The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-08-03
Action in Regard to the Soldiers
Monument.

monument.
The regular August meeting of the City
Council was held last evening" and besides
the transaction of routine business the ques-
ton of the location of the proposed school
house was discussed, and the site at the cor
ner of Neal and Carroll streets adopted.
The petition for the taking of Market
Square as site for the soldiers and sailors
monument was taken up with the report of
the special committee, and steps taken
towards giving hearing upon the matter.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
The Board came to order at the call of the
Mayor, Aldermen Mcmahon and Sawyer be-
ing absent
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
The following ordinance in regard to con-
tagious diseases was read twice and passed
to be engrossed:
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and Com
mon Council Of the City Of Portland, in City
Council assembled, as fotloacs:
Section Amy householder in whose dwelling
there shall occur case of scarlet fever diphthe-
ria, typhoid fever small pox, cholera, or typhus
fever, shall Immediately notify the Board of
Health.
Section 2-When 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 /, he shall Immediately notify the
Board of Health.
Section 3-The attending physician shall see
that rigid Quarantine snail De put upon any per
for period of at least three weeks. or until the
Board of Health shall permit the quarantine to be
removed. During this period, all persons not nee
essarily in attendance there shall be excluded
from the patients ROOM
Section 4-The attending physician and others
diseases named in Section /. shall cause all dis
charges from the bowels to be thoroughly disn-
fected.
Section 5-The clothing and bed clothing of per-
sons sick of the diseases mentioned in Section
shall be thoroughly disinfected under the care of
the attending physician.
Section 6-Any person having scarlet fever
diphtheria or small pox, and members of any
household where any of said diseases mentioned
or malignant, exists shall refrain from mnging
with children in schools churches, Sunday schools
shall be as restricted as possible.
Section 7.-Ro0ms with their furniture, in which
there has existed case of scarlet fever, diphthe
ria, small pox, cholera or typhus fever shall be
tion of the attending physician:
Section ga public funeral shall not be held for
any person who has died of scarlet fever, diph-
liberia, small pox, cholera or typhus fever.
Section 9-The violation of any of the forego-
ing sections, and any interference with the Board
of Heath to prevent the execution and enforce
ment ofthem. or refusal to obey the orders of
said Board, shall on complaint, be punishable by
fine not less than five nor more than twenty dol
ment as is provided for by the Revised Statutes
of the State of Maine for specific ofenses.
PORTLAND STREET.
In accordance with the report of the ijoint
standing committee on streets, sidewalks and
bridges, and the accompanying report of the
city civil engineer an order was passed fix
ing the grade of Portland street between
Green and State streets. The grade as form
erly established would be expensive and re-
xuire great deal of filing. The new grade
is designed to avert large expense.
NEW WOODEN BUILDINGS.
The committee ON new wooden buildings
reported that they had granted licenses to
to build dwelling houses at the places
named: Daniel Hilton. 1873 Emery street;
Jones, so Melbourne; NJ. J. Lawler, corner
Warren and Congress streets; Eunice c.
Jewett, corner of West and Neal streets :;
John Dumphy, Sc Green street; Ammi Whit
ney, Dermot court; j. Frank Bond, 531
Cumberland; James Talbot 257 Oxford n
Foster and Z. M. Totten, corner Locust and
Cumberland streets. Permission was given
Mary Fahey to raise the building at % Dam
forth street.
The report was accepted and ordered on
file
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The usual order was introduced that the
city treasurer pay 81, 100 to the Portland In
stitute and Public Library, as the annual
payment to said institution.
Alderman Marks thought that the cost of
lighting the rooms should be taken from the
amount appropriated or paid for by the Ii
brary out of8ts appropriation, as the amount
is large-about $500.
to treat the library literally, it was already
furnished with room needed by the city, be-
side the annual appropriation.
Upon motion of Alderman Marks the order
was laid on the table that the Mayor may
confer with the directors of the library in
regard to the matter.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
The Mayor appointed III. L. Thurston, as
an undertaken at Peaks Island. Jacob III.
Groves and James II. Clark were appointed
special policemen without pay and permits
sion to keep intelligence offices were granted
to Mrs. ]. Foley at POSI- Middle street, and
Mrs. VIM. Ellis at III Middle street
PETITIONS REFERRED.
The following petitions were referred:
OF Laugnlin & Smith to maintain steam
engine and boiler at 80 Exchange street.
OF Frank Libbey and Is others for side
walk on the south side of Cumberland
street.
of John Filemore for compensation for
work on the city sewers
THE NEW SCHOOL HOUSE.
In regard to the proposed new school
house an order was introduced that the City
Treasurer be authorized to purchase lot of
land on the southeast corner of Neal and
Carol streets owned by the Brown estate at
a rate not exceeding 40 cents foot and
upon such terms as will net under the adj
vice of the City Solicitor, increase the per-
manent debt Of the city, the let to be used
for the erection of a new school house.
Consideration of the matter was deferred
until after the joint convention. Then AL
derman Briggs presented a remonstrence to
the building of school house on the pro-
posed site signed by many residents in the
vicinity and stating that in their opinion
the building of the school house there would
injure their property and not supply the
wants of the seventh district.
Alderman Briggs moved that the order
lie upon the table and the motion was de-
feated, Aldermen Briggs and Wilson voting
yes; the Mayor, Aldermen Beale and Marks
Alderman Wilson moved to amend the Or
der so that the land shall be paid for out of
the appropriation for the new school house.
The order was so amended and given
passage.
THE SOLDIERS MONUMENT.
Alderman Beale asked what had become
of the question of the taking of Market
Square for public park in order that the
Soldiers and Sailors Monument be placed
there.
1t was state that the petition with the re-
port of the special committee upon it was
laid on the table until the July meeting.
There being no regular July meeting, the
petition had not been brought up.
After some discussion it was voted upon
motion of Alderman Beale to take the order
from the table and give it passage. The
order is drawn in accordance with the
statutes and upon the petition of j. S. Wins
low & Co. and others, directs the municipal
officers to proceed and give notice within
ten days of hearing to determine whether
or not it is advisable to condemn the proper
ty as prayed for in the petition.
IN LICENSING BOARD.
In licensing board victualers' licenses were
granted to Roscoe Libby, Market street;
Mrs. Z. S. Salter, 259 Commercial street.-The
licenses being subject to the city marshal's
report.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A communication from the Franklin Wharf
Company, calling attention to the accumula-
ton of sewer deposit in the dock between
Franklin and Galt's wharveS, was referred
to the committee on drains and sewers.
The committee on laying out new streets
reported that they had adjusted the line of
the Eastern Promenade in front of the lots
of L. N. Cleveland, Sarah NJ. Kicker and
David b. Kicker.
Alderman Wilson thought the city entitled
to some remuneration for land lost by the
change of line. The matter was laid on the
table.
Upon the petition of the Portland Horse
Railroad Company for renewal of the loca..
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