The Portland daily press., 1884-03-18
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Special Meeting of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen.

ACy III cDAANN @AANAO% 4AOAs
The City Council Goes into Committee of
the Whole, in Executive session, en-
Salaries.
A special meeting of the City Council was
held last evening.
En- Beard of Mayor and Aldermen.
Noyes.
An insane woman was committed TO the Asy
lnm at Augusta.
APPOINTMENTS MADE.
Adam W. Barbour was appointed special
policeman without pay.
The Overseers of the Poor were appointed
Overseers of the House of Correction.
John e. Sterling, Jr., J. Tobin and Dennis
Tobin were appointed undertakers.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
petition of the Consolidated Electric
Light Company for permission to erect poles III
certain places in the city was referred to a
special committee, consisting of Aldermen
Hawkes., Gallagher and Halett.
petition numerously signed, asking for
the Introduction of the electric light in the
city streets, and recommending the light of the
Consolidated Electric Light Company, was
received and referred to the committee on
streets.
ORDERS PASSED.
That for the purposes provided for in Sec
tions IL, IA, 16, H. and 26 of the chapter of the
revised ordinances relating to Streets and also
section II of chapter 1913 of the revised sta
utes OF 1883. the Mayor be authorized for and
IN behalf OF this board to grant permits or
licenses in all cases where he may deem the
same expedient.
OTHER BUSINESS
Bonds of Levi s PenneU, weigher of hay,
james S. Gould, superintendent of burials and
constable, and W. W. Graves constable were
approved.
Reports of several subordinate city officers
were received and ordered on file.
Frederick Golf was licensed to sell pun-
powder.
A communication was received from the sec
Rotary of the Board of Engineers of the fire de-
partment, giving list of the officers of the va
rious companies lately elected, and the boards
approval Of the same. Their action was rati-
fed by the Aldermen.
letter from DR.. Henry d. Cogswell of San
Francisco. offering to present drinking foun-
tain to the city and photograph of the COM
pany, were before the board.
I'm Joint Convention.
William P. Slack, Elmer A. Doten, Frank
W. Clement and VIM e. Willard, were cleo
ted surveyors of lumber; Daniel S. Warren,
weigher of coal and iron; Joseph Larochelle,
measurer of wood and bark and weigher of coal
and iron; Arthur M. Sawyer as city constable
and John e. Bradford. John Cakes, Alfred H.
Simonton and Wm.H. Simenton, surveyors of
masts and spars.
His Honor Mayor King, then said in SUBJ
stance: The principal object of the meeting
had not been reached 1t was TO see if better
mode of proceeding might not be- devised for
obtaining the appropriations for the current
year. The custom has been to appoint the
standing committees at an early stage. Com
mi.tees on appropriations and salaries have
been generally appointed, and to these have
been added the chairmen of all important
committees. The feeling has been that the ag-
gregste of the appropriations should be as low
as possible that the taxes may be kept down.
Each chairman wishes large appropriation
for his committee and so considerable contest
arises between the different committees. As
this has been frequent source of friction il
seems that if the appropriations could be de-
termined upon before the standing committees
were appointed, one source of difficulty wonld
be removed. Ii seemed to him that the Coun-
Gil might resolve itself into the committee of
the whole and fix the salaries and appropria-
tions. He had mentioned the matter to several
members of the government, but wished for a
full expression on the matter from the conyen-
ton.
Alderman Gallagher moved to 90 into com
mittee of the whole upon appropriations and
salaries, and the motion was carried
1t was voted that the chair appoint chair
man, aud President Fogg of the Council Was
called to the chair rS yHs Mayor, srd -esse~-
Clerk Burgess was chosen clerk of the COM
mittee.
Chairman Hawkes. and Councilman Thomp-
son were added to the committee to revise the
register.
On motion, the committee went into execu-
tive session.
I'm Common Council.
All present.
Records were read and amended.
Mr. Woodbury. offered an order removing
the electric light from City Hall. His reasons
were its bad effect upon the eyes, and spelling
ali fine musical effects at concerts Ga motion
of Mr.. Burleigh, the order was tabled. Later,
on motion of Mr.. Turner, thu order was taken
from the table. He expressed the same opinion
as Mr.. Woodbury., that great complaint was
made by the public about the electric light in
City Hall. Mr.. Burleigh thought that we
shouldn't be in hurry about the matter. We
should wait until the committees are appoint.
ed. He thought perhaps the Gas Company
might be interested in the matter. Mr. Wood
bury said, as far as he was concerned, the Gas
Company had nothing TO do with his order.
He acted on complaints made to him. Mr.
Turner moved TO amend the order by referring
1t to the Mayor. and Mr.. King moved an
amendment to Mr. Turner's amendment, that
It be referred to the Mayor with power. The
order as amended by Mr.. King had a passage
and was sent up.
Papers from the upper board passed in con-
currence.