The Portland daily press., 1879-05-14
MAINE CITIES.
lettings by Press Correspondents.
ROCKLAND.

TUESDAY, May ID.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Aramander Dag
gett, a chief carpenter making repairs ON
schooner Helen, fell into the hold upon an
adz which inflicted very severe flesh wound
in his back, just below the hip. By singular
coincidence the Helen is the same schooner
upon which Mr.. Rogers was at work when he
was so badly hurt short time ago, and his
injuries were also received by falling into the
hold.
The City Council held four hours session
last evening, and thrashed out business as fol-
lows:
The resignation of City Marshal Spear,
rendered on account of poor health, was
received and accepted, and Capt A. j.
Crockett elected to the vacated position on the
third ballot receiving IA votes to Is for F. H.
Ulmer, last years incumbent. Capt. Crockett
is a Democrat and quite popular.
An order was passed providing that per
cent interest shall be charged on all unpaid
taxes after October 1st.
An order introduced by Mr.. Hewett in
structing the Rockland directors of the Knox
& Lincoln Railroad to use their influence to
ment OF trains for the better accommodation of
the business of the city, was defeated in the
Board of Aldermen to5.
An order looking to the establishment of
street boundaries according to survey made
by the late Edwin Rose, was passed
City Solicitor Mortland made an elaborate
report, giving his opinion that the contract of
the city with the Water Company is illegal
and that the bills of the Company for water for
sprinkling the streets during the last year are
not legally due. He takes the ground that the
people cannot be taxed to pay for water for
this purpose and that a contract made by a
City Council is not legally binding the city
after the term of Office of the members has ex-
pired; also that the council which made the
contract had no right to exempt property of
the Company from taxation. He also declares
the contract void on the ground that a stock
holder Of the Company was member of the
Council which made it. Numerous authori-
ties were cited
The committee on streets were authorized to
contract for lumber for the use of the depart
ment with Jones & Bicknell at 1874 per NJ
Proposals had previously been invited and
Messrs. Jones & Bicknell made bid as above,
and the contract is to be made with them not
withstanding a responsible man, Capt. o. X.
Grant, made bid offering to furnish lumber
at $3.50 per M.
Rolls Of accounts were passed as follows:
Highways, $5.61; Fire Department, $3.50;
Poor, $340.27; Contingent, $2.75; Police 1886.
Total $354.09
An order to straighten Main street was
passed by the Common Council and tabled by
the Aldermen.
An order by Mr.. Hewett forbidding the
further use of limerick chips ON the street, was
lost in the Board of Aldermen.
An order authorizing special committee to
make new water contract was passed by the
Aldermen and killed in the other branch.
An order by Mr.. Hewett directing the
Street Commissioners to allow men to work
out their poll taxes on the highways, was
passed by the Aldermen to3.
w. III. Rhoades was licensed to sell gun
powder.
An order calling on the Grand Army Post to
show what they have done with the money
granted them by the Council for the celebra-
ton of Decoration Day, was tabled.
&c. +. Upper was appointed sealer of weights
and measures.