The Portland daily press., 1879-03-04
STREET LINES.

| northwest corner Turner and Promenade; and
| six on the line between the; Lougfellow LOT and
city lands on Muujoy Hill On this north west
corner of franklin and Cumberland and south
ery line of Spring near Nav they have been
| reset at grade Instrumental lines have been
given for building purposes in 80 instances.
| GRADES.
Grades have been adopted for st. John.
Douglass, Sheridan. Fletcher and Orchard
streets; cuts and fills designated for grading.
| No change of grades involving damage has
besn made, and grades for building have been
| given In 45 instances.
| NEW STREETS.
Sheridan, TAYLOR, Orchard, Ind Fletcher
| streets bave been laid out but not graded The
| grading of st. John street has been continued,
| snd great deal of coarse material obtained in
| the excav vations where the street crosses city
land. and deposited in the embankment be-
tween Congress and Portland streets, across
| which heavy blind stone drain, enclosing a
plank drain has been laid. The cut adjoining
| Congress street at the end Of this embsukment
| has been nearly completed. the material gone
! toto the fill together with 1000 cubic yards
| taken from southerly side Congress street,
near Weymouth, in grading that street to its
| full width of 66 feet The keeper of the Aims
| House, Mr.. Merrill, under the direction of the
| Overseer of the Poor, is complimented for this
work, which, under Contract would have cost
$4,000.
BOUNDARY LINES.
| The boundary lines between the city and
| Deering have been resurveyed and adopted by
| the governments of the two places, and monu-
| ments placed The line between this city and
Cumberland has been new, but the work com.
pleted too late in the season to set monuments
SURVEYS AND PLANS
| have been made OF the above named boundary
| lines; of Sheridan, Taylor, Orchard and Fletch-
| er Sts. ha proposed street on Long Island:
widening of West and Congress SITS change of
location 90 Gilman ST. and Kennebsc St.;
ak,~ol k4xca 1ofo Rro nIyaft Nnot nr,I
| Sts; westerly corner Congress and Melen
| streets and an area between Eastern Prome-
made, Munjoy and Congress sts and Harrson's
lane; sites Of alleged accidents on Congress aud
North parts of section Q. Evergreen cemetery,
with paths aud lot lines; southerlg and Forest
| City cemetery: Little Chebeague Island;
| street sewer Plans have been made of all
| lands 10 the westerly part of the city. with
streets, existing and proposed, lots sold and
i offered and boundaries of lots bordering on
| city lands in which questions of title might
| arise Including copy OF every city deed to the
real estate; plan OF proposed Improvements
| ou Promensdes; manuscript additions to the
| lithographic plans of the city showing new
| streets boundary lines, sewer system and II
| sheets of renumbered streets. An immediate
| result of the lsyiDg down of lots suitable for
building purposes on the plan of lands Of the
city, has been the sale during the year of 13
lots for $3.297 95 which with those sold last
year will aggregate 81 497 .05 for lands hereto
fore unproductve.
LEVELS, PRoFILEs AND PROMENADE M
PRovEMENTS.
Levels and profles for number of streets
are given.
made on the prone ,ades between Oct 9Th
aud Nov. 8 b, 1875 The large gulch on the
Western Promenade was turfed, shaped and
filed, two b9ds graded aud laid down grass,
30 elm and rock maple trees purchased and
planted and 100 cubic yards gravel collected
worth, by next spring, ST. q yard. On the
Eastern Promenade the wall at the northerly
entrance was chinked, pointed, copiDg reset,
and embankments made behind it. The whole
cost Of both promenades was $993O7. Area of
unoccupied building lots on Western Promen-
ade is 435,000 square feet; Eastern 2013000
square feet. The suggested Improvements
will enhance the market value of the adjacent
territory and at even An average advance of one
cent foot would go far towards completion Of
Improvements thus far prop ,sed. A fuller
plan of the Eastern with the proposed improve
ments will be completed before March 31st.
REMEMBERING STREETS.
Skeleton plans AID numbers have been given
of Bowdoin, Carroll, Carer. Forest, Charles,
Weymouth, Chapel, Church, Deer, Chatham,
Douglass, Greenleaf, Grove Hill, Ellsworth,
Poplar, Warren, West and Winthrop streets.
