Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-26
18Th WATERv|LLE
ANNUAL REPORT IS
ON Distribution

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me soth annual report Of the CITY
M "atervllle mas just been printed
Inc report concerns the mnnicinoi
! year ending. Jan. 81. 1928. and COW
Jams ~ pages Cf material that for
| we most part is interesting TO everv
citizen. ~ e|ei
| IN the first 20 pages there is con-
| tanned the Mayors report If tho
years administration, a list of tho
prlncipal officers. the report of as
| SCISSORS ,;s and the municipal property
iis,. 1Ee present amount of munci
! pai property is estimated aft ovcr
! 100000. The real estate last yeor
was assessed at s9.434,5O0 and the
personal property at s2.295.72O MAX
/ ing the total valuation $11,73O. go for
inc year 1922. This means that tho
| property has more than doubled in
value in the past 20 years as the
vaina'ion in 1902 was s5.a19.163. In
| 1?l- TIE valuation has increased
ABOUT S3oo.o0o over that and this year
! with so many new buildings il will
TAKE a Jump of nearly million dol
lars. The next 35 pages are taken
up with reports of the city auditor.
city treasurer, city clerk and tax COL
! lcctor.
The report of the health officer is
OF interest to everyone. Tho popu-
latlon of the city is estimated ut 49,
! III females and IS males. making a
S53. The deaths recorded were 100,
, gross death rate of 1927. Through
| the year 42S births and 166 maria
! ges have been recorded. 4 social
! disease clinic has been established
by dividing the rooms OF the health
| department into smaller ones. There
! has been no epidemic of contagious
!, diseases during the year. What
, looked like an outbreak of whooping
cough and diphteria in November was
{, checked in short order. DR.. Young
recommends that there be an early
:, extension OF existing sewers, that n
] nurse be employed TO take care of the
schools and to do general work am
ons the people of the city. and that
| whom the new national plumbing code
J is published this he adopted by the
! city. There were 149 cases of con-
tagious diseases in the city last year
and five deaths resulting; in 1921
| there were AS cases and six deaths, in
1920. 50 cases and five deaths.
The city engineer reports that aft
err several years of delay the
changes and improvement in Lock
wood street have been accomplished:
that with the contemplated grading
and identifying of Lockwood Park"
by the Lockwood Co. this entrance to
the city will be one to be proud Of.
Dr.. a. Jolly. milk inspector, re-
ports that SAG herds were examined.
and out of 4424 head of cattle. only
81 were condemned; in 1920, 2342 cat
tie were examined and ~ condemned,
or two per cent in 1921; 1858 were
examined with sc condemned. or not
quite two per cent; but in 1922. only
seven tenths of one per cent were
| Tnl oil ri1
useful directions for preventing tu-
bcrculosis among cattle. He stated
that Waterville was cited at the
State convention as being a leader in
the production of wholesome milk.
In the report of the fire chief is
given a complete list Of the fire
alarms for the past year. In Febru-
airy there were calls, March s,
April II, May "a. June 1, July s.
August G, September 4, October 3,
November II, December "a, Janu-
airy 16.
In closing his report, Chief Berry
said that the department has re-
sponded to 12S calls during the year,
"a box fires and 104 still alarms and
telephone calls. The loss sustained
has been comparatively small. He
also mentioned the change in the in
surance rating of the city to Class Is.
In regard to the recent tragedy at
Colby college. he says: 1T srieves me
to mention the tragedy that took
place at the Colby fire, but l want to
enter into this report the fact that
the fire department and it's personnel
worked to their utmost and cannot be
blamed in any way for this terrible
lhappening. And just another word
of Warning-a tragedy, NUMBER O!
times the size of this one in loss OF
life. can take place in score OF
more buildings in this city-the set
tings arc all there. will the owners
kindly take notice.
| CITY Marshal William IL. Murray
reports 1S2 arrests for the year. tne
number for intoXication. Sc, FAR out
numbering any of the other offenscs,
tho nearest being Is for larceny ana
IL for assault and battery. or these
cases, Ga paid fine and cost - "e re
committed to the county jail ~
Maid costs and Is were bound over
and the rest were disposed OF III
yorious ways. The city marshai re
norts 1343 dodgers. Al doors 1ounu
Unlocked, s2341.17 value OF stolen
Goods returned to owners, three
Srowned. 46 slight and two serious
auto accidents, II lost children re-
turned, besides many other miscei-
iancous items.
In the school report, superintendent
W. Fl. Patten states that there are
oo1a attending, loss hoVs ana AZ"