The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-04-07
City fla RS.
The regular monthly meeting of the City
Council was held last evening.


Council was held last evening
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
The use of the small unoccupied room ad-
Joining the passage way TO the dome, IN the
third story of the City Building was granted
the Portland Society of Natural History, for
the purposes of a library and for meetings.
Leave to withdraw was voted on petition of
w. L. Smith for remuneration for injuries sus-
tanned by him in being thrown from his vehi-
Gle.
The bond of the City Treasurer was approx
ed
Petition of Portland Mechanic Blues for an
advance of $500 towards completing the uni
forming of that company, and proposing to
perform public escort duty and in suppresslng
riots for five years free of charge to the city,
whenever called upon so to do was referred to
the Committee on Finance.
Nelson Howard and E. H. Ripley were ap-
pointed special policemen without pay.
Communication from c. r. Goodell. City
Engineer, asking for the confirmation of Frank
d. Moore, VIM. L. Bradley and Edward B.
Cummings as first, second aud third Assistants,
was laid upon the table.
Memorial OF OsceOa jackson, respecting the
dock at the foot of High street was tabled.
IN CONVENTION.
The two branches met in convention for the
purpose of hearing report from the Portland
Institute and Public Library.
Hon. William Willis, President of the In
slltule redd me AMI ual report, ana tnen pre-
scented memorial for aid rom the city.
recess was taken for the purpose of allow
ing the members of the City Council to il sprct
the Library and the room. While there, Gov.
Washburn made some stirring remarks upon
the utility OF the object and the great benefit it
would be not only to our city but to the whole
State.
The convention, after the recess, was dis
solved.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
An order was passed appropriating $1,000 to
the Institute. That portion of the memorial
relating to further accommodation was refer
red to the Committee on Public Buildings.
Aid. Fessenden, from the Joint Special Com
mittes on City Printing, reported that the pro-
posals OF n. A. Foster were the lowest.
An order was then passed directing the Com
mittee on Printing to contract with Mr.. Foster
for the city printing for the present municipal
year.
"a d. Fessenden made report upon the ex-
pediency and cost of a temporary roadway or
Il ramp at the Dutch Gap" The cost of the
roadway will Dot exceed $1,000.
An order was passed, yeas 8, nays 2, instruct
ing the Committee on Streets, &C., to put I'M
der contract the construction of temporary
roadway, as recommended by the committee
at a cost not exceeding $4,000, or to build a
ramp, provided the land can be obtained, at an
expense not exceeding $500, provided the com
mittee think that project the best.
In Board of Common Council the order was
tabled.
The ordinance providing for the stated meet
lngs of the City Council passed to be ordained.
Orders Pdssed-Drecting the Committee on
Public buildings to purchase 80 tons of coal
for the use OF the City Building; authorizing
the committee on Judicial Proceedings to ar
range for the trial of street appeal cases by
committees, when parties agree; requesting
the commissioners of the building loan to re-
port at the next stated meeting of the CITY
COunnil the nf honIS
hand and the class of loans already made; di-
rectng the City Auditor TO lay before the CITY
Council at or before the next stated meeting Of
the City Council, estimates of the receipts and
expenditures of the city for the current muni-
cipal year; directing the Committee on Lay
ing ont New Streets to consider and report the
expedency and the cost of laying out a new
street, TO run from Exchange street, between
Middle and Fore streets, to Union or Cross
street; repeating all grades that baye hereto
fore been established for streets from the sum-
NIT of Munioy to East Commercial street.
Petitions presented and referrcd-Ot Stephen
Il. Thompson & as. Tor a SIDEWALK on Vaughan
street; OF RUFUS Deering & ais. for a sewer
through Henry street; of Frederic Oliver &
ais. for sewer through Waterville street; of
lothian U. Lewis for remuneration for dam
age to his PROF erty in consequence of change
of grade of Hampshire street; of James A .
Tenney & ais. for sewer through Emery street;
| of A. ID. Brown q ais. for extension of a sewer
| from Thomas to Neal street; of Sheridan &
| Griffith q ais. for sewer in Carleton street;
| of A e. Stevens for sewer in Spring street,
between High and Oak Streets OF A. D.
Brown & ais. that the grade OF Clifford street
may be established; of Josiah L. Boston & ais
| that the City Council will reconsider its de-
mand upon them for rent of land ON Market
street. OF n 3 Fernald for remg6sfEatipp5nh ta5
9 S.aaney Street, from an mperlectio3 in said
street; of f. Fox & ais for lamp post at the
junction Of the court leading from No. Middle
street; of j. G. Proctor & ais. that Henry
street be extended to Congress street; of VIM.
and opened from Deering to Cumberland
| street. Adjourned. -
IN BOARD OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Mr.. Jose presented the memorial of Nathan
Cummings q ais. for an appropriation by the
| city of the amount necessary to secure the
holding of the State Fair in this city.
He also p esenten an order for the appoint
ment OF a committee to make all the ecessa-
ry arrangements for said Fair, the whole ex-
pense not to exceed $2500.
line passage OF the order was opposed by
Messrs Chapman and Dow, and was support
| ed by Messrs. Jose and Mccarthy, and was
| passed by vote of 16 yeas to NAYS,
| Francis Libby & ais. petitioned that the
sidewalk in front of the brick block in Lin
| coin street, between Wilmot and Franklin
| streets, be raised.
Joseph Walker, Jr. & ais. petitioned that
new street should be laid out, running from
Congress street, west of Forest Street. to Port
land street.
A re solution was adopted that the members
of the Common Council meet at the "Dutch
Cap" at o'clock, Wednes6 ay afternoon, to
view the present situation of Congress street.
The Board OF Mayor and Aldermen had adj
| lourned when the above proceedings took
place in the Board of Common Council; and
| therefore, they could not be sent I'D for action
in that body last evening.