The Portland daily press., 1875-11-02
CITY AFFAIRS.
Regular Month"; Meeting of the CRY
Council.

Regular MONTH, Meeting of the CRY
Council.
Last evening both branches of the City Coun-
Gil held their regular meeting for November.
BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
The Board was called to order at o'clock,
all the members being present
Orders Passed Author ri the Street Com
NIT ee TO cause 10 ne graded so much of Island
Avenue (Peaks lsland) as they may deem ex-
pedient. 10 be dOUe by contract or otherwise;
Order reported by Committee on Street Lamps
to locate gas lamps on Emery street in front of
Home for Indgent Women" on Green
street bet ween Cumberland aud Portland; on
Congress street, near foot of Ellsworth street;
corner of Wilmot and Dyer's lane, also oil
lamps on Adams street, provided the same can
ne lighted without cost to the city; directing
the Committee on New Streets to consider the
expediency of disseminating that part of Con.
gress street laid out to straighten the line OF
said street on the land of Chas. Jones heirs in
1867; to widen Sherman street five feet from its
junction with High street, 1870 feet to the
easterly side of Green street; also to widen
Grant street 10 feet, making it go feet. (Ex
tends from High to Green street,
Petitions Presented and Refe7Ted.-Of Matt
Adams ct ais. for gas light on Melbourne
street, between North and Willis streets; of
II. s. Bennett for permission to erect wooden
dwelling house on Spruce street; of Elizabeth
W. Dean for same on Elm street; of jonathan
Eastman for same on South street.
The petitions of s. P. sGetchell ct ais for the
continuation Of the sewer on Portland street;
of Jerry Desmond ct ais. for same on Fore
street; of James Clapp for same on Casco
street, were severally referred to the next City
Council. The same reference was made on an
order of Aug. TO- 1875, directing the Committee
on Drains and Sewers to build sewer in Cum
berland street, from near junction of High
street to State street, and down State to Port
land street.
The order for hearing on petition for
sewer on Salem street, from Brackets to Clark
street, was taken up, and no one opposing, an
order was passed appropriating money to con-
struct said sewer.
A similar order relative to a sewer in Pros
pect street and objection being made to its con-
struction, the order of appropriating money for
the same was referred to the next City Coun-
Gil.
A communication was received frem Auditor
NOVEL; stating that the appropriation for Pub
lie Buildings is expended and that further ap-
preparation will be needed to meet further ex-
penditures.
Pending the passage of the order to grade
Island avenue, the Mayor informed the Board
that the lowest bid for grading the same from
the school house east is 1886. and that bid the
City Committee was disposed to accept.
A bill of John B. Brown for dredging his
dock at the outlet of the Middle street sewer,
amounting to $479.13, was referred to the Com
mittee on Claims.
Pending the passage of thelordinance relative
to the transportation of dead bodies to be Or
dained, Alderman Brunei moved an amend
ment to the effect that the prohibition be con-
fined to the moving of such bodies as are in
tended for burial in this city. The amend
ment was agreed to aud the ordinance as
amended was passed to be ordained
COMMON COUNCIL.
All the members were present. The follow
ing petitions were presented and referred: OF
Richard Cole ct ais. for street oil-lamp on
Franklin street, below Lincoln; of E q. An
drews for gas light on Winter street. between
Spring and Gray streets; of Clinton T. McIn.
tire and fifty others for oil street lamps at the
corners of the following streets: Kennebec aud
Green, Kennebec and Bratte Kennebec and
Paris. Kennebec and Hanover, Kennebec
and Preble, until such times as gas lights can
be substituted
The papers from the'upper branch were dis
posed of in concurrence