The Portland daily press., 1885-10-19
C. A. r.
A Statement from Mayor Deering.

The following statement from Mayor DeerlDg
puts a different Complexion on the statement pub
lished Saturday in regard to the order passed by
the City Council appropriating $4,000 for the late
National Encampment 1t will be seen that by
the order the Mayors approval must abe given
bills to that amount:
PORTLAND, Oct. II.
To the Editor of the Press:
My attention has been drawn to this statement
in your Saturday edition, which reads as follows;
1t will be remembered that the city voted an
appropriation Of $4,000 to the Grand Army. we
are reliably informed that OF this sum the Grand
Army committee received but 81 500. as 1t was
claimed on the part of the Mayor that the decora-
tions OF City Hall, pay Of special police, and OF
the detectives brought from abroad, street san-
tariums and other expenses, incurred by the city
should be deducted from the $4,000, amounting in
all to $34OO.
this statement Is erroneous, and misrepresents
not only my action but also the vote OF the CITY
council Is evlaHt {o4p % syen him
was for the purpose Of placing my aeton In this
business before the public in the light Of divert
ing the money voted by the city toward defraying
the expenses of the celebration in June last into
a different channel from that to which 1t
was intended that it should be paid Dy the CITY
Council, And also appropriating 1t toward the
payment of the city expenses, instead OF paying
the same to the committee of the G.. A. r.
The following are the facts: Upon April 9th,
this order drawn by Judge Symonds, city solic-
itor, was passed in concurrence; o,.,
Ordered that sum not exceeding S5OOO De ana
hereby is especially appropriated to assist IN de-
fraying the expenses Of a public celebration In
Portland on the occasion Of the holding OF the
Nineteenth Annual National Eneampment OF the
G. A. II. in this city in June next, said
sum to be paid by the city treasurer on ap-
proval of bills to that amount by the Mayor, and
the same to be charged to this especial approprla
tion.
Acting under these orders and Instructions re-
fused to pay over to the committee OF the g. A. X:
the sum of So 900, as asked for by them; but did
pay the following bills which were incurred by the
celebration;
Building the arches on Congress street. $4,000
Decorating the old and new City Hall
and public buildings. ngs....-....-.....-... 4z6.00
Chandler's band services .--...-...... 44O.OO
Clark & Chaplin for ice for the encamp- oo
menb. lf9-OV
re"CiA' ui'uei .ne .o 75a1s
Wood for the encampment t............ S4.75
"aSGT IsVne 1 pipes. nes 'I Observation-Disclosures. 1880
DInf Tincn5n ''IS PayE II''o =" .... o'"so 625.O0
Balloon ascension. 10000
sa,67o.e2
The above bills were contracted for by
the committee Of the G. A R., and
paid by the city at their request, upon
the order of the Mayor. The payment
of the police, with their board and 9th
charged to this fund Was 49,, 295.15
PAYMENT of several small bills, say. 34.23
A. R o,e 3,67oe2
Total amount of appropriation. %, 100000
Further, the City Council authorized the
Mayor to employ detectives and pro
vided they should be paid from 1.-THE the
police contingent fund. This was done
and the same paid was about Il can
not give exact fgures) .....-... ...-.... 6OO.OO
The sanitary measures taken by the
Board of Health and charged to the
health fund by order OF the board,
cost ABOUT s-....s.--.-. OOV.VV