with
the city team in sprinkling and working OF the
streets.
Ordered That the joint fund for the State
highway appropriation for the municipal wear
1912 be expended and that the State road to
be built by said appropriation be com pleted on
or before July TO- 1918.
Ordered, That the city team be credited
with forty cents per hour for all work done
upon the highways. and SIS for each call from
the fire department, the said amounts to be
charged to the respective appropriations for
highways and fire department
Ordered, That the city engineer shall do no
work on the streets or sewers unless ordered by
the committee appointed for the respective
departments.
Ordered That all old plank taken from the
sidewalks which are not suitable for repairing
or building new walks, be hauled to the rock
crusher and used for fuel
Ordered, That the road commissioner be and
is hereby ordered to make list of all tools
and machinery owned by the city and used in
the repairing and building of highways and
sidewalks and that said list be prepared at
once and submitted to the City treasurer.
Ordered, That the city clerk be instructed to
advertise for bids for widening the Robbins
road, socalled, said advertisement to specify
that all bids shall be received on or before 7
o'clock p. m, April Is, 1918; also that work on
said road is to be begun on or before April oath,
the municipal officers reserving the right to
accept or reject any or all bids received
Ordered, that the road commissioner be and
is hereby instructed to build a cross walk ex-
tending from the northerly end of the side
walk on the westerly side Of High street near
the Mcclellan property across said High street
to the southerly end of the sidewalk on the
easterly side of High street as prayed for in
the petition of w. Fl. Bray, ct ais; and it is
further ordered that said crossing be built of
iag-stone, said walk to be four feet wide and
graded on either side with crushed rock and
work on the same to be begun at once; and it
is further ordered that an itemized account of
ha md oh rod
to the appropriatio for sidewalks.
Ordered, That the road commissioner be and
is hereoy instructed to crush one hundred tons
of rock, the same to be taken from the back
side of the rock pile at the crusher and weigh
ed before being crushed; and it is further
ordered that the said commissioner render an
ltemized account of the cost of the work to
the city clerk on or before April TO- 1913
Ordered, That the road comm ssioner be and
is hereby instructed to make monthly re-
port of all money expended in each road dis
trlct; also the central district, and submit the
same at each regular meeting of the City Gov
ernment.
Ordered, That the salary of the road COM
missioner for the current municipal year be
fixed at 81. so for such days as he is in actual
service on the streets.
Ordered. That the committee on highways
be and hereby is ordered to discontinue the
work of cleaning the bitches and cutters by
chinery.
Ordered, That the committee on sidewalks
highways and bridges instruct the road COM
missioner that he is not to perform any work,
except such emergency work may be re-
quired to preserve the safety of the highways,
sidewalks and bridges, except as ordered by
them and that all work performed by him be
according to and following their instructions.
Ordered, That the Mayor be and is hereby
instructed to buy the Burroughs adding ma
chlne now on trial, at cost not exceeding
Sl75, and that the city treasurer draw his
check for sum not exceeding SITS, providing
said adding machine is purchased.
Ordered, That the engineers of the fire de-
partment are given the power to appoint all
men in the various companies; also that they
may transfer any man from company to
another as they may think proper for the bene-
fit of the service.
Ordered That any member of the fire de-
partment may be dropped from the depart
ment on charges being brought against them
and proven to the satisfaction of the fire COM
missioners and engineers
Ordered, That day police officer be appoint
ed to come on duty at o'clock in the morning
or when the night officers go off duty and con-
tinue on duty until relieved by night officers.
IN BOARD OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
A petition from N. F. Houston asking the
privilege of extending his wharf to low \. ater
mark, was read and it was voted that petition
er be requested to present petition according
to the requirements of the statute.
Ralph L. Cooper presented a petition to
build wharf in the tide water of the city of
Belfast toward the channel of the Passagassa-
waukeag river the wharf to have a frontage
of l65 feet and that will not be an obstruction
to navigation. The prayer of the petitioner
was granted.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Letters from H. w. Hight, assistant man.
ager of the bond department of Farnsworth &
Co., Boston to the city treasurer we're read and
referred to the finance committee.
M. R. Knowlton, city marshal, reported for
March, 8 arrests. 8 let off on probation and 81
given ght lodgings. Several other cases were
looked up and settled. The report was ac-
cepted.
A petition from the Belfast Yacht Club
for an appropriation of $50 for repairs and
to pay for rental for location of same, was
read and granted
The petition of Harold H>rrick and others
for lights to be extended from S. B. Stimp-
sons residence on Congress street to the
bridge at Perkins brick yard was read and re-
ferred to the committee on lights.
The petition of Willie H. Snow to cover a
street drain in front of his residence on Bel