Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-20
CITY COUNCIL
Holds Its May Meeting
on Monday Evening

Report of JOINT Standing Committee
on Fire cect- and Special Com
mitsee TO Ac. in Conjunction. To
Whom Was Refe--ea Matter Of In
ves.isa:ins Hose House Ne. :. Is
Acceated-W. Herbert curton o.
fe-s to Viii % City 1is Valuable
Collection Of Inuian Relics
The Augusta Cry Council held It's
regular meeting Monday evening a.
Cry aaIl and a number Of matters
If importance were acted upon. The
Joint standing committee n ira de-
na-nen- ana The special committees
appointed % acI IN conjunction. 20
whom was referred the mater Of III
vast;ga1lpG TIE condition # Hose
House No. :, made rs rapor-. vtlct,
vas accepted. The -epor- was as
follows:
'Tha, they And sad fra staten .
De unfit for the house Of SO, 800 worth
o. apparatus and unsafe and unsa1-
ita-y Tor The ives Of s,E " ssve-
men WHO stay t:le-e nights. A.
shown by DR., Hox!e -epor- (Which
We hereby submit -he necessary -a-
pairs viii cost between $3.50 ana
geo We wish - further state
thai n the last seven years approx
-mate!- S;i'0 mas been spent IN ms
building ana g. present We .;aVa
nothing our shell The estimated
cos. Of a new fire station viii 1o7
exceed sss.n,1 not including lor
BY expanding This money by Jne
rules Of me New England Board of
Underwriters Il VII put the Citv #
AUGUSTA n Class B. which means
70 per cent. reduction n The resi-
Dental and approximate ly SIX per
cent IN mercantile insurance ~aTGs
This c,mElt-ee does not believe ma.
il IS wise OF expedieng 10 axpend The
necessary money on an cid building
nave - be done again. and recon-
mend thai i special committee De
appointed 20 &C, Il Injunction w.ch
-he ire department committees n
ascertain the wars and means #
procuring a LOT and building
TIE report IS signed by Aldermen
Y. z. T-ouant and =. .. Elalcner-e
and Councilman Lester n t5a--
Aldermen Albert z Folsom. Dan
cor-l = Nash ana William :. Par
que1-a and Councilman John =.
t5owes
The special report of c :. Tsoxe.
who vas appointed " he cuInm.I,-e
20 examine The ira Station rs -v!-
.owS:
M. Roy a Small. che. aag1uea..
Augusta, Name
Lear sir as rol requested : nave
examined the lra station on Br dge
strae,- AS j; stands today p. conslle- &.
UNI. :cr occupancy. The ra.a ST.! n
front ! IND nearly az gone Also east
end and par OF he nora SIDE COM
pleie!y gone II I IS TIE -nJan .o- Of
hes.InE ne station Ae->. ne on.,- wa
. MAKE i permanent : % 0ur II i
concrete foundation. gong down !,
sold ground. This cold pronati7- y
done al an expenses from $500 70 $500
l would not th.nh i advisable % - O
repair he under pa:-s of this uuiil:nE
But putting n wood
This building should 1or NJ sIjowa3
o 50 through another winter n he
conalCon S = now n. For ne as- sly
OF seven Years ne under par Of -h.g
building has been repaired temporal
and : would MOI tE,ln:l II advisable =,
10 any more te,noorarv repairing on il.
II there IS any further se-,.ce ma,
l can 40 d ne glad - do l.
Yours very rudy.
c Z. ECXIE"
NE matter Of appointing 4 snac
conrnittee % ac. n or;unr-;op with
The ire department corrn,--aa N AZ
certain the ways and means If -,roc,--
'Hs io' ana Quilting cor ira station
was deferred by Mayor Marin.
IN 1olnr convention Mayor Martin
read a letter from w f-erhe-- Dun
TON Of Taos, New Mexico. a former
resident Of Augusta. which la,-a-
was brought 70 the attention of me
CITY council through the courtesy of
Fower :. Mooney Mr. punton N
MS letter makes a most generous of-
Ter 70 the city, that he desires to
VIII 70 the city his collection Of SAD
dies boots spurs and rifles. and his
entire collection Of time TROOPER
OF the Custer period. together with
his collection Of Indian relics.
< was voted thar III. Duotor's
kind ofe- be accepted and tha. n.
c-ty's thanks be extended 70 him.
and Mayor Martin appointed sne-
cial committee. composed Of Pres
idenr Eowes of the common coun-
cll. Alderman V z. T-ouant and
Councilman Lester III. Hart. 10 look
into the matter OF finding a mace
for this collection.
Roll Of accounts No i. amount
ing 10 sc3.-ss.1s. was passed in con-
cur-ence.
Order was referred 20 the com
-nittee on streets and sewers that The
following streets be given one coat
of ta-via and that the AUDITORS be
taxed SIX cents per foot: West err
avenue. Sewau street 10 Capital