Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-19
Holds Regular Meeting for
The Month Of May
The Usual Budget Of Business
Comes Up for Disposal
President Bangs Of Common Coun.
ell Presented with Fine Gavel

The city council held its regular
meeting Monday evening for the
month of May and transacted bust
ness:
Roll of Accounts No. 5, amounting to
S6293.13, was approved and ordered
paid.
In concurrence with report of the
committee on highways and sewers it
was ordered that a sewer be built on
Northern avenue beginning at the
junction of Northern avenue and Ken
dali streets and running north on said
Northern avenue a distance of about
1000 feet.
1t was ordered tina, the sum of s25
be appropriated for the rental and re-
pair of the baseball diamond at Pet
tengill's Corner,
The reports of Orrin B. Frost as
sealer of weights and measures; of
Niles l.. Perkins as treasurer and
collector; of the board of assessors;
of John A. Buckley, chief engineer of
the fire department; of the trustees of
Lithgow library; of Everett Nj. Now
er, city auditor, were submitted and
approved.
City Marshal Colgan nominated j.
II. Kittredge and Isaiah. H. Pierce as
special policemen. and the nominal
tons were confirmed.
Petitions for new seats in City hall
were referred to the committee on
city buildings,
! The sum of 500 was appropriated to
defray in part the costs of the Labor
day celebration to be held in Augusta
the first Monday in September next.
Benjamin C. Weston was appointed
a surveyor of lumber.
A petition for a sewer on Arsenal
street from the south line of the land
of the Augusta General hospital to
connect with the sewer on Cedar
street was referred to the proper
committee.
An order that Cony street extern
sion from the residence of Arthur Saw
age to the residence of Charles farm
ham be laid out, Strengthened and put
in good repair and that a sidewalk
be laid on the north side of the street
was referred to the proper committee,
as also was an order for relaying the
sidewalk from Cross street to Eastern
avenue.
Other matters referred were an or-
der for a sidewalk on the south side
of Last Chestnut street from Stone
street to Middle street; an order for
concrete sidewalk on the west side
of Pearl street between Patterson and
school streets; an order granting c,
F. Moorlen the right and privilege to
erect a standard gasoline pump in
front of his garage on Cony street; an
order for a sidewalk on the east side
OF Mt. Vernon avenue from the corner
of Mill street north as far as the Peo-
pies icehouse.
An order that a sewer be construct
ed beginning at point near the pub
lie hydrant in front of the Lehr field,
so-called. and extending northward to
suitable point of outlet was referred
to the committee on highways and
sewers with power to act.
An order for a fire alarm box at
the corner of Oak and Dickman streets
was referred to the proper committee,
as was an order for an arc light on
Monroe street near the residence of
Dona Bose.
In joint convention cab drivers Ii
censes were granted to Paul Stafford,
]. w. Dana, A. w. Clark, Wilbur +.
Nickless and Charles Dostie, and a
public auto license was granted to
Frank E. Best.
Before the meeting President George
II. Bangs of the common council was
presented with handsome new gavel,
the honors being gracefully done by
City Marshal Colgan, to which Mr..
Bangs feelingly responded.