Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-08-19
CITY MEETING.
.,,ar Little FURRY over Booking
~ Hancock Hall.

,ass meeting OF the board OF alder
wos held Monday evening, with the
IN hoard present, Mayor Hagerthy pre-
siding o;,,os ,ro a..
...ool board calling attention to the fact
~, the attendance at the schools Nos. Z,
"a had fallen below the number re-
,;rod for their continuance, by the State
and recommending their continuance
,a", rote Of the board OF aldermen. The
board so voted
letter was received from the State
s,nbway commission in response to the
..i,;on Of the board asking that the State
rsks repsirs on the Bayside road, which
= heing damaged by automobile traffic.
IT. commission wrote in effect that there
40 an many requests OF a like nature
.hst II was impossible to meet them all,
and the policy o; the board was against
s,s expenditure OF State funds in work of
temporary nature.
The alderman, at the suggestion of
Mayor Hagerthy, passed vote asking
.necial appropriation Of $500 from the
state for work on the Baysideroad.
Aid. Niaddocks then reviewed the pro-
cssdings OF the last two meetings OF the
hosrd for the benefit of the mayor, who
was not present at those meetings.
srecisl Collector Bresnahan, through his
counsel, he said, had agreed to submit his
old tax books for inspection by the f.
nance committee, and q meeting OF the
ansnce committee for that purpose was
GOT for last Saturday morning. Mr.. Bres-
nsbsn did not submit his books, but in
stead addressed letter to Aid. Maddocks
declining to submit his books at this time,
and stating his reasons therefor, which
were substantially as stated by his attorney
at a recent meeting of the board.
Aid, Msddocks then came to the matter
ot the vote asking the mayor to cause City
Marshal Bresnahan to appear before the
board to show cause why he should not be
removed for characterization. As the
MAYOR had not been officially advised OF
that vote, no action had been taken.
Later in the meeting, on motion of Aid.
Msddocks, it was
Voted, That the city marshal be notified by
our city clerk TO be present at q city meeting
August 10, 1914. at 7.so O'Clock p. m. and show
cause why he should not be removed for in
subordination.
AID. Maddocks said he had been in
formed that a small stable owned by IL.
B. Estey, near his laundry, was located
on the city library lot, and IL this is true
and the building was allowed to remain
he would acquire title by adverse posses
sion. The matter was referred to the
committee on city property to report at
the next regular meeting.
Aid Stuart brought up the matter OF
cutting some small trees on the Stabawl
road within the road limits. The man
employed in cutting brush had agreed to
cut them for the wood. 1t was agreed to
allow him TO cut them il he could obtain
consent of the AUDITING property owners.
Aid. Stuart moved that the city clerk
notify Harvard Q. Jordan that Hancock
hall would be at his disposal for the night
OF September u next. This is the date in
dispute between the democratic and re-
publican county committees. The motion
was not put, but spirited discussion fol-
lowed, in which the whole matter OF
booking Hancock hall was threshed over
again.
Aid. Moor said II Mr.. Jordan spoke fol-
the hall first, he should have it. Mr.. Mason,
OF the republican county committee,
booked the hall with Janitor Bresnahan
on March 10, the day after he was APP
pointed ianitor, and paid a deposit. Did
MIR. Jordan speak for the hall before that
time, did he pay a deposit, and was the
booking turned over to the new janitor?
II MIR. Mason had q receipt for the hall,
why wasn't the city tablet These were
the questions asked by Aid. Moor.
Mayor Hagerthy said he would take
Harvard C. Jordan's word for it.
Aid. Stuart submitted q memoranda
book kept by former Janitor Schuyler F.
Higgins, in which appeared the entry,
with no date, "Sept. II, democrats"
Aid. Treworgy stated his position briefly
as follows "Had Mr.. Higgins any right
to book the hall for a year aheads Did
Mr.. Jordan pay over any money? II he
didn't, there is no contract. That is the
way look at it,"
AID. Maddocks suggested that the board
nave all the interested parties before the
board Wednesday evening. Aid. Stuart
seemed inclined to insist on having his
motion put through, but Aid. Maddocks
prevailed in having the thing carried over
to Wednesday night.
The discussion was general, and at times
heated, Aid. Maddocks finally persuading
AID Stuart to wait until Wednesday
evening by declaring that 1--WE have the
votes, and we are going to use them any
way SO 1t does not make any difference.
Aid' Moor thereupon announced that he
would not be present at Wednesday even
lngs meeting, for '.if the thing was all
settled, there was no use of his being
PRESENT..
The city clerk was instructed to notify
harvard {. Jordan and Byron Jameson to