Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-08-22
ROUTINE MATTERS
At CITY council
MEETING MONDAY

ordered committed to the Augusta
! state hospital, Monday evening at a
/ meeting of the city council. DR.. r.
= l.. Mckay and DR.. w. ]. O'Conror
/ testified that tho woman was dement,
! cd ana that she should be committed
to the institution. She had been at
the hospital for several months about
| four years ago, but has since boon
| living with her husband and has
given birth to one child since that
time. She is 80 years old and the
mother of five or six children.
Other business was as follows:
Ordered that tho city accept from
A. p. Fifcld the sum Of 500, the in
terest to be used for the perpetual
care of tho Ezra Nichols lot in Mount
| Vernon cemetery.
| Ordered that the city accept the
sum of $50, tho interest to be used for
the perpetual care Of the Benjamin
Wentworth lot in Mount Vernon
| cemetery.
Ordered that tho city accept the
for the perpetual care of the Benja- :
min Spaulding lot in Riverside Gem
etcry.
| Ordered that tho city accept the
| sum of S291 in fun settlement of tax
! decd Of 1910 assessed against the
property at 81 Washington street in
/ tho namc of G. \. Miron and that the
city treasurer be ordered to deliver
quit claim decd on the property to
Charles and George Miron.
| Upon recommendation Of the city
! solicitor. it was voted to reject the
/ application Of Josephine Frawlov for
! damages to her clothes caused by
Slipping on newly tarrcd street.
Upon recommendation of the com
mittee on highways and sewers, il
was voted to grant permission to the
Vickerv &: Hill Co. to reinforce the
sewer running under their building.
| Ordered, that the city construct q
sewer on Tobey street, the cost OF
same not to exceed $3.50.
A petition by the Colonial theatre
! that tho entire cost Of renewing the
| sidewalk in front of that building and
the cost Of removing the poles of the
! Central Maine Power Co. and Of re-
| placing the same, which was made
necessary by the rebuilding Of the
new sidewalk, be paid by the city
| because Of the fact that the sidewalk
carries nearly all of the traffic to and
from the north end and for that rea
son it would not be fair to cause the
abuttor to bear the expense of keep
ing this sidewalk in repair, was refer
rcd TO the committee on HIGHWAYS
and sewers.
An order that q street light be in
stalled on Manley street, was referred
10 the committee on street lights.
~ petition was received from the
| Naterville Motor Co. to be allowed
to open Noyes Place for the purpose
OF putting in a gasoline and an oil
tank and also for permission to in
stall a gas filling station on the curb
ing on Bangor street. There was also
/ included in this petition a wish that
a eranolithic walk be constructed
soon in front OF the building, half OF
the cost of the walk to be paid by the
city and half by the abuttor. This
was referred to the committee on
highways and sewers in connection
with the city solicitor and the street
commissioner with power to act.
1t was ordered that the city pay tc
Fred l.. Merrill, the sum of $50 in
settlement for the death of several
sheep owned by him, which We're kill
cd by dogs while pastured in the
Amos Cunningham pasture.
Roll of Accounts No. s, totaline
sS3.172.27 was approved.
Upon report of the committee on
highways and sewers that the side
walk on Center street be graded with
crushed rock and that a catch basin
be installed there. it was so orderd
Wade street was accepted upon the
recommendation of the committee on
highways and sewers.
A petition from the A. and X. rail-
road for permission to haul loaded
cars across the Kennebec Bridge du-
ring the traffic of the day instead Of
being limited to the night as at pres
| cnt. was referred to the committee on
highways and sewers with power tC
act
A petition Of William Thompkins
| OF Winthrop court that the city re-
move or trim tree within the street
| limits which was a menace to his
home. Referred to the street com
| missioner with mower to act