The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-22
CITY AFFAIRS,


held last evening". Go ats!a Ega
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN. l0
JURoRs.-R Robert L. Morse, Weston f. Mill
ken and Moses Gould, were drawn as ,Ciran.l
Jurors for the ensuing year. a. & 5(,d p. |
Alexis Abbott, Horatio Merrill, Charles nj
Rice, Washington Ryan, Thomas Shaw, Sold
mon Myrick, Nath4 Q. Cram, and Horace d.
October term of the Supreme Judicial Court.
They wilt attend on Wednesday, Oct. TO- the
second day of the term .aG1iaii61sg aa. sssI59 |
I. Petition of Thomas Armstrong for license to
keep p junk shop was presented and the Board
refused to grant him a license tAa o seft a.,
Robert Pennell was nominated by the Mayor
and confirmed by the Board as q Policeman in
place of Archibald Montgomery, resigned.
Petition of Perkins, jackson & Co., for per
mission to lay q railroad track ON Sawyers
wharf, was referred to the Committee on Streets
with power to grant the same if deemed expe-
dent.
Petition of George Smith and George Burn
ham for permission to erect first-class stable
on Cross street, was laid ON the table until the
there afee fe aRg, an opportunity to appear. IIE
The Mayor reported that the persons owning
the land bounded by Milk, Lime, Fore and Sit
yer streets, have accepted the offer Of $46OOO
made by the city, for the purpose of securing
it for public market house. An order was
then passed authorizing the City Treasurer to
hire the sum OF $4,000 on twenty years in
payment of the same. g sr 1T ''',--s
Petition of Gordon & Dow for permission to
erect stable ON the corner of Federal and
Lime Streets was taken from the table. A re-
monstrance from the First Baptist Church and
Society against the erection eff said stable, was
presented. After some discussion the Board
voted to give the parties a hearing at the next
regular meeting of the City Council, on the
first Monday in October. -iiT7o Ei'iii ssl .3,s
The Rules and Regulations governing the
Fire Department were accepted and adopted
as amended by the Board OF Engineers.
Petitions Presented and Referred.-Of Chas
W. Cobb, for remuneration for injuries receiv-
ed while assisting police officer in aFresting a
prisoner; o. Portland & Rochester Railroad
Company, that SO much Of Hanover Street, as
it has recently been laid out as runs over their
track, may be discontinued, and said street end
at Kennebec Street; of John Fits & ais, that
the name of FremOn. Street may be changed
to Anderson Street, it being continuation Of
the latter street; of George W. Woodman, that
portion of Pearl Street may be discontinued,
in consequence Of the change of the lines of
said Street; of w, T, Hillard, for the discon
tinuance of the old portion Of franklin Street
(between Middle and Fore Streets); of Prem
tiss Loring, Secretary of the Board of Under
writers, that measures be adopted to safely 10
cate the floating steam planning mill. ~
Orders Passed.--To hire the sum of $4,000
on twenty years for the purpose Of erecting a
school house on Congress street near the East
ern Cemetery; to hire $4,000 on twenty years
for the purpose of erecting an engine house on
Congress street: to hire $4,000 on twenty
years for the purpose OF paying for lands pur-
chased on Milk, Lime, Free and Silver streets,
for the purchase Of a hook and ladder carriage
and its necessary appurtenances; to pay the
Portland Company $4, 800 for the new steam
fire engine CascO; authorizing the City Treas
urer to hire on one year the sum of $4,5O0 to
pay for the steam fire engine Casco; authoriz-
inc the Committee on Public Buildings to pur%
chase lot of land adj djeining the school house
lot near the Eastern Cemetery as recommend
ed by the School Committee, if they deem the
same expedient. lE %E 80
An order was presented providing that the
Assessors abs.te the taxes on property Destroy
ed by fire on the 4th of July, ON all real estata
| after deducting from the assessed valuation
| the present value of the land, the materials
| left thereon unconsumed and the amount so1
| insurance. Or, if the materials and land have
| been sold, the amount received therefor and
| the insurance Also the taxes on personal
property, after deducting from the assessed
| valuation the amount Of the insurance, and
the value Of the property saved-in all cases
the applicants for abatement to be required Il
make oath to the truth of their Statements
| After some conversation the order was laid or
| the table until the next meeting.
The Committee on Laying out new Streets
| reported in favor of widening Congress street
| at the head of WilmOt street, and award Loren
20 Taylor 800 damages for land taken from
| him. tsi ~. 1iA
The same Committee also reported i'm favoi
| of extending Milk street through fromssits pres
ent terminus, to new Pearl street formerly
Willow street,, and award Henry Stickney
ESQ.,, $S,450 damages .aa ifr, f| -
| The same Committee also reported in favor
of widening Sumner street from Franklin t.
| Hancock street, and award the following dam
ages, viz: Gardner f. Hanson, $125; Abijal
Parks estate, $125; +. Thurston and G.. G
Carter, 800; John Covers estate, 500; Pete
Jerris' estate 5000: John Sullivan, $415; Geo
| Gray, 1924; Antoine Cook, $3.50; G. r. McDuf
fie and P. W. Wells, 1898; Joseph p. Taylor
$453; Charles Dickinson, $575; Charlotte Mer
rill, $3.50; Franklin Head, $1,000: j. A. Mar
tin, $3.50; Thos. Osgood, $3.50; Francis South
worth, $3.50; Hannah Owen, 800; Preble ant
Larrabee, $l25; Robert Dresser, $3.50. Total
$9735. --.,.
The same Committee also reported in favo
OF extending Sumner street from ITS presen
terminus at Franklin street, to Lime street
and award the following damages, VIZ: JosePi
browne. $4,641; Mrs. John NJ Wood, $3,422
BENJAMIN Fogg, 81 ,44O; Estate OF Jonathan
Tewkesbury. $500; VIM y. Jacobs, ~; cesd st
James Rackliff, $500; John G: Proctor, 1854
NathI L. Mcclellan, 1896; Calvin s. True, $500
| Ralph H. Day, $3.50; Jeremiah g. Floyd, 800
Thomas Randall, $3.50; james d. Sawyer, $3.50
Charles d. Thomas, 81 100; Hezekiah Dodge
S1650 Total, 23A11.uI TAyR.3 g'4ll..sIIE
l. The same Committee also reported in fave
of laying out new street from Cumberland {,
Oxford streets, northeasterly of Anderson st.
to be called Cleeves street, running through
land belonging to the heirs of John Anderson
and land of James Raekliffe. They award M
damages to the Anderson heirs, and award Jas
| Racklffe $1,600. 80 III. i..-l r..at ..
All of the above reports were accepted ane
orders were passed laying out and estaofsnine
said streets. iy-l.f.f.'U
The same Committee also reported adverse
" on petitions for widening and continuing
Dow street Widening and Strengthening