Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-03-11

0,clock by City Clerk Hale. Alderman
Msddocks was elected president Of the.
board.
n was voted to accept the returns of the
soveral ward clerks as evidence of election.
The roll was then called, the aldermen
responding as follows:
Ward Harry S Jones
2--John A Stuart
3-Owen II Treworgy
Al Fremont Maddocks
Howard Moor.
Mayor Cunningham and Alderman
Moor were appointed committee to
escort Mayor elect A. G. Hagerthy to the
chair. Prayer was offered by j. Milton
Reckwith. The oath OF Office was then
administered to the mayor and aldermen
! by City Clerk Hale.
Mayor Hagerthy made no address, and
the board proceeded to the election Of
oficers-Fo city clerk, j. A. Cunningham
received three votes and T. e. Hale two.
Mr.. Cunningham was sworn in by the
retiring city clerk and took his place at
the board.
The election of officers then proceeded,
with the following results:
Tax collector:
Chas Brown. ..............
JH Bresnahan..........
Assessor for three years in place of Hoyt
E Austin:
James A McGown.
S P Stock bridge.
Assessor for two years:
Frank s Lord. ....................3
Levi w Bennett. ..................2
Assessor for one year, in place of III F
Whitcomb, whose resignation was read
and accepted:
Arthur B Mitchell.
Roy c Haines.
Chief engineer Of fire department.:
Orrin NJ Clement .................3
Royal Goodwin. ................2
First assistant engineer:
Herbert A Ash..... ...............3
ii Brown. ....2
Second assistant engineer:
Herman J Scammon.
A L Frazier. .................2
Third assistant engineer, whose special
duty is to take charge in fighting forest
fires:
Webster NJ Higgins ..............5
Treasurer:
Frank j Dunleavy.
Charles w JOY.
Inspector of buildings:
John w Moore commandments
Butler.
Chairman overseers of poor:
II onea'.. ...................3
Iiark, sr.... y
Member OF school board three years:
Harvard z dan................3
II Illus'.. ......-............2
Member OF school board one year, to fill
vacancy caused by resignation of Harry
L. Crabtree, filled during the year by the
election OF R. E. Mason by the school
board;
Edward Small .................,3
Mary A Greedy.
member board of health three years, in
place OF DR.. Woodruff:
DIR Il L d Woodruff ..............3
Dr Mcdonald. Northumberland
Sealer of weights and measures:
harold l. Hooper. ................3
Mansel B Young. ................2
inspector of meat and milk:
andrew Meader ..................3
a LerAond. ....................2
ihe election of auctioneers was laid on
the table.
0Hy Weighers were elected as follows:
nenfy Joy, John e Doyle, Frank 8 Lord,
harvard Lord, T e Hale, Frank l. Sar-
ssn'' Walter P Warren, Gilmore E Pickett,
ao b Shea, Ralph E Cunningham.
mayor Hagerthy announced the APP
continent OF John Fl Bresnahan as city
aiSnai. The appointment was con-
'ieu by the board, and Mr.. Bresnahan
" vas sworn in. The appointment OF George
~ campbell as night officer was later an
Aouneed, and he was sworn in.
Ing Time for regular meeting of the
in satu was fixed for the first Monday even
Vi each month at 7.30 o'clock.
-, W motion of Alderman Maddocks, the
e. s.''oh OF all other minor officers and the
~'ug OF salaries were. tabled.
ALDERMAN MADDocKs' SPEECH.
a. uerman Maddocks then made his
~ 'cn' addressing the citizens present at
ala. meeting rather than the board of
SAL "en. He prefaced his remarks by
81. The financial condition of the
~. y, Ellsworth is bad-fhade bad by the
v,as can party" He then traced the
'n Oh the city debt and the increase