The Portland daily press., 1875-07-08
CITY AEEAIRa.
The regularmonthly meeting of both branches
of the City Government was held last evening.

The regularmonthly meeting of both branches
of the City Government was held last evening
BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
All the members were present except Aid.
Gage.
Orders possed-Directing the City Treasurer
to issue $4,000 city bonds to the Portland &
Ogdensburg Railroad Company. [ The amount
OF work done on the extension beyond North
Conway is ST. 1903, 1924; total amount of bonds
issued including the present issue ST. 100000. |
Order directing CITY Treasurer to pay L. 5.
Iowle $500 for certain coupons of city bonds
owned by him but stolen after being cut off !;
for the revision of the jury list to be presented
at the next meeting; to introduce water into
the hay-scale lot; directing the location of
street lamps near j. +. r ,ndalPs house on
Eastern Promenade and at the corner of Pearl
and Kennebec streets; orders providing for the
building of the following sidewalks: on Brattle
street. corner of Hampshire and Middle streets,
easterly side of Thomas street, eaSterly side of
Lincoln street, and on Adams street; order au-
thorizing the Overseers of the Poor to adver-
tise for proposals for pntting in apparatus to
heat aims house and Greedy hospital in order to
ascertain the cost.
Leaye 10 aUithdrdw-Leave to withdraw was
reported by the Committee on Sidewalks on the
following petitions: of George Hall for side.
walk on Chestnut street; of Robert DeWolf
for same on School street; of Amos Winslow
for same on Preble street; F. r. Osgood ct ais,
for same on westerly side of Mechanic street;
of L. N. Smith for same on Dow street; of S.
r. Ladd ct ais, for same on easterly side Of
Spruce street; of John Kinsman ct ais, for
same on east side of Spring street, also on re-
port of Committee on Sewers, on petition of
Smith and Brown for sewer in st. John street;
also of Committee on Public Buildings, on petit
ton of President of Reform Club for City Hall
for meetings of the club free of charge; also
on petition of KING hit & Osborne for authority
to build wooden awning at corner of Oxford
and Mayo streets. The reports were accepted
and the petitioners in all the above cases were
granted leave to withdraw.
Petitions Presented and Referred:-Of P.
McShea for authority to build wooden dwell
ling house two and half stories high on Con-
gress street, of j. +. Proctor for permission to
erect one story building 3Sx90 at the corner
of Middle and Hampshire streets; of Alfred
Woodman ct ais, Cor street lamp at corner of
Deering and Avon streets; of f. G. Patterson
for same on Neal street; of William Foster for
license to keep an eating house in store at
No. Moulton street.
COMMON COUNCIL
The meeting was called to order by the Clerk
Mr.. Barnes, the President, Messrs Mcmahon,
Gallison and Leach being absent Mr.. Small
was chosen President pro tenn
The papers from the upper Board were dis
posed of in concurrence.
Quite warm discussion sprung up on the
order passed at previous meeting appropriat-
ing $500 to purchase heating apparatus for the
aims house, The former action was reconsider
ed and the order indefinitely postponed, after
which the order passed by the upper Board was
passed,