BRIDGES.
Tukey's and Vaughan's have received ex-
tensive repairs under he direction of the Com
mittee on Streets; the latter bridge under the
DYER of the committee. These bridges are
subject to considerable expense for repairs
every year, owing to the worms with which
our waters abJund. If built of iron and stone
tbs floors would still be wood. The cost of
repairs does not equal one half the annual in
terest on cost of rebuilding, and $4,000 per
year expenditure ought not to be considered
unreasonable. Methods for inexpensive pro-
lection of piles from worms are now under
trial and an effectual protection will doubtless
be found, relieving such repairs OF their
heaviest items of expense. A thorough in
specion OF every pile has been made and many
fonnd eaten down to mere pont. An i0spec-
tion early 10 every season would clearly show
what must be the expense of replling before the
beginning of the work.
FINAL.
Evergreen Cemetery has had lots from to
1876 laid out iu section o, aud 80 ots in section
Forest City Cemetery. The report closes with
the Inventory of Office equipments and a
tribute to the assistant eng neers.
Report of Sewer Department..
| The report of Mr.. Goodwin ln relation to the
sewers has been published from tme TO time
during the year. Under the head of Sewer out
| lets aud sanitary conditions the engineer re-
lates how the city took possession of the Mill
| Pond with the consent of the owners, and then
| during the year. kept the fats covered by hold
| Ing the tide on the pond for as many days as
| possible relatively to the sewers discharging
| therein. Repairs were made in the main gate
| and bulkhead around the mil Daring spring
tides the water was dra~n off once week,
during southerly weather, if practicable, to re-
lieve the sewers The southerly creek, at the
| head of the pond has been cleared ag AIN, par
ticularly that portion adjoining the slaughter
| house. The sewers have been covered with
gravel at small expense. The condition Of the
| meadow, through which the plank channels
| pass, has been so changed that where stagnans
pools once stood cows are seen grazing The
| Green street sewer iostead of dischargIng di-
rectly under Deering's bridge, causing the in
| flow of sewers to the pond at first-half food
tide, has bsen Intercepted ard ddlverted to the
| channel below the bridge, with close plank
| dram. The plank channels at the sewer out
| lets have received no damage from it the past
season and fully served their purpose They
| have b3en faithfully and constantly cleaned by
| a nan who has taken care of the cove shores,
| and buried, below high water mark, hogs, so
| dogs. 101 Cats. 30 hens and IL heaps of rotten
msat and fish-the greater part during the ex-
| cessige heats of August, when might have
| bred lestience ana been attribute to sewers.
| Taking altoge her the city has been relieved of
| the necessity Of The imme tate consideration of
| flo al system of sewerage, which shou d in
volve the construction Vt the Marginal Way be.
| tween its present westerly terminus and the
| raising of the grades between that street and
Portland street, beyond Marston, not to say
| over Back Cove distrIctsto Anderson street. The
| old brick sewers have been found clean and a
| greater interest has been taken by household
| erS IN G06 C0DQttOn OIL S6rVlC6 plpbb anu V6nGl.
latiDg faes. Oar sanitary condition has been
much improved.
For work in connection with mill. ........$ $260.50
Slaughter house aud creeks. .............. 1890
Care OF outlet channels. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 243OO
Diversion OF Green street .............. 65I B
Clearing Maple street reservoir ....,......... 400
| Total Observation-Disclosures. .s1o555
A reference is made to the Aims House
| sewer extensions.
| City Marshals Report.
| The total number of the force is SO, of which
10 are day and 20 night patrolmen. There
have been two changes in the force during the
year, Albert Huston, deceased, and bis place
| filled by VIM. J. ucCallum Sth Sterling,
resigned, and his place filed by John Massure.
The total number of arrests was 2,433, of
| which 125 were for assault and battery,
adultery, 80 affray, 80 breaking and entering,
60 common druokards 1221 drunksnness, 322
drunkenness aud dlstur Dance, 14ev aiding fare,18
insanity, 2 keeping house OF i'll fame, 147
| laIcanY. 56 maliclous mischief g nht tanning