The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21
City AnaIrs.

A special meeting of the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen was held last evening.
Various papers from the Board of Common
Council were acted upon in concurrence
The order 10 pay the Wa er COMPANY 5000
for water Tor the iouotan corner OF Fore aud
Centre streets, iu full Tor all claims, came I'D
and refused a passage in the Common Coun-
Gil. AID. Mccarthy moved to recede and con
cur. Aid. Curtis hoped the Board would not
concur, but W. uld insist upUn passing The or
der. Aid. Senter supported the Oroer. Aid.
Mccarthy further opposed the order, contend
lug that the Water CompaU had been paid all
that was JUS ly due tnem, aud more too, for IN
stead of leu drinking tuntains we have only
two or three. Aid. Wiuship said the company
had hardly supplied the hvdrants with sufi-
cient water. The question Of receding and
concurriug with The Common Council was
lost. Yeas-Aid. Mccarthy and Winship.-
Nays-Ald. Curtis, rolford aud Ser ter Alb
sent, Aldermen WescotG and Bailey. The
Board then insisted upon their former vote
passing the order
The matter OF the assessments for the Pleas
ant street sewer came up. Mr.. P E. Varuum
Que Of the abuttors, appe ired before the Board
and contended that number OF occupants on
South street, who entered the Pleasant street
sewer, were not assessed, and he tbOug BIT they
should be. Mr.. A K. Shurtleff, one OF the
South street occupants, SAID ne lot know
how they could be assessed until sewer had
been built in South street. When such a Sc wer
was puiit iu S0uth street he was willing to pay
his assessm- ut.
The matter of sewers in Bracket, Mellen.
and Pleasant streets, and Eastern Piome made
was referred back to the Com nittee on Drains
and Sewers, with instructions TO report separ-
ate orders establishing the as essments for each
sewer.
Petition Of Baxter Scott for leave to extend
wharf at Peaks Island was read and order of
notice was voted thereon.
A communication was received from j. w,
Symonds, City Solicitor stating that the Grand
Trunk and Atlantic & st. Lawrence Gonna.
nies had accepted the proposition made to them
relative to the payment of bonds and coupons
in gold.
The Commissioner of Streets reported on
sldewalks built during the past year. The
Orders sPassed-Authorizins the City Treas.
urer to transfer the mortgage of j. NJ. Fluent
to the city to other parties upon payment of
the full amount due on said mortgage; estab-
fishing the Sa aries OF the Board OF Loan Com
missioners at $100 each for the current year;
directing the City Treasurer to collect from
the parties, owners OF lots mentioned in the re-
port OF the Commissioner of Streets for SIDE
walks built 10 front OF their lots; that The
claims and bills against the contingent mud be
changed to that account and any deficiency
theIeiE be supplied from any account having
a surplus; supplying deficiency in the appro.
priatiOn for public and city buildings from any
account having a surplus; directing subordi- |
nate city Officer who are required to make an |
annual report (exempting the City Treasurer |
aud Auditor OF AccOunts) to submit their re- |
ports to the City Council on or before Monday |
March 9Th; to pay Samuel Libby $10O, addi-. |
t onal, for damage TO his property by change of |
grade of Lafayette street; to pay P. w. s
Nckerson $75 for injury sustained by defect in
the street, corner of Federal and Exchange
street.
The Committee on Damages for grading
streets reported refereuce to the next City
Council GU petitions of A D. Sweetsir, L. V.
Philbrook, j. w. Clark and GardDer Apple
ton, Abigail 6. Babcock, and w. E. Denuis
and alS l.eport accepted.
L-ave to withdraw was voted on petitions of
j. s Clark, II. s. Burgess, D. Jordan. Charles
e. Tbonas, John Harrison, Ann Rooney and
John Cavanaah.
The N sitter of Grainiog the swamp ad Joining
Dow's and Harris tanneries was referred to the
next City Council
Gu petition OF W. S. Trefethren and ais for
the Improvement OF the old school house on
Peaks Island, permission was granted.
The Judicial Committee reported reference
to next City Couucil on petition of w. W.
DAVIS for claim for extra labor on hydrants.-
Accepted
Leave to withdraw was voted on petition OF
John D. Williams and Henry I. Emery for in
crease OF compens alton.
The Centre street school-house WIS ordered
to he placed in charge of the Committee on
Poblic Buildings.
Reierence to tine next City Government was
reported on The order TOR the erection of an en-
gne house on the hay scale lot; also the petit
ton Of the Overseers of the Poor for au apprO-
priation OF $4,000 10 ft up the Greeley Hospital;
also on communca'ioo from Hon. f. o. j.
Smith, Offering to sell the city lot OF land op-
posite City H all; also petition of Merrill
Place tor reduct,ou of land rent .or citS market;
on motion of Aid. Curtis, whu said he was op
posed { referring so mauy matters to the new
City Council, indeti,iie postpoumeut was sub
stitu ed and the matters were inde fnitely post
poned.
The Mayor was authorized to sell, if he deems
it expedient, to John G. Tukesbury. small
piece of laud corner OF Franklin and New bury
streets. Adjourned.