The Portland daily press., 1877-11-06
CITY AFFAIRS.
Regular Monthly Meeting of the CITY
Council.

Council.
The regular monthly meeting of bott
branches of the City Council was held last
evening and business transacted as follows:
BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
The full Board were present Mayor Butler il
the chair.
| The auditor reported that the appropriation
for the Fore street wall and the special appro
priation for sewer repairs are expended, and
that forihealth very nearly.
| The Mayor presented the order passed at the
last meeting foE the abatement of taxes of the
Portland Water Company, with his approval
to which was attached the following note
| N. B. The above approval is given with tbe
understanding and pledge that the COMPANY
| will not ask any further aid of the city hereaf
| ter, and this endorsement is made with the
knowledge and consent of Hon. George p.
Wescott, the Superintendent, as evidence of
such pledge and understanding. But the same
| is not to be construed as any pledge or under
standing on the part of the city to continue any
aid or assistance already granted to the COM
pany or not to terminate any existing contract
between the city and!company
M. M BUTLER
A. Dunlap, Ham & Brown and T. A. Hatch
were granted license as victualers
The Portland Horse Railroad Company was
granted permission to put in curve on Con-
gress street at the head of High, and to build
turn out on Congress street between Wash
ington and Merrill streets, on condition that
the streets be put in good repair and paved the
length of the turn out.
T. Hopkins was licensed 10 keep fish store
at 124 Exchange street.
The committee on cemeteries and public
grounds reported that it was inexpediept to re-
move the tree on the southeast side Of Danforth
street, assasked for by A. w. Whitman.
Ordered, That the City Treasurer bs and he
hereby is authorized to execute deed in behalf
OF the city with usual covenants of warranty
to convey to John f. Proctor upon the receipt
of $40 certain lot of land situated on the
southeast side of Spring street, belonging to
the city, being the same bargsined BY the
committee on sale of real estate to said Proc
ter.
This order was passed after long discussion
by vote of five to two. The Democratic
members of the board opposed the passage on
on the ground that the committee was not full
as Mr.. Hayden had removed from the city and
bis place had Dot been filed. Following this
discussion came the following:
Ordered, That the City Treasurer be and he
hereby IN behalf of the city is authorized to
execute with the usual covenants of warranty
deeds to convey to parties purchasing such
parcels of land belonging to the city, situated
on Weymouth and Grant Streets as NAV be
sold by the committee on sale of real estate ad-
vertised by them to be sold at public auction.
This brought out another labored discussion
with the same result as before. Passed five to
two
Orders PdsSed-That the committee on
streets. sidewalks and bridges be requested to
examine into and report TO the City Council at
It's next meeting as to whether the large de-
posit of gravel, sand and stone now within the
limit of the proposed extension of st John
street cannot be made available and advan.
tageously used by the city, thereby securing a
supply of such material as we'll as looking to
the early grading and completing Of said st.
John street.
Petitions Presented and Referred-Of IT. G.
Peabody It ais. for sidewalk on Cumberland
street; of Thomas Mccarthy to erect wooden
building on York street; of Lewis L. Thurston
bourne street; of Richardson Wharf Company
for the allowance of claims for the filling up of
their dock; of H. G. Bean to keep an intill-
gence office; of Messrs. Leathe & Gore
tor damage by the overflow of a sewer;
OF Oxnard & Robinson, to introduce the cleo
trc thermostatic fire alarm in the City Build
Ing; OF e. Short, for an oil lamp on the cor
per of Cumberland and Lafayette streets; of
Henry Golden, to be appointed constable; of
Wm. Murphy, to keep fish market at No. 90
Green street; of 7. 81. Weston, for payment
for land taken from lands of Mrs. Harriet
Pope on Poplar street; of committee, to erect
wooden building on Elm street to be used as
Lutheran church; of Francis Fessenden. that
the order OF Oct. ], 1877, adopting the assess
ments upon the Mellen street sewer be amend
ed SO as to make such assessment payable to
the city as entry is made from the correspond
ing lot; Of Andrew Larkin, for damages in
Cured by an alleged defect in the streets; the
matter of taking possession of lot of land on
Danforth street was referred to the City Solic-
1tor; also that the Solicitor examine into the
point of the dividing line between land of the
city and land belonging to J. B. Brown on ST.
John street A petition for the raising of cross
walks on the corner of Carlton and Congress
streets was referred with power.
The commissioners of the sinking fund of
the Portland & Rochester Railroad Company
made their annual report. from which it is
learned that the following is the condition of