The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-03

l lu6re Has U60U Il disagreement Dotwpnn
the board of engineers and the committee on
| fire department
On motion of Alderman Hassett the repo,t
| OF the committee was received and recommen-
dations adopted
The board declined to concur in the action
| of the lower board in relation to the sale of
| land owned by the city, to the Portland &
Rochester railroad, referring the whole subject
| once more to the full committee on unimprov.
| ed real estate, and voted to insist on their
| original action, and requested committee of
conference, but the board was informed that
the lower board had already adjourned.
Alderman Sargent presented communica-
ton from A. S. Mitchell, Clerk of engine
company No. l, in relation to the pay and fines
of one of the members of his company attach.
ed by order of the Chief Engineer to the Ward
one engine house. and, on motion of Mr.. An
drews it was referred to the fire committee.
The Mayor asked what had been done to So
care prompt attention to fires that NAV occur
in Ward one and vicinity.
Alderman Deering said eleven men had been
hired in addition to the temporary company.
The board adjourned at midnight.
IN COMMON COUNCIL.
Papers from upper Board passed in concur
renee.
The order for the Auditor to pay the bills Oh
the Milk street Market was laid on the table,
then taken from the table and passed in con-
currence.
Mr. Pennell offered an order, which was
referred and sent up, that the Committee on
Public Buildings take into consideration the
condition of the city stables, and see what will
be the expense of covering the side exposed to
fire from the Rochester locomotives with slate.
The order selling piece of unimproved real
estate to the Portland & Rochester road, passed
by this Board, was reconsidered and referred
to the entire committee on unimproved real
estate with orders to report as soon as expedi-
ent.
Messrs Abbott, Pickett, Little and Tewks-
bury were appointed committee from this
Board on celebration of the the 2OOth anniyer-
sary of Falmouth.
The report of the committee of conference
on the Steam Engine No2 question was ac-
cepted and recommendation adopted in concur
renee.
THE HORSE RAILROAD EXTENSION.
The committee on extension of the Horse
Railroad reported as follows substantially:
Your committee do not deem it ad pisable to
enter into the project for the following reasons:
1st-The unimproved land belonging to the
city in this immediate locality (the West End)
to be made available and attractive to pur-
chaSerS requires that the streets should be
opened as per plan of the CitysEngineer.
2d-It does not appear to the committee that
the land will increase in value to the extent
claimed by the advocates of the road, or, in
the opinion of the committee, enough to cover
the ultimate cost to maintain the road should
it be built.
3d-We find that, upon consultation with
the City Engineers, that a retaining wall
would ultimately have to be built on the south
side of Congress street on the contemplated
line OF this road at an expense which your
committee cannot now estimate.
4th-In consultation with the City Solicitor
our attention has been called to the legality of
the order, and we would call yohr attention to
the ordinance relating to the sinking fund,
page G4, sect 2, and amendment page 70, sect.
l, recorded in Municipal Register for 1870
5th-Your committee believe that the princi-
Gle OF a municipality aiding private corpora
ton is wrong; therefore we cannot recommend
the passage of the order.
The report was accepted and sent up. 1t was
signed by all the members of the committee
The original order was then taken from the
table and indefinitely postponed.
NEW FIRE ORDER
Mr.. Jordan offered an order authorizing the
Committee on Fire Department and Board of
Engineers to reorganize the Fire Department,
changing the method of filling companies by
enlistment by themselves instead of elections
by the company. Also to prepare regular
code of bylaws and regulations for the gov
eminent of the companies, SO that members of
the companies may be placed in any company
needing their services, thus preventing forma-
ton of companies by election. The order was
referred and sent up.