The Portland daily press., 1878-06-04
CITY AFFAIRS.
Regular Meeting of the City OouHciI.

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The regular monthly meeting of the City
Council for June was held last evening and the
following business transacted:
BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
The full board was present and Mayor Butler
presided.
A petition from John Langmaid for damages
for the removal of his barn, now on the site of
ST. John street, was laid on the table,
! Samuel D. Sargent was appointed specis1
policeman without pay at the Eastern depot,
| The remonstrance of Mr.. browne s. ais.
against the establishing of a stable on State
street was taken from the table and referred to
to the committee on health. N. Webb, ESQ.
appeared far the remonstIants
john WEIGH and Frederick j. Muller were
licensed as victualers
The committee on streets reported for the
grading of Sheridan street and an order for the
same was introduced and passed.
Orders Passed-That the Maine State
Agricultural Society have the free use of
City Hall, or such space in the City Building
as shall be permitted by the Mayor, from sep
tcmber 18th to oath, 1878, both inclusive, said
association paying for the gas used aud attend
ance on the ball and its appurtenances, so that
the same shall not te injured, and also
having the hall and all rooms used properly
cleansed. that the grade of Sheridan street,
from Congress to Adams Streets be and hereby
is established according to the report of the
Civil Engineer.
Petitions Presented and Referred-Of Geo.
a. Guptill and a great many Others asking the
oily to prevent the peddling of mer-
chand1sS in the streets without paying
license; of S. L. Carleton & ais. for gas lamps
on the corner of Cumberland and Merrill
streets, and on the corner of Turner and Mer-
rill streets; of Adeine Walker for damages
caused by defect in Pine street; of John
Sweetsir for permit to erect wooden build
ing on Clark street; of Lorenzo Taylor for
retaining wall in front of his lot on Mayo
street; of Orville G. Boyd for repair of the
sidewalk in front of his residence en- Brackett
street and the paving of the gutter; of j. ID.
Sawyer g. ais. for reduction in the rate of
weighing hay and also a reduction in the rent
of the hay scales.
An order was passed for the removal of two
trees on Newbury street.
The committee on the celebration of the
Fourth of July reported their programme and
asked an app ropriation of $4,000 to carry it out.
The committee propose a procession in the
morning, in which the fire department and
military companies shall take part, an enter
tainment for the school children in the after
noon at City Hall, the usual ringing of bells
and firing of salutes, the bands to play after
noon and evening, and temperance meeting
at behring's Oaks in the afternoon.
The report was accepted and an order passed
appropriatipg $4,000 for the purpose above
named, the same to be charged to the contin-
gent fund.
The Fourth of July order came back from
the lower board, having been amended and re-
committed. The board voted to concur where
upon Alderman Haseltine, the chairman of the
committee, resigned, and his resignation was
accepted. Alderman Brunell also resigned his
place on the committee, but the board adj ourn.
ed before it was acted upon.
IN COMMON COUNCIL.
The following order was passed: That the
committee on finance be and they hereby are
directed to enquire into the expedency of sell
ing the whole or a portion of the stock owned
by the city in the Portland Gas Light Company
and applying the proceeds of the same to the
reduction of the city debt, and report at the
next regular meeting of the City Council
Hiram p Hunt of Gray asked that $1,000
city boud which he had lost bs restored to him.
Referred
Ordered that the committee on streets cause
to be placed on the streets suitable posts or
rings, placed at proper distances, to be used
for hitching horses thereto.
The order was referred to the committee on
streets.
The matter of the Fourth of July celebra-
ton came up and Councilman Haskell moved
to amend by appropriating 5000 instead of ST.
0OO- Lost.
Councilman Robinson moved to amend by
approprating $500. Lost.
Councilman laugh moved to amend by
inserting $3.50.
Councilman Andrews amended the amend |
ment by inserting $1,000, which was adopted.
Councilman Sweet then moved to regumnt I
the order. Passed.
BRACKET STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.
The order looking towards the building of
the Bracket street school house, which passed
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen at their
last meeting, came up in the Common Council
and they voted to adhere to their former action
aud ask for com mittee of conference. The
upper board concurred and appointed Alder
men Small, Maxey and Cunningham. The
Council joined Councilmsn HASKELL Andrews,
Hall, Ridlon and Sturgis. The conference met
at 8. 80 in the Mayors Office. After an abb
sence of about three-quarters of an hour the
committee returned and Alderman Small re-
ported to the upper beard that the committee
were unable 20 agree and they were according
~ discharged. In the lower board Councilman
Haskell made a similar report. Ga being call
ed on for a report of the standing of the COM
mittee he said that the Connclmen offered to
refer the whole matter of the Brackett street
school house to a joint special com mittee to in
vestigate the whole matter and report With rec
concentrations. The Aldermen, he said, would
not agree to committee which should have
power to make recommendations and so the
whole matter was undecided. In this condition
the matter was left and in what shape it will
next come up is hard to tell.