Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-21

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| E. e. Newbert, Mrs. r. f. Ingraham,
Mrs. D. Matthew. Miss A. Hanks and
Miss A F. Wright
Cab drivers licenses were granted
| to: Frank Vfolette, w Il. Walker,
| William T. Bubar, Charles III. Chisam,
C. w. Chisam, Will w. Kempton, Alfred
Patnaude, William c. Jackson, Fred p.
| Fisher, J. p. Bickford, William Bon
neau, w. H. Austin, ]. A. Doyon, Will
| liam c. West. Otis c. Bickford, George
| Roy. Henry Roy, J. S. Mckinney w.
| F. Spear, f. o. Trask, +. o. Bubar,
Everett r. Merrill, e. p. Bubar, Sum-
ner B. Ward, Percy b. Marston,
! Thomas Donahue, William II. Dona-
| hue, John Beauchard and Charles HI.
| Bichford.
1T was ordered that n sewer be con-
structed on Sewal street from the
| outlet of Mrs. ]. NJ. Haines' pond to a
| point that connects with the sewer on
| Wade street.
! 1t was ordered that petitions for
oiling streets pending meetings of the
| city council be received by the COM
mittee on highways and sewers, acted
upon and reported upon at the next
| meeting with the recommendation of
| the committee.
1t was ordered that the selection of
oil material for the various streets
and OF the method of application,
whether. by the city or contract, and if
by contract of the contractor be left
to the discretion of the highway COM
mittee, the mayor and street commits
sioners.
The committee reported on the mat
ter of designating the streets to be oil
ed and the report was accepted The
streets designated in the report are
as follows: West Side: Water street,
Grove street Grimes hill to State),
Western avenue Estate to Gannett's),
State street bridge to Grand, Green
street Grimes hill to Chestnut), Win
throp street water to Chestnut), Sc
wall street winthrop to Capital
street,, Bridge street Estate to Water}.
East Side: Cony street bridge to
Haskells corner), Bangor street (Cony
to Quimby), Stone street (Cony to
eastern avenue). Also such other
streets or sections of streets for which
petitions may be granted.
The purchase was authorized of
tank for the city sprinkler at a cost
not exceeding $135, the purchase to be
mace under the direction of the MAYOR
and committee on highways and sew
ers
| The following matters were refer
red to the proper committees: A street
light at the corner of Union and state
streets; street light at the corner
of Hospital street and the Kennedy
road; a sidewalk on Green street from
|
street; re-surfacing South Chestnut
street with gravel from Green street
TO Court street; eulvert under the
sidewalk at the corner of Stone and
mlooie streets, leading from Stone
street TO a catch basin on Middle
street; concrete sidewalk on the
east side of Perham street. intersect-
ing with concrete walk in front of
baptist church and extending from
the northwest corner of said church to
Court street, also that the plank
bridge over the gutter on the north
side of Winthrop street be widened;
concrete sidewalk on the west side
OF South Chestnut street, from Wy
man street about 80 yards south. a.
maeadamized road on Hospital street
from the south end of the Arsenal
fence to the Chelsea line. a distance
| OF about ,one-half mile; re-surfaeing
Weston street with gravel; repairing
sidewalk on Waldo street, also the
sidewalk on the north side of Jeffer-
son street; repairing the sidewalk on
the south side of Quimby street; new
sidewalk on the west side of Willow
street from the Gannett publishing
house to Cony street; for put
ting State street in first-class
condition from Winthrop street to
Bridge street; new sidewalk on the
west side of Pearl street be-
tween Murray and School streets: re-
laying the stone block paving on Water
street from Bridge square to the north
end of Water street in cement grout; the
matter of re-surfacing the Kennebec
bridge with wood block paving; repair
ing the sidewalk on the west side of Sew
all street from Green to Lincoln streets:
repairing the paving at the north end of
| Water street from Swift & Cos. building
to the Edwards mills; repairing the side
walk on the west side of Pleasant street;
an arc light on Bridge hill, Junction of
| Crosby street; two cross walks, one con-
| Meeting the east side of State street
crossing the top of Bridge hill, and the
other on Bridge hill, opposite H. w. Per-
civafs store; concrete sidewalk on High
street; $50 feet of tar macadam sidewalk
on the east side of North Chestnut street.
repairing the plank sidewalk on Hos
pital street from the foot of Taber hill
to the Staples place; re-surfacing por-
tons of Stone street; repairing the
sidewalk on the west side OF
Chapel street from Weston street
to Green street; a granolithic sidewalk
on the east side of State street, north
side of Winthrop street and west side
of Winthrop abutting respectively on
the west, south and east sides of the
Y. M. C. A. lot; concrete sidewalk on
the east side of Chapel street from
Green street to Weston street; chang
ing the street light on Church street
to an arc light: an order directing the
committee on salaries and fees to con-
slider the matter of fixing the salaries
of the mayor, street committees, city
marshal and the police officers and re-
port at the next regular meeting OF
the city council by proposed ordinance