The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-07-28
City Engineers Report. SIS
CITY ENGINEER's OFFICE,
JI1lv ia 1894

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To the Hon. Mayor and City Council Of the
City of Portland: n ,lnF. $50
/ GENTLEMEN: In accordance with an Or
der passed the 9th inst, I herewith report pro-
gress on the work therein contemplated In
accordance with the plan, would recon-
mend the following alterations in the streets
in the burnt district. First, widen and straight
en- York street, from Park street to the Juno
tion as per plan making said street sixty feet
wide between those two points. Secondly.
straighten Maple street from Danforth to
Commercial street, widen the same from thir-
ty-nine to fifty feet. Continue Centre and
Bank streets through to Commercial street and
widen on easterly side from thirty-six to forty
feet. Lay over Cross street as shown on Man
and widen to fifty feet, Widen Union street
to sixty feet and continue through to Con-
gess street and discontinue Temple street.
Straighten Exchange street from Congess TO
Fore street, as shown on plan. Lay over
Lime street as per plan and widen from forty
three u fifty feet Make Chapel street of the
uniform width of twenty feet from Congress
to Cumberland street, it being now fourteen
feet in width at Congress and twenty feet at
Cumberland street. Continue Pearl street
straight across the city, substituting it for
Silver and Willow streets, the two last named
being respectively twenty nine and twenty
four feet in width, both to be discontinued.
and Pearl street continuation to be fifty feet
In width. Continue Wilmot street across the
city parallel with Pearl street and fifty feet in
width and discontinue Church end Garden
streets, Vine and Deer streets-the last named
being In width nothing but lanes. Widen
Chatham street from one rod to thirty three
feet in width, and continue the same to Com
mercial street. Widen Quincy street to twen-
ty feet equally on both sides. Continue Boyd
street from Cumberland to Congress street and
lay over and straighteh Hampshire street to
Commercial street and widen to fifty feet.
Continue Mayo street through to Congress
street and discontinue Locust street. Con-
tinue Anderson street through to Congress
street and discontinue Montgomery street.
Lay out a new street across lots from the
junction of Free and Middle streets to con-
nection with Sumner street at India street.
the same to be fifty feet wide. Widen and
continue Federal street in direct line to
Mountfort street, the same being sixty-six feet
in width its entire length. Discontinue that i
portion of Middle street lying between Ex-
change and Free streets. Continue Spring
street from South st. to Middle at Exchane
street at the Post Office building. Widen
Fore street from South to Exchange street
from fifty to sixty, and make,a new laying out
OF the same from Exchange to Hancock street
of the width of sixty feet, and discontinue all
that part of the old street from Exchange to
to India streets. Continue Plumb street up !
to meet the continuation of Free street. Ali
the alterations and improvements herein sug-
gested. are marked on the plan herewith sub
mitted. All the squares formed thereby be-
ing colored red, and all the new lines being
also shown in red. The same plan shows also
the lines of the streets as they now exist in
black. would recommend that the Legisla-
ture be requested to frame law authorizing
the city to take any and all lands that may be
required in making improvements, with power
to sell after the said improvements are made.
In this way the city of Boston makes all their
improvements without cost. I would most
earnestly urge your careful consideration of
all the Improvements herein suggested, be-
lieving as / do that the best interests of the
city demand that they be made, and that all
future generations that inhabit our beautiful Z
city will accord to us of this most grateful
remembrance. & 49, - -,
Respectfully submitted. @ zql
, a., s-4s. CHAs r. GooDELL, sssI
.gsi4o8 ss 1G City Civil Engineer.
In BOARD OF MAYOR and ALDERMEN, -
5eaa ns.ssl july 10, 1866. ~
4 Read, accepted and referred to the Commit
tee on laying out and widening streets.
Attest, -. ]. M. HEATH, City Clerk
,s'aegg bodaaa In COMMON COUNCIL,
80, go aaE I, 40 80. ~" a. July 10, 1866. 'f
Read twice and accepted, and referred to
Committee on Concurrence. s5e SOS Be s1iale.
Z Attest IRA j. BACHELOR Clerk