The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-07
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Regular Monthly Meeting of the City
Council.

SOuAClis
The regular monthly meeting OF the Olty
Council was held last evening and the follow
| ing business was transacted.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
The petition of e. S. Hamlin s. Co., to erect
and maintain a steam engine and boiler IN Inc
brick building on Richardson's wharf, was re-
| ferred to the committee on fire department
with power.
The Mayor appointed L. P. Knight as an
official remover,of house offal in the city.
The petition of the Portland Electric Light
Company, presented in the Common Council
at its last meeting, and referred to speciai
committee, was also referred to the upper
board.
The Mayor read the letter.of Prof. Long
fellow regretting his inability, owing to Illness,
to attend reception in this city on February
9th, the 10Th anniversary of his birth. The
letter was ordered on fle
The committee on inquiry into the expe-
diency of the sale of city gas stock,reported ask
ing for further time, which was granted them.
A list of the officers recently chosen for the
present year by the several engine companies
of the city was presented to the Board of Al
dermen and approved by said board.
The following orders received passage:
REMEMBERING STREETS.
Ordered, That the plan of numbers as re-
ported by the city engineer for the renumber-
ing of the streets hereinafter named be accept,
ed, and that the City Clerk give notice 10 an
parties interested by publication In the daily
papers of the city, that the ordinance IN reia-
rctra will he StrlctlV en-
forced this order to take effect ON and AFTER
April 1, 1882 These streets are Burnham,
Emery Grant, Mellen, Sherman and Sherldan,
the latter including old Poplar street; also
and buildings as shown by the revaluation
plans to wit: Arsenal Beach, Central, Chad
wick, Cherry, ECommercial, FLETCHER, Fore,
Frederick, Gilman, Gould, Hemlock, Henry,
Kennebec LAUREL Lowell ,ob MAPLE p,o mnan,
AIDES, Eastern and Westerly, School,. Sher,
brooke, Silver. Taylor, West Commercial and
Wilson streets.
YEAToN AND BoYp's TAX BILLS.
Ordered, That the assessors be authorized to
settle the unpaid tax bills of Yeaton and Boyd
for the years 1S77-7S amounting at the present
time to 500, for the sum of $500 If payment IS
made on or before March l, 1882
JURY LIST.
Ordered, That the board for revising the jury
list be instructed to revise the same and report
thereon to the city council at their next regu-
lar meeting.
DECIDING THE CITY bayfield,.
Ordered, That the city treasurersgive deed
with the usual covenants and warranty TO the
Maine Central railroad company OF lot OF
land called the City Hayheld. with nass per-
tanning thereto, lying westerly OF the Maine
Central railroad location, and south easterly
from Congress street, at the crossing OF said
railroad bounded as follows: (Here follows
detailed description of the property SAID rail,
road to pay for said deed $780, provided said
company remove their machine and work shops
to this lot and occupy the same for twenty-five
years for such railroad purposes and that sum
not exceeding $4,000 be established as the tax
able valuation of the said property for the next
Is years; the Maine Central railroad company
to allow the city to use the powder house where
it now stands until the time when the railroad
company shall need the ground when they
shall remove the powder house to such place
as the city may designate at the expense OF
said railroad company. The above order was
passed by unanimous rising vote.
CLAIMS AND BILLS.
Ordered, That claims and bills approved BY
the several committees on accounts and auth
orized by the Mayor to be paid by the treas urer
which are in excess of the specific appropria-
tons; the auditor of accounts is authorized to
allow and charge to the neutrality-suspicious.;
also to transfer at the close of the year the bal
ance Of unexpended appropriations to moneys
unexpended'' and with the same to balance the
accounts where the expenditures have exceed
ed the appropriations, SO far as the same may
be adequate to do so.
REVISION OF WARD LINES.
Ordered, That the ward lines of the city be
revised and If it be needful to alter such wards
in such manner as to preserve as nearly as may
be an equal number of voters in each, and that
a committee of two on the part OF TINS board
with sucn as the Common Council may join be
- IN a Tfr
Council plan for the division of the wards in
this city to be submitted to the legal voters at
the first municipal election, and that said COM
mittee be directed to cause the boundaries OF
the wards to be the lines of streets as direct
across the city as is possible consistent with
we'll defined limits. The Mayor appointed on
the part of this board Aldermen Sargent and
Winslow, and the Council added Messrs. PEN
nell, buddy and Hawkes.
SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
Ordered, That the assessments made on the
sewers built during the past year, as reported
by the city civil engineer Jan. 3, 1882, be adop-
ted and the same be certified to the city treas
urer for collection.
PAYING SICK POLICE.
The following order was presented by the
Mayor.
Ordered, That the City Solicitor be request
ed to furnish this board at its next meet
ing his written opinion as to when po-
liceman's salary is due according to the appro-
priation bill, rules, regulations and customs,
whether he is entitled to his salary when he
does not perform policeman's duty.
This order was passed by a vote of yeas to
3 nays.
REMOVING TREE.
A petition was read from Jas. S. Gould in
reference to the removal from his lot in
Evergreen Cemetery of a tall and handsome
pine tree, without his consent, by the trustees
of Evergreen Cemetery in 1879 He believes
the trustees sold this tree to be used for ships
bowsprit for $45. So the petitioner prays that.
an examination may be made and that he be
Unidentified for the loss sustained. This
petition was referred to the trustees of Ever
green Cemetery.
soULE's STEAM ENGINE.
Some time since Gilbert Soule presented a
petition for renewal of his license to maintain
a steam engine of about 15-horse power on
Holyoke's wharf. This was referred with pow
er to the chief engineer of the fire departments
and he returned the petition with "satisfacto-
ry' endorsed on the back of it. But before
Mr. Soule came for his license a remonstrance
against granting the above petition was pre-
sented by W. w. Brown for the Berlin Mills
Co. This remonstrance was read last evening,
as we'll as request signed by a number of
well known fire underwriters that the premises
be carefully booked over before the license be
renewed. 1t was, after discussion, referred to
the full board of engineers.
LEAVE TO WITHDRAW.
The joint standing committee to whom was
referred the petitions of Josiah W. Smith for
damage to horse, of Harriet Pope, for land
taken, of Olive S. Waite, for damage caused
be defective sidewalk, of Alvin Deering for
abatement of taxes, reported recommending
the above named petitioners have leave to
withdraw.
BUILDING LOAN COMMISSIONERS.
The Building Loan Commissioners made the
following report:
To the City Council of Portland:
Geptlemen,-The Commissioners of the
Building Loan respectfully submit their an
nual report as follows:
Amount of city bonds outs. anding. 1926, 600 GO
Amount due on mortgages
and agreements =. S1o5, $4,000
Real estate. ............. 23,201.51
Interest on mortgages, &c,
due and unpaid, less cou-
no dina and