The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-03
CITY AFFAIRS.
Regular Meeting of the City Council

Both branches of the City Council he'll
meetings last evening
BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
All the members of the Board were present.
Petitions Presented and Referred:-Of Gard
ner Wood for authority to erect a wooden
dwelling house in Tolman Place; of John Ryan
for permission to build stable in rear OF Clark
street; Of Mrs. J. I. McCobb for lot in Ever
Reuben Hoyt for damage to land by reason OF
widening Federal street; of E. p. Chase for
new street to be laid out from Green street to
aims house; of Charles Perry ct ais. that the
turn table OF the Forest City Horse Railroad
on Spring street be abated and removed on the
ground that it is public nuisance. of s. f.
Spring ct ais for the extension of the wooden
pavement on Spring street, from Bracket to
Thomas street; of G. S. Hunt ct ais. relative
to taking land at junction of State and Pine
streets for that purpose; of G. ii. Colby ct ais
for sewer in Summer street, from BracketG TO
Clark; of j. S. Bond ct ais for sewer in Fox
street.
Orders passed-Orders reported BY tie Com
mittee on Claims authorizing the City Treasur-
er to pay Edward Harrigan $240, and VIM.
Ladigan $500 for damages sustained by reason
of change of grade; order authorizing the
Committee on Public Buildings to purchase
400 tons of coal, by contract or otherwise, for
the use of the city buildings; order authorizing
the Committee on Public Buildings to lay a
new platform on city hay scales; order author
izing the Committee on Streets to purchase
PAIR of horses for the street department..
The Mayor read communication from Hon.
F. Robbie, acting president of the P. & R. Rail-
road, stating that the company had been offer
ed $500 for a lot of land purchased in 1850 for
depot purposes, but afterwards abandoned, and
asking for authority to sell the same, and the
following order was passed: b, .... IN.
Ordered-That agreeably to the request of
the Portland & Rochester Railroad Co., accom-
panying this order, the Mayor be and is hereby
authorized to release the quit claim deed, the
interest of the city under mortgage of said
company, in and to a certain lot of land stu
ated on the west side OF Presumpscot river,
purchased of said company for depot purposes,
upon payment of the sum of $500 into the sink
ing fund for the redemption of city bonds is
sued in aid of the construction of said railroad
being the amount which said company is to re-
ceive for said land. - ,S5.a.
Alderman Gage presented the following or
der which was passed.
Ordered-That committee of three be ap.
pointed. with such as the City Council may
join, to make such arrangements as they may
deem proper for the reception of the city gov
ernments of Worcester, Mass, and Nashua,
N. H., and fix some day to invite said city gov
ernments to partake OF the Inequalities Of this
city, ,the expense of the same to be charged to
the contingent fund.
The Mayor appointed Aldermen Gage. Fox
and Waterhouse committee on the part of that
Board. On motion the Mayor was added.
Alderman Gerrish complained of the great
nuisance of tramps and presented the follow
ing order, which was passed:
Ordered-That the City Marshal be author.
lied to arrest as Migrants all tramps found in
the city.
The Mayor presented the revised jury .list
containing 500 names, which wasIadopted.
The petitioners who asked that the sewer as
sessment upon the OH Lady's Home be abated,
were granted leave to withdraw.
Gilbert L. Bailey was licensed to sell gun.
powder.
In some discussion respecting the cause of
the insanity of person whose arrangement
was first exhibited on the street, an Alderman
suggested that it was doubtless caused by the
original spelling on some of the newly posted
guide boards for the streets.
The bond of F. W. True, as constable, was
approved.
Papers from the lower board were disposed
of in concurrence.
IN CONVENTION
In convent lion J. H. Baker, j. H. Baker,
Jr., G. F. Rounds, W. w. Dyer. and F. 81.
Cole were elected weighers of coal, and f. W.
True constable.
COMMON COUNCIL.
The following members were absent: Msssrs.
Shaw of ward ], Mcmahon of ward 2, Brown
of ward Z.
Mr.. Gallison of ward g. presented the report
of Committee of the Overseers of the Poor,
transmitting the lowest bid for putting steam
beating apparatus into the alms-house building,
to the effect that Messrs. Daniel Winslow &
Son had made the lowest bid which was SAB
for doing the whole work, and appending re-
quest of the Board of Overseers that the COM
mittee be authorized to complete the contract
with the above named firm.
The report was accepted and an order passed
authorizing the City Treasurer to hire $500,
on such a term of years as was most advantag.
eous. which sum should be appropriated for
the putting of steam heating apparatus in the
aims house. and that said sum should cover all
expenses of said work. The order was passed
IA to a. Messrs. Cunningham. Hannegan, Rus
sell and Harmon voting against tbs order
Ut was unanimously adopted by the Alder.
men,
The petition of A. D. Brown ct ais. for a
street lamp on Spring street, near Mr.. Browns
residence, was referred to the Committee on
Street Lamps with power.
The papers coming from tn, upper board
were passed in concurrence.
The following committee were appointed on
the part of that branch to invite the city gov
ernments of Worcester and Nashua: Messrs.
Roberts, Leach, Greeley, Hannegan and Dem
nison. On motion, President Hale was added
to the committee. 4E