The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-06-16
City Affairs.


An adjourned meeting of the Common Coun-
ell was held last evening.
The following papers from the Board of May
or and Aldermen were passed in concurrence:
Orders establishing the, grades of Deering,
Newbury, Cumberland, Pearl, Federal Chad
wick, Clifford, West and Mellen streets; order
referring John Gulliver's claim for excavations
made on Cumberland street; order directing
the Committee on Streets, Sidewalks and
Bridges to cause some part of a suitable street
to be paved with Scrimshaw's patent pavement
at an expense not exceeding 5000; order allow
ing the heirs of the late City Treasurer the sal
airy for the quarter on which he had entered at
the time of his death, at the rate of $4,000 per
annum was passed in concurrence.
The petition of Berlin Mills Company, that
Commercial street, from High street to the P.
5. u +. IL. X. depot; remOnstrance of Port land
Railroad Company against the proposed grade
of Middle street, from Franklin to India, at
the present time; and petition of G. FL. Chase
81 ais, that the sidewalk on the southerly side
of Congress street from Franklin to India
street, be raised to the grade of the street, were
each referred in concurrence
The order directing Committee on Streets,
Sidewalks and Bridges to grant to such per-
sons as desire to adopt Scrimshaw's patent
pavement for sidewalks the same aid as is Civ
en- IN the construction of sidewalks of brick
and sand, which came from the other Board,
was laid on the table.
The report of the Committee on Streets,
Sidewalks and Bridges recommending tlle dis
continuance of part of Chadwick street, was
passed in concurrence, but afterwards the vote
was reconsidered and the report recommitted
The salary bill was taken up and passed, the
salary of the ID Assistant Civil Engineer hav-
ing been fixed at $3.50 per annum.
A communication was received from the
School Committee, covering the estimates of
that departmentfort the year. as follows: Teach
ers salaries, VA, $50; ordinary expenditures,
$4,000; incidentals, $4,000; total, sos $50. Laid
on the table.
An ordinance regulating the numbering of
the streets, was referred to Joint spe ,ial Com
mlttee-Messrs. King, Harmon and Chapman
being appointed ON the part of this Board.
Mr.. Burgess of Ward l offered an order that
committee of one from each Ward, with
such as the Aldermen may join, be directed to
arrange for a suitable celebration of the Fourth
OF July, and appropriating $1,000 therefor.
A number of amendments, all of lesser
amount, were submitted, and the subject was
warmly debated. The amendments were sew
orally rejected and the original order refused a
passage
Mr.. Winship of Ward offered an order ap-
pointing committee of three from this Board,
with such as the Aldermen may join, be COM
mittee for the same purpose.
An amendment appropriating $500 was re-
Jected and the original order was passed by a
yea and nay vote of Is to 5. Messrs. Jose,
Winslow and Gould were appointed on the
part of the Council.
Ordered, That the Committee on Streets,
Sldew alks and Bridges report at the next meet
ing the estimated amount necessary to pay for
work already ordered by them.
The petition of A. j. Merrill & ais, for con-
tinuance of the Franklin street sewer 20 Back
Bay was sent up. Adjourned.