Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-14
OAKLAND
About 800 Voters in Attendance
at Town Meeting
Monday

About 800 voters were in attendance at
the town meeting Monday in spite Of the
storm which lasted all DAY. The con-
tests for town officers were made over
the first and second selectmen and mem
Der Of the school board. In these con-
tests w E. Vigue, the present incunl-
bent, won over Geo. Tracy by vote OF
Ifi to 155. For second selectman two
ballots were necessary. the first stand
ing: John Gleason Isl. T. II. Hersom ~.
scattering ); on the second ballot T. II,
Hersom had l1e votes. ]. $. Gleason IL
and scattering 5, and slr. Hers kn was de-
dared elected. For member o. the su-
perinserding school committee F. Il.
board, lest 10 W. H. .yudkins by vote o.
100 to lsa. Before the vote was taken
Mr.. Leech asked for a question Of priv
iiege TO address the meeting &c explain
a story tina, had been circulated IN re-
gard 10 his character.
TIE other town officers were elected
without opposition as follows: Modera-
TOR. E. N Foster: Town Clerk. l. NJ Al
drews: third selectman. G. u. Pullen:
VI
The selecimen were made assessors ard
overseers Of the poor: town treasurer,
Fred Hailett: collector of taxes. y. II
Lord constabies. w Fl. HersoIr Sar-
gle Warren, \. II. Lord Clyde Ste-ens
L. ". Hutchinson. Lewis Lord, B. o
York and Everett Watson: fire warden
4 II. Lord. Morrison Libby and Z. A
Watson. All other necessary town Of
ticers are TO be appointed by the select
men. Several articles calling for ap-
preparations were thoroughly discussei
but nearly everything asked for w6s
granted. In all s2@.S94 was raised while
a year ago the amount raised was So.
se5. The items for which appropr a
tions were made were as follows, Pc.
pairs of roads ard bridges $4,000. re-
pairs and building sic!eva li;s s1Q05: for
the supper. OF poor $3.50: for breakine
snow $500: for the support % common
schools $4,000: for school appliances
supplies ana insurance s4o0: fer Jht
purchase of school textbooks soc: 10.
miscellaneous school expenses $3.50
for the support of the Free High
school. $40: for the repair Of school
houses, sec; for miscellaneous town OK.
penses. sl5nl: for the support of the frs
department ard hydrant rentals. s2l5i
for Memorial day expenses. SIS: fer stree
and municipal lighting. s1ico: to pay twe
bonds ard interest on bonded debt s32tl
for the support and maintenance of I'll.
public library. slnf1; for the care OF GENE
teries. $50: for the board OF health, setp
for industr.a! education in the public
schools 500: fer State aid road. So: foi
the maintenance of State aid highways
$40: for the construction Of a sewer o.
Church street from the residence of Mrs
Frank Folsom to Haynarket square
$50. the abutlers 10 pay one-tI,ird OF the
cost: for two lights on ak street. s..
for two lights OF Summer street. So: ::
reimburse residents or Church street two.
thirds OF the cost of sewer constructed
and owned by them on School street sllr
to purchase land OF c. (. A WINSTON
and construct road to residence of H. 4
Bickford on Baker avenue, SID: TO con.
vey High school students from the rural
districts. sco,; 10 repair bridge at the Up.
per Mills. SEQ: to build sidewalk on Oas
street between the residence of Mrs Geo
Cochrane and Arthur Lewis, SEQ.
The mill Of the American Wooden Co
was exempted for two more years ex-
cept upon a nominal valuation Of $500,
the balance Of the l5-year period which
was originally granted to the Oakland
wooden mill. The bylaws proposed were
referred to q committee Of three ap.
pointed by the chair to be revised and
presented at the next town meeting
The chair appointed H. L. Hunton. H
w Greeley and E. T. Mitchell. The
town voted to refer the purchase of a
hearse to committee Of three to WHOM
should report at the next town meet
ing. The committee, appoined were G.
w. Golding. c. E. A. winslow and Ed.
ward Wing.
Taxes were made due Sept /, inter.
est to be charged after that a, the rate
OF 5 per cent. per annum and all taxes
paid before to be discounted at the
same rate. The collector taxes was Civ.
en- per cent. instead Of . per cent.
as this year and an extra one-fourth al
per cent. II he settled. in full before
Feb. l. 1917. The town voted to &C.
cept 300 from n. L. Williams, the in.
terest Of which would be used to care
FOR the Asa Bates burial lot. The Sc.
iectnen were given power to secure =
tmpcrary loan II they needed it 81,
together. the meeting was very har.
moniouA