The Portland daily press., 1875-03-02

behring's bridge $Zoi.lo, Aoi w. ~. %
bridge s13Ss7; for Tukey's bridge Sa''o4'o ''
for Vaughans bridge so, 1926 ooo
There have been laid the past year l9'ooo
yards of pavement; of wood pavement railway,
$3.50 yards; of granite, 1,7S8 yards; OF concrete
1900; of cobble stone for cutters, 4,zlS' ZOE
crossings 100; for repairs 4,516-
There have been laid and relaid II ,46l linear
feet, making II 1903 square yards; 7,z64 iees Oh
new brick have been laid, 2,619 of old brick re-
laid, 912 of concrete and 666 of plank laid.
There have been set and reset 1O,857 feet OF
curbstone.
CITY MARsHAL'S REPORT
From the City Marshars report we learn that
there have been 3,143 arrests during the year
an increase from last year of 56. For assault
there have been IS arrests; for assault with IN
tent to kill, 4; adultery, 3; ARRAY, 49, breaking
and entering, 43; common seller, /; common
drunkards, SO; drunkenness, 1881; drunken
ness and disturbance, 3S7; embezzement, d;
forgery, 3; keeping house of ill fame, z; lar
ceny, 1888; malicious mischief %; night walk
ing, 5; open shop on Lords Day, a; rape, l.;
robbery, 8; suspicion of larceny, 81; Suspicion
of murder, 1; suspicion of arson, 1; swindline'
6; search and seizure, r; selling liquor, 8; vag-
rants, SO. There have been committed to the
Workhouse, 80; sent to Reform School. ~; as
charged without complaint, 2.131. Or persons
arrested, 1885 were Irish, q Swedish, l,ool
Americans, 20 French, Y English, Is German,
Is colored Americans, Scotch z. Danes o.
Spanish s, Italians ], Indians g. There nave
been 1, 145 persons accommodated with iods-
ings at the station. The value of lost properly
recovered is $3,614.60. Of stores found open'
the number was 155; places of nuisance visited
Ats; lost children found, 40.
CIVIL ENGINEERS REPORT.
From the report Of the city civil engineer we
learn the following: A street pa feet long ana
80 feet wide. to be called Warren street, has
been laid out from Monument to Congress
street. A street 60 feet wide to be called Gill
man street, has been laid out from Congress,
opposite the of Carter street, along the
slope of the Hospital hill, to West street.
A northerly extension of St. John
street has been laid out, go feet wide, from
its northerly terminus to the Saccarappa road
A street, so feet wide, to be called Ogdensburg
street. has been laid cut from Congress street to
the P. & o. railroad, a distance of 1915 feet.
A street of 40 feet width, to be called CLARK
street, has been laid out from York street, par
alel and contiguous to Clark street, between
York and Commercial streets, a distance OF 235
feet. From point on Portland bridge, nearly
opposite its connection with the trestle bridge,
a way 80 feet wide has been laid out across the
railroad grounds to the line of State street pro-
duced, and thence. with the same width, d.
rectly towards State street to Commercial
street. The construction of this street from
York street to the southerly side line of Com
mercal street is to be completed by the city,
the remainder by the railroads in interest.
Cumberland street, between State and Mel
len streets, has been graded to depth of one
foot below grade, the road bed being either
ledge or clayey loan. The embankment on
Carter street has been brought to grade. A res
ervoir Oh ledge stone, laid, dug, and covered
closely with timber, has been built on Merrill
street. 1t is twelve feet deep, aud with ten
feet of alter will contain upwards of $4,000
gallons. The city's part of the work on Clark
street is nearly completed. The grading of St.
John street has been begun by the removal of
100 cubic yards of gravel.
Congress, Cumberland, State, Pine, and
Spring streets have been remembered. All the
requisite measurements for this purpose have
been made on Oxford, Federal and Cross streets
and those on Free street are under way. 1t is
suggested that the old numbers of the other
streets be retained until several other plans
shall be submitted and approved.
A demand for lots in locality not previously
laid out having arisen, plan has been begun
of new section lying south OF Garden aud
Valley avenues This section, lying at the
head of the long strip included in the Libby
purchase will afford another entrance from
street recently laid out towards the cemetery
from the Plains road.
The excavation of Washington street cut has
been completed to sub grade and ballasted to
grade with gravel. 1884 cubic yards of earth,
43 cubic yards of rip-rap were deposited in the
Marginal Way 1851 of earth came from gray
ell bed in Deering, 2144 of earth and rip-rap
from North street, and the remainder from the
Washington street cut North street is safely
passable between Washington street AID the
Promenade. The track of the Portland and
Rochester has been extended to connect with
the Grand Trunk.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWERS.
The report of VIM. A. Goodwin, Superinten-
dent of Sewers, shows the following facts:
The new sewers built cost the city as fol-
lows: Bracket street, $239.97; Brown street
assessments not yet determined); Cotton
street, 1916 go; Canton street, $1l494; Carroll
street, S1S6. 95; Congress street, 1851. 80; Dan
forth and Maple streets, $647,1 10; High street,
$147.77; Munjoy street, $2S7.43; Pleasant street
street, $338.35; Spring street, $131.17; Salem,
Briggs and School streets, $1,11O.S2; Temple
street, $6439; Washington street. $90.5S; Lau-
rel street $25; Deering place, $50.
The following sewers have been repaired:
Hanover street. Anderson street, Paris street,
Browns wharf, Portland street, Union wharf
and Washington street at an aggregate cost of
$754.36 1858 46 has been paid out to connect
culverts with new sewers and to repair old
ones. The total expenditure has been SIS, $751;
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