Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-04
CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES MATTERS
OF IMPORTANCE SCHOOL REPORT

! The city council met Monday evening (,
| with all members present. City Treas
urer harrington being present, the licens-
ing board granted the following licenses
| for 1915: Nictualers, Frank II. Good
rich, Chas. E. Hall. Clinton c. Smell, Mrs
c. I. Davenport billiards and pool, |
| Louis y. handicapped, Herbert II. Ring.
/ Warren L. Hartman: auctioneers, John |
H. Carroll; bowling alleys, w. G. Buker,
\. C. Cashier; public carriages, winni-
fred Y. Gray, Hiram z. Littlefeld tauto}, !
| Chas. r. Merrill. Chas. NJ. shorey, Paul I
/ ". Wiley (auto), James ". Jones. L. A. !
t Peacock, Alfred B. Small sauto>, Arthur
1 L. Smith tautol.
! on motion OF Alderman Berry an order
authorizing that $50 be taken from the
contingent fund for the purchase of the
/ bound city reports for the years from
/ 1s49 to 1895 inclusive, from the estate of !
| Chas. O. Wadsworth, received passage
Concerning Band Concerts
4 Alderman Berry introduced an order !
whereby the city should pay the business
manager OF Hazards Band the sum OF |
500, and that the band be invited to /
/ give concerts on the common during the 7
)
verient This was ordered placed on file !,
for one week pending publication
! An order was introduced by Alderman |
Moves and received unanimous passage, !
authorizing the school committee to use
/ the appropriation for repairs on school
! buildings for 1915 in such manner as they
may see fit.
t MunjcipaI ,ncinerator
Committees from the Gardiner Improve
ment Society, Board of Trade and Mer-
| chants Association appeared before the
! council in the interest Of the establish
r1ent Of an incinerator by the city for the
! disposal OF refuse matter. Henry Rich
ards Dr. c. J. B-agdon, Sidney G. Deck
er and Edwin i. Russell spoke in favor
/ q The project. The matter was thorough
{ ~ discussed, the probable cost, location,
ctr. The most available location seemed
to he near the city gravel pit. Mayor
Lamb stated that the city had given this
! matter and also the matter OF city
/ dump much though and found il tough
! proposition He further suggested tia,
a committee he appointed, one from each
! association represented and one from the
/ city government, and appointed the fol
! lowing committee: L. l.. Russell for the
! Board OF Trade, F. s. Smith for the Mer-
chants Association, G. =. Libby for the
! Improvement Society and Major Berry
for the city government.
From the School Committee
The following communication was re
ce.vcd from the school committee:
"As the body especially charged by
Statute with the care OF the public
schools of our city. the school commit
tee has considered with interest and
concern the proposed appropriation for
school purposes as published in the
kennebec Journal Of April %.
THE committee notes with due APP
/ probation the fact that, with the eX-
ception OF Two items, you propose 10
| appropriate the exact amounts asked
! for by them. This apprecia ton IS not
| lessened by the fact that in each item
/ the committee asked only for the
least amount deemed by them neces
sarv fn-' the successful conduct Of the
! schools upon the most economical bas- |
'Eut the fact that YOU accepted the
| JUDGMENT Of the committee in Of 10
items makes more conspicuous the
fact that YOU cut the $50 recommends !
ed for salary Of the superintendent toF
! s-SG--evidently intending to reduce his
present salary s1o0-and refused to
make an appropriation for the equip
rnent ard maintenance Of Z depa-tm ent
Of .narua! training.
| 'BccaUse tie committee considers
4 these two items vital to the welfare Of
;r--
! with regard TO the salary Of the super
intendent raises again the questl... Of
the powers and duties Of this ant ,th
4 er school committees throughout Maine. !
we present this statement o. our posi-
ton.
With reference to the failure to
make an appropriation for manual
training. We recognize that the council
acted wholly within its authority and
We assume that a desire to keep down
expenses was the principal motive. To
| this We protest only on the ground
! that the benefits Of this work are so
great in proportion to the cost-the
! State paying two-thirds Of the cost of
instruction-that. in the interest OF
true economy the expense seems war
ranted.
Against the proposed reduction in
the superintendent salary we urgent /
~ protest for the following reasons:
i. II is an understandable refec-
ton upon our superintendent, ac-
knowledged to be one of the leading
educators in tire State. of whose eff
cheney the schools of Gardiner give
decisive evidence.
80. II is in direct opposition to the
wish Of our citizens familiar with the
facts. who express their belief that
no money. appropriated by the city
VIII go so far in promoting its high
est welfare.
.. II is an unjust condemnation OF
the, act Of your committee in June !
1914 when they voted to fix this sal
airy at the present fthe same as the
Iroposeda rate, dating from Septem-
Der /, 1914.
4 q. It is a reversal of your own
acts. in approving and paying the su |
! perintendent's salary at this rate for
the. months of September, October |
! November and December, 1914.
i IS IT Is in direct nrrcsi- ION tn tina |