The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-04-11
Oily Affairs.

Aldermen was held yesterday afternoon.
Jurors-James I'll. Hamlen and Frank FL.
Chandler we're drawn as grand Jurors and
Leonard Eusts and Albert III. Gushing petit
Jurors for the U. y. Circuit which meets on the
Cyrus w. Caswell, John B. Cummings aud
Thomas b. Cook were drawn as petit juiors fer
the U. 8. District Court which meets on the
10th of May. al' 7f N = ~,
Benz. G. Miles was appointed special police.
man at the Grand Trunk depot without pay
Joseph Y. Woodell special policeman at the
Portland Fraternity rooms, without pay. An
drew Merrill special policeman without pay
Franklin Iqkey, undertaken, and special po-
Petitions Of E. B. Knapp and George f. Eos
ter for permission to erect wooden buildings on
Cumberland and Walker streets were referred
with power.
Petition of David Chandler for abatement in
his assessment for the construction of a side
walk in front of his lot on Newbury street ives
referred to the Committee on Streets, &c.
An order was passed authorizing the Com
front Of lot No. 80 Oak street, owned by Mrs
The following order was introd uced by Aid.
Corey, and after some discussion, in which it
would not entail any expense upon the city for
damages but, on the contrary, would save the
city large amount, which would have to be
expended for excavation, in case the grades as
ed, was unanimously adopted.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
Ordered-That the Committee on Streets
SIDEWALKS and Bridges are hereby authorized
to recommend and report new grades to be es-
tablished on the following streets, viz: Spring
street, Carleton from Bracket to Congress;
Cumberland, from Green to High; Bracket
from Spring to Pine; Congress, from Vaughan
to Neal; Green, from Congress to Portland;
Hampshire, from Congress to Middle. Ok
ford street-PearI, from Congress to Lincoln:
Spruce, from Emery to Clark; State, from
Deering to Portland; MelleD, from Deering to
Portland; High, from Deering to Portland;
Cumberland, Sherman and Grant, between
High and Mellen; Carleton, from corner Of
Neal, four hundred feet towards Bracket.
Adjourned.
IN BOARD OF COMMON COUNCIL.
The regular monthly meeting of the Board Of
Common Council was held last evening. si
Various papers from the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen were acted upon in concurrence.
The order to pay the Richardson Wharf Co.
5000, ADDITIONAL for land taken in the extern
sion OF Centre street was tabled.
The order instructing the City Treasurer to
pay no money that is, or may hereafter be vot-
ed by the School Committee as salaries to their
Executive Committee" or to any person for
services rendered as q member of said commit
zee, came down, referred to the Committee on
Public instruction. This Board non-concur-
red in the reference, and passed the order.
Councilmen Rich, Davies and Shaw were ap-
pointed on the Joint Special Committee on
Union Depot.
Counelmen, Tolman, Sta nv God and Clement
were Joined to the Committee on Water and i
Hydrants. E fs
Councilmen Daveis and Sampson were Join
ed to the Committee on a new valuation.
Councimen Sampson, Austin and Fe,sen-
den were Joined to the Harbor COMMITTEES |
A communication was received from the
Street Commissioner, William A. Goodwin,
Esq, recommending adherance to the present
grade OF Spring street, between Clark and
tween these points. He also includes the en-
tire street in the recommendation. He alludes
to the intended change of Grade of the whole
street, from High street westerly, irrespective
of the heavy cost of grading and the still more
considerable expense of damages upon the
abutting estates, and says the only reason he
can gather from the profes for the proposed
change is, that the intersecting streets may be
crossed on level grades Changes for such pur-
pose he does not approve and thinks they
would be OF no practical Importance in COM
parison with the cost of the work and the
heavy damages incident to the disturbances of
long established grade.
The Engineer desires to save every dollar
which is not ihdispensably required to be ex-
pended on the streets, and in the presentas ina
large majority Of cases of recommended changes
from the recorded grades, he only asks that the
long established grades of the thickly settled
streets, which are good enough, may be 'let
Alone" and that whatever may be requisite for
these streets be expended in repairing and sur
facing the same upon the old grades. A year
or two of work, on this system, with the or
binary appropriations, would leave large sum
available for paving and other permanent i'm
provements The carrying out Of the grades
which he finds laid down on the profles in the
Engineers Office would, in his opinion, involve
slightest benefit resulting. The greater part OF
this sum would be in payment of damages.
tOn backgrounds he recommends substituting
the present grades of the streets named in the
order which passed the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen, as given above, In the proceedings
of that body. .--.-.<
Mr.. Goodwin then in response to request
from the Board, made some statements in rela-
ton to the streets, and answered certain ques-
tions proposed to him. The Board then sus-
pended its rules 30 as to act upon matters that
had been initiated in the other Board to-day.
The order in relation to the grade OF streets
was then taken up and unanimously passed in
concurrence.
Petitions Presented and Referred Hersey,
Fletcher & Co. & ais. for sidewalk on the s. w.
side of Union street, from Fore to Commercial
street; of G. 81. Merrill & ais. for extension OF
Henry street to Congress street; of James
Cunningham & ais. for sidewalk and crossings
on Washington street; of E. G. Merritt for
damages amounting to $780, in consequence of
Salem street not being graded of j. B. Thorn
dixie & ais. for sidewalk in Salem street.
The Board received an invitation to attend
the ball of the Irish American Relief Associa-
ton. Adjourned.