The Portland daily press., 1884-12-02
CITY GOVERNMENT.

Regular Monthly Meeting of the City
Ceuncil-P1ssage of the Fire Depart
ment Ordinance The Gas Light Divi-
dend Distributed Among the Various
Departments.
The regular monthly meeting of the City
Council was held last evening
Hoard of Mayor and Aldermen.
The Board of Mayer and Aldermen was
called to order at 7.45 o'clock, with full board
present with the exception OF Alderman
Russell.
The following business was transacted:
MISCELLANEOUS.
The report of the special committee on the
valuation of Cushings Island was taken from
the table. Alderman Noyes moved the report
be amended by changing the previous recon-
mendatious to reduce the valuation one-half,
to abating all over SIT, 900 assessed on the
property. Mr.. Hawkes. opposed the amend
ment, and Messrs. Dsnison and Gallagher
supported 1t. The report as amended was
passed by vote of five yeas to one nay.
The petition of G. Fl. Fling and others, that
G. FL. Smiths bath rooms on Temple street be
kept open Sundays for convenience of the
public, was taken from the table. Mr. Hor-
kins, representing the Hairdressers' Union,
appeared in opposition to the granting of the
petition. He argued that the Board of Alder
men had no legal right to decide on the ques.
tion OF public necessity in the matter. That is
for the courts to pass upon. Alderman Gala
CHER concurred with Mr.. Hopkins, and on his
motion the petitioners were permitted to with
draw.
ORDERS PASSED.
That the committee on fire. department pur-
chase Casco street church bell for sum not
exceeding $175.
That the City Treasurer pay f. w. Clark
$l75 in full for damages claimed to have been
sustained by him from building on Frederick
street.
That the City Treasurer foreclose mort
GAGE Oh two lots owned by r. W. Clark.
That the City Treasurer paw Shedd & Saw
yer q: Herbert shedd) $500 for services on
Back Bay nuisance.
That the City Treasurer pay to David Torrey
5000 in full for services of the tug-boat l.. A.
Belknap; to James r. Lisk $8.75 for damage
to cellar BY overflow of sewer; to Alice L.
Anderson IS n for damage to cellar by over
flow of sewer.
That the committee on fire department con-
tract with Kendall s. Whitney for maintaining
tower on Casco street church for term not
exceeding ten years.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
OF G. W. & Ell. T. Plummer, for permission
to erect and maintain steam engine and
boiler (Granted)
OF Levi A. Benson, to erect a new wooden
building in Curtis ship-yard.
oi j. j. Beardsworth, for license as vic
tualler.
OF Frank W. Woodman and others, that
iamp-post be placed on Thomas street.
In Common Council.
Absent, Messrs. Griffin and Higgins.
The records were read and approved.
An order was passed for the City Treasurer
to give deed to B. W. Slower for land with
buildings, on corner of Weymouth and Grant
streets, and sent up; and an order authorizing
the committee on street signs to put up signs
on the streets where churches are located, SO as
to notify people where the churches are situat-
ed.
The order appropriating the gas light divi-
dsnd OF Si3600, passed in this board by a vote
OF ii yeas to nays, and in the upper board
unanimously.
ext a dividend on the shares of the Portland Gas
Light Company owned by the City of Portland be-
and the same is hereby appropriated. as tollows:
Casco street school house, $3.50; public buildings,
800; streets. 5000; street drainage 50 $50.
street lamps $500; drains and sewers, 5000; ceme.
teries and public grounds, $780, contingent fund,
81 .25o. And these several sums so specif 3D. are
to be held and considered, and to be ex gepded
in the same manner if in the order for the orig
nal appropriations, of which they form part.
In the upper board the order had unani-
nous passage; in the lower board it passed by
vote of II yeas nays.
A n order for ten additional electric lights
was passed by the upper board and received
concurrent action in this board, the expense
to be charged to the appropriation for street
lamps
I'm Joint Convention.
James o. Mclean was elected a surveyor of
lumber and bark.
The ordinance for the government Of the fire
department was taken up informally and re-
ceived amendments and was informally &C.
cepted. After the dissolution of the ccnven-
tion in the respective boards it was read twice
and passed to be engrossed. We give below
only the new sections, Or decided changes in
9 sections that are in force in the present or
dinance as follows:
In section 4, the Chief Engineer shall not only
preside at all meetings of the Board of Engineers
but shall act as clerk of the board.
In section 5, the Board of Engineers make the
rules and regulations subject to the approval of the
committee on IRE department, in place of the City
Council.
In section 6, that If the owner or occupant of a
uuiiuHg, w ~, pay tno oAponso VI dloraCl0nS Or
dered by the Board of Engineers, he shall be sub
ject to fine not to exceed $50.
In section z, the power to take final action on the
suspension of a member of company, or a compa-
ny, shall rest with the committee on fire depart
ments
Sections 8 and 10 are new and read as follows:
SEC. 9.-As many engine, hook and ladder and
hose companies shall from time to time, be formed
by the city council as they may deem expedient
The selection of members for new companies shall
be made by the board Of engineers, subject to the
approval of the committee on fire department, and
no person under the age of twenty-one years, nor
over the age of forty five years shall bt appointed
a membor of the fire department, and whenever a
member shall arrive at the age of flty-e he shall
be honorable discharged
SEC. l0.-The board of engineers shall appoint
annually ION the first Monday of May, oftener if
requi ed in case of vacancy or dismissal from the
department, a foreman and clerk as provided for
in section s, and such drivers as may be required
committee on fire department.
Sections IL, 13 and IA read as follows:
SEC. 12.-DriYers attached to the engines and
other apparatus connected with the Ire department
when on duty shall obey the orders of the chief and
comply strictly with the rules and regulations and
directions of the board of engineers.
SEC. l3. No property connected with the depart
ment shall be taken out of the city unless by order
OF an engineer or the mayor; nor shall more than
two engines, at any one time be absent from the
city.
SEC. 14.-No public parade shall be made by the
IRE department. or any portion of it, except by the
consent of the board of engineers and of the COM
mittee on fire department.