The Portland daily press., 1870-06-21

IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN
A special meeting of the Board was held last
evening.
Charles Day & Go. were licensed to sell fire
The report Of William H. Walker, late Lii.
quor Agent, was read aud referred.
A protest from the Water Compapy again st
the pipes OF the company unless the city shall
pay for the putting in of stop gate to enable
the company to shut off the water at its pleas
ure: was received and referred.
The Committee on Accounts reported that
they had examined the books and accounts of
the Treasurer and of the Auditor, and find
that the money paid out up to the close of the
last nnancial year was properly authorized and
that their accounts are correct in form.
The salary order came up from the Common
Council passed in concurrence with the excep-
tion Of the salary of the Liquor Agent, whc b
was liked at $1,000, it having been fixed by the
Aldermen at $500. This Board concurred with
the Council in fixing it at $1,000
The permit heretofore granted Greenleaf
Sawyer to erect a wooden building on Chest
nut street was revoked.
permit was granted Sarah j. Black stone
TO erect wooden building on Dow street.
Mrs Stafford des red permit from the AL
dermen which should give her due authority to
enlarge the "Hotel du Stafford" add new rooms
and give greater couveniences and reader ia
clities to tie public. The Aldermen could
uoC see IL AM cruelly denied her request
A permit was granted B. f. Strickland to
erecta wooden building in the rear Of Heath
street.
The order providing for an increase of five to
the number of the policemen was recOnsidered
and refused a passage.
Alderman Senter, chairman of the commit
zee on hvdrants, upon an order passed some
Ime since, reported that the committee did not
think iradvisaDe to contract to pay the Water
Company $4,000 in five years.
The same Alderman then introduced an or
der authorizing the committee on hydrants to
contract for ten drinking fountains at an ex
pense for water not to exceed the regular wa
ter rates. a.
Alderman Bailey moved to strike out the.
last clause and advocated liberal policy4O-
ward the Water Company.
AID. Senter SAID that we had not much in
formation about the Water Company; we do
not know who constitutes the company who
are its members and where they live; we do
not know whether the expense occasiOned by
the obstructiOns near the lake, which is made
the basis OF the present application, falls upon
the company or contractors The order was
referred.
Petitions Presented and Decentralization of
Jonas w. Clark and Gardner Appleton for
damages from change of grade Portland street;
of Richardson Wharf Company for damages
from change of grade of Centre street; of A.
X. Shurteff ct. al, that obstructious upon
South street be removed; of S. Rounds e.. al,
that the grade of Boyd street pe raised to that
given by Charles R. Goodell; of T. B. Reed ct.
ais, for sidewalk on Bracket street from
Vaughan to Carleton street.
Orders pGssed-To construct sewers as fol-
lows: in Exchange street from Middle to Milk !;
IN Mountfort street from Adams to Monument;
in Mellen street from Congress to Deering; in
Brackett street from Pine to Carleton.
The general appropriation order was taken
up and completed by sections, as follows: