Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-21
Late Augusta Locals.
CITY COUNCIL
Holds Regular Meeting for
The Month Of April
Receives Usual Avalanche Of
Petitions for Highway Work
Some Orders Are Passed But More
Referred to Committees

The city council held its regular
April meeting Monday evening and as
is always the case at this meeting
there was regular avalanche of bus
mess, a good proportion of it being
petitions for sidewalks, street lights,
etc. The business transacted was as
follows:
Roll of accounts No amounting
to s563S1S was approved and ordered
paid.
The sum of s275 was appropriated
mortal day.
The committee on street lights was
directed to investigate the practicable
ity of connecting the east and west
side lighting system by Tungsten clus-
ter lights on the Kennebec bridge and
report at the next meeting of the city
council.
An order was passed for a concrete
curling to be set at the junction or
Grove and Green streets, also Hartford
square, enclosing in each of said loca-
tons sufficient area to provide for
grass plot, the work to be done I'M
der the direction of the mayor and
park commissioner.
1t was ordered that private drive
ways and eulverts be constructed by
the abutters at their own cost and on
approval of the street commissioners,
and it was further ordered that all
persons applying to the city for the
construction of soil driveways and Gull
verts be referred to Sec. Is of Chap.
of the Revised Ordinances of the city.
1t was ordered that the city purchase
a lot of land suitable for a public
dump.
1t was ordered that the city pur-
| chase a storage tank of a capacity of
not less than 5000 gallons for the stor-
age of road oil.
The following city reports were sub
mitted and accepted: George A.
! Prescott, superintendent of burials;
Henry F. Hill, city engineer; Ernest
L. Mclean, city solicitor; Lawrence j.
Colgan, city marshal: Warren D.
| Trask, street commissioner, Western
I district.
! A petition was received from some
/ of the business men on Water street
asking permission to attach shelves
not over is inches in width to the front
of stores, for the display of goods,
/ but the matter met with disapproval
/ on the part of the aldermen and the
| petitioners were given leave to with
| draw. ga
The mayor appointed as a joint spe
! cial committee to- cooperate with the
civic improvement committee of the
/ Board of Trade to arrange for Clean
| up day, Aldermen Hanks and Bassett,
! Councilmen Bangs, Wilson and Nc
1 Laughlin. d
The mayor appointed Roy L. Ward
| well a member of the Board of Reg
1 istration for three years.
| w. H. Austin was granted an auc-
| tioneer's license and pool room licenses
were granted to Charles A. White,
William Bonneau & Son, Charles
/ Georgaklis, Harry Slosberg and John
Terrio. A bowling alley license was
granted to Charles A. White. w. H.
Austin was appointed city con-
| stable.
/ City Marshal Colgan appointed the
following special policemen for pub
lie places and the appointments were
| approved: Maine Central station,
Charles r. McCurdy; First National
Bank, W. E. Clough; F. r. McCurdy.
| The following minor officers were APP
| pointed:
| Fence yiewers-William f. Barrows, w.
B. Getchell, D. F. Moore. James L. Wood
bury. G. Mckay. w. F. Walker and Man
ley NJ Saunders.
Surveyors of lumber-George H. Bangs,
w. H. Bruce, John E. Church, Joseph
E. Clark, Abner Coombs, Abram
Coombs, Lester j. Delano, D. E. Foster,
F.. 0. Getchell, Harry IT. Gilman, j. w.
Glidden, c. A. Knowles. Arthur r. Lish-
ness, Henry Lyon, Fred E. Merrill, c. Il.
Morrill,, Joseph E. Nicholas, Charles B.
Philbrick, Charles E. Purinton, F. B.
Purinton, Ira H. Randall. Smith S. Ran
dali, E. a. Shaw, Joseph A. Shaw, Will
liam f. Stratten, J. {. Weber, q. L.
Smith, j. H. Chandler, A. j. Burns, Scott
| Hewins, Fred Mosher. Frank A. Phelan,
| w. B. Getchell, J. Z. Hanson, John H
Sheehan, w. j. Skehan, Isaac -. Tucker
G. A. Max, George w. Morrill,. w. w
| jackson, Joseph Laliberte, Arthur X. ka-
ton, M. A. Barrett and c. c. Metcalf
! Surveyors OF wood, stone and bark
George II. Bangs, George M. Bean, Hen
ny l.. Bean, A. NJ, Brown, w. H. Bruce
Albert j. Burns. NJ. S. Campbell. J. L
Church, Henry T. Clark, Joseph E. clark
Joseph A. Folsom, Daniel E. Foster
Charles A. Gay. F. o. Getchell, c. X
Hall, c. w. Hanks, w. A. Hanks. c. A
Knowles, Henry Lyon, Joseph E. Mich
olas, Josiah A. Norton, G. It. Perry, G
E. Purinton, f. b. Purinton, /. Fl. Ran
dali, ]. A. Shaw, f. B. Smith, John II
Ward, Smith Randall, Arthur r. Katon
} Harry r. Gilman, Scott Hewins, b. II
Weston s. B. Worthley, d. S. Young, g
l.. Smith, ]. H. Chandler, Charles e
Pratt, o. L. Choate, G. S. Peasley, w.
Getchel Frank L. Page, ]. S. McKenney
e, H. Weston, j. F. Young, Isaac M
Tucker, B. C. Shaw, H. p. Humphrey, c
w. Stone, Wallace Purinton and M. A
Barrett
Sealers Of Leather-Fred l.. Hersey
Sumner H. Pullen, Harry Hersey anc
j. F. Bilodeau.
Weighers of Hay and Ice-Albert c
Brown, A. M. Brown, M. s. Campbell
G.. d. Haskell, Fred B. Hill, Charles
E. Purinton, F. h Purinton, Wallace
Purinton, Herbert c. Rideout, 0. o
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