Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-10


gressive and worth while.
'3. There must be created a
number OF active committees. These
committees must meet at least
monthly and carry on the work for
which, that particular committee
was created. Very often meetings
will have to be held much oftener
than once a month. Active partici-
patton in the work of an organiza-
ton makes one feel deeper interest
and q more loyal willingness to
serve than doing nothing more for
the organization than simply hold
ing q membership.
~. There should be a member
ship meeting held every month. These
meetings sould be held on some one
specified day during each month and
be regular occurance. A monthly
meeting of the membership of this
Chamber of Commerce. regardless of
opinion to the contrary, would be one
OF the finest things toward creating
favorable feeling. of anything that
could possibly be done. Many very
interesting speakers could be brought
to the meetings and much entertain
ment could be furnished together
with an open forum upon matters
which would have to lie undertaken
upon an extremely large scale thus
wide spread favorable sentiment
could be Immediately created and
would be an important factor in the
fulfillment of the results desired in
any particular matter.
"5. There should be published at
once a large number of Augusta
booklets or folders. inasmuch, as be-
tween the period September /, to De-
cember 81, we have returned a circu-
lar letter to all requests stating that
a copy of such pamphlet would be
sent when same were received from
the publishers at a later date. During
this four months period 403 requests
have been answered in this way. Per-
haps, it would be at all out of place
to request the City Government to
cooperate in the publication of such
pamphlets, inaSmuch as they do not,
at the present time, spend money for
publicity.
'6. Something should be done re-
garding road signs as Augusta seems
to be the most poorly routed of prac-
tically any of the Name cities. On
all Of the main, country. and cross
roads Waterville signs are in evil
dence. in the central part of Maine,
but the. Augusta direction signs are
very few in number. The matter has
already been talked over with City
Marshall Skehan with regard to
placing glass on the sides of the ST.
lent policeman at the junction of
Bridge and Water streets and at
streets, and having the names of the
surrounding towns with arrows in
dicating their direction and distance
painted upon such glass signs. At
night light inside the casing would
shine through the glass and thus
show the name plainly to night ira
VelerS. Similar systems are used in
Massachusetts, New York and Con-
necticut cities and much favorable
comment from travellers has been
heard. The expense of making this
change it does not appear would be
very great and is a matter which
should be officially placed before the
city officials.
~. For the past two or three years
Augusta has cndeavored to maintain a
camp site for tourists. This camp site
has been located in the So-called Cap
ital Park. almost directly opposite the
State Capitol. Much inconvenience has
been caused the State officers during
the past year because of the nearness
of this camp site to the State Park
which is being graded and seeded and
flower beds ard trees being set out
thereon. The tourists who first arrive
at the camp site camp directly at the
end of Union street and other campers
when arriving do not go beyond them,
but spread out upon the State proper
ty and leave much rubbish and debris
scattered about.
at seems the proper place for this
camp site, if it is to be located at Cap
ital Park. is at the extreme southern
end of the tract. The southern end of
the park is n much prettiCr spot, pro-
vidinS more shade and much more
green grass room. inasmuch as the
upper end is inclined to be rather
dusty during the dry season.
IF Augusta is to maintain n camp
site 1t must have some one person in
charge of this camp site every day
during the summer months. The ovens
must be kept clean. the camp site must
be continually raEed and the rubbish
burned, and the toilets must be kept
in a sanitary condition.
There is little question but that
travellers would be extremely pleased
to pay a nominal fee for the privilege
IF stopping at n camp site which al
fordcd every convenience and was
clean. With the great popularity of
public camp sites and the many, many
fine sites provided in nearly all of the
cities and towns on main Travelled
routes a camp site of the character
mentioned must be maintained or none
at all. A camp site that takes care of
itself does not bring favorable COM
ment from those who use it and rather
than being a benefit it is black eye
,pon a city which allows 1t to remain
N such condition.
"S. Some time ago a very efficient
committee made an exhaustive study
Of the garbage situation in the city of
Augusta and arrived at some very fine,
definite conclusions. but with the fill
ing of this very fine report the work
ended and nothing constructive was
done.
I'm all growing cities the matter of
garbage is one that is daily being given
serious consideration by chambers OF
commerce and city governments. Upon
communicating with other Maine cities
regarding garbage disposal 1t Is found
that the only plan which is absolutely
satisfactory and much the cheaper In
the end is the process Of incineration.
THE city of Bangor has tried many
different systems and finds that they
do not work out satisfactorily. They
tried contract collections and found
that they could serve but a few fami-
lies for a maximum price. They tried
city collections and found that II work.
ed better. but also comparatively few