Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-14
WINTHROP
Unusual Attendance at Town
Meeting Monday - Much
Business Transacted
LATE LOCAL NEWS NOTES
AND PERSONALS

In spite of the heavy storm there was
an unusually large attendance at the an
nual town meeting held at Town hall
Monday. The vote was heavier than for
a number of years. the keenest COMPETE
ton being for the office of first select
man. for which the 1915 chairman, d. S.
Clement. was opposed by f. r. Jones,
who was second selectman last year. Mr..
Jones won by a vote of 2S2 to 12l. Other
officers elected were: II. +. Foster. mod
orator: +. S. French clerk. +. K. Jones,
J. f. Donovan. Nj. F. Eorcross. select
men and assessors; J. Nj. Towle, collec-
tor; j. II. McIlroy. treasurer; John A.
Foster, chief engineer; fire wards. j. A..
Foster. c. l. Bailey; inspectors, A. F..
Stone. f. r. Jones. L. f. Jones. J. G.
Yeaton: member of school committee. j..
II. Moore. Other officers were left for
appointment by the selectmen. f. c. Nc
Laughlin and J. p. Whitney being recon-
mended as road commissioners. The APP
preparations were as follows: Support of
common schools $3.50; support of poor
and other town charges $500: highways;
$500: repair of sidewalks $500; free High
school, $3.50: repairs on schoolhouses
1925; insurance. supplies. etc. SOS free
text books. $780, school physician, s100;
State aid road. s7eS: maintenance of state
roads, s275: land damages and to build
road from Royal street to Depot street
SIS; purchase of gravel pit on land of
Mrs. Mary Bates, $500: observance of Me-
mortal day, $3.50: Winthrop public libra
ry, $22o: Payson Tucker Hose Co. $50
lighting the streets. sl656; street sprinkler
500: cemeteries, $3.50; water supply at
Town hall, 500 Total appropriations were
$500 The town also voted to pay AL
bert Stevens s35 damages TO his engine
and voted to purchase 800 feet of hose at
a cost of $500, these sums to he taken from
the money raised. All the articles relat-
ing to new electric lights were passed
over. as was also the article asking for
an appropriation for an orchard at the
town farm. and the article asking that
Winthrop boys and girls be employed as
teachers in the schools. and the article
asking for tile drains for drainage. Con-
siderable argument was aroused by Ar
ticle No. 81. asking for an abatement of
taxes for five years on the land owned
by Mrs. NJ. s. Butler and leased by Sam
Patterson and Son and used as a sum-
mer resort. Mr.. Patterson spoke at,
length upon the improvements he had
made and the added business which he
was bringing to the town during the sum
mer months. He was supported by Or.
Badger, who spoke in favor of abatement,
and opposed by ID. S. Clement. c.. S.
Towle and E. T. Clifford. The town vot-
ed mo- on the article. ,.,
The town voted to Use the hollow be-
tween the railway and highway on
Lake street as a dumping ground. the
road commissioner to keep the same
leveled and covered. The purchase of
a fire fighting motor truck was dis
cussed and D. S. Clement, L. B. Jones
and NJ. F. .Norcross, were appointed a
committee to inquire prices, etc., and
report at the next town meeting.
The town continued F. l. Bishop and
M. F. Norcross as committee upon Sc
curing the manuscript of History Of
Winthrop" by the late John NJ. Ben
jamin, and instructed them to pur-
chase the manuscript and report fur
ther expenses Of publishing same at
next meeting. |
Mr.. Cartoons request that he have
the use Of Town hall for the reunion
Of the 22nd Maine Regiment was
unanimously granted by rising vote.