The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-08

The following petitions were referred:
Of George Walker, AlOnZO W. Smith and
Jacob ). Wnslow, commissioners of parks
and public grounds, for permission to eX-
change certain lots of land belonging to the
city on A and b streets for an adjoining tract
belonging to the estate of j. B. Brown
Of Roger McGrath, for damages to his
house by the overflow of Green street sewer
Fifty dollars is the amount of damage.
OF Julia A. Billings, for $75 damages. to
well and cellar from overflow of surface
water at the corner A and st. John streets.
Of nj. H. Sands, tor damages amounting
to $4.75 by defect in Stroudwater bridge.
OF Orlando f. Cash, for damages received
by falling through driveway on Market
steet.
OF James B. Smith, for damages by reason
of defect in street at the corner of st. John
and Danforth streets, the amount prayed for
being $1,000. The petitioner was thrown
from carriage and received a broken hip
Of Moses III. Foster, for permission to
make aperture in the sidewalk opposite his
premises 143 and 149 York street, for light
and ventilation.
OF Haskell & Jones, for steam engine of
six horse power at 40 Congress street.
Granted.
OF George s. Washburne, for steam en-
CINE of ten horse power at 1913 Congress
street.
OF II. S. Osgood and twenty-one others for
a sidewalk ON Plum street
The claim of j. S. H.Frink of Portsmouth,
for $65 for legal services in behalf of the city
during the term of Mayor Senter in the case
of the Mercantile Trust Company VS.. the
Portland & Ogdensburg railroad was read
and referred.
OF Mary Flanagan, for 800 damages to
her cellar by overflow of sewer.
OF large number of citizens for an elec
tric light at the corner of Neal and West
streets.
OF a large number of citizens, that the
lamp established by private parties. at the
corner of Pearl and Lincoln streets be con-
tinued at the expense of the city.
The claim of P. Welch, for damages sus-
tanned on Elm street was referred.
OF Citizens resident of Larch street, for
sewer in that street.
OF citizens for cross walk at the corner
of Winthrop and Madison streets.
of George r.. Kimball and Il others for the
appointment of a special police officer to
spring.
ORDERS PASSED.
The following orders were passed;
That the sum of $500 be transferred from
the contingent fund to the a ppropri-
alton for cemeteries and public grounds for
the purpose of defraying the expense of
trimming and removing trees the same not
being provided for in the appropriations.
Yeas Z nays 0.
That the electric light, telegraph and tele-
phone companies replace their poles
with higher ones where the poles are now
too short, the work being done to the salts
faction Of the city electrician.
That the sewer assessment of VIM. ID.
Mariner be abated from $1,000 to $500.
That the Portland Railroad Company be
permitted to construct turnout on Congress
near the head of Mellen street.
That the City Marshal be ordered to re-
move forthwith under the direction of the
committee on new wooden buildings the
building erected at the corner of Pearl and
Newbury streets in violation of the city
ordinances. The cost to be charged to the
contingent fund.
That the County Commissioners be re-
quired to construct brick sidewalk before
the stable belonging to the county on Monroe
street.
That the standing committee on new
wooden buildings be authorized to grant per-
mits i'll conformity to the ordinances and re-
port the permits granted during the previous
month at each monthly meeting of the board
That parties having canvass signs hanging
over the sidewalk remove the same between
the hours of dusk and daylight as they inter
fere with the lighting of the streets
That the committee on street lamps be au-
thoriZed to complete contract with the
Consolidated Electric Light Company for
lighting the city with electricity for $25, 900
for one year commencing October 1st.
That the City Solicitor oppose the granting
of the petition of A. V. Cole and others for
ferry landing at the head of Custom House
Dock.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
The following ordinance relating to con-
tagious diseases and amending an ordinance
ON health was read twice and passed to be
engrossed:
SECTION 1. Any householder in whose dwell
ing there shall occur case of scarlet fever, diph-
iberia, typhoid fever, small pox, cholera typhus
fever, shall immediately notify, the Board of
Health (or Health committee) of the same,
SEC. 2. When a physician knows or suspects
that any person to whom he has been called is
sick of, or has died of one of the diseases named
in section l.. he shall Immediately notify the
Board Of Health (or Health committee) Of the
same
SEC 3. A rigid quarantine shall be put upon
any person sick of scarlet fever, diphtheria or
small pox for aperiod of at least three weeks, or
until the Board of Health shall permit the quar-
antine to be removed. During this period all
persons not necessarily in attendance there shall
| be excluded from the patients room.
SEC. T.. The attending physician and others in
diseases named in section l. shall cause all dis
| charges from the bowels to be thoroughly disin-
After and amended to this ordinance "o-e
SEC. 5. The clothing and bed clothing of per-
sons sick Of the diseases mentioned in section l.,
| solution No. A. and shall afterwards be boiled.
| SEC. 6. Any person having. scarlet fever, diph-
the theIa or small pox, aud members OF any house
malignant, exist, shall refrain from minging with
| children in schools, churches, Sunday schools or
| other indoor places, and association with adults
| shall be as restricted as possible.
| SEC. z. Rooms with their furniture in which
| there has existed a case of scarlet fever, diph-
| theria small pox, cholera or typhus fever. shall
| be thoroughly fumigated with sulphur, according
| to the directions given for using disnfectani
| No. 1.
| SEC. 8. A public funeral shall not be held fol
| any person who has died of scarlet fever, diph
| liberia, small pox cholera or typhus fever.
| SEC 8. The violation of any of the foregoing
| sections, and any interference with the Board ol
| Health to prevent the execution and enforcement
| of them, or refusal to obey the orders of said
| Board, shall be punishable by fine, not less thai
| five nor more than twenty dollars for each of
fense, in addition to the liability to such punish
ment as is provided by the revised Statntes of thu
| State of Maine for specific offences.
The following are the disinfectants men
toned:
4is..Ee., tf1is vffuc
| lively two pounds of sulphur should be burned ii
| a room ten feet square. Every opening into the
| room, fues, doors, windows, cracks and crevices
| must be closed except the door by which the dis
injector is to escape. The sulphur is to be burned
| in an iron kettle or other vessel set in tub con
| tanning little water to guard against fire. a
| little alcohol or kerosene must be poured upoI
the sulphur by means of which it may be ignited
| Leave the room quickly for the fumes are highly
| poisonous when breathed, and close the doOl
| LET ha in