The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-02-20
CITY Affairs.

A special meeting of both branches of the
City Council was held last evening.
The resignation of William H. Ayers as sec
ond assistant engineer of the Fire Department.
was received and accepted.
Petition of Samuel Lincoln for compensation
for damages to property occasioned by change
of the grade of Federal street, was referred.
A communication was received from the
City Solicitor, informing the Board that the
contingent fund is already exhausted and the
outstanding bills will create large deficiency,
and asking an additional appropriation.
An agreement in writing was received from
the Forest City Sugar Refinery, relinquishing
all damages and claims against the city, caused
and to be caused by the city sewer emptying
into the Company dock; the city to remove all
deposits in said dock; this agreement being in
accordance with the conditions whereby the
city has exempted said Refinery property from
taxation for the term of ten years. The agree
ment was accepted.
An order came up from the Council appoint
ing Messrs. Tolman, Fessenden and Gaubert
a committee, with such of this Board as may
join, to make contracts for printing the annual
reports The Aldermen concurred and Messrs
Corey and Mccarthy were joined.
A communication was received from the
Overseers of the Poor, asking an additional ap-
preparation of $4,000 on account of the expen-
ditures of the department being necessarily
greater than the estimates, and also on account
of the loss of stock by sickness; and an order
was passed auGnOrlZlng Cne treasurer. 10 nlre
the amount asked for on one year.
The Committee on Streets, &C., reported the
appropriation for that department exh austed
and some of the work had been suspended. An
order authorizing loan of $4,000 for one year
for the use of the above department., was pass
ed.
An order was passed authorizing loan of
81, 500, on one year with semi-annual interest,
for the Contingent Fund.
Alderman Corey, from the Committee on
Revision of Ward lines, submitted the report
of the Committee as follows:
Ward /, commencing at the harbor at point
parallel with the line of the centre of Water
vile street, thence on such line to the centre of
Monument street, thence on such line to the
centre of Mountfort street, thence on such line
across Congress street to the centre of Wash
ington street, thence through the centre of
Washington to the channel at Tukey's bridge.
Ward includes the territory lying between
the west boundary of Ward l and line COM
mencing at point in the harbor in a line with
India street. thence passing up through the
centre of India street to Congress, thence down
the centre of Congress to Locust, down the CEN
tire of Locust to Cumberland, through the can
tire of Cumberland to Boyd, down the centre of
Boyd to point on Back Cove in line with
this street.
Ward includes the territory lying between
the western boundary of Ward 2 and line
passing up through the centre of Commercial
wharf, thence up through the centre of Market
ing in the City Buildings, thence down through
the centre of Myrtle to point on Back Cove in
a line with this street
Ward embraces the territory between the
western boundary of Ward and a line begin
ming at point in the harbor between the Ber-
lin Mills and Smiths wharf, thence passing up
through the centre of Maple street to Pleasant,
thence up through the centre of PIE isant to
Oak, thence up the centre of Oak to Congress,
thence down the centre of Congress to Casco,
thence down the centre of Casco and crossing
Cumberland to Hanover thence down the CEN
tire of Hanover to Back Cove.
Ward embraces the territory lying between
the western boundary of Ward and line COM
mencing at the harbor, at point parallel with
the line of the centre of Park street, thence
through the centre of Park street to Congress
street, thence through the cestre of Congress
street to State street, thence through the centre
of State street across Portland st. to the creek
that divides Portland and Deering
Ward embraces the territory lying between
the western boundary of Ward 5 and line
comm encing at the harbor, at a point parallel
thence through the centre of Clark street to
Pine street, across Pine street to West street,
through the centre of West street to Carlton st.
to Congress street thence through the centre of
Congress street to Grove street, thence through
the centre of Grove street to the line dividing
Portland from Deering.
Ward includes all the territory southwest
of the westerly division of Ward 6.
The number of voters in each Ward will be
as follows: