The Portland daily press., 1872-02-06
never heard that the P. s. R. demonstrated

never heard that the P. s. R. demonstrated
against it
Mr. Deane replied that he didn't know it was
the business of the p. s. r. to demonstrate. LII
people wanted to build an independent road to
connect with them they could not repel them.
Did the CITY of Portland demonstrate? No.
The Mayor remarked that being at Augusta
he appeared before the Committee and opposed
the charter. He was not instructed, but acted
in his individual capacity.
The Convention then dissolved.
After the Aldermen had returned to their
room Alderman Winship offered the following:
Resolved That in the opinion of this City
Council there seems to be no good reason why
the citizens of Portland should not have the
privilege of voting on the proposition to loan
the credit of the city to the Portland and Og-
densburg Railroad Company to the amount of
$500, 900, as proposed by said railroad company
in their petition to the State Legislature.
Refused passage yea, 3 nays.
IN COMMON COUNCIL.
Councilman Tolman of Ward Z, offered an
order calling for the enforcement of the ordi-
nance forbidding the loading and unloading of
cars on Commercial street until 5 P. NJ. Pass
ed and sent up
Papers from the other Board disposed of in
concurrence.
After the Convention had dissolved, Mr.. Fes-
sender of Ward 6, offered the following:
Resolred, That the representatives of the city
to the Legislature of the State be requested to
support as an amendment to the bill authoriz-
ing the city to loan its credit to the Portland
and Ogdensburg railroad the following: Pro-
vlded, That before this bill shall be submitted
to the people as herein provided, the directors
of said Portland and Ogdensburg railroad shall
file with the City Clerk of said City of Port
land list of names of residents and property
holders of said city who shall, over their sigma
lures have declared themselves in favor of the
loan of credit as aforesaid and which list of
names shall represent upon the assessors books
OF said city more than two-thirds of the valua-
ton thereof. Is
The resolution was refused passage, Z to TO-
Mr.. Fessenden then offered the following:
RESOLVED, That the representatives of the city
In the Legislature be requested to present to
the Legislature and support the following bill:
An act in relation to the city of Portland
Be it enacted, &C., That in all questions con-
corning the appropriation of money by the city
OF Portland for any purpose not strictly munich
pal, to an amount exceeding $1,000 or relat-
ing to a loan of the credit of the city to a like
sum, shall be determined by majority of the
voters of the city, and also by majority of
such votes as are rated upon the assessors
books as property-holders to the amount of
$1,000 each. fa.s4saElt clio e5s..ss
After debate Mr. Fessenden withdrew the
second resolution and offered again the first res
olution with the words "a majority substitute
ed for the words more than two-thirds' in the
last line
DIR. Gordon moved its indefinite postpone
ment LOST to Is. The order was passed by
a yea and nay vote as follows: ~
Yeas-Cunningham SWEET, Rich, Josselyn
Daveis, Sampson, Fessenden, Clement, Toll
.Nays-Stanwood, McAlleny, Austin, Gordon,
Shaw, Kimball, Jackson.
Adjourned .Gt t...