The Portland daily press., 1871-06-06

An order was passed authorizing the City
Treasurer to settle the claim of DOlan and
Shannehan against the city for constructing
sewers, on the terms proposed in their COM
municatiOn.
An order was passed requesting the trustees
of Evergreen Cemetery to ascertain and report
on what terms the lot OF land adjoining the
cemetery, belonging to Storer Libby, can be
purchased.
Alderman Senter offered the following reso-
luton:
Resoloed- That the Committee on Fourth of
July celebration be and are hereby requested
to dispense with all plans to celebrate the
Fourth except by music, ringing of bells and
national salute; the expense OF the same not |
to exceed six hundred dollars.
The resolution was debated at length and re- |
fused passage, to A.
Leave to withdraw was reported on petitions
OF II. S. Burgess, Sewall Bucknam and iona.
Eastman for damages to property by change
of grades of streets; also on petition of l.. V.
Phibrook for compensation for damages by
reason of change OF grade OF Eastern Prone
nade also on petition of Amos Chick tor
sidewalk in front of his premises, No. % Tying
street.
Aid. King called up the order laid on the
table at the last meeting, providing for the
substitution of Lowry for the disabled john
sou hydrants, with the provision that a gate
shall be placed at each hydrant il the Commit
tee deem it expedient; and the order passed
Petitions presented and referred-Of Chas.
ii. Pickett and ais. for compensation for dam
ages TO property by reason of the change of
grade OF Mavo street in 1870; OF John J. Frye
for sidewalk in front of No. Portland street.
Orders passed Paying Francis ii. Wilbur
$115O; Elsie j. Plummer $1400, for damages to
property by change of grade of Oxford street;
paying James Jordan $500 for damage to prop.
cry on Centre street by reason of change OF
grade; paying John Dain $50 for damages to
property by reason OF the change of the grade
of Portland street; to pay A. ID. Sweetsir 500
for damage to property by change of grade OF
Portland street; 10 pay Jonas W. Clarke $l5h
and Gardner Appleton $50 for damages to
properly by reason of change of grade of same
STREET. paying john Cavanaugh $75 for dam
ages to property by reason of change OF grade
of Fore street; to pay Margaret Sullivan $3.50
so in payment for land taken on Hancock St
to pay john Harrison $75 for damages to prop
erty by change OF grade Of Fore street; auth
orizing the construction OF sidewalks, as fol-
lows: brick sidewalk on Smith street, on petit
ton of w. L. Haggett and ais: sidewalk on
Cushman street, on petition OF Frank Il Al
leo and ais; brick sidewalk on Mayo street, on
petition OF Is. G. Somerby; brick sidewalk in
front of No. AZ Federal street. on petition of
Lin Green brick sidewalk on northerly side
of Newbury street between Franklin and lu-
dia streets, on petition of Il. Thurston and ais;
brick side walk on corner of Franklin and Fed
eral streets, on petition oil Sarah Turkey; con-
crete sidewalk on Cumberland street between
PEBBLE and No 200 Cumberland street, on pc
titon of John Hdnkerson; brick sidewalk on
OF r. w. Worcester; brick sidewalk on the
westerly side of Emery street between Spring
and Pine streets, on petition OF 5. ID. meal
pine and al; concrete walks on both sides OF
Spring street near Centre, aud on South street
near Spring; concrete sidewalk on Franklin
street from Fore to Middle on petition OF John
H. Costello; brick sidewalk on Bracket ST., on
petition of L. b. Reed; sidewalk and crossing
on Washington street, petition of j. Gun
ningham and ais brick sidewalk on Melbourne
street, on petition OF Matthew Adams
The Committee reported ''inex pedient' on
petitions to lay sdewalksson Bracket street
between Pine and Carleton streets, and for a
brick sidewalk on Maple street.
The order for sewer on Thomas and Carroll
streets was taken from the table, discussed aud
refused a passage, 2 to 5.
An order was passed, directing the Commit
tee on laying out new streets to inquire into
the eypedency of laying out the continuation
of Oxford street frcm Washington to North
street. and also for the continuation of Larch
street to some point porthwesterly of its pres.
ent termination.
An attempt was made to call out repor,
from the Committee on Streets, Sidewalks and
Bridges upon the question of a sidewalk pc
tltioned for on Portland near Green street, IN
which a claim for damages is involved, blu
it failed, and the Board adjourned.