The Portland daily press., 1870-12-06
CITY A6oira,

The regular monthly meeting Of Board o
Mayor and Aldermen was held last evening.
The Mayor being absent Alderman Yves
colt presided.
Permission was granted Thomas Parker t.
erect a wooden building for dwelling house
and store corner of Clark and Commercial
| streets.
A communication was received fr,m the
City Auditor stating that the appropriation;
| for the support OF the poor, also that for water
| expenses, were exhausted.
A communication was received from the
Overseers of the Poor, stating that the appro
priat;on of $4,000 made for the support of the
poor was exhausted. They ask for a further
appropriation of $500. AT the commencement
OF the year they estimated the expenses of their
| department at 1921, 900. The City Council ap-
propriated only $780, 900. The communication
was referred to the Committee on Finance.
Charles W. Hanson, sexton of the Federal
St. baptlst Church, was appointed special po-
hcemen without pay and undertaken.
| A. II. Purington was appointed special po-
| liceman without pay to be stationed at the
Portland Co.'S works.
Permission was granted to E. H. Gillespie to
erect bowling alley on Plum street.
The Mayor was added to the committee on
the communication from the Chicago Board of
Trade. relation to the Portland and Chicago
railroad.
Petition OF c. Sager s. ais. for lamp post
on Commercial street between Maple and
High streets, was referred to the next City
Council, in consequence of the appropriation
for street lamps being exhausted.
Bill of w. w. Davis for extra excavation in
setting branches and for damage for delay of
work land an order to pay the same and that it
be char ged to the water account, were referred
to the Committee on Claims.
Alderman Curtis called up the order from
the other Board, relating to an enquiry wheth-
er the Street Commissioner had attended to
his duties (Which was laid upon the table at
the last meeting of the Board). After some
debate the order was refused a passage and
was indefinitely postponed. Those who voted
in favor of the order were Aldermen Curtis
and Winship. Those in the negative were AL
dermen Senter, Mccarthy, Wescott and Bal
ley. The vote ON indefinite postponement of
the order were-yeas, Senter, Mccarthy, Wes-
colt and Bailey. Nays. Curtis and Winship.
Aldermen Senter offered an order that the
Committee on Hydrants be authorized to pur-
chase any good MIGRANTS to replace those of
the johnson pattern which had given out 1t
appeared from the debate that ensued, that
some eight or ten Of the johnson hydrants had
already given out and are not in a state to be
used. 1t was said the Lowry hydrants were
in good condition, but the trouble was to get
at them. After some debate the order was
withdrawn for the nresent, upon the state
ment that the appropriation for water had
been exhausted.
Orders passed-Directing the City Solicitor
to commence legal proceedings to secure and
enforce the right of the city to receive pay
ment in gold of the several obligations Of the
Atlantic and st. Lawrence Railroad Company
to the city, under mortgages dated prior to
February 18th, 1862; for new outfall from
the High street sewer; that the 1900 maps of
the city, just received, he placed in the hands
of the City Clerk for sale-the 500 on map pa
per and the 500 on linen paper at 80 cents each
Cor 55 cents to tie trade) and the 200 on draw
ing paper at 81 each Tor IS cents to the trade),
and that the 200 maps presented to the city by
the Coast Survey be placed in the care of the
City Clerk, and that the Mayor have copy
of the same sent to towns and cities with
whom we are in the custom of making ex-
changes; that the City Treasurer be directed
to pay the Water Company 5000 on their re-
ceipt in full for the value of the water used
from the Fore street fountain, and in full of all
demands against the city to January 1, 1871.
Petitions Presented and Referred-Of Samuel
Libby for increase damages by change of grade
of Lafayette street; of Georgia A. Jones for
remuneration for injuries sustained by her in
falling over ledge of rocks on the sidewalk
in Oak street, Oct. 21st; of the truckmen of
Portland for amendment to the ordinance reg
ulating the unloading of cars on Commercial
street, so that cars shall not be unloaded on
the northeast side of the street until after six
O'Clock p. m. of Ann Rooney for dxmage to
property by alteration of the grade of Mayo
street. Adjourned.