Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-18

The city council held its regular
meeting Monday evening and transact
ed business as follows:
It was' ordered that whereas Forest
Grove cemetery is, not a public bury
ing ground under control of the city
but Is under the management of
private corporation, the city of Au-
gusta resigns the trust of $1,000 be-
queathed to the city by the will of
the late Hannah r. Caldwell for the
perpetual care of the Caldwell lot.
The boards then met in convention
and discussed the matter of repairing
the Kennebec bridge and covering it
with wood block paving. the estimated
cost would be about $1,000, and fol-
lowing the dissolution of the conven-
ton and upon the recommendation of
the committee on highways and sew
ers in its report on the question, an
order was passed directing that the
bridge be thoroughly repaired and re-
surfaced with wood block paving, the
work to be done under the direction of
the mayor, the street commissioner of
the Eastern district and the commit
tee on highways and sewers.
1t was also ordered that whereas no
appropriation is available for the re-
pairing OF the bridge as provided for
by the foregoing order. the mayor and
the city treasurer be and are hereby
authorized to borrow on behalf of the
city such sum as may be needed to
meet such part or all of the cost of
said repairs. as they may deem to be
: necessary.
n ut f,,rr
to s1o,sS1.s3, was approved and ordered
paid.
An order for sewer on Cedar street,
from the terminus of the sewer on that
! street easterly about 200 feet, was re-
ferred to the proper committee.
- The city treasurer was authorized
and directed to execute and deliver to
]. ManIey Nichols of Augusta a quit
claim deed Of a cemetery lot in the
Reed cemetery. so-called. in Augusta
A petition for an arc light at the
: head Of School street was referred TO
the proper committee.
A petition asking that Drew street
be laid out as a public way from
Western avenue to Green street was
referred TO the proper committee.
George z. Macomber was elected a
trustee of the Augusta Water District
for three years.
: The mayor appointed Charles B.
Paine member of the board of trus-
, tees of Lithgow library to fill out the
unexpired term of the late Joseph Will
hanson
The following ordinances were given
their second readings and passed to
be ordained:
An Ordinance Relating to the Estab-
Eshment Of Street Lines
y Be It ordained by the City Council
n OF the City of Augusta, as follows:
n Section 1. No person shall erect or
= alter, or excavate for the purpose of
erecting or altering any wall or other
s structure, any part of which is, or is
to be placed within 10 feet of public
street, unless such person shall have
nrst ascertained from the city engineer
the proper line and grade of said
/. street; and IT shall be the duty of the
city engineer, when so requested. to
issue a certificate thereof. Said enei-
neer shall keep record of all GER
tifcates so issued
IAN Ordinance Relating to the Number
a'sr ingasof Buildings and Lots.
Be II ordained by the City Cotincil of
The City of augusta, as follows:
section Il The buildings and lots on
all streets that may be hereafter laid
out, those already laid out but not
numbered. and any street already laid
out, two-thirds OF the. legal voters &C.
cupants of the same petitioning there
Tor, shall be numbered in, the follow
ing manner: On the streets that run
slengthwtse Of the city territory. begin
Ming at the northerly termination
with numbers one and two, and pro-
crossing southerly, with the odd num-
bers on the easteriy side OF the street
and the even numbers on the oppo-
site side; and on the transverse streets
beginning at the end nearer the river.
with numbers one and two. and pro-
crossing in a direction away from the
river, with the odd numbers on the
northerly side of the street and even
numbers on the opposite side
Section 2. There shall be a number
TOT every lot not exceeding 25 feet of
isnu Ironting on a street, and a num-
s7oer Tor every additional 90 feet or
traction thereof, excepting that on
NAASCS SNANSss ttidt are COmDactlY built
up. number shall be assigned for
each and every door, and to adjoining
vacant lots proportionally; and corner
lots shall be numbered on both streets.
Section q. The city engineer shall
make plain skeleton plan Of each
street, designating the numbers and
dimensions of all the lots. with the
names Of the owners thereon. on a
scale Of not less than one inch for
every so feet, which plan shall be
Eept In the ONCE of the street depart.
ment for reference.
A bill from Scott Hewins for one heifer
bitten by dogs. and amounting to SIG, was
ordered paid
1t was ordered that the seats in City
ban be rea djusted according to the plans
81 the committee on City building.
Wills r. Partridge was given permis-
Ron 70 place stepping block in front of
ais residence on sewall street, near the
sornsr OF sewail and Weston streets. for
projection to TIE sidewalk