Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-18

Handy Shop be given permission to
| use part Of the sidewalk for the sale
Of fireworks during the week i'm
mediately preceding July 4th. Pass
| ed.
Ordered, that the city treasurer be
| authorized to pay to Commander
Gay of the G. A. r. the sum of s275
to help defray the expenses OF
Memorial day. Passed.
Ordered, that the city give per-
mission for the use of land on the
Leonard farm for municipal gardens
as it has done heretofore. Passed.
Ordered. that the sale of fireworks
be prohibited on Sunday. July 2,
within the city limits. Passed.
Ordered, that, the city accept from
Mrs. !. Frank Stevens the sum of
500, the income from which is to be
used for the perpetual care of the
John Fills lot in Riverside cemetery.
Passed.
Ordered, that the tax deeds for
1892, 1898, and 1899, upon the
property at 40 and AZ Child street in
the name of Mrs. NJ. c. Clark and
assessed in 1921 to Frank Hewins.
be abated. Passed.
Ordered. that the city treasurer be
| authorized to accept from August
Cloutier the face Of tax deeds for
1916 and 1917 plus interest at six
per cent. on property at 81 Franklin
street and that the treasurer be fur
ther authorized to give a quit claim
deed on this property. Passed.
Ordered, that the city accept $500
from Scott Stewart in full settlement
of tax deed Of 1910 on property on
Belgrade road assessed to John Mill
Ter. a non resident. Passed.
Ordered, that the city accept
from Adelard Gilbert the sum Of
s17.57 in full settlement of tax deed
dated 1916 on property at 12o
Northern avenue assessed to Hiram
Eddy. Passed.
Ordered, that the city accept the
sum of s9.S4 in full settlement of the
tax deed Of 1892 on property at 80
Oxford street assessed to George
HILL Passed
On recommendation of the commit
tee on accounts it was ordered to
pay to several persons in the city
the sum total of $35,07027. Passed.
On recommendation of the COM
mittee on highways and sewers that
new sewer should be built on
Northern avenue from corner of
Franklin street $50 feet. The order
was passed.
On recommendation from the COM
mittee on fire department that the
hydrant which has been petitioned
for at the corner OF Pike and Lincoln
streets. should not at this time be
placed. The order was rejected.
The order that the city purchase
three khaki uniforms for the traf-
fic officers, the cost not to exceed
$50 per uniform was rejected, by
the common council. after having
been passed by the Board OF Alder
men.
The Augusta Real Estate associa-
ton was given permission to move
/ a house on the south side of Court
street near the Vickery Publishing
Company, to position on the north
side Of the same street.
Percy Hill was reelected as
trustee of the Augusta Water Dis
trict, for three years from the first
day of last August
w. s. Hutchins was given permis-
sion to place concrete step on tho
outside of the walk in front of his
house at 40 Grove street.
c. r. Shaw was given permission
to erect a gas filling station at
Bowman street on property owned by
S. Titcomb.
Orlando kimball was given per-
mission to erect a gas filling station
on land at 292 State street. owned
by Wallace Brown OF Hallowell Mr.
Kimball is now conducting a Frank
lin service station at that place.
Gage & Thyng were given permits
sion to install a gas filling station
at the back of their place OF bust
ness. the station to be on CONNER
cial street.
The petition of the Western Union
Telegraph Company to be allowed TO
install a bicycle rack on the side
walk in front of their Office on Wa
ter street was tabled