The Portland daily press., 1868-07-07
City Affairs.

IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN !
The regular monthly meeting of this Board
occurred last evening.
A communication was received from the
Union Wharf Proprietors proposing to allow
that part OF their wharf which extends beyond
the harbo: line to be discontinued provided it
be done at once while .he propretorS are ma k
ing other repairs, and asking that & eemmjs-.
sion may be appointed by the city government
to confer with the proDrietors in relation there
to. The Harbor Commissioners also recon-
mend that the city accept the above proposal;
and Aid. Lewis and Warwick were appointed
on the part of this Board.
Jos. W. Eastman was appointed and con.
firmed a policeman. e.-.
A communication from the Street Commits
sloner was received, stating that the repairs
and alterations on Cumberland street re-
tween Wilmot and Chapel were made at an
expense of $2099.37.
A license was granted to James Herbert as
victualer petition of Webster & Burns
for same was II fused.
The Committee on Accounts reported that
they had examined the Auditors accounts,
and that tn We're properly authorized and
correctly stated.
The same committee also reported as above
IN relation to the accounts OF the Treasurer
and Collector -
Petitions Presented and Referred.-Of e.
Corey ct ais, that Oak street My be wldened
between Spring and Fee streets; commune
cation of the Chief Engineer of the Fire De-
partment, alleging that the present room on
the corner of Spring and South street, used
for drying and cleaning hose, is too small and
lnconvenient f,r the purpose, and asking for
the erection of building for that work; of
Chas. w. Cahoon, for permission to pro0el
street CARS for the purpose of carrying passen-
gers and freight through the streets Of Port
land by means of his hot water locomotive,
used without fire; of Theodor johnson ct ais,
for sewer on Cushman street, from Lewis to
Emery street; of II. M. Paysoh ct ais, for a
sewer on Exchange street, from Merchants
National Bank building to connect with the
sewer i'll Fore street; Of P. F. Varnum, for a
sewer on Pleasant street. between Center,
South and Oak streets; of G. S. ID. Griffin, for
permission to cut down tree on Daniorth
street. .1e.s..a.r
Orders passed-Directng the City Treasurer
to pay the Portland & Rochester Railroad
Company the proceeds of $4,000 of the bonds
OF the city, as authorized by the citizens OF
Portland on the 81 day of june, &C.; directing
| the payment of S75 to Sophia G. Manuel, Tor
compensation for damages in widening Hamp-
| shire street; directing the Committee on Lay
| ing out Streets to consider the expediency OF
| laying out Neal street from Pine to Clifford
| also of laying out new street on the lines OF
| y street from Vaughan to Thomas; paying
| Allen G. Fish, a soldier from Portland, $50 adj
ditonal bounty, he being entitled to the same;
directing the erection of a lamp post on Win
| ter street, between Pine and Spring; directing
| the erection OF a lamp post on State, between
| Pine and Spring streets; and on State street
| between Spring and Gray streets; appropriate.
| ing $4,000 for the construction Of protection
| W Ill against the Eastern Cemetery, along the
line of Federal street; directing the payment
of $1,000 to John CULVER in full for his claim
| for work done on Cumberland street between
| High and Green streets; directing the Com
mlttee on Public Buildings, in connection with
the School Committee, 10 pccpare plans and
Specifications for !, ~, tory wooden school
house, to accommoda;., $50 scholars, on Peak S
Island, and advertise proposals to build the
same; directing the erence of all bills on
printing to special committee Tin concur
renee with the lower b strl) and joining Aid
Carter to the committe :. Adjourned